Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.482 -- Quashing of Criminal Proceedings -- Informant Distinct from Victim -- The real victim, and not an informant who merely set the criminal law in motion,..

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.482 -- Quashing of Criminal Proceedings -- Post-Conviction Compromise -- High Courts may quash criminal proceedings even after conviction and even in non-com..

(i) Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, S.63 -- Confiscation of Vehicle -- Power Under NDPS Act -- The power to confiscate a conveyance seized in an NDPS case vests exclusi..

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, S.5(13) -- Insolvency Resolution Process -- Time Extension Charges of Local Authority -- Time extension charges imposed by a local development authority..

Guardian and Wards Act, 1890, S.25 -- Custody of Minor Child -- Breach of Foreign Custody Order by Mother -- Violation of conditions imposed by a foreign court or by the domestic court does ..

Civil Procedure Code, 1908, S.47 -- Execution Proceedings -- Objections Not Raised at Trial -- Issues which could only have been decided at trial cannot be reagitated in execution proceeding..

Divorce Act, 1869, S.3(3) -- Divorce -- Territorial Jurisdiction -- Christian Wife Residing Separately from Husband -- The phrase "within whose jurisdiction the husband and wife reside" mu..

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, S.13(1)(ia) -- Divorce -- Separate Rooms Within Same Premises as Part of Prolonged Discord -- Spouses occupying separate rooms in the same premises, standing alone,..

(i) Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, S.29 -- Bail -- Prosecutrix Turning Hostile Despite DNA Match -- DNA profiling report may establish biological sexual contact prima..

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S.138 -- Dishonour of Cheque -- Subsequent Settlement Recording Payment by Husband's Company -- A subsequent settlement agreement that a company would disc..

(i) Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, S.3(1)(r) -- Caste-Based Abuse -- Eyewitnesses Interested in Complainant -- The expression "public view" m..

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, S.9 -- POCSO -- Absence of Outcry and Corroboration -- Conviction can rest on the sole testimony of a victim, but such testimony must i..