(i) Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.370 -- Immoral Trafficking -- Customer of Sex Worker -- A customer who avails the services of a sex worker for sexual gratification is not a trafficker and can..

(i) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.483(2) -- Bail -- Absence of Informant -- Presence of informant at hearing of bail application is not mandatory where the informant has been d..

(i) Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, S.2 -- Contempt Proceedings -- Statutory Authority as Party -- Contempt proceedings are proceedings in personam and cannot acquire the character of a repres..

(i) Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, S.15(1)(b) -- Criminal Contempt -- Advocate General's Consent -- A private party initiating criminal contempt proceedings must obtain the prior written cons..

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S.138 -- Dishonour of Cheque -- Compounding at Appellate Stage -- The guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in Sanjabij Tari v. Kishore S. Borcar for co..

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.483(2) -- Bail -- Complainant Absent at Hearing -- The statutory requirement under Section 483(2) BNSS is to afford the informant or complainant a..

Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.498A -- Cruelty by Husband or Relatives -- Widowed Sister-in-Law Living Separately -- A widowed sister-in-law residing separately from the matrimonial home has no ..

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, S.173 -- Closure Report -- Hearing to Complainant -- Before a court decides on a closure report, the complainant or informant must be given notice, a copy o..

Contempt of Court Act, 1971 -- Contempt Jurisdiction -- Underlying Order Set Aside -- Contempt jurisdiction is attracted only on wilful and intentional disobedience of a subsisting order. Wh..

Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.306 r/w S.107 -- Abetment of Suicide -- Rape as Instigation -- Rape causes extreme mental trauma and loss of dignity to a woman in Indian society, which is suffici..

Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, S.13(2) -- Prevention of Food Adulteration -- Right to Central Food Laboratory Analysis -- The right of an accused to have a food sample analysed b..

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.457 -- Interim Custody of Seized Property -- Cancellation of Zimanama -- Power to cancel an interim release order of seized property exists only where the co..