If bail is granted, then the state must first seek cancellation of bail -- The law of preventive detention cannot be resorted to when ordinary criminal law provides sufficient means to addre..

When an instrument of noble intent is misused as a tool for exacting revenge, the notion of justice itself teeters on the edge of inversion--SC urges Center to consider such clause to preven..

Civil adjudication and criminal prosecution proceed on different principles, and a civil court decree neither records findings on criminal intent nor on existence of offences such as forgery..

The fact that multiple cheques arise from one transaction will not merge them into a single cause of action, and disputed questions of fact cannot be decided under Section 482 CrPC...

The court cautioned against the inadvertent practice of applying minimum wages of the place were proceedings are being held ..

The test for bail of additionally summoned accused is more than prima facie case required for framing charges, but short of satisfaction that unrebutted evidence would lead to conviction...

Forcing a woman to continue an unwanted pregnancy violates her bodily integrity and aggravates mental trauma, and the MTP Act does not require the husband's consent for termination...

Statutory restrictions under Section 45 PMLA cannot supersede the constitutional right to speedy trial, and economic offences cannot be classified as a homogeneous class to deny bail solely ..

Directed the DGP to issue SOP for mandatory audio-video recording of search and seizure, with disciplinary proceedings for non-compliance with Section 105 BNSS...

The Trial Court failed to give effect to the legislative intent underlying the proviso to Section 437(1) CrPC which recognises women accused as a distinct class in matters of bail in non-bai..

To attract abetment of suicide, instigation must be in close proximity to suicide and should put the victim in a position where she would have no other option but to commit suicide -- In Law..

Section 195(1)(b)(i) CrPC creates an explicit bar against taking cognizance of offences related to court proceedings unless the court formally presents a written complaint...