Category: Procedural Law
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Law in 100 Words | Part 6 | Marshalling & Appreciation of Evidence (Guest Post)
“Justice must not only be done, but must also be seen to be done.” And, it would seen to be done only if there is…
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Law in 100 Words | Part 5 | Court’s power to direct ‘no coercive steps’ against the Accused.
High Courts and the Supreme Court have the power to direct the police ‘not to take any coercive steps against the accused’. Such power…
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Law in 100 Words | Part 4 | Whether a Police Officer can grant bail in a Non-Bailable case?
Contrary to popular misconception – that only a Court can grant bail in a non-bailable offence – the reality is that : The Police…
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Law in 100 Words | Part 3 | Forgery/use of forged documents in court proceedings – Remedies/Procedure
The general principle is that if a cognizable offence has taken place (and forgery is a cognizable offence!) any person can get an FIR registered.…
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Law in 100 Words | Part 2 | Electronic Evidence (65B Basics)
The Certificate u/s 65B is not required to be on an affidavit. Though normally to be filed along with the electronic record (print-out, USB drive, etc), it…
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ALEXA….JAIL OR BAIL? USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN BAIL PROCEEDINGS
This is a guest post by the brilliant law interns Hamna, Ananya, Sakshi and Satyam who interned with the Chambers a few months back.…
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UNDERSTANDING EXHIBITION AND MARKING OF DOCUMENTS DURING EVIDENCE (GUEST POST)
This is a guest post first published at Bar & Bench. It was the first day at work for a junior lawyer, at Tis…
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Who really is a “police officer?”. A quick case comment on the Supreme Court decision in Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu (2020 SCC OnLine SC 882)
Isn’t it too late in the day to be deciding this, you ask? Shouldn’t something like this – which goes to the very basics…
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A Charter For Reform in Procedural Criminal Laws | Ensuring ‘Justice’ in the Criminal Justice System
Nothing affects our lives and our liberty more directly than criminal law, and yet, nothing has been treated with greater disdain as far as…
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Issues relating to Multiple FIRs/Chargesheets, Joinder of Charges/Accused and Splitting of Trials
This column is based on talk delivered by Bharat at the National Police Academy to a batch of 132 IPS officers/probationers, currently on training,…
