The High Court of Telangana has held that forest officials are empowered to investigate offences under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, but do not have authority to investigate ...

The Telangana High Court observed that the Wildlife Protection Act confers statutory powers on forest department officials to ...

Justice J. Srinivas Rao clarified that any attempt by forest officials to register an FIR under the IPC or to investigate IPC offences results in a fundamentally defective process.

Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Wednesday held that forest officials did not have the authority to investigate offences ...

New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said threatening any person to give false evidence is a cognisable offence and offered a clarification on the ambiguity ...

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Samar Veer, a third-year law student at National Law University, Delhi and JURIST ...

The Kerala High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against a man and his mother for allegedly committing the offence of cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code after ...

India, Jan. 31 -- Quashing a criminal case registered against an advocate, the Supreme Court has said that the mere presence ...