SC was hearing appeal filed by man sentenced to death by a trial court for rape and murder of a 10-yr-old. Defence counsel argued that witness statements had contradictions.
If new law comes into play, courts will lose power of judicial review & word of President will be considered final. There is no time limit for President to decide on mercy petition.
The three bills that seek to replace IPC, CrPC and Indian Evidence Act were referred to 28-member parliamentary panel on Home Affairs on last day of monsoon session for scrutiny.
Arrears of maintenance pending for over a year can be recovered through civil suit, even if recourse under Section 125(3) of CrPC before magistrate isn’t available anymore, says court.
51-year-old & his wife have been sent to 14 days' judicial custody. Defence counsel says the accused underwent vasectomy in 2005. Medical report on whether it's intact awaited.
While hearing Congress leader Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy murder case, SC bench held default bail could be cancelled even after filing of chargesheet if there was a strong case for it.
Courts across the country have repeatedly had to pull up the police for violating Supreme Court's Arnesh guidelines to make arrests under Sec 41 of CrPC.
According to government reply in Lok Sabha, the pilot phase of PMIS is being used to test concepts, strategies and systems before a full-scale implementation of the scheme.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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