Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.483(2) -- Bail -- Complainant Absent at Hearing -- The statutory requirement under Section 483(2) BNSS is to afford the informant or complainant a..

Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.498A -- Cruelty by Husband or Relatives -- Widowed Sister-in-Law Living Separately -- A widowed sister-in-law residing separately from the matrimonial home has no ..

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, S.173 -- Closure Report -- Hearing to Complainant -- Before a court decides on a closure report, the complainant or informant must be given notice, a copy o..

Contempt of Court Act, 1971 -- Contempt Jurisdiction -- Underlying Order Set Aside -- Contempt jurisdiction is attracted only on wilful and intentional disobedience of a subsisting order. Wh..

Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.306 r/w S.107 -- Abetment of Suicide -- Rape as Instigation -- Rape causes extreme mental trauma and loss of dignity to a woman in Indian society, which is suffici..

Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, S.13(2) -- Prevention of Food Adulteration -- Right to Central Food Laboratory Analysis -- The right of an accused to have a food sample analysed b..

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.457 -- Interim Custody of Seized Property -- Cancellation of Zimanama -- Power to cancel an interim release order of seized property exists only where the co..

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.483 -- Bail -- Economic Offence -- Economic offences cannot be grouped into a single category for automatic denial of bail -- A charge carrying pu..

(i) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, S.174 -- Evidence -- Eyewitness Absent from Inquest Report -- An inquest report serves the limited purpose of ascertaining the cause of death. There is ..

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, S.482 -- Criminal Law -- Material Improvements in Subsequent Complaint -- Addition of grave allegations, absent in an earlier complaint, to a subsequent FIR..

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S.138 -- Dishonour of Cheque -- Authorised Signatory as Drawer -- An individual authorised by an organisation to sign and issue cheques and make payments on..

Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.498A -- Cruelty to Wife -- Non-Communication for Thirteen Days -- Refusal of a husband to speak to his wife for thirteen days does not fall within the meaning of c..