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Cruelty And Abetment To Suicide Are Distinct Offences, Acquittal Under One Will Not 'Necessarily Lead' To Acquittal In The Other: Kerala HC
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Cruelty And Abetment To Suicide Are Distinct Offences, Acquittal Under One Will Not 'Necessarily Lead' To Acquittal In The Other: Kerala HC

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The Kerala High Court recently observed that while marriage is an essential ingredient to attract the offence of cruelty punishable under IPC Section 498A, however for abetment to suicide under IPC Section 306 there need not be any relationship between the "accused and the victim". In observing so, the high court set aside the man's conviction for cruelty under Section …

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The Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest- 2023 [Part-XIV]
7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest- 2023 [Part-XIV]

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Municipal Corporation Act Municipal Corporation Act - Delhi Municipal Corporation Regulations - These provisions make it abundantly clear that the election of the Mayor has to be held first. Mina Pun v. State of U.P., 2023 LiveLaw 724 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - Conviction liable to be set aside if samples weren't drawn in magistrate's presence as …

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Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2023 - Criminal Major Acts
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2023 - Criminal Major Acts

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Difference in the power of Police to register and investigate an FIR under Section 154 read with 157 of the Code, and the Magistrate's direction to register an FIR under Section 156 of the Code. State through CBI v. T. Gangi Reddy @ Yerra Gnagi Reddy, 2023 LiveLaw 37 …

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Supreme Court Quarterly Digest On Indian Penal Code 1960 [ Jan-Mar 2023]
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest On Indian Penal Code 1960 [ Jan-Mar 2023]

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Penal Code, 1860 - Constitutional Courts can impose fixed term sentence even in cases where death penalty was not proposed - "Even in a case where capital punishment is not imposed or is not proposed, the Constitutional Courts can always exercise the power of imposing a modified or fixed-term sentence by directing that a life sentence, as contemplated by “secondly” …

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Multiple FIRs Against Same Person In Different States : Supreme Court Suggests A Mechanism Similar To United States Judicial Panel On Multidistrict Litigation
2 years, 11 months ago

Multiple FIRs Against Same Person In Different States : Supreme Court Suggests A Mechanism Similar To United States Judicial Panel On Multidistrict Litigation

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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court suggested establishing a mechanism similar to the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation set up in the United States of America to, inter alia, resolve matters in which multiple FIR's are registered against a particular person in multiple States. Power to order cases to be tried in different sessions divisions.—Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding provisions …

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Has Not The Apex Court Done Violence To Section 149 IPC?
3 years ago

Has Not The Apex Court Done Violence To Section 149 IPC?

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I chanced to peruse a Judgment dated 23-11-2021 by a two – Judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India in Criminal Appeal No: 31 of 2019, forwarded to me by a senior Advocate of the Supreme Court. SECTION 149 IPC 1 If an offence is committed by any member of an unlawful assembly in prosecution of the common object …

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