A Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti explained that a complete chargesheet should be such that the trial can proceed without prejudicing either the accused or the prosecution.
The Court said that a woman facing harassment due to dowry demands is most likely to confide in her immediate family members and discarding their evidence would mean there would no other reliable witnesses.
The Supreme Court has sought the responses of the CBI and the ED to a plea seeking a probe into alleged fraudulent activities linked to motivational speaker Dr Vivek Bindra and his enterprise, Bada Business Pvt. Ltd.
In a July 2022 judgment, the Supreme Court had called for new legislation on bail while issuing several directions to ensure compliance with the CrPC when it comes to arrests and criminal trials.