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Call For Papers: International Conference On Reforming Prosecution For Victim Justice; NLU Delhi1 May 2019 10:54 AM GMT

International Conference on Reforming Prosecution for Victim Justice is organised by K. L. Arora Chair in Criminal Law & Centre for Criminology and Victimology in Association with Indian...

Marginal Delay In Deposit Of Court Fees Not A Ground To Refuse Prosecution Of Suit On Merits: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]14 March 2019 7:53 AM GMT

The Bombay High Court on Monday held that marginal delay in payment of the deposit of court fees cannot be a ground to deprive the opportunity to prosecute suit on merits. The petitioners before the...

If DNA Profiling Isn’t Done Or Held Back In Rape Cases, Adverse Consequence Would Follow For The Prosecution: SC [Read Judgment]14 Dec 2018 5:16 AM GMT

Probe Agency Filing Toothless Charge Sheets, Prosecutor Writes To Top Cop11 Dec 2018 2:55 PM GMT

Odisha Govt Decides Not To Prosecute Cases Against Abhijit Iyer Mitra, Accepting His Apology4 Dec 2018 5:08 PM GMT

Guilty Until Proven Innocent - Problem Of Languishing Innocent Undertrials In India18 Nov 2018 5:52 AM GMT

The horrors faced by a person thrown in jail for crimes they have not committed, cannot be understood unless one lives it. Our jails are overflowing with thousands of innocent undertrials languishing...

There Can’t Be Shortcut To Dispose Of Criminal Prosecution: Bombay HC Deprecates Magistrate, Orders Enquiry Against IO, APP [Read Judgment]9 Nov 2018 8:55 AM GMT

The Bombay High Court in a recent judgment ordered a fresh trial in a matter regarding the acquittal of an accused under Sections 279 (rash driving), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or...

No Criminal Case Is Free From Shortcoming; Accused Can’t Take Advantage Of ‘Insignificant’ Inconsistencies In Prosecution Evidence: SC [Read Judgment]19 Sep 2018 9:47 AM GMT

‘While appreciating the evidence of a witness, the approach must be whether the evidence of the witness read as a whole inspires confidence.’A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, while confirming...

Withdrawal Of Prosecution: Public Prosecutor Cannot Act Like A Post Office Of The Government:SC [Read Judgment]13 Sep 2018 6:08 AM GMT

Supreme Court on Thursday re-iterated that a public prosecutor cannot act like a post office of the Government while acting on a petition for withdrawal of prosecution under Section 321 of Code of...

Legal Remedies For Wrongful Prosecution: Law Commission Suggests CrPC Amendments For Special Courts & Compensation [Read The Report]31 Aug 2018 5:48 AM GMT

The Law Commission of India, in its 277th report, has recommended amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure to include a mechanism for addressing instances of wrongful prosecution and providing...

Entire Prosecution Story Shouldn’t Be Doubted For Certain Embellishments: SC Revives 1993 WB Panchayat Post-Poll Violence Case [Read Judgment]29 Aug 2018 9:35 AM GMT

‘It is but natural to have certain minor variations in the evidence of eye-witnesses when a large number of people had gathered to assault a smaller group of people and which resulted in death of...

Documents Which Aren’t Part Of Charge-Sheet Can Be Received In Evidence For Prosecution During Trial: Karnataka HC [Read Order]1 Aug 2018 5:34 PM GMT

‘I do not have any hesitation to hold that the criminal court conducting the trial is bound to receive all the evidence produced by the prosecution irrespective of the fact whether the said evidence...

Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Women & Children: Calcutta HC Lays Down Guidelines For Investigation And Prosecution [Read Order]9 July 2018 8:48 AM GMT

The Calcutta High Court recently laid down guidelines for investigation and trial of offences under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. These guidelines, it asserted, need to be followed as...

Defence Of An Accused Cannot Become The Subject Matter Of Another Criminal Complaint Against The Prosecution: T&AP High Court [Read Order]16 Jun 2018 5:47 AM GMT

‘The object of the petitioner filing a criminal complaint appears to be to first put to test the evidence so far collected by the Police Officers, before they can be used in the criminal complaints...

Independent Prosecution By De Facto Complainant Not Permissible In Sessions Case: SC Sets Aside HC Order Accepting HC’s Plea [Read Order]22 May 2018 4:34 AM GMT

The Supreme Court has set aside an order of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh that allowed a de facto complainant to conduct the prosecution...

Non-Maintenance Of General Diary Per Se Won’t Render Whole Prosecution Illegal: SC [Read Judgment]20 May 2018 4:59 AM GMT

If the Officer has not recorded, then it is for the trial court to weigh the effect of the same for reasons provided therein, the bench said.The Supreme Court has held that non-maintenance of...

Rape Case Against Accused Can’t Be Quashed Merely Because Victim Didn’t Support Prosecution Case During Trial Of Co-Accused: Orissa HC [Read Judgment]17 April 2018 12:07 PM GMT

This court cannot assume a thing and quash the criminal proceeding against the petitioner on the ground that the co-accused persons have been acquitted as the victim has not supported the prosecution...

Any Harassment Of An Innocent Citizen, Irrespective Of Caste Or Religion, Is Against The Guarantee Of The Constitution:SC20 March 2018 4:20 PM GMT

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, observed that any harassment of an innocent citizen, irrespective of caste or religion, is against the guarantee of the Constitution and the Supreme Court must enforce...

District Court Judges Told To Desist From Pressurising, Threatening Directorate Of Prosecution For Their Choice Of Prosecutors, Naibs [Read Circular]25 Dec 2017 1:04 PM GMT

Anyone familiar with the working of district courts would agree that the judges, their staff and also the prosecutors posted in each court work as a team. The staff and the prosecutors adapt to the...

Non-Production Of Seized Narcotic Drug Fatal To Prosecution Case: SC [Read Judgment]7 Dec 2017 9:59 AM GMT

No explanation has also been furnished by the prosecution for non-production of the ganja as an exhibit in the trial, the bench said. The Supreme Court, in Gorakh Nath Prasad vs State of Bihar, has...