Quite Debatable questions of law cropped up recently at the Allahabad High Court about the legal boundary up to which a magistrate can really go in exercise of his powers under Section 156(3), ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In the wake of widespread misuse of the Section 156 (3) of the CrPC, which deals with investigation into cases under court directive, the Police Department had decided to be more ...

Right to Information (RTI) activist Vijay Kumbhar has written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis urging the state to rethink the decision to amend Section 156 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure ...

The order came on the application moved by Thakur under section 156 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), which allows citizens to approach court if police refuses to register FIR.

Therefore, the magistrates before whom a complaint is filed under Section 200 of the CrPC in which investigation under section 156 (3) of CrPC is sought shall not entertain such complaints, if they ...