News Update Offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act are Offences against Society* 3 Feb 2021 In State of Gujarat vs. Bhalchandra Laxmishankar Dave [Cr. A. NO.99 OF 2021] (LL 2021 SC 58).Supreme Court observed while setting aside a Gujarat High Court judgment acquitting an accused…
News Update FIR cannot be quashed on the grounds of Compromise between the parties in rape case: Delhi High Court 2 Feb 2021 Akhtar v. Government Of NCT Delhi And Another [CRL.M.C. 59/2021 & CRL.M.A. 278/2021 (Stay)] A police complaint was filed against the petitioner u/s 419, 467, 471, 474, 376 354,506 read…
News Update SC seeks reply from whatsapp for not sharing UPI data with any third party* 2 Feb 2021 In addition to the plea which seeks to get the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court regarding the sharing of UPI data with any third party, a number of interlocutory…
News Update Already Married woman living with some another man without divorcing her husband cannot seek legal sanctity: Allahabad HC 1 Feb 2021 If a married woman stays in a live-in relationship with another person without ending her marriage, then in the eyes of Law, this act will be termed as crime with…
News Update Sub standard quality of testimony of victim, absence of scuffle injuries: Bombay High Court acquits rape, POCSO accused 1 Feb 2021 The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court, on January 15, acquitted a 26-year-old accused charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) for the offence of…
News Update UP Police filed an FIR against “The Wire” for promoting fake news 1 Feb 2021 An FIR against The Wire's founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan has been reported by the UP Police for his tweet regarding a report on The Wire in which the family of…
News Update Supreme Court to decide filing period of chargesheet in matter of Default Bail 1 Feb 2021 In this case, the accused had been booked under Section 3 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923, for allegedly leaking information to the Chinese Agents. The offence which was alleged…
News Update Case of the National Herald: Delhi court abolishes criminal proceedings against Motilal Vora, the late Congress leader 31 Jan 2021 In the National Herald Case, Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court come from different sources the criminal proceedings against Congress leader Motilal Vohra. After the late Congress leader's counsel placed his death…
News Update Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in US; India demands action 31 Jan 2021 The 6-ft tall, 650-pound (294 kg) bronze statue of Gandhi, in the Central Park of the City of Davis in Northern California, appeared to have been sawed off at the…
News Update FIR against web series “Mirzapur” is prima facie inaccurate, says Allahabad HC 31 Jan 202131 Jan 2021 BackgroundThe First Information Report that was registered against the petitioners, under Section 67 - A of Information Technology Act and Sections 295 - A, 504, 505 read with Section 34…
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