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The Allahabad High Court recently held that an order issuing a summons to an accused for an offence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, can be...

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently reiterated that in terms of Sec 306(4) (b) CrPC bail to approver who is in custody cannot be granted, however, in an appropriate case High Court...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed States to ensure that police do not file closure reports in cases where the criminal complaint or proceedings have already been quashed by the High Court

Judicial process shouldn’t be a means for needless harassment of a celebrity to satisfy the vendetta of a complainant who assumed he was insulted, the Bombay High Court observed in its detailed order...

Quashing a complaint involving allegations of defamation against a Senior Office Bearer of a Public Sector Corporation for writing a letter to the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir highlighting acts of...

The Supreme Court has reiterated that a High Court cannot conduct a "mini trial" while exercising powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. "At the stage of discharge and/or while...

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to release two life convicts who were languishing in jail for 18 years, on premature release, after the same was denied by the...

The Allahabad High Court recently refused to quash an attempt to murder case (Section 307 IPC) based on the compromise entered into between the victim and the accused. Taking note of the facts of...

The Supreme Court recently held that criminal proceedings for demand of dowry cannot be quashed merely because of pendency of divorce petition between the husband and wife.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that in situations when a civil wrong is given a cloak of a criminal offence, the High Court should quash such criminal proceedings to prevent the abuse of process of court.