Tag: #evidence

Can a trial judge be a mute spectator during court proceedings?

-Report by Gopal Kumar This case is related to Judge’s power to put questions or order production to discover or obtain proper proof of relevant fact under section 165 of the Indian Evidence...

NO ONE IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT EVEN THE COMPLAINANT’S NEIGHBOURS, HAD BACKED UP OR GIVEN EVIDENCE REGARDING THE EXISTENCE OF ANY INCIDENT

-Report by Sejal Jethva RITU TOMAR VS. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS, in this case, the petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short “the Cr.P.C.”) for...

Non-appearance in the court is self-evident that the party has failed to contend the case on the merits: Delhi HC granted ex parte decision

-Report by Srishti Delhi High Court in the case of LOUIS VUITTON MALLETIER Vs SANTOSH & ORS. on April 18 passed an ex parte decision imposing a permanent injunction to restrain the defendant from using the...

BEING CHILD WITNESS EVIDENCE DEMANDS A VERY CAUTIOUS APPROACH WITH EXTRA CIRCUMSPECTION CONSIDERATIONS

-Report by Sejal Jethva Radhey Shyam & Ors VS State of Rajasthan, in this case, political rivalry between the family of the deceased & accused. The eyewitnesses the minor, who was the daughter of the deceased and who is the mother of the deceased. FACTS The family of the late Raghunath Singh and a few of the accused, who...

WHEN DIRECT EVIDENCE FOR CRIME AVAILABLE, NO MOTIVE NEEDED

-Report by Pranav Mathur The Gwalior Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, on the 10th of February 2023, in the case of Narendra v. State of Madhya Pradesh, upheld...

DESIRE TO LIVE SEPERATELY, MOTHER STRANGULATES FIVE-YEAR OLD CHILD

-Report by Arun Bhattacharya The Supreme Court of India on Thursday 23rd of February, 2023 had to resolve a bizarre case of appeal by a by a mother who had allegedly...

SECTION 37 OF NDPS ACT NOT APPLICABLE IF CANNABIS QUANTITY LESS THAN 1 KG

–Report by Shreya Gupta The petitioner in this case of LAL VEDANT NATH SHAH DEO v STATE (NCT OF DELHI) was Lal Vedant Nath Shah Deo and the respondent was...

Legality of Sting Operations

Introduction Sting operations are the activities performed by people by hiding their true identity to investigate a matter and bring out the illegal activities performed by any person. Prevalently such...

Dying Declaration: Section 32(1) of the Indian Evidence Act

The present article is written by  Mudit Jain pursuing B.B.A.LL.B.(H) from Indore Institute of Law. Introduction The goal of this study is to uncover the principle of “Leterm Mortem,” which...

All you need to know about Criminal Trial

The present article is written by Muskan Harlalka, a 2nd-year law student from the School of Law, Mody University of Science and Technology, Lakshmangarh, Rajasthan. Introduction In common parlance, “trial”...