Receiving a criminal summons is alarming – but it is not the end of the road. It is, in fact, the beginning of a legal process that gives you multiple remedies to protect your rights, challenge the order, and if necessary, avoid the humiliation of a trial that should never have commenced. I. What Is […]

A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan held that when rejecting anticipatory bail, a court has no jurisdiction to simultaneously direct the applicant to surrender before the trial court. Rejection of bail and compelled surrender are two distinct and separate orders. Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court ordered reinstatement of a Gujarat judicial officer, ruling that once an inquiry report is taken on record, disciplinary rules do not permit a fresh de novo inquiry — only a further inquiry on specific points is permissible. The earlier inquiry cannot be erased and restarted. Supreme Court of India