A negotiable instrument is a document that promises payment to a specified person or the assignee. The most common types of negotiable instruments are cheques, promissory notes and bills of exchange. Negotiable instruments are widely used in trade and commerce as a convenient mode of payment and...
Criminal Law
My friend has cheated me by presenting a cheque which I given to him for another purpose
Question: My friend has cheated me by presenting a cheque which I given to him for another purpose but he used it to initiate a false legal proceedings against me. He is a property or real estate broker and having good business in our locality. We are also doing a small business related to the...
Can I file a case against my friend for deceitfully taking a loan on my name?
Question: Can I file a case against my friend for deceitfully taking a loan on my name? Sir, my friend bought a car in my name and also took a loan in my name. He is unable to pay the EMI and is not returning the car. I need suggestions on how to get the car back. He has also given my car to...
I want to take legal action against the man who has cheated me and now threatening to kill me
Question: I met a guy online, and after some time, we entered a relationship on the condition that he would marry me after 4 months. We decided to live together, and he promised me that he would marry me as soon as we started living together. So, I went to his state to live with him, but after a...
Can I file a case for cheating for concealing the fact of living relationship
Question: Can I file a case for cheating for concealing the fact of living relationship? I was in a relationship for 9 years and finally, my family agreed to the marriage, and we planned to get married this December. One week before the wedding, I found out that he (who is working in Kuwait) is in...
How to proceed against the person who had falsely complained against me?
Question: How to proceed against the person who had falsely complained against me? I got an acquittal order on 13/02/2023. After how many days I can file a private case against those who falsely complained and gave false evidence against me . Under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure...
My sister-in-law physically harassed my mother. How can I save her?
Question: My sister-in-law physically harassed my mother. How can I save her? Asked from: Jharkhand You should immediately report the physical harassment to the police station. After that, you can file a civil suit under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 to obtain...
Deceased’s family members want to lodge a false FIR, how can I get my car released?
Question: I am a differently abled driver who drives a modified automatic car RTO, ARAI and International approved fitment meant of differently abled drivers having a valid driving licence for the differently abled driver, Personal health Fitness certificate issued by a government hospital,...
Sexual relations with free consent of parties
Question: I have a sexual relations with my student with our free consent. May it constitute an offence? Please advice. Sexual relations between consenting adults are a private matter and are generally not regulated by the law. The general principle is that what two consenting adults do in the...
Dowry Harassment Case: Advice for a Husband Whose Wife Left Him for Her Boyfriend
Question: Sir, I got married on May 31, 2022, but on June 9, 2022, my wife left me with her boyfriend with the permission of her parents. Suddenly, on October 19, 2022, she filed a case against me for dowry harassment under section 498A with FIR no. 323/2022. After that, mediation was sent, but...
Prosecution after four years from retirement
Question: Local authority asks CBI to file FIR against retired and retiring employees. Lodge the FIR for negligence of duty tantamounting threat to life & property. The alleged offence by churning out substandard housing flats declared unsafe by one technical expert. Building is built...
Sakiri Vasu vs. State of U.P. and others (2008) 2 SCC 409
Sakiri Vasu vs. State of U.P. and others is a landmark judgment of the Supreme Court of India that laid down important principles with respect to the powers of a judicial magistrate under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The facts of the case involved the custodial death of...
Essential ingredients of Murder
Question: There was a dispute between the rival groups in our village. One group is very strong because they have good connections in the Police department. When they were trying to grab the public land, some people gathered there and started agitation. In the heat of the moment quarrel started....
Can police lodge an FIR in case of accidental death?
Question: Can police lodge an FIR in case of accidental death? I am going to my native place. On the way, I met an accident with a person. Later on that person died. Relative of that deceased person filed a FIR against me for the offence of murder. I came to know about the information in the First...
Navtej Singh Johar judgment
In 2018, the Indian Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment in the Navtej Singh Johar case, which declared that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a colonial-era law that criminalized homosexual behavior, was unconstitutional. The ruling was celebrated as a victory for human rights and the...