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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 ...

In a recent judgment in Devas Multimedia Pvt. Ltd. v. Antrix Corporation Ltd. & Anr., the Hon'ble Supreme Court has upheld the order of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)...

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 Calcutta High Court, in Louis Dreyfus Company India Private Limited v. Enforcement Directorate, Government of India, CRR 1145 of 2024, examined the circumstances in which a person against whom no case was made out in the scheduled offence could nevertheless be proceeded against under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (“PMLA”). The Court quashed the PMLA proceedings against Louis Dreyfus Company India Private Limited (“LDC”), principally finding that the material collected by the Enforcement Directorate (“ED”) did not establish the requisite connection between LDC and the alleged proceeds of crime.

Under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, Insolvency Professionals play a central role in the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP)...

In a landmark ruling, the High Court of Andhra Pradesh in Vishwanathan Krishna Murthy v. The State of Andhra Pradesh (Criminal Petition Nos. 6780, 7064 and 6830 of 2022) decided that a transwomen...

Citation: In the supreme court of India Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction, Criminal Appeal no. 566 of 2017 (Arising out of SLP (Criminal) No. 2301 of 2017) titled Ashok Munilal Jain And Anr. vs. Assistant Director, Directorate Of Enforcement.

The Supreme Court, in its recent judgment in Criminal Appeal No. 4359 of 2024, dated January 2, 2025, addressed critical issues concerning the interplay between Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) and Section 174 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC).

Till date, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 has served in the criminal justice system with regards to providing for general rules and principles of evidence for the commission of a fair trial, applicable to both; civil as well as criminal proceedings.

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.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside an order of the Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA) Special Court taking cognizance after the enactment of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS)...

To begin with, let us first understand what constitutes the meaning of the word "Begging".