Confiscation Of Vehicle Can’t Be Ordered Without Hearing Its Registered Owner: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that an order passed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 (NDPS Act) for the confiscation of a vehicle will be illegal if it was passed without hearing the owner of the vehicle. Referring to Section 63 of the NDPS Act, the Court said that an order confiscation […]
Comments have to be made within public view, to punish a person for Casteist Insults Under SC/ ST Act: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, while deciding a case arising out of a complaint made for an offence under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (Act), observed that an allegation of insult has to satisfy the requirement of having been made within public view. The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a […]