Indian Court Judgments — 2021

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Khokan @ Khokhan Vishwas vs State of Chhattisgarh

KHOKAN @ KHOKHAN VISHWAS v. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH (Criminal Appeal No. 121 of 2021) FEBRUARY 11, 2021 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD AND M.R.…

11 February 2021 · Partly allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

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Pravat Chandra Mohanty vs The State of Odisha & Anr.

Penal Code, 1860: s. 324 – Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means – Two police officers mercilessly beat victim in the premi…

11 February 2021 · Partly allowed · Ashok Bhushan, Ajay Rastogi

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M/s. Kalamani Tex & Anr. vs P. Balasubramanian

M/S. KALAMANI TEX & ANR v. P. BALASUBRAMANIAN (Criminal Appeal No. 123 of 2021) FEBRUARY 10, 2021 [N.V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT AND ANIRUDDHA BOS…

10 February 2021 · Dismissed · N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant, Aniruddha Bose

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Laxmibai Chandaragi B & Anr. vs The State of Karnatka & Ors.

LAXMIBAI CHANDARAGI B & ANR. v. THE STATE OF KARNATKA & ORS. (Writ Petition [Criminal] No. 359/2020) FEBRUARY 08, 2021 [SANJAY KISHAN KAUL A…

8 February 2021 · Disposed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hrishikesh Roy

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Vishwas Bhandari vs State of Punjab & Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 – Complaint filed under ss.363 and 366-A IPC against one ‘V’ and the appellant that the two accused…

3 February 2021 · Allowed · Hemant Gupta, S. Ravindra Bhat

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N. Vijayakumar vs State of Tamil Nadu

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – ss.7, 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) – Appellant-accused was Sanitary Inspector in 8th Ward of Madurai Municipal Co…

3 February 2021 · Allowed · Ashok Bhushan, M.R. Shah, R. Subhash Reddy

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Opto Circuit India Ltd. vs Axis Bank & Ors.

Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 – s.17, 2(v) and s.2(w) – The Directorate of Enforcement initiated the proceedings against the appe…

3 February 2021 · Partly allowed · S.A. Bobde, A.S. Bopanna, V. Ramasubramanian

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State of Gujarat vs Bhalchandra Laxmishankar Dave

Appeal: Appeal against acquittal – Scope of interference – Conviction of respondent-accused by trial court u/s.7 r/w ss.13(1) and (2) of Pre…

2 February 2021 · Ashok Bhushan, M.R. Shah, R. Subhash Reddy

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Union of India vs K. A. Najeeb

Bail: Grant of bail – By High Court – To the accused charged for offences u/ss. 143, 147, 148, 120-B, 341, 427, 323, 324, 326, 506(H), 201,…

1 February 2021 · Dismissed · N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant, Aniruddha Bose

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Ajay Kumar @ Bittu & Anr. vs State of Uttarakhand & Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 319 – Application under – Appellants summoned by order dated 17.8.2019 – As the appellants did not appe…

29 January 2021 · Allowed · Ashok Bhushan, M.R. Shah, R. Subhash Reddy

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Rajendra Khare vs Swaati Nirkhi and Ors.

RAJENDRA KHARE v. SWAATI NIRKHI AND ORS. (Review Petition (Crl.) No. 671 of 2018) In (Transfer Petition (Crl) No. 262 of 2018) JANUARY 28, 2…

28 January 2021 · Ashok Bhushan, Indu Malhotra

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Ragini Dwivedi @ Gini @ Rags vs The State of Karnataka

RAGINI DWIVEDI @ GINI @ RAGS v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA (Criminal Appeal No. 62 of 2021) JANUARY 21, 2021 [ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN, NAVIN SINHA…

21 January 2021 · R.F. Nariman, Navin Sinha, K.M. Joseph

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Commercial Taxes Officer, Circle-B, Bharatpur vs M/s Bhagat Singh

COMMERCIAL TAXES OFFICER, CIRCLE-B, BHARATPUR v. M/S BHAGAT SINGH (Special Leave Petition (C) No. 15870 of 2020) JANUARY 21, 2021 [INDIRA BA…

21 January 2021 · Indira Banerjee, Sanjiv Khanna

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Rekha Sengar vs State of Madhya Pradesh

REKHA SENGAR v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH (Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No.380 of 2021) JANUARY 21, 2021 [MOHAN M.SHANTANAGOUDAR, VINEET…

21 January 2021 · Dismissed · Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, Vineet Saran, Ajay Rastogi

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Lakhvir Singh etc. vs The State of Punjab & Anr.

Probation of Offenders Act, 1958: Object of legislation – Held: To give the benefit of release of offenders on probation of good conduct ins…

19 January 2021 · Disposed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hrishikesh Roy

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Anversinh @ Kiransinh Fatesinh Zala vs State of Gujarat

Penal Code, 1860: ss.361 and 366 – Kidnapping – Victimminor girl aged 16 years recovered from custody of appellant – Appellant admited to ha…

12 January 2021 · Partly allowed · N.V. Ramana, S. Abdul Nazeer, Surya Kant

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Srei Equipment Finance Ltd. vs Ramjan Ali & Ors.

SREI EQUIPMENT FINANCE LTD. v. RAMJAN ALI & ORS. (Criminal Appeal No. 6 of 2021) JANUARY 05, 2021 [ASHOK BHUSHAN, R. SUBHASH REDDY AND M. R.…

5 January 2021 · Allowed · Ashok Bhushan, M.R. Shah, R. Subhash Reddy

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Murali vs State Rep. by the Inspector of Police

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.320 – Compounding of offence under ss.307, 324 – Prosecution case was that fifteen years ago, over a vol…

5 January 2021 · Partly allowed · N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant, Aniruddha Bose