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From Vague Orders to Concrete Justice: How Courts Should Decide Educational Expenses of child under the Domestic Violence Act?

The question of educational expenses for children in maintenance proceedings under the Domestic Violence Act (DV Act) has ...
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Sessions Judge’s Power to Examine Electronic Evidence in CrPC 156(3) Revision: A Judicial Clarification from Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench)

In a pivotal judgment delivered on June 5th, 2023, the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) addressed a recurring procedural ...
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Contradictions Are Not Evidence: Supreme Court Reiterates the Limits of Sections 161, 162,164 of CrPC and Section 145 Evidence Act

Contradictions highlight inconsistency or unreliability, but they cannot supply the missing substantive evidence. In absence of credible, positive evidence, mere contradictions—whether from police ...
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Bombay HC: Sessions Judge Can consider Electronic Evidence in Criminal Revision Without Section 65-B Certificate

For considering whether the learned Revisional Court has rightly passed the order and at this stage whether for viewing CD or any other material, whether certificate under section 65B of the Indian ...
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Can Defense Prove Witness Statement Recorded Under Section 161 CrPC Without Examining the Witness? Recent Supreme Court Clarifications

In a significant ruling in Renuka Prasad v. State (2025), the Supreme Court reiterated that the Investigating Officer's testimony attempting to prove or rely upon the Section 161 statements of ...