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False Cow Slaughter Case | Gujarat Court Acquits Two, Orders Criminal Action Against Cops, 'Gau Rakshak'
2 weeks, 4 days ago

False Cow Slaughter Case | Gujarat Court Acquits Two, Orders Criminal Action Against Cops, 'Gau Rakshak'

Live Law  

A Sessions Court in Gujarat's Panchmahal district on Tuesday directed the lodging of a criminal complaint under Section 248 BNS Act against three state police officials as well as two panch witnesses for filing a 'false' Cow Slaughter case against two men accusing them of transporting cattle for purposes of cow slaughter. Acquitting the two accused in the July 2020 …

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High Court grants pre-arrest bail to man booked under Maharashtra criminal act
3 weeks ago

High Court grants pre-arrest bail to man booked under Maharashtra criminal act

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to a Pune man who was slapped with a case under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act. Earlier, the Pune Sessions court had rejected Tingre's anticipatory application on the grounds that he, along with the gang leader of the organised crime syndicate, went to the hotel and demanded ransom, …

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'Trial Would Be Futile Exercise': Orissa High Court Quashes Case Against Engineer For Not Wearing Mask During Pandemic
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Trial Would Be Futile Exercise': Orissa High Court Quashes Case Against Engineer For Not Wearing Mask During Pandemic

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has quashed criminal case against a 39-year-old engineer for riding motor cycle without putting on helmet and not wearing mask during COVID-19 pandemic in the year 2020. Stressing on the intention behind the legislation of the Epidemic Disease Act, 1897, the Single Bench of Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra held that allowing the trial to be held …

Pandemic Case Fir Act Petitioner Court Quashes Wearing Mask
Police file harbouring offender application in Andekar case
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Police file harbouring offender application in Andekar case

Hindustan Times  

The Pune police have filed the harbouring offender application under the newly implemented Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita framework against the accused in the murder case of former corporator Vanraj Andekar. The Samarth police station has already lodged a case under Sections 103, 61 of the BNS and Sections 3, 4 of the Arms Act, Section 37, 135 of the Maharashtra Police …

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Centre defends law against triple talaq, says it legitimised ‘abandonment’ of Muslim women
4 months ago

Centre defends law against triple talaq, says it legitimised ‘abandonment’ of Muslim women

The Hindu  

The Union government in the Supreme Court has justified the Central law criminalising triple talaq, saying the “practice legitimised and institutionalised abandonment of wives by their husbands” and was “neither Islamic nor legal”. The government said all it did with the Muslim Women Act, 2019 was make a practice called “manifestly arbitrary” by the Supreme Court a non-bailable criminal offence …

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Defaulter Can't Initiate Criminal Proceedings Against Creditor/Auction Purchaser Against Auction Held Under SARFAESI Act, Must Go To DRT: Allahabad High Court
8 months ago

Defaulter Can't Initiate Criminal Proceedings Against Creditor/Auction Purchaser Against Auction Held Under SARFAESI Act, Must Go To DRT: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

While quashing criminal proceedings against officers of M/s Himri Estate Private Limited and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. initiated by Shipra Group, the Allahabad High Court held that defaulter cannot initiate criminal proceedings against creditor/auction purchaser against the auction conducted under the provisions of Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002. Criminal proceedings cannot be …

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From definition of terrorism to punishment for hit-and-run cases: Key highlights of 3 new criminal laws
1 year ago

From definition of terrorism to punishment for hit-and-run cases: Key highlights of 3 new criminal laws

India TV News  

Amid the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed three significant bills to replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Indian Evidence Act. Here are three key bills passed by Lok Sabha: Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 2023 These bills will replace the Indian Penal Code-1860, …

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S.5 Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act | Magistrate Can Order Accused To Give Handwriting Sample Even In Absence Of Arrest: Kerala HC
1 year, 4 months ago

S.5 Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act | Magistrate Can Order Accused To Give Handwriting Sample Even In Absence Of Arrest: Kerala HC

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently held that until specific provisions are enacted in CrPC, Magistrates are empowered to order the collection of handwriting samples of accused for investigation purposes and that such orders do not inherently violate Article 20 of the Constitution.Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan added that Magistrates have the jurisdiction to. The Kerala High Court recently held that until specific …

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The bureaucracy as prosecutor and judge
1 year, 4 months ago

The bureaucracy as prosecutor and judge

The Hindu  

The controversial Jan Vishwas Act, 2022 which was recently enacted into law by Parliament, has been touted by the government as a landmark piece of legislation aimed at improving “ease of doing business” in India by either decriminalising or making “compoundable” offences across 42 legislations. It took till approximately 1970, for several State legislatures to effect the separation of power …

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Madras High Court Refuses To Quash Criminal Proceedings Against Pastor Accused of Human Trafficking
1 year, 5 months ago

Madras High Court Refuses To Quash Criminal Proceedings Against Pastor Accused of Human Trafficking

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently refused to quash proceedings against Pastor Gideon Jacob, who has been accused of illegal running a home for girl children, and human trafficking. Though Gideon argued that the statutory provisions with respect to sanction was not complied with, the court noted that the Secretary to Government had accorded sanction as per Section 196 CrPC and …

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Proceedings Under Section 12 Domestic Violence Act Not Bar To Initiating Criminal Action, Lodging FIR U/S 498A IPC: JKL High Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Proceedings Under Section 12 Domestic Violence Act Not Bar To Initiating Criminal Action, Lodging FIR U/S 498A IPC: JKL High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Monday ruled that merely because proceedings have been initiated by a wife against her husband under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, no bar can be construed against lodging an first information report for cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. Single-judge Justice Sanjay Dhar said …

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Review: Report on the working of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 by Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project
1 year, 11 months ago

Review: Report on the working of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 by Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project

Live Law  

In September 2022, the Government of India brought a group of eight big cats/cheetahs from Namibia to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. The report, ‘Wildlife Policing: The Reign of Criminalization in the Forest of Madhya Pradesh’ by the Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project attempts to change that. The report is useful on two fronts- first, in understanding the …

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Decoding the big SC verdict on Prevention of Money Laundering Act
2 years, 4 months ago

Decoding the big SC verdict on Prevention of Money Laundering Act

India Today  

In an important judgment on Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and retained the powers of the Enforcement Directorate. The Parliament in its wisdom has regarded the property derived or obtained as a result of specified criminal activity, being an offence under the concerned legislation mentioned in the Schedule.” ON TWIN BAIL …

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Boarding Crowded Mumbai Local Train A "Calculated Risk"; Not A "Criminal Act" : Bombay HC Awards Compensation To Injured Passenger
2 years, 7 months ago

Boarding Crowded Mumbai Local Train A "Calculated Risk"; Not A "Criminal Act" : Bombay HC Awards Compensation To Injured Passenger

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court observed that boarding a crowded train for a Mumbaikar was a 'calculated risk' not a 'criminal act' and directed the railways to pay over Rs. Justice Bharati Dangre set aside the Railways Claims Tribunal's order rejecting the senior citizen's claim and held that the incident would fall within the meaning of "untoward incident" under Section 123 …

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Supreme Court Criminal Law Digest February 2022
2 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Criminal Law Digest February 2022

Live Law  

Anticipatory bail granted to Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Sufiyan in a case relating to the murder of a BJP supporter during the West Bengal post -poll violence. Pappu v. State of Uttar Pradesh | 9 Feb 2022 | 2022 LiveLaw 144 Evidence Act, 1872 - "Matters" - Matters are necessary, concomitant material factors to prove a fact. | 4 Feb …

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