The privilege and duty of answering questions under Section 313 cannot be delegated to a pleader. However, the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2008 (Act of 5, 2009) has introduced ...
Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) prescribes a procedural safeguard for an accused facing trial, granting them an opportunity to explain the facts and circumstances presented...
The long controversial section 377, which had declared homosexual acts to be intercourse against the order of nature with any man or woman, had also included the category of acts which go again...
The question in Section 313(1)(b) is mandatory. It imposes a heavy duty upon the court to exercise greater care in ensuring that the incriminating circumstances are put to the accused and that ...
Protecting children from sexual offences and establishing a juvenile-focused legal system were the main goals of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO). Article 15 of...
Section 51 (1) of the BNSS (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) pertains to the examination of an accused individual by a medical practitioner upon the request of a police officer. It ...
Plea bargaining is a legal process where an accused individual in a criminal case consent to plead guilty to a lesser charge or accepts a reduced sentence in return for certain concessions from...
Brief Facts The case involves Parvez Vaid and Faiz Bhiwandiwala, who were booked for alleged links with the D-Company (underworld gangster Dawood Ibrahim's criminal organization) and for their...
Case Analysis: Sabitri Samantaray V. State Of Odisha (2022 LiveLaw (SC) 503) Bench: Hon'ble Chief Justice N.V. Ramana Hon'ble Justice ...
Law changes with the changing society. IPC, CrPC and Evidence are the foundation of Indian judicial system. Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) and Bharatiya Nagari...