Abetment to commit suicide involves a mental process of instigating a person or intentionally aiding a person in the doing of a thing. Without a positive proximate act on the part of the accused to instigate or aid in committing suicide, conviction cannot be sustained.Read More

The Supreme Court has reiterated that an arbitration agreement is enforceable against the legal representatives of a deceased partner of a partnership firm."An arbitration agreement does not cease to exist on the death of any party and the arbitration agreement can be enforced by or against the legal representatives of the deceasedRead More

Two weeks ago, a bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Manmohan had sought the response of the Union Government on the issue. The bench remarked during the hearing that criminalisation of politics was a serious issue.Read More

A person present on the scene might or might not be guilty by the application of Section 34, IPC. If he is present on the scene for the purpose of participating in the offence, he would certainly be guilty as a participator in the offence.Read More

The Supreme Court has observed that the filing of a fresh bail application, after the dismissal of an earlier bail application or the cancellation of the bail granted, was a right.Read More

The Supreme Court, while determining a case related to compassionate appointment, observed that such appointment should be granted only in “hand-to-mouth” cases, provided that all the other conditions are fulfilled. Explaining, the Court said that such situations would include a family 'below the poverty line' and struggling to pay basic expenses.Read More

A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Sandeep Mehta heard a case involving the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and a former employee. The AAI appealed against a decision of the Calcutta High Court that overturned the employee's dismissal from services based on a departmental disciplinary inquiry in a corruption case.Read More

he Supreme Court recently, while quashing a case involving allegations of cruelty and dowry said that criminal law should not be used as a tool for harassment.Read More

The Supreme Court  considered the issue of whether the condition of three years of practice at the Bar in addition to a legal degree needs to be restored to appear for the Civil Judge(Junior Division) exam in light of various issues faced by the High Courts in terms of lack of exposure on the functioning...Read More

The Supreme Court (recently on January 16) observed that not every sudden provocation would reduce the crime from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder. For reference, exception 1 to Section 300 (murder) of IPC states that culpable homicide is not murder when the accused is deprived of self-control due to grave and sudden...Read More