Double jeopardy is based on the Latin maxim "nemo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa" which means "no one ought to be vexed twice for one and the same cause". The doctrine traces its origin to ...

The Supreme Court's ruling establishes that while informant/raiding officers can generally investigate NDPS cases, the accused must prove specific bias or unfairness to challenge such investigations, ...

Advancing justice through DNA technology requires adherence to strict quality assurance standards, including laboratory ...

DNA technology has fundamentally revolutionized the criminal justice system, transforming how forensic investigations are ...

The Court emphasized that Section 387 is an aggravated form of Section 385, not Section 384, thereby establishing that the legislative intent was to criminalize the threatening conduct itself, not ...

In a groundbreaking judgment that resolves a long-standing jurisdictional confusion in criminal law, the Supreme Court has definitively established that trial courts possess the authority to cancel ...

19. If a right of production of documents at the trial stage exists, it is a natural corollary that the High Court, sitting in appeal, must benefit from those documents. In the considered view of this ...

The Jitendra Kumar Rode judgment represents more than a procedural victory—it exposes the inadequacy of traditional ...

In a significant judgment delivered on April 8, 2025, the Supreme Court of India addressed a crucial legal question: Can a ...

The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in Sardar Amarjit Singh Kalra (Dead) by LRs v. Pramod Gupta (Smt.) (Dead) by LRs (2003) 3 SCC 272 established a comprehensive framework for determining ...

In India, the doctrine finds its primary legal foundation in Section 92 (3) of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC). This provision ...

This checklist ensures compliance with the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956, and helps courts systematically verify ...