Keeping Pace with Legal Change
A recent and important decision deal with the use of criminal justice system to resolve civil disagreements. The issue before…
The case deals with the protracted dispute of the property located in Bengaluru and involves both the civil and criminal…
The renouncement of the misuse of criminal law in a case of the real nature of the civil dispute is…
In this judgment Justice Sharma held that untested Sub‑Registrar testimony cannot trump clear proof of forged documents used to divert compensation Supreme Court affirmed that conspiracy and cheating under IPC Sections 120B 415 and 420 remain unaffected by pending suits
The Supreme Court said in the case of Rikhab Birani v. State of Uttar Pradesh that civil problems like breach of contract cannot be considered criminal cheating unless there is proof that the person who broke the contract was dishonest from the start.
There is a growing concern in India regarding cyber fraud that occurs through WhatsApp photos. Both the Information Technology Act of 2000 and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita of 2023 detail the severe penalties that are stipulated for offenses of this nature. In this article, important legal provisions and the implications of those provisions are discussed.
