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Section 307 IPC | Conviction For Attempt To Murder Can Be Sustained Even If Injuries To Complainant Were Very Simple In Nature : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a conviction of an accused under Section 307 IPC (attempt to murder) can be sustained even if the injuries sustained by the complainant were very simple in nature.What is important is an intention coupled with the overt act committed by the appellant/accused, the bench of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Dipankar Datta said.In this case, the appellant- accused...
Gujarat's Ex-Advocate General Suresh Shelat Passes Away At 85
Renowned legal luminary Suresh Shelat, a former Advocate General of Gujarat and distinguished senior counsel at the Gujarat High Court, breathed his last on Sunday after a brief illness. He was 85 years old and had commenced his legal practice in the year 1967.Shelat was the Advocate General of Gujarat from 2000 to 2006, voluntarily resigning from the post in January 2006. With a...
Pressure Of Narrative Changes Course In Which Cases Can Go, Judges And Investigating Agencies Not Immune To Media Pressure: Justice Anup J. Bhambhani
Delhi High Court judge, Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani, on Saturday said that investigating agencies and judges are not immune to media pressure and that the pressure of the narrative built around a case digresses and changes the course in which cases can go.“We must always, as counsel as people otherwise engaged in the criminal justice system, we are all influenced subliminally by what we...
Personal Liberty Is Paramount Essential For Dignity And Human Happiness, Presumption Of Innocence Is A Fundamental Right: Justice Siddharth Mridul
Delhi High Court judge, Justice Siddharth Mridul, yesterday said that personal liberty is the paramount essential and sine qua non for human dignity and human happiness and that the principle or presumption of innocence is recognised as a fundamental right in India. “The presumption of innocence is the very elixir of the criminal justice system. It is evidently today recognized legal right....
'Best Of Times, Worst Of Times': Justice Deepak Gupta Discusses Supreme Court Judgments Which Expanded & Restricted Fundamental Rights In Last Decade
Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Deepak Gupta delivered a lecture on the topic "Development of Fundamental Rights Jurisprudence in Last 10 years" as part of LiveLaw's 10th anniversary lecture series. This was the 2nd lecture of the series, which was inaugurated by former Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on July 3. Justice Gupta, delivered a comprehensive lecture shedding light on...
Kerala Court Grants Bail To Shajan Skaria In Forgery Case, Criticises Police For Effecting Arrest Despite Surrender On High Court's Direction
A Kerala Court on Saturday granted bail to Marunadan Malayali Editor, Shajan Skaria, in connection with a forgery case.Skaria had appeared before the Nilambur SHO in compliance with the High Court's order in another case. However, upon his surrender, he was arrested by the Investigating Officer of Thrikkakkara police probing the forgery case. Criticising such a move, Additional Sessions...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Rely On ChatGPT Responses In IPR Suit, Says AI Can’t Substitute Human Intelligence In Adjudicatory Process
Refusing to rely on ChatGPT responses in a suit filed by french luxury company Christian Louboutin over its unique “red sole” shoes design, the Delhi High Court has said that artificial intelligence cannot substitute either human intelligence or humane element in the adjudicatory process.“Accuracy and reliability of AI generated data is still in the grey area. There is no doubt in the...
Delhi Riots: Court Raps Cop For ‘Double Standard’ In Investigation, Refers Matter To Commissioner Of Police
Pulling up an Investigating Officer of the Delhi Police for his “double standard” in investigating cases related to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots, a Delhi Court yesterday referred the matter to the Commissioner of Police Sanjay Arora and asked the department to “make an assessment of his conduct.”Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala criticized the IO for his failure to...
CJI DY Chandrachud Talks Of Law Firm Turning Away An Intern Due To His Caste, Calls For Inclusivity In Legal Profession
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday called for inclusivity in the legal profession while recalling an incident where a young student who began his internship at a law office was asked by his supervisor which caste he belonged to. When he revealed his caste he was asked not to return. “I was filled with despair when I heard of this” the CJI said while addressing students at...
Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Catholic Priest Under Gujarat Anti-Conversion Law For Baptising Child
The Supreme Court on Friday (August 25) issued a temporary stay on the criminal proceedings against a Catholic parish priest in Gujarat for baptising a child at the request of the child's Christian mother, who is estranged from her Hindu husband. The priest has been accused of forceful religious conversion under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act of 2003. This stay will operate till the...
Muzzafarnagar Muslim Boy 'Slapping' Incident | 'It Casts A Blow To Country's Secular Fabric': UP Lawyer Moves NHRC Seeking An FIR
An Uttar Pradesh-based lawyer S M Haider Rizvi has moved the National Human Rights Commission seeking registration of an FIR against the teacher of a private school in the Muzaffarnagar district of the state, who has been accused of making communal comments and directing her students to slap a Muslim classmate studying in class 2. This development comes hours after a video of the alleged...