Emphasizing the assignment of the…
Emphasizing the assignment of the court to encourage the resolution of sincere matrimonial disputes, the Supreme Court set aside confidence in a man under the part of 498a from the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’). In this case, the husband was punished under the section 498-A IPC and was sentenced to serving a three-year simple […]
The Supreme Court of…
The Supreme Court of India observed that the mechanical compliance of stipulations under Section 63 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, does not prove the execution of a Will. Evidence of meeting the requirement of the said provision must be reliable, the bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose said. In this case, […]
The Supreme Court reiterated that…
The Supreme Court reiterated that a rape accused can be convicted on sole testimony of prosecuterix if she is found to be credible and trustworthy. In this case, one of the contentions raised by the rape accused who was concurrently convicted under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code was that the prosecution case rests […]
