MADRAS HIGH COURT TO RESUME PHYSICAL COURTS – A WELCOME STEP

Finally the day has come to the Advocates to present their arguments physically in the Court Halls! The Madras High Court in its Administrative Committee meeting held today has decided to resume physical courts in a limited way. Three division benches in the morning session and another three benches post lunch will function from September[…..]

FAMILY COURTS AT CHENNAI

Family Courts were formed with an aim to expedite marital disputes reaching the Courts astonishingly in numbers! Today, Family Court is a separate jurisdiction and one cannot seek Divorce in the Civil Court. However, in rural areas, where you don’t have specially formed Family Courts, the Sub Courts are disposing marital disputes. Year on year,[…..]

HOW POLICE RECORD INVESTIGATION?

Section 172 Cr.P.C. deals with a situation relating to the dairy of proceedings in investigation. The IO who investigate the offence must enter the proceedings in a diary kept by him, enter the time of information reached him, he started and closed the investigation, places he visited and the statement ascertained by him through investigation.[…..]

WHEN POLICE FORWARD THE ACCUSED TO COURT?

Section 170 of Cr.P.C. deals with a situation to send a case to the Magistrate when evidence is sufficient. When an Officer Incharge of a Police Station, while investigating the offence found sufficient reasons or reasonable grounds against the Accused, he then forward the Accused to the Magistrate empowered to take cognizance of the offence[…..]

CAN POLICE HAS POWERS TO RELEASE AN ACCUSED?

Section 169 Cr.P.C. deals with a situation an Accused could be released for lack of evidence. The Officer Incharge of a Police Station has reasons to believe that after conducting investigation over the person’s alleged involvement into an offence he found no sufficient evidence so to forward the Accused to the concerned Magistrate then the[…..]

WHOM TO SUBMIT INVESTIGATED REPORT?

Section 168 Cr.P.C. deals with a situation when a subordinate Police Officer on submission of report of his investigation. The subordinate Police Officer who has investigated the Offence must submit his findings to his immediate superior Officer / Incharge of the Police Station.