A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday pronounced the judgment answering the reference made on the ambit of powers under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which gives power to the trial court to summon additional accused.The following are the issues answered by the Constitution Bench comprising Justices Abdul Nazeer, B.R. A Constitution Bench of the …
The Supreme Court observed that some corroboration is necessary when an ocular testimony falls into category of "neither wholly reliable nor wholly unreliable". The bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and PS Narasimha noted that in Vadivelu Thevar v. State of Madras SCR 981, oral testimony was classified into three categories, namely: Wholly reliable. In the said judgment, it was observed …
The long-awaited Friends reunion finally made its debut on Thursday, with the sitcom's cast heading back to the iconic set to reminisce on the show's history, 17 years since its conclusion. The six iconic stars - Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer - reunited on the Warner Bros. studio lot for a night …
The enactment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 has had significant ramifications on the corporate insolvency landscape. In Sanjeev Kumar v. Aithent Technologies Private Limited, the NCLAT by a majority judgment held that the NCLT, Kolkata had rightly admitted the application filed u/s 9 of the Code by the lessor, as even though the dues arising from the lease …
After spending nearly 23 years on death row for a murder he did not commit, Curtis Flowers received some long-awaited good news in September: He was finally free. So no matter how egregiously Doug Evans abused his powers to deprive Curtis Flowers of his constitutional rights, Flowers cannot seek justice against him. Whether that constitutional violation is committed honestly or …
