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Performance of Second Marriage During Existence of First Marriage

In Khursheed Ahmad Khan v. State of U.P., the appellant was employed as an Irrigation Supervisor in the Irrigation Department of U.P. Government. He had contracted second marriage during subsistence of the first marriage and was consequently terminated after giving charge sheet. He contended that he had divorced the first

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Providing Bail to History Sheeters in Heinous Crimes Opposed.

Setting aside the bail given by the High Court, the apex court in Neeru Yadav v. State of U.P. held that extra and special caution is warranted in granting bail to history sheeters involved in heinous crimes. A history-sheeter is an Indian police term for a criminal with a long

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Changes in Dying Declaration Admissibility

Tejram Patil v. State of Maharashtra is certainly one of the landmark cases as law regulation dying declarations. In a notable judgment, a 2 judge bench comprising of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and Dipak Misra have given a fresh dimension to the Dying Declaration (DD) Jurisprudence in the country. Via

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Test Identification Parade is a Substantive Piece of Evidence

In the case of S v. Sunil Kumar, wherein Test Identification Parade (TIP) was not held to determine the identity of the offender alleged on committing rape in broad daylight, the apex court has ruled that prior identification by TIP is used to corroborate identification in court and the latter

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PIL Seeking to Ban Campus Recruitments Made by PSUs Dismissed.

In the case of M. Palanimuthu v. The Secretary to the Government, decided on 7th September 2015 by the Madras High Court presided by the Division bench of Chief Justice S. K. Kaul and Justice T.S. Sivagnanam, the Court dismissed the PIL seeking to ban campus recruitments and restrain the Central and

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