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 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.
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.
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 ...
A party that never entered the market has walked away with a registered trademark while the party that built a national brand has been told its 17 years of use are inconsequential.
A Division Bench overturned a single judge's decision which had earlier held that a common show cause notice for multiple financial years was impermissible.
Section 28(2) of the Arbitration Act permits arbitral tribunals to make practical, evidence-based decisions within legal and contractual bounds but prohibits equity-based rulings without parties' cons ...
The Court dismissed a public interest litigation petition seeking to prohibit the film’s exhibition in Tamil Nadu until the declaration of 2026 Assembly election results.
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 ...