When pedestrians and cattle are moving on the road, the driver is required to slow down and drive with caution; failure to do so constitutes negligence...

The petitioner had prima facie established his identity as an Indian citizen based on documents and passport issued by competent authority, and there was no further requirement to keep him i..

Where the registered owner is one of the accused from whom contraband was recovered, interim release of the vehicle is not permissible as per Supreme Court guidelines...

A working mother shoulders the "dual burden" of professional obligations and primary caregiving, which cannot be monetarily quantified, and the father's obligation does not diminish merely b..

A Sessions Court having jurisdiction to decide an anticipatory bail application is duty-bound to adjudicate the same on merits by either allowing or rejecting it, and cannot dispose of such ..

An order passed under Section 156(3) CrPC is an interlocutory order and cannot be challenged in revision under Section 397(2) CrPC at the instance of a person against whom neither cognizance..

Where no right of appeal exists in law, no corresponding enforceable right to seek a certified copy for the purpose of challenge can be claimed, particularly when disclosure may infringe the..

LOCs are intended to prevent accused persons from evading criminal process and cannot be issued for recovery of maintenance dues, and continuing an LOC despite a court order violates Article..

Where caste-based abuses are allegedly hurled over the telephone and not in public view, the provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act would not be prima facie attracted...

The statutory protection of prior sanction for prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption law is available only so long as a public servant remains in service...

Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act applies only when payment fails due to lack of funds, not when payments are stopped by operation of law during insolvency proceedings...

Exception 2 cannot be invoked where there is no act of self-defence against an unarmed deceased, and Exception 4 requires a genuine physical confrontation with mutual exchange of blows, not ..