To have speedy justice is a fundamental right which flows from Article 21 of the Constitution. An appeal, bearing a statutory right, does not attain finality during the pendency of the appeal, and ...

The code makes no distinction between an appeal from an acquittal and an appeal from a conviction - Durgacharan AIR 1966 SC 1775. There are certain rules of adjudication and conduct that judges inv...

It is well settled that every member of a tribunal called upon to try issues in judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings must be able to act judicially. It is essential for judicial decisions and...

The golden rule in criminal cases is to prefer the probable to the possible. In the court's view, since the doctor stated that, in the normal course, the injuries found on the person of the dec...