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According to Section 15 of the CrPc, a judicial magistrate is under the general control of the Sessions Judge and is subordinate to the Chief Judicial Magistrate. [ 2 ] According to Section 29 of the CrPc., a Judicial Magistrate of First Class may pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or of fine not exceeding ten ...
Court cases proceed as per rules described in CrPC (Code of Criminal Procedure) and CPC (Code of Civil Procedure). CrPC and CPC have been criticised for being archaic. Though amendments were made to CPC in 1999 and 2002, which fixed 30-90 days time limit for different rules in the CPC, and allowed maximum three adjournments.
For non-cognizable offences the Magistrate empowered to take cognizance under section 190 CrPC. Under section 156(3) CrPC the Magistrate is competent to direct the police to register the case, investigate the same and submit the challan/report for cancellation. (2003 P.Cr.L.J.1282) Ingredients of Section 154
Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1993 (42 of 1993) Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2001 (50 of 2001) Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2005 (25 of 2005) Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2005 (2 of 2006) Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Amending Act, 2006 (25 of 2006) Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2008 (5 of 2009)
A Sessions Court or even known as the Court of Sessions Judge is a court of law which exists in several Commonwealth countries. A Court of Session is the highest criminal court in a district and the court of first instance for trying serious offences, i.e., those carrying punishment of imprisonment of more than seven years, life imprisonment, or death.
An Alaska woman has been found guilty of murdering a man whose body was found a day after he was appointed to be her supervisor by a court. Keith Huss, 57, was found dead on Sept. 29, 2020 in a ...
The suspect in the New Orleans attack that killed 14 people on New Year's Day is believed to have acted alone in a "premeditated and evil act," the FBI has said.
The Contempt of Courts Act 1971 categorises the offence of contempt into civil and criminal contempt. [12] The act specifies that high courts and the Supreme Court of India have the power to try and punish the offence of contempt, and high courts have the power to punish acts of contempt against courts subordinate to them; however, the Supreme Court of India has clarified that any court of ...