16 Guidelines Issued By Supreme Court In The Matter Of Investigation Of Police Encounters

Supreme Court of India in PUCL VS State of Maharashtra had issued the following Guidelines in the matters of investigating police encounters as the standard procedure for thorough, effective and independent investigation.(1) Whenever the police is in receipt of any intelligence or tip-off regarding criminal movements or activities pertaining to the commission of grave criminal offence, it...

All you need to know about the new Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 [Read the Bill]

The Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 was passed by Rajya Sabha last week, and is expected to be discussed in Lok Sabha during next session. The Bill repeals the existing Mental Health Act, 1987, which is vastly different in letter and spirit. The Act of 1987 had been widely criticised for proving to be inadequate to protect the rights of mentally ill persons. Here are certain things you need to know about the new Bill:1. Mental Healthcare Bill seeks to decriminalise the Attempt to Commit...

Bharat Bandh: Know your rights and duties during Hartal

Are you legally bound to stay put in your home on a hartal day? Is it legal to bring essential services like banking and public transport to a grinding halt? What are your rights and duties on a hartal day? To know, read on…Over 15 crore workers in central public sector undertakings are expected to go on a nation-wide strike today in response to the Bharat Bandh call by 10 Left-affiliated unions in protest against ‘anti-labour’ policies of the government, bringing normal life to a halt. The...

Salient Features of Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill 2016

The Motor Vehicles(Amendment) Bill 2016, introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Sri. Nitin Gadkari, on 09.08.2016, seeks to bring about comprehensive changes in the present Motor Vehicles Act. The salient features of the Bill are as follows :-Limits on insurer’s liabilityThe proposed amendment seeks to put a cap on the liability to be borne by insurance companies in respect of third party claims. As per the present Act, the liability of the insurer for...

15 Facts Everyone should know about Indian Sedition Law

1. Section 124A in Chapter VI of Indian Penal Code deals with the Offence ‘Sedition’. Chapter VI deals with ‘Offences against the State'.2. The word ‘Sedition’ is not mentioned in 124A. The Section reads as follows;124-A. Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffec­tion towards, the Government established by law in India, shall be punished with...

In SPS Rathore Case, SC Addresses Three Vital Questions Of Law

In SPS Rathore vs. CBI & Ors., the Supreme Court has dealt with three important questions of law in respect of ingredients of Section 354 IPC, admissibility of former statements u/s 157 Evidence Act and evidentiary value of expert opinion by a handwriting expert.Live Law had reported on Friday about the upholding of conviction of former DGP of Haryana SPS Rathore in Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, though his sentence was reduced from one and half years to the sentence already served. Read...