Trial

Savarkar defamation case: Pune court allows plea by Rahul Gandhi to bring historical evidence on record
Courts must be slow to grant bail in rape, murder cases once trial starts: Supreme Court
Supreme Court acquits rape and murder convict citing lack of legal aid; passes directions to prosecutors
Do special courts take away magistrate's power to hold trial? What Kerala High Court said
Supreme Court surprised after Patna High Court sets deadline for Bihar court to complete trial
Cross-examination of witness should be deferred only in exceptional cases: Supreme Court to trial courts
Person summoned under Section 319 CrPC need not be given opportunity of hearing before being added as accused: Supreme Court
Merits of evidence cannot be gone into at stage of summons to accused during trial: Supreme Court
Trend of giving false evidence will render judiciary irrelevant if judges do not act against perjury: Meghalaya High Court
Lacuna in case different from error committed by lawyer during trial; opportunity should be given to correct errors: Kerala High Court
Enact separate Bail Act to streamline grant of bails: Supreme Court
Calcutta High Court directs lower court to expedite trial of Bangladeshi businessman in custody for over 557 days without trial
Any stay granted by any court expires within six months unless extended for good reasons: Supreme Court reiterates
Recording the testimony of witness unable to communicate verbally: What Bombay HC held
Stay of proceedings in trial, civil or criminal, to automatically lapse in six months, SC [Read judgment]
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