Radhika Maheshwari

The Supreme Court in a judgement on Monday while granting a default bail to the Appellant observed that the investigation period set out in Section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure could not be expanded by filing a supplementary charge-sheet relating to UAPA violations.

In a judgement on Monday, the Supreme Court observed that under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, an accused might be summoned even based on examination in chief of witness, and the Court does not have to wait for his cross-examination.

Excerpt The Supreme Court in a judgment on 10 March 2021 observed that Article 137 of the First Schedule of the Limitation Act would govern the time of limitation for filing an application under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, and it would begin on the day the

Excerpt The Supreme court in a judgement on 10 March 2021 observed that simply the presence of civil remedies did not become a ground to quash criminal proceedings. Facts of the Case In this case, the owner of the subjected property was the 2nd Respondent who had mortgaged the property

Excerpt The Supreme Court in a judgement on 9 March 2021, while hearing an appeal petition against the High Court of Himachal Pradesh observed that the statement of the accused recorded u/s 313 of the Criminal Procedure Code was not substantive evidence that could rebut the presumption, that the cheques

Excerpt The Supreme Court in a judgement dated 8 March 2021, observed that even in the case of joint liability, under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, a person other than the person who had drawn the cheque on an account held by him could not be prosecuted for

Case Name: Satpal vs. State of Haryana [CRA 261 of 2021] Excerpt The Supreme Court in a criminal case on 3 March 2021 observed that a dying declaration given by the deceased in the hospital in front of the relatives was valid in nature and it could not be disbelieved

Case Name: Vikas Kishanrao Gawali vs. State Of Maharashtra [WP 980  2019] Excerpt In a judgement on Thursday [4 March 2021] the Supreme Court ruled that the reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) was purely statutory in contrast to the constitutional reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST)

Case Name: Kapil Agarwal vs. Sanjay Sharma [Cr. A 142 of 2021] Excerpt The bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah observed that the High Court could use its power of writ jurisdiction given under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to quash an

Excerpt In a case on Monday (02.March.2021), the Supreme Court overturned a National Green Tribunal decision dismissing an appeal challenging the award of environmental clearance for the development of the Vishakhapatnam Greenfield International Airport. Facts of the Case In the present case, the Proposer or the project applicant for the