Evidence

Unsigned confession cannot be sole basis for conviction: Gauhati High Court frees man after 21 years in jail
Allahabad High Court acquits three in 44-year-old murder case
Bombay High Court slams police, judges for wrongful conviction
Omission in framing charges does not disable court from convicting accused for proven offence: Supreme Court
Medical evidence takes precedence if it completely rules out eyewitness evidence: Calcutta High Court
Supreme Court acquits four in 1989 murder case; says case might have been set up by police to cover up their own crime
Power under Section 319 CrPC to summon additional accused should be exercised only when strong evidence exists: Supreme Court
Extra-judicial confession is weak evidence especially when retracted during trial: Supreme Court
Conviction cannot be on moral grounds: Karnataka High Court sets aside life term in murder case
Court cannot compel counsel to conclude cross-examination on same day, except in rarest of circumstances: Delhi High Court
Courts in Delhi duty-bound to record evidence, witness statement in Hindi upon request: Patiala House court
Conviction in murder case cannot be based solely on extra-judicial confession of co-accused: Supreme Court
Evidence of witnesses can't be discarded merely because they are victim’s family members: Allahabad High Court
Secretly recording wife's phone call privacy violation; cannot be accepted as evidence by Family Courts: Punjab & Haryana HC
Matrimonial issues are generally confined to bedroom, home: Delhi High Court discusses evaluation of evidence
Statement of victim child recorded under Section 164 of CrPC not evidence under Section 35 of POCSO Act: Karnataka High Court
Cannot interfere with arbitral award on account of disagreement over inference drawn from evidence: Delhi High Court
Court cannot appreciate evidence while deciding bail application: Jammu & Kashmir High Court while rejecting bail in murder case
[National Herald]: Delhi High Court seeks response from Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi in Subramanian Swamy plea concerning additional evidence
High Court while hearing appeal against conviction as first appellate court should re-appreciate entire evidence in detail: Supreme Court
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