First published on Bar & Bench Like it or not, we are all part of various WhatsApp groups. In fact, nearly all of us are in more groups than we’d prefer. From project groups to […]
Category: criminal law
Committed a crime? Now, face(scan) the consequences! The law against self-incrimination and locked smartphones.
By Bharat Chugh. [1] First published one SCC Online Blog here. On the legality of compelling an accused to disclose his smartphone/laptop password, or open his phone through face-scan, or fingerprint and the constitutional protection against […]
ON THE LEGALITY AND PROPRIETY OF DISHA RAVI’S ARREST, POLICE CUSTODY AND THE LAW OF SEDITION
A chat with The Logical Indian on the legality and propriety of Disha Ravi’s arrest, police remand, and the law of Sedition.
Definition of ‘Fraud’ under the Companies Act: A case of a blurred signpost to criminality.
First published by SCC Online #ExpertsCorner “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it[…]
MASTERCLASS ON HOW TO DEFEND AND PROSECUTE CRIMINAL CASES FOR YOUNG DEFENCE COUNSEL AND LAW STUDENTS
WHY THE HIGH COURT ORDER DENYING BAIL TO THE STANDUP COMEDIAN MUNAWAR MAY BE UNTENABLE IN LAW
Just looked at the High Court order denying bail to the comedian Munawar. With great respect, here are my two cents on how the decision is untenable in law, in my humble opinion: The decision […]
COVID & WHITE COLLAR CRIME
First published on SCC Online Blog There’s hardly any webinar on the effects of the pandemic that gets concluded without the wise panellists exhorting us – in Churchill’s words not to, “let a perfectly good crisis go to […]
ARREST AND BAIL UNDER THE GST LAW (GOODS AND SERVICE TAX) (GUEST POST)
Shreyash and Sushant write on an area that is fraught with great confusion : the power and procedure of arrest under the GST laws and the permissibility of Bail/Anticipatory Bail. POWER TO ARREST UNDER GST […]
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR VIOLATION OF RESOLUTION PLAN UNDER IBC : AN ANALYSIS OF NCLAT JUDGMENT IN AMTEK AUTO
On the process of criminal prosecution for offences under the IBC and the problems created by the NCLAT judgment in Amtek case.. “YOUR WORD IS YOUR HONOUR. IF YOU SAY YOU ARE GOING TO DO […]