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Grant of bail and suspension of sentence under Section 398 of CrPC, 1973

Isha Sawant | Government Law College | 24th August 2020 Preet Pal Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh Facts: The victim died of unnatural circumstances on the night of 24/25-08-2009…

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Plea Bargaining in India

Aditi Singh | Army Institute of Law, Mohali | 24th August 2020 Introduction The problem of backlog of cases has been haunting the Indian Courts for a long time. This…

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Right to reanalysis of sample under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940

Isha Sawant | Government Law College | 22nd August 2020 Medipol Pharmaceutical India Pvt. Ltd. v. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research Facts: The respondent- Post Graduate Institute…

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Supreme Court declares detention of under-trial prisoners is Unconstitutional

Sabareesh Pillay | School of Law, University of Mumbai Thane Sub-Campus | 18th August 2020 Hussainara Khatoon Vs Home Secretary, State Of Bihar FACTS: In this case, a writ petition…

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Supreme Court directs Bihar Government to release prisoners with mental illnesses

Sabareesh Pillay | School of Law, University of Mumbai Thane Sub-Campus | 16th August 2020 Veena Awasthi Vs Union Of India FACTS: In this case, in 1982 the free Legal…

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Conviction under NDPS Act, 1985 to be proved beyond all reasonable doubt

Isha Sawant | Government Law College, Mumbai | 14th August 2020 Gangadhar alias Gangaram v. State of Madhya Pradesh Facts: The appellant- Gangadhar alias Gangaram- sold his house in Nimkhed…

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Cyber Crimes by Playing Online Games: A Threat During Covid

Disha Agarwal | ICFAI Hyderabad | 11th August 2020   Internet is used today in every domain. Online shopping, gaming, education, banking etc have become very common and have been increasing…

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“Complete the investigation within two months”- Supreme Court to Rajasthan police in NLU Jodhpur student’s death case

Sabareesh Pillay | School of Law, University of Mumbai Thane Sub-Campus | 11th August 2020 Neetu Kumar Nagaich Vs State Of Rajasthan And Ors. FACTS: In 2017, Vikrant Nagaich a…

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Narco-Analysis in India

This article discusses the nuances of Narco analysis in India. This has been written by Aditi Singh student of Army Institute of Law, Mohali. Genesis As science has outpaced the…

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Police authorities are not the adjudicators of guilt or innocence of any person

Pranjal Sharma | Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad | 5th August 2020 Devangana Kalita V. Delhi Police FACTS  The petitioner is an accomplished student and is currently enrolled as a student…

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Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on Child Marriages

Disha Agarwal | ICFAI Hyderabad | 4th August 2020  Hardev Singh v/s Harpreet Kaur & Ors Facts: In the present case, Appellant (Hardev Singh) and Respondent (Harpreet Kaur) have married each other…

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Relief for journalist Amish Devgan

Sabareesh R Pillay | School of Law, University of Mumbai Thane Sub-Campus | 1st August 2020 Amish Devgan Vs. Union Of India FACTS: Amish Devgan is a journalist and a well-known Prime…

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Punishment for Marital Rape in these Countries, you didn’t know about!

In India, Marital Rape is not considered as a Criminal offence. Its an archaic, unfair, extremely misogynistic privilege given to gender. However, the analogy and rationale given behind it are…

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Delhi High Court Orders to remove photographs posted mischievously on pornographic website

Rida Farid Bazmi | Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad | 22nd July 2020 “X” v Union of India & Ors. (W.P (Crl) 1082 / 2020) Facts:   The Petitioner (identity kept confidential),…

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Custodial Death in India- When our saviour becomes a slayer!

Vipul Pathak & Khushbu Sangwan   Custodial Death in India  ABSTRACT The Constitution of India guarantees various rights to a ‘prisoner’ or ‘person in custody’, under Article 20, 21 and…

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Whether a person can be prosecuted for the same offence twice

Karthik.T | Sastra Deemed University Thanjavur | 22nd July 2020 Maqbool Husain Vs State Of Bombay FACTS: The fact of this case is the petitioner bought some gold into India.…

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Constitutionality of Section 499 and 500 of Indian Penal Code 1860

Karthik.T | Sastra Deemed University Thanjavur | 18th July 2020 Subramanian Swamy Vs Union Of India FACTS: This was a famous case of the supreme court. This case dealt with…

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The state is not vicariously liable for the activity of the police officers

Barathkumar K M | Sastra Deemed to be University Thanjavur | 14th July 2020 Kasturilal Ralia Ram Jain Vs The State of Uttar Pradesh Facts: The appellant runs a firm which…

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How to file an FIR Online?

Anand Sen | Gujarat National Law University | 11th July 2020 How to file an FIR online? First Information Report (FIR) is a very vital document as it sets the…

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SEARCH WITHOUT WARRANT

Pranjal Sharma | Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad The constitution of India secures its citizens with the Right to Freedom under Article 19 and Protects them from Self Incrimination under the…

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The act of Constitutional impropriety amounts to death sentence

KARTHIK.T | SASTRA DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY THANJAVUR | 8th July 2020 Kehar Singh And Others Vs State FACTS: This is the case is known as the famous Indra Gandhi assassination case.…

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Drinking liquor in the private vehicle is also an offence

Barathkumar K M | Sastra Deemed to be University Thanjavur | 9th July 2020 Satvinder Singh Vs The State of Bihar Facts: While the appellant was travelling in a vehicle, his…

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Conviction on the sole testimony of witnesses are subjected to higher scrutiny

Kandeep Shravan | SASTRA Deemed to be University | 2nd July 2020 Jagdish and Ors. Vs. The State of Haryana Facts: Two of the appellants were convicted for an assault…

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No one can escape from the exception until it is proven

Karthik.T | Sastra Deemed University Thanjavur | 1st July 2020 K.M. Nanavati Vs State of Maharashtra FACTS: This was a landmark judgment on the exception of murder. The fact of this case…

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The Spiral of the Cyber World

“As cybersecurity leaders, we have to create our message of influence because security is a culture and you need the business to take place and be part of that security…

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