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Supreme Court says dying declaration discarded to acquit a person cannot be basis for convicting co-accused

The Supreme Court said that a dying declaration that was discarded by the court while acquitting the accused cannot be the basis for conviction of another accused. It was found by the bench comprising of Justice BR Gavai, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra found that dying declaration of a woman was relied while convicting her husband,whle allegations against father-in-law were disbelieved. "In the totality of the circumstances, it cannot be said ...

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Equality in Corruption

In a landmark judgment, a five-judge Constitution bench not only affirmed equality before law principle for accused government officers of all ranks, but also held that the new law would apply retrospectively

Porn and Privacy

Recently, the Kerala High Court quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against a man who was arrested by the police for watching obscene videos on his mobile phone on the roadside. The Court made it clear that the individual had committed no offence as he was viewing the obscene video in his private time without exhibiting it to others. The case has, however, revived the debate about pornography and the laws that govern it
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The acrimonious dispute between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the killing of a prominent Khalistani supporter in Canada has turned into an international crisis. Is there a way out of the diplomatic impasse?

Damage Control

The Court has lambasted media trials which deflect the course of justice and asked the home ministry to prepare a manual in this regard. The media has increasingly invaded the judiciary’s domain by conducting parallel trials
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Allahabad High Court appoints two advocates as amicus curiae fixing the daily wages for the prisoners lodged in jails

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The Allahabad High Court has appointed two advocates as amicus curiae, considering the daily wages fixed by the government for the prisoners lodged in jails to be low and has sought suggestions from them in the matter of fixing the daily wages of the prisoners. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker and Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh passed this order while hearing a PIL filed by Bachchey Lal. The public interest litigation was instituted on a letter petition. It has remained...

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