The Calcutta High Court has recently set aside an order acquitting an accused under Section 256 of the CrPC for a complaint registered under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act by observing that a Magistrate cannot pass such an order merely due to the non-appearance of the complainant without forming a judicial opinion. The court must apply its judicial …
The State in its statement filed before the Kerala High Court in the Orthodox-Jacobite row has cited the ongoing pandemic as a reason for not implementing the mechanism and system proposed by the Apex Court in K.S Varghese & Ors v St. Peter's & St. Paul's Syrian Orthodox & Ors. The State submitted that this decision of the Supreme Court …
