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

The dispute pertained to the ownership and possession of the property, where an agreement to sell was executed in the Company's favour by one late Shri M.A. Shanmugam (owner of the property) against the transfer of shares of the company in his favour.Read More

Briefly stated, the appellant-husband approached the Patna High Court apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences under Sections 498(A), 504, 379 and 34 IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.Read More

“However, the seized vehicle is not liable to confiscation if the owner of the seized vehicle can prove that the vehicle was used by the accused person without the owner's knowledge or connivance and that he had taken all reasonable precautions against such use of the seized vehicle by the accused person.”,Read More