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SC agrees to hear plea challenging NDPS Act mixture‑weight rule—impacting enforcement and sentencing. | The Legal Observer
A critical judicial review looms as the Supreme...
Senior Advocate Dr. S Muralidhar has raised serious concerns about the laxity in implementing Supreme Court directions against "bulldozer actions," a growing trend where...
Calcutta High Court rules Section 91 CrPC can't be used to compel accused to produce self-incriminating material. Major protection reinforced.Reinforcing constitutional protections, the Calcutta...
Supreme Court criticises Income Tax Department for starting prosecution without ITAT ruling; imposes ₹2 lakh penalty for misuse of authority.
The apex court condemned the...
The Supreme Court asks the Union if Bengali-speaking migrant workers were detained as foreigners merely due to their language use.A PIL challenging the detention...
The Supreme Court affirms that Article 32 allows death sentence reviews if procedural safeguards—like those in the Manoj judgment—are breached.
Supreme Court Empowers Article 32...
The Supreme Court clarified that S.195 CrPC bars courts from taking cognizance of S.172–188 IPC offences unless a public servant files a formal complaint.
The...
PIL by Lok Prahari seeks a transparent process for appointing a politically neutral CAG, challenging current practice under Article 14.
A public interest litigation (PIL)...
Supreme Court seeks responses from Centre and nine states on plea alleging detention of Bengali Muslim workers as Bangladeshis. Focus keyword: detention of...
