Legal Updates
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Cross FIR and Zero FIR: What Happens When Both Sides Complain?
A second FIR on the same incident is generally not allowed, but the other side may…
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Police Not Registering Your FIR? Writing to the SP and the Magistrate
If the police station will not register your FIR, send the complaint in writing to the…
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Supreme Court Split Verdict on Section 17A Prior Approval
Two Supreme Court judges split on the validity of Section 17A of the PC Act. What…
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SC: FEMA Adjudication Cannot Ignore Refusal to Confirm Seizure
Supreme Court sets aside a FEMA penalty and confiscation order, holding the Competent Authority’s refusal to…
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Supreme Court: Benamidar’s Will Cannot Pass Title to Real Owner
In Manjula v. D.A. Srinivas the Supreme Court held a real owner cannot claim benami property…
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Allahabad HC: ECIR Cannot Rest on Predicate FIRs Ending in Closure
Allahabad High Court grants bail in a mining-linked PMLA case from Saharanpur, noting the predicate FIRs…
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Bombay HC Quashes Income-tax Prosecutions Without Wilful Intent
Two Bombay High Court rulings quashed income-tax prosecutions where no tax loss or wilful intent was…
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Allahabad HC: Courts Cannot Direct CBI to Obtain Sanction
Allahabad High Court holds a trial court cannot direct the CBI to ensure prosecution sanction is…
