Doctrine of Paternity by Estoppel Once a man, by his conduct, has held out to be a child’s father, he will not be permitted to deny the child’s parentage. 2024 (3) KLT 767 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. & Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.M. Manoj Stephen v. xxx Decided on 23rd May, 2024 For full judgment 'click here'

A Court is not expected to form an apprehension without any foundation that the lawyer may do some illegal acts during the course of his profession. Kerala High Court in a POCSO case quashes proceedings issued by the Special Judge directing the petitioner/lawyer concerned to file an affidavit stating that the copy of the statement recorded under Section 164 Cr.P.C. will not be misused as unwarranted. Issuing any proceedings or directions by any court of law without any foundation on the appre...

Courts/tribunals should notentertain the request from the employee for correction of date of birth in service records at the fag end of the career unless there is clinching proof and unimpeachable evidence to show the date of birth of an employee has been wrongly entered in his service record, and a denial of permission to correct the said record would tantamount to denial of justice. Kerala High Court 2024 KLT OnLine 1554 Union of India v. Sunny Joseph Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Rawal &am...

A child witness under POCSO Act shall not be recalled for the purpose of filling up the lacuna in evidence or to fill up the omission at the instance of the counsel for the accused vis-a-vis the public prosecutor. Kerala High Court 2024 KLT OnLine 1541 Hon’ble Mr. Justice A. Badharudeen Jerin Joy v. State of Kerala Decided on 20th May, 2024 For full judgment 'click here'

Conviction cannot be based solely on the statements made by an accused under sub-section (1) of Section 313 of the Cr. PC. 2024 KLT OnLine 1532 (SC) Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.S. Oka & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ujjal Bhuyan State of Himachal Pradesh v. Raghubir Singh Decided on 15th May, 2024 For full judgment 'click here'