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Gone are the days when the directors of a company could hide under the guise of the corporate veil and escape liabilities.

Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA), and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) received assent of the President on 25 December 2023 to replace the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CRPC), ...

The Supreme Court of India ruled that "intoxication" of a person cannot be a ground for dilution of murder charge or into unintentional killing.

In the present case of online sexual harassment, the complainant alleged the accused to be involved in commission of offences under Sections 354A of Indian Penal Code, 1860...

The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India recently on 07/05/2021 in Sanjay Kumar Rai v State of Uttar Pradesh and Another reiterated that orders framing charge or refusing discharge are neither...

In case of a cognizable offence [as defined under Sec. 2(c) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), "cognizable offence" means an offence for which, and "cognizable case" means a case in which, ...

The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in its recent judgment of Social Action Forum for Manav Adhikar and Another v Union of India Ministry of Law and Justice and Others revisited the important issue relating to ...

The present article is an attempt to examine whether the endeavours made by the Parliament are sufficient to put its motto of Criminal Justice Reforms into reality or still there exist a few concerns to be addressed.

The debate on Television Channels with reputed and Elite Panelist which included women activist, legal pundits, critiques of Media, Law and Judicial System and Social thinkers etc.

The intricate world of financial crimes often delves into the covert operations of money laundering, an art of disguising the origins of unlawfully acquired wealth.

As time passes, so do the techniques employed by money launderers. With increasing innovation and the advent of the internet, criminals are finding new ways to hide and transfer...

This is furthered by the absence of specific or exceptional circumstances being prescribed for the exercise of such powers by the magistrate.

The legal landscape is constantly evolving, particularly in the realm of criminal law.

Crime in society shows the failure of the government in maintaining law and order but it's not always the government that breaks laws. Laws are broken by individuals who are not abstract entities of society.

In criminal prosecutions, it becomes important to analyze the remedies available with the accused in, especially the option of choosing between the filing an application for discharge or approaching...

FIR is the First Information Report given to a police officer in charge by any aggrieved person relating to the commission of any offence.

In line with the government's stated goal of promoting Ease of Doing Business, the Company Law Committee (CLC), set up by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), ...