Tag: Code of Criminal Procedure

PIL seeks VC for undertrials, cites public & judicial officers safety; SC to consider on Oct 11

A bench headed by Chief Justice U.U. Lalit is likely to take up the PIL filed by advocate Rishi Malhotra on October 11.

October 6, 2022

Consent not necessary

There have been amendments in the Act to make it stronger and give teeth to it. There is also a provision in the Act for prosecuting offenders in the court of criminal jurisdiction.

May 23, 2019

DNA and the Indian system

The admissibility of DNA evidence in courts remains a grey area, writes Ashok Bhan.

June 7, 2018

Justice denied to undertrials

“Right to speedy trial is a part of the fundamental right and an undertrial cannot be kept in jail for long”, ruled the Supreme Court (SC) recently while directing trial courts to decide bail applications within a week of their filing. A bench headed by Justice AK Goel also fixed a two-week time-frame for all …

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April 19, 2017