The most effective way to prepare local laws in judiciary exam is to first identify the important areas by going through past question papers and then to study recent case laws of Hon'ble SC &,HC, if any, pertaining to those important areas ! AND You are ready to take-off

Sec 273 of CrPC that provides evidence be recorded in presence of accused must be r/w Sec.299 CrPC. 299 provides for 2 situations where evidence can be recorded in absence of accused. 1. If he is absconding 2. Where the offender is unknown and offence is punishable with Death/LI.

Sec 32, 33 of Evidence act must be r/w 158 of Evi.Act. Sec 32,33 make statement by persons, who are dead etc, relevant. Sec 158 makes all material relevant, to contradict or corroborate such statement, which would have been relevant, if such person had appeared as a witness.

For a complete understanding of Culpable Homicide & murder, and their difference, following 4 Judgments must be read. 1. Anda Vs. State (AIR 1966 SC 148) 2. R Punnayya's case (1977 AIR 45) 3.Virsa Singh Vs. State (1958 AIR 465) 4.State of MP v. Ram Prasad (1968 AIR 881)

Any answer/ argument on Dying declaration is incomplete without reference to the case of Smt. Paniben V. State of Gujarat 1980(SC). In this case Hon'ble Supreme Court, summed-up and summarized the entire case-law related to the dying declarations. You can save this summary 👇

Sec 319 of CrPC provides for power of court to summon a person, not already arraigned as accused, but who appears to have committed an offence, from the evidence received during trial. Hardeep Singh (2014)3 SCC 92 is leading case on point. Its Summary can be saved from here 👇

Sec 313 of CRPC provides for the examination of accused by Court Court "MAY" at any stage, put questions to him and "Shall", after prosecution evidence question him generally about case Hon'ble SC recently summarized the law r/to 313 in Prem Chand vState of Mahrashtra Summary 👇

Recently Hon'ble SC clarified the law on 'Furlough and 'parole' in the case of State of Gujarat versus Narayan Sai (Crl.Appeal 1159 of 2021). Hon'ble SC differentiated between furlough and parole and laid down the broad principles as follow-👇

Demeanour of witnesses is an important facet of testimony Court that examines witness has an advantage that it gets to see the body language of a witness Sec 280 of CR.PC & Order 18 Rule 12 of CPC empowers the court to record the material aspect of their demeanour.

Judiciary Aspirants. Don't Panic. New Acts. They are new for all. And, Concepts, more or less, will be the same. Keep studying. Prepare well. Be a force of nature. Unstoppable. No matter what !

Sec 482 of CrPC provides for inherent powers of HC. Quashing of proceedings on the ground of compromise b/w parties is most common relief prayed u/ this sec But Can there be any compromise in cases such as 307 IPC ? Hon'ble SC recently in State of MP v. Laxmi Narayan laid down 👇

Hon'ble Supreme Court of India recently in the landmark judgement of Yashpal Jain V. Sushila Devi issued certain guidelines for speedy trial of civil matters and reducing the pendency ! 👇

Recently Hon'ble Supreme Court in Md. Asfak Alam v. State of Jharkhand (Crl.Appl.2207/23) reiterated the Arnesh Kumar case's guidelines regarding arrest of accused in offences punishable with upto 7 years of imprisonment including Dowry Act, and 498A. Relevant Excerpts 👇