Section 223 BNSS provides for issuance of pre-cognizance notice to the accused and said provision was not available in the corresponding Section 200 of the repealed Code. Such requirement provided ...

So far as the case in hand is concerned, the learned Magistrate upon satisfying himself regarding to record the service of pre-cognizance notice could have inferred, the forfeiture of the right of ...

As per definition pronoun "he" and its derivatives are used of any person, whether male, female or transgender. For the first time, word "transgender" has been included in the definition of "gender", ...

Union of India1 has held section 377 of the Indian Penal Code insofar as it criminalises consensual sexual conduct between the adult of same sex, as unconstitutional. In the present case, both were ...

The Doctrine of Basic Structure stands as the most significant judicial innovation in Indian constitutional law. This doctrine establishes that certain fundamental features of the Constitution cannot ...

The Supreme Court’s landmark judgment on the disqualification of convicted representatives in India came in the 2013 case of Lily Thomas v. Union of India. This ruling fundamentally changed the legal ...

Preserves Constitutional Integrity: It maintains the essential identity and integrity of the Constitution, even as it evolves through amendments. Limits Parliamentary Power: Parliament’s power to ...

The IT Act adopts the principle that if electronic records satisfy the same level of reliability as paper documents, they ...

The Court held that Section 173 of BNSS, 2023, gives statutory recognition to the concept of Zero FIR. This means that a police station must register a First Information Report (FIR) if a complaint ...

10. It is, thus, clear that self-contradictory orders have been passed by the High Court. On the one hand, the application for anticipatory bail is rejected and, on the other hand, the interim ...

Contract termination under the Indian Contract Act, 1872 refers to the legal ending of contractual obligations between parties. The Act provides several mechanisms through which contracts may be ...

Under SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989 giving false evidence leading to the execution of an innocent member belonging to the SC or ST would attract the death penalty.