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Quashing on Settlement: When the High Court Will Close a Criminal Case under Section 528 of the BNSS
The question every settled matter produces A partnership dispute has been settled, the money has been paid, and the complainant has no interest in pursuing the case. A matrimonial matter has ended in a decree of divorce by mutual consent, with the entire alimony paid in one instalment. In both situations the parties assume the criminal case simply disappears. It does not. A first information report, once registered, is a matter between the State and the accused. The complaina


There Is No Such Thing as a Digital Arrest
No police officer in India can arrest you over a video call. What the "digital arrest" scam actually is, what the Supreme Court has directed in its suo motu proceedings, and what to do in the first hour after you have paid.
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