Delay in Lodging FIR
Section 154 of the Cr.P.C. is related to lodging of FIR. This section or any other section of the Cr.P.C. does not prescribe any time limit within which FIR should…
‘Rules of Guidance’ to deal with trials under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (N.I. Act).
i) Hereafter in all 138 prosecutions, the very fact that the prosecution is one under Section 138 of theNegotiable Instruments Act shall be reckoned as sufficient reason by all criminal…
Dispensation of accused with the personal appearance under Section 138 of the N.I. Act.
Bhaskar Industries Ltd. Vs. Bhiwani Denim & Apparels Ltd. & Ors…. Honourable Supreme Court had laid down the following guidelines, which are to be borne in mind while dealing with…
Chapter XVI (Section 205) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973
Commencement of Proceedings Before Magistrates Section 205 of the Code, which clothes the Magistrate with the discretion to dispense with the personal appearance of the accused, reads as follows:“205. Magistrate…
These are the following Principles regarding compulsory retirement.
(i) An order of compulsory retirement is not a punishment. It implies no stigma nor any suggestion of misbehaviour. (ii) The order has to be passed by the government on…
Seven well recognized facets of Principles of Natural Justice.
One of the fundamental principles of natural justice is that no man shall be a judge in his own cause. This principle consists of seven well recognized facets:(i) The adjudicator…
There is no fundamental right of citizens to carry on trade or to do business in liquor.
There are three principal reasons to hold that there is no fundamental right of citizens to carry on trade or to do business in liquor. First, there is the police…
Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia Etc. Vs. State Of Punjab (Supreme Court of India)
1980 AIR 1632: 1980 SCR (3) 383: 1980 SCC (2) 565 Date Of Judgment – 09/04/1980 Bench – Justices Y.V. Chandrachud (CJ), P.N. Bhagwati, N.L. Untwalia, R.S. Pathak, O. Chinnappa…
About Section 57 (Chapter – V) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973
Arrest of Persons Whenever any person is arrested under Section 57 Cr.P.C. he should be produced before the nearest Magistrate within 24 hours as mentioned therein. Such Magistrate may or may not…
Chapter II (Section – 32) of The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Of The Relevancy Of Facts Statements By Persons Who Cannot Be Called As Witnesses Section – 32 – Cases in which statement of relevant fact by person who is dead…