(i) Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, S.15(1)(b) -- Criminal Contempt -- Advocate General's Consent -- A private party initiating criminal contempt proceedings must obtain the prior written cons..

(i) Family Courts Act, 1984, S.7 -- Family Court Jurisdiction -- Death of One Spouse -- Adjudication of family disputes by a Family Court can be undertaken only where both parties to the mar..

(i) Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.120B -- Criminal Conspiracy -- Advocate's Telephonic Contact with Client -- The gravamen of criminal conspiracy is an agreement to commit an unlawful act. Tele..

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, S.138 -- Dishonour of Cheque -- Compounding at Appellate Stage -- The guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in Sanjabij Tari v. Kishore S. Borcar for co..

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..

Specific Relief Act, 1963, S.16(c) -- Specific Performance -- Readiness and Willingness -- A plaintiff who fails to perform the essential terms of a contract and cannot demonstrate readiness..

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..