Month: January 2013
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Police duty bound to register FIR – can’t refuse says the Supreme Court. How to register an FIR if the police refuses
This is a problem that almost all of us have faced one time or the other, police’s reluctance to register FIR (First Information Report). Police normally takes a complaint makes a Daily Diary entry (DD), but this is not an FIR, and the police officers are legally under no duty to investigate the matter further.…
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Whether Magistrate can direct accused to give voice samples during investigation ?
In this recent decision the Hon’ble SC was faced with the aforestated question. While the Hon’ble Judges were unanimous on the fact that asking accused to give voice samples/handwriting/medical samples etc is not testimonial compulsion withing the meaning of Article 20(3) (Self Incrimination) as it is not something that is exclusively within personal knowledge, however…
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Indian Law of Limitation – A Bird’s Eye View !
A Bird’s Eye view of the Law of Limitation The Laws of Limitation are statutes of peace and repose, statues that manifest the policy of law in lending its aid only to those who are vigilant and not those who sleep over their rights (Vigilantibus Non Dormentibus Juria Subvenient). Limitation laws suggest that all disputes/claims/remedies…
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