Detailed guide to BSF Rules 107–126 covering fair-trial duties, prosecutor impartiality, open and closed Court, continuity, objections, trial records, counsel rights and Rule 126 Law Officer impartiality.
Read MoreDetailed guide to BSF Rules 96–106 covering closing arguments, Law Officer summing-up, Rule 99 reasoned findings, conviction and mitigation, Rule 105 revision, Rule 106 confirmation and promulgation.
Read MoreDetailed guide to BSF Rules 84–95 covering prosecution opening, additional and dropped witnesses, examination and cross-examination, Court questioning and recall, Rule 92 no-case submission, accused examination, defence witnesses and prosecution reply evidence.
Read MoreDetailed guide to BSF Rules 65–83 covering assembly of General/Petty Security Force Courts, challenges to members, jurisdiction pleas, objections to charges, pleas in bar, guilty-plea safeguards and Rule 83 defence adjournment.
Read MoreDetailed guide to BSF Rules 53–64 covering charge-sheet drafting, amendment of charges, convening scrutiny, Rule 60 disqualification, Court composition, Rule 63 defence preparation and defence witnesses under Rule 64.
Read MoreDetailed guide to BSF Rules 41–52 covering forum choice between criminal courts and Security Force Courts, hearing of charge, attachment for bias, Record of Evidence, Abstract of Evidence, police investigation and application for trial.
Read MoreDetailed guide to BSF Rules 31–40A covering open and close arrest, authority to arrest, release and re-arrest, mandatory arrest, delay reports, written-charge rights and suspension review.
Read MoreDetailed guide to BSF Rules 16–30 covering command and disciplinary authority, resignation, retirement, termination for misconduct, Rule 22 dismissal, Rule 28A statutory petition, medical unfitness and effective dates.
Read MoreDetailed guide to Border Security Force Rules 1–15 covering application, recruitment, citizenship, probation, enrolment, ranks, BSF duties and Rule 15 command structure.
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The Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to quash departmental proceedings against a judicial officer who was accused of preparing an acquittal judgment in a criminal trial before the case had been legally concluded. The Court held that allegations touching the integrity of a judicial officer require careful disciplinary scrutiny and cannot be halted merely...
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