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The Court explained that Section 313 CrPC envisions a reasonable opportunity to be given to accused where adverse evidence is presented in the form of questions for them to articulate their defence.

The Court said that the questions to the accused must be framed in simple language and only incriminatory evidence must be picked out from oral and documentary evidence.

The High Court said that mixing of the distinct facts and questions does not give a fair opportunity to the accused to explain the circumstances and this may vitiate the trial.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta who commenced his arguments in the PMLA case before the Supreme Court on February 23, gave a slew of statistics and international data on the origins of PMLA and functio ...

Under this section, the accused is given an opportunity to offer an explanation after the Prosecution has closed evidence. This opportunity is a valuable right and cannot be brushed aside lightly, the ...

Why you may be blind to the biggest threat of a ₹250 crore penalty under the DPDP Act: the own goal in cybersecurity.

The Court said that abusive words without a sexual or prurient element do not attract offence under Section 294 IPC.

The controversy, though seemingly simple, raises a nuanced question: Does a CIRP become “pending” only upon the admission of a Section 7 application, or does such pendency commence at the very stage o ...

The Court made the observation while hearing a man's plea to quash a sexual abuse and dowry harassment case filed by his wife.

No uniform judicial consensus exists on whether every conviction under Section 498-A IPC constitutes an offence involving moral turpitude, the Court noted.

The Supreme Court's decision in My Preferred Transformation & Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. v. Faridabad Implements Pvt. Ltd. serves as a reminder of the strictness with which limitation operates in arbitrati ...

The provision laid down that adoptive mothers will be eligible for maternity leave only if they adopt children who are less than 3 months old.

"Such cases being registered on the onset of Section 69 (of BNS) are mushrooming before this court," the Court said.

"It has to be read as eligibility and not a mandatory condition," the Court stated.

The Court said that an LOC can be issued if the accusations against an accused are such that they are detrimental to the nation.