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“Advocates or lawyers have many capacities- one being Officers of the Court. Therefore, they should not, while acting as counsel or advocates or their capacity as advocates, undertake or volunteer to solemnize marriages. That can well result in Advocates chambers or offices turning out to be matrimonial “establishment”- a consequence never intended- or perhaps never…
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“I am convinced that the real remedy is inter-marriage. Fusion of blood can alone create the feeling of being kith and kin, and unless this feeling of kinship, of being kindred, becomes paramount, the separatist feeling—the feeling of being aliens—created by Caste will not vanish. Where society is already well-knit by other ties, marriage is…
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“Here is a case of a widow and daughter claiming compensation for the killing of the sole bread-winner by a State Transport bus; and the Haryana Government, instead of acting on social justice and generously settling the claim, fights like a cantankerous litigant even by avoiding adjudication through the device of asking for Court fee…
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1. About Soli Sorabjee Soli Sorabjee (1930–2021) was a prominent Indian jurist and legal scholar. He is best known for his tenure as the Attorney General of India, a position he held from 1998 to 2004, and then again from 2004 to 2009. Sorabjee was widely respected for his deep understanding of constitutional law and…
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Landmark Judgments of Supreme Court on role of Public Prosecutors in Judicial System. Who is a Public Prosecutor? What are the Powers of a Public Prosecutor? Responsibilities of a Public Prosecutor? Can a Public Prosecutor withdraw a criminal case? Answers to these and many more questions would be found here… 1. Introduction – Who is…
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Case Diary is an important tool in the criminal investigation process, ensuring that all actions taken by the police are documented and are open to scrutiny by police and the courts. 1. What is a Case Diary? A Case Diary refers to the record maintained by the police during the investigation of a criminal case.…
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The standard of proof in disciplinary proceedings is different from that in a criminal trial. In Suresh Pathrella v. Oriental Bank of Commerce (2006) 10 SCC 572, a two judge Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court differentiated between the standard of proof in disciplinary proceedings and criminal trials in the following terms: “ …the yardstick…
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