[Cr.PC] A proceeding initiated at the instance of the Public Prosecutor or the defacto complainant for alteration of charge not vitiated.: Kerala HC held vital test is prejudice likely to be caused to the accused. Silvester v. State of Kerala Hon’ble Justice K. Babu Decided on 5th July, 2023 For Petitioners : Advs. C.P.Udayabhanu & Navaneeth.N.Nath For Respondent : Adv. G.Sudheer For full textclick here

Pendency of civil cases to determine the genuineness of the general power of attorney does not estop the issues of forgery and fabrication being considered in the course of criminal investigation.: SC cancels the anticipatory bail granted to the accused and comes to the rescue of an elderly NRI couple who have fallen prey to a well­-orchestrated conspiracy hatched to rob their property Pratibha Manchanda v. State of Haryana Hon’ble Justice SuryaKant & Hon’ble Justice C.T.Ra...

Whether liberty granted by Supreme Court to approach the High Court in review (while dismissing the SLP), automatically places the said matter in the escalation matrix, and makes the remedy of Special Leave Petition available again.: Supreme Court refers the issue to larger bench S. Narahari & Ors. v. S.R. Kumar & Ors Hon’ble Justice Krishna Murari & Hon’ble Justice Sanjay Karol Decided on 5th July, 2023 For full textclick here

Application filed at the trial stage to produce additional documents that do not form part of the final report cannot be allowed unless such documents are public documents or documents of unimpeachable quality, in respect of which no objection against production could have been raised by either of the sides.: Kerala HC Smrithy George v. State of Kerala Hon’ble Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V Decided on 16th June, 2023 For Petitioner : Advs. Sherry J. Thomas & Joemon Antony For Responde...

[National Highways Authority Act] District Magistrate not competent to determine dispute as to the apportionment of compensation.: SC rules only a Principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction can do so Vinod Kumar V. District Magistrate Hon’ble Justice B.R.Gavai & Hon’ble Justice J.B.Pardiwala Decided on 7th July, 2023 For full textclick here