"No One To Police The Police": MP High Court Raps MP Police Over Failure To Trace Minor Girl Allegedly Raped & Killed

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently came down heavily on the state police department for its callousness and failure in tracing an 11-year-old missing minor girl whose father had approached the High Court 5 years back in the year 2017.Deprecating the way state police handled the case, the bench of Justice Rohit Arya and Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke remarked that there was no one to Police...

Govind Pansare's Murder : Daughter Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Transfer Of Probe From SIT To Maharashtra ATS

The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra Government to respond to an application to transfer slain communist leader Govind Pansare's murder investigation to the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad from the State SIT to find the real mastermind behind the murders. The application filed by the 82-year-old's daughter, Smita Pansare, states that nearly seven years after her...

Difference Between "Per Incurium" & "Sub Silentio" -Explainer

Those things which have been so often adjudged ought to rest in peace. This statement by the English jurist, Lord Coke succinctly summarizes the jurisprudential force of the doctrine of precedent. The doctrine of precedent occupies an important position in the organization of any judicial system. It implies that a decision by a court higher in the pyramid of judicial hierarchy, binds...

Karnataka HC Judge Gets Threat Of Transfer For Slamming Anti-Corruption Bureau Probe. [ Video]

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No Straws, No Bail, No Justice: Remembering Stan Swamy Who Died In Custody

"When each dissenter is put behind bars, a thorn each is removed from the flesh of the ruling class." – Late Father Stan Swamy

Something Amiss In Zubair Case; Worrying That Many Judges Are Scared To Grant Bail : Justice Deepak Gupta

Former Supreme Court Justice Deepak Gupta, in this interview with Manu Sebastian(Managing Editor of LiveLaw), shares his opinion about the case against fact-checker Mohammed Zubair and expresses concern about the worrying trend of Courts denying bail without proper...

Karnataka HC Judge Says He Was Threatened With Transfer For Slamming ACB Investigation

"I am going to protect the independence of the judiciary at the cost of my judgeship", the judge said.

500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 Part 4 (Citations 301 to 400)

See Also 500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 [Citations 1 to 100]500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 (Citations 101 - 200)500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 (Citations 201 - 300) Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012; Section 23 - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 155(2) - Whether Section 155(2) Cr.P.C. will apply to the investigation of an offence...

Nabam Rebia Decision Should Be Reviewed As It Has Great Mischief Potential : PDT Achary

The law laid down by the Supreme Court in the 2016 case Nabam Rebia versus Deputy Speaker that a Speaker cannot initiate disqualification proceedings when a resolution seeking his removal is pending should be reviewed, said PDT Achary, former Secretary General of the Lok Sabha. Achary was speaking in an interview with Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of LiveLaw, on the anti-defection law...

TMC Leader Saket Gokhale Seeks Initiation Of Criminal Contempt Against OpIndia For Allegedly Insulting SC Over Oral Remarks Made In Nupur Sharma's Case

A letter has been written by TMC leader Saket Gokhale to Attorney General of India K.K. Venugopal, for seeking initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against the web portal OpIndia for allegedly insulting the Supreme Court over its oral remarks made in former BJP Spokesperson Nupur Sharma's case.The development came after the Top Court earlier this week came down heavily on Nupur...

Can Retweeting, Sharing Or Forwarding Offensive Posts Attract Criminal Liability? Explainer

It is often seen that many Twitter users put a disclaimer 'retweets are not endorsement' in their bio. But can this disclaimer shield one from criminal liability?Recently, the Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police KPS Malhotra said that an individual has to take responsibility for retweets and that even endorsement of a view on social media becomes the view of the person sharing or...

Eknath Shinde Group Has Voluntarily Given Up Shiv Sena Membership Through Their Acts : PDT Achary [Video Interview]

Eknath Shinde's claim of representing the real Shiv Sena is not allowed by tenth schedule, PDT Achary, former Secretary General of the Lok Sabha, tells in this interview with Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of...