The Jitendra Kumar Rode judgment represents more than a procedural victory—it exposes the inadequacy of traditional ...

The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in Sardar Amarjit Singh Kalra (Dead) by LRs v. Pramod Gupta (Smt.) (Dead) by LRs (2003) 3 SCC 272 established a comprehensive framework for determining ...

The Court's most innovative reasoning lay in integrating procedural requirements with constitutional guarantees. Justice Karol observed that "personal liberty cannot be cut down without fair legal ...

38. The language of Section 385 shows that the Court sitting in appeal governed thereby is required to call for the records of the case from the concerned Court below. The same is an obligation, power ...

In a significant judgment delivered on April 8, 2025, the Supreme Court of India addressed a crucial legal question: Can a ...

The Supreme Court's decision in Vatsala Srinivasan v. Shyamala Raghunathan represents a significant advancement in Indian succession law. By establishing that beneficiaries can seek letters of ...

As may be seen, the first proviso to Section 17A refers to cases wherein a public servant is charged with acceptance of an undue advantage or attempt thereof. A prior approval or sanction to ...

Exhibit P-75 was marked through PW-30, the handwriting expert, and not even by the I.O. At least if the I.O. had identified and marked the specimen writings and signatures of A-7 as Exhibit P-75, it ...

The grounds of arrest are conveyed to the Petitioner within 4 minutes of his arrest. The communication of the grounds of arrest are indicated based on the diary entry as well as the contemporaneous ...

A person who is a complainant under Section 200 of the CrPC who complains about the offence committed by a person who is charged as an accused under Section 138 of the Act, thus h ...

Note: This checklist is based on constitutional mandates and Supreme Court judgments. It must be used in conjunction with current legal provisions and recent judicial pronouncements. When in doubt, ...

While adopted children cannot claim inheritance rights, biological parents can voluntarily leave property to their adopted ...