Under Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, prosecution of directors for cheque dishonour is contingent upon arraignment of the company as an accused. Commission of the offence by t..

Statements made by an accused under Section 313 of CrPC, though not evidence on oath, can be used to support a conviction where they corroborate the prosecution's case. Once execution and si..

An application under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure lies before a Magistrate where police fails to act on a cognizable complaint. Fabrication of court decrees and forgery o..

Clinically Administered Nutrition constitutes medical treatment and may be withdrawn in accordance with the judgment in Common Cause. Where Primary and Secondary Medical Boards unanimously c..

Cheque dishonour proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 are quasi-criminal and primarily compensatory in nature. Trial courts must refer all such cases to medi..

Call Detail Records, being electronic evidence, are inadmissible unless accompanied by a certificate under Section 65-B(4) of the Indian Evidence Act. Examination of nodal officers of teleco..

Section 499 IPC makes no distinction between first-time publication of defamatory content and redisplaying content already published on another platform. Prior existence of defamatory materi..

Family Courts cannot reject a request for participation in conciliation proceedings via video conferencing by mechanically relying on precedent without examining the specific facts of the ca..

Findings in a departmental inquiry cannot be based solely on documents collected during investigation unless their contents are proved through competent witnesses having knowledge thereof an..

Reckless allegations of illicit affairs and serious criminal acts made by a spouse in pleadings without supporting evidence amount to mental cruelty under matrimonial law. Such allegations c..

A private settlement agreement cannot dissolve a statutory marriage absent a decree or proved custom. However, such an agreement is relevant evidence to determine whether parties are living ..

Power to freeze a bank account during investigation must be exercised sparingly and only upon recording reasons demonstrating a live and proximate link between the account and the alleged cr..