Indian Court Judgments — 2018

7,334 judgments · 7,316 with headnotes · 22 courts · Updated 5 November 2026
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V. Ravi Kumar vs State, Rep. by Inspector of Police, District Crime Branch, Salem, Tamil Nadu & Ors.
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 420 and 409 r/w. s.34 – Appellant alleged that he supplied cotton lint to a Mill for conversion into yarn, however, a…
14 December 2018 · Allowed · R. Banumathi, Indira Banerjee
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Manohar Lal Sharma vs Narendra Damodardas Modi & Ors.
Constitution of India: Art 32 – Public interest litigation – Issue relating to procurement of 36 Rafale Fighter Jets for the India Airforce…
14 December 2018 · Dismissed · Ranjan Gogoi, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, K.M. Joseph
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Gupteswar Behera vs State of Odisha and Another
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 148, 149 and 302 – Prosecution case that victim attacked by five persons with sticks, axe and knife – PW 1, brother of…
14 December 2018 · Allowed · Uday Umesh Lalit, R. Subhash Reddy
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State of Rajasthan vs Leela Ram @ Leela Dhar
Penal Code, 1860: s.304 Part II – Conviction of respondent under s.302 IPC – High Court modified his conviction to one under s.304 Part II –…
13 December 2018 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah
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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited vs Suryanarayanan & Anr.
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss.451, 452 – Disposal of property – Theft of copper material from the godown of Telecom Department – Accu…
13 December 2018 · Disposed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah
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M. A. Antony @ Antappan vs State of Kerala
Practice and Procedure – Death sentence – Commutation of, into life sentence– Mitigating factors to be considered – SocioEconomic factors –…
12 December 2018 · Disposed · Madan B. Lokur, S. Abdul Nazeer, Deepak Gupta
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Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik vs State of Maharashtra
Administration of Criminal Justice – Capital Punishment – Factors to be considered – Appellant convicted for the rape and murder of a 3 year…
12 December 2018 · Disposed · Madan B. Lokur, S. Abdul Nazeer, Deepak Gupta
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C.B.I. vs Pratap Chandra Reddy
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 1976 – Applicability of – Held: In the instant case, the matter was pending in the trial Court in rela…
11 December 2018 · Disposed · Abhay Manohar Sapre, Indu Malhotra
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Shanthamalleshappa vs State of Karnataka
Penal Code, 1860 – s.436 r/w. s.34 – Prosecution case was that accused no. 1 along with accused no.2 to 4 threw kerosene oil on the thatched…
10 December 2018 · Allowed · Uday Umesh Lalit, R. Subhash Reddy
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State of Uttar Pradesh vs Wasif Haider etc.
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302 and 307 r/w ss.149, 148 – Appeal against acquittal – PW-2-Police Official got to know that a crowd of around 200-3…
10 December 2018 · Dismissed · N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar
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Amol Vitthalrao Kadu vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.
Compensation: Compensation for custodial death – Granted by High Court – Directing the State to pay at the first instance and then to recove…
10 December 2018 · Disposed · Uday Umesh Lalit, R. Subhash Reddy
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State of Gujarat vs Navinbhai Chandrakant Joshi
Judgments/Orders – Modification of – Application filed by respondent no.1-accused no.2 seeking modification of the judgment dated 17.07.2018…
7 December 2018 · Ranjan Gogoi, R. Banumathi
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Lajpat & Ors. vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 – Application under, to quash charges under Penal Code – Dismissal of, by the Single Judge quoting…
6 December 2018 · Allowed · Abhay Manohar Sapre, Indu Malhotra
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Mahender Chawla & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.
Administration of Criminal Justice: Witness protection – Witnesses are important players in judicial system, who help the judges in arriving…
5 December 2018 · Disposed · A.K. Sikri, S. Abdul Nazeer
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Surendra Singh & Anr. vs State of Uttarakhand
Penal Code, 1860: ss.457, 380 and 302/34 – Prosecution under – Of three accused – Circumstantial evidence – Conviction of all the three accu…
4 December 2018 · Dismissed · Abhay Manohar Sapre, Indu Malhotra
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State of Punjab vs Rakesh Kumar
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.389 – Suspension of sentence – In the instant case, the respondents were apprehended with “manufactured…
3 December 2018 · Allowed · N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, M.R. Shah
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Kanubhai Bhagvanbhai Nayak vs State of Gujarat
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 – Conviction under s.302 by trial court – High Court confirmed conviction and sentence – Appeal against conviction o…
3 December 2018 · Abhay Manohar Sapre, Indu Malhotra
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Omveer Singh vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 – Quashing of proceedings – Complaint filed against the appellant under ss.498A, 323, 376 IPC and s…
3 December 2018 · Abhay Manohar Sapre, Indu Malhotra
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