Supreme Court Quarterly Criminal Digest 2024

Custodial interrogation is one of the effective modes of investigating into the alleged crime. It is equally true that just because custodial interrogation is not required that by itself may also not be a ground to release an accused on anticipatory bail if the offences are of a serious nature. Read More>>

'Making Lawyers Wear Black Coats In Summer Unsafe' : Plea In Supreme Court To Relax Advocates' Dress Code During Summer

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to amend the rules and the Advocate Act 1961 to exempt the lawyers from wearing the traditional black coats and gowns in the scorching heat of the summer months. Read More>>

Insurance Companies Wilfully Neglect Reimbursing The Insured, Who Then Have To Pay The Courts To Get Their Rights Enforced: Madras High Court

Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan thus came to the rescue of a woman challenging an order of the authorized officer, ICICI Lombard General Insurance rejecting the insurance claim with respect to her Husband, who died of cardiac arrest during the second wave of COVID-19. Read More>>

No Blanket Order Can Be Passed To Deposit Licensed Firearms Before Elections: Karnataka High Court Issues Guidelines

A single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum said “Since the authorities are consistently violating the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India, this Court deems it fit to issue certain directions.” Read More>>

Uttarakhand High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Convicted For Repeatedly Committing Rape Upon 5-Yr-Old Step-Sister

“…we are of the opinion that it is not a case where extreme death sentence should be imposed. The ends of justice would be met if we commute the sentence of death to the rigorous imprisonment for a term of twenty years.” Read More>>