Indian Court Judgments — 2019

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Awadhesh Kumar vs State of U.P. & Anr.

Penal Code, 1860: s.304 Part I – Appeal by complainant challenging the impugned order whereby High Court partly allowed the appeal of origin…

8 November 2019 · Allowed · Arun Mishra, M.R. Shah, S. Ravindra Bhat

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Hardev Singh vs Harpreet Kaur & Ors.

HARDEV SINGH v. HARPREET KAUR & ORS. (Criminal Appeal No. 1331 of 2013) NOVEMBER 07, 2019 [MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR AND ANIRUDDHA BOSE, JJ.]…

7 November 2019 · Allowed · Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, Aniruddha Bose

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Kalu alias Laxminarayan vs State of Madhya Pradesh

Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 – Homicidal death within the confines of house – Prosecution case was that appellant husband strangulated his wife…

7 November 2019 · Dismissed · Navin Sinha, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai

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State of Uttarakhand vs Darshan Singh

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.147, 148, 149 and 302 – Murder – Acquittal of accused by the High Court – Prosecution case was that PW-1, his father,…

7 November 2019 · Dismissed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, K.M. Joseph

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Manoharan vs State by Inspector of Police, Variety Hall Police Station, Coimbatore

Review – In death penalty cases – Application of restrictive principles – Murder – Rape – Co-accused (now deceased) using borrowed school va…

7 November 2019 · Disposed · R.F. Nariman, Sanjiv Khanna, Surya Kant

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Javed Abdul Rajjaq Shaikh vs State of Maharashtra

JAVED ABDUL RAJJAQ SHAIKH v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA (Criminal Appeal No. 1181 of 2011) NOVEMBER 06, 2019 [SANJAY KISHAN KAUL AND K. M. JOSEPH,…

6 November 2019 · Dismissed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, K.M. Joseph

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Satinder Singh Bhasin vs Government of NCT of Delhi & Ors.

Constitution of India: Art. 32 – FIRs lodged in the State of U.P. and in the State of NCT of Delhi – Writ petition u/Art. 32 of Constitution…

6 November 2019 · A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari

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Rohtas & Anr. vs The State of Haryana

Constitution of India: Art.136 – Special leave petition – Reappreciation of evidence by Supreme Court – Permissibility – Held: Supreme Court…

5 November 2019 · Dismissed · A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari

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State of Madhya Pradesh vs Man Singh

STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH v. MAN SINGH (Criminal Appeal No. 410 of 2011) NOVEMBER 04, 2019 [DEEPAK GUPTA AND ANIRUDDHA BOSE, JJ.] Code of Crim…

4 November 2019 · Allowed · Deepak Gupta, Aniruddha Bose

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Miss Xyz vs State of Gujarat & Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – Appellantinformant was the Personal Assistant of the 2 nd respondentManaging Director of the Comp…

25 October 2019 · Allowed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Indu Malhotra, R. Subhash Reddy

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Imrat Singh & Ors. vs State of Madhya Pradesh

Penal Code, 1860: ss.148 and 302 r/w. s.149 – Conviction under – By courts below – Relying mainly on two eye-witnesses viz. PW10 and PW11 –…

24 October 2019 · Allowed · Deepak Gupta, Aniruddha Bose

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Shah and S. Ravindra Bhat, Jj.] vs Manohar Lal & Ors. etc.

Justice Delivery System: Practice and Procedure – Recusal of judge – Whether a Judge who has expressed an opinion in a smaller Bench and the…

23 October 2019 · Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M.R. Shah, S. Ra

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State of Madhya Pradesh vs Udham and Others

Sentencing – Tests for – Complainant lodged report that respondents-accused entered his house, attacked him and the others present with axes…

22 October 2019 · Partly allowed · N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, Ajay Rastogi

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Shri P. Chidambaram vs Central Bureau of Investigation

Bail: Grant or refusal of – Case registered by CBI against appellant–member of parliament and Senior member, u/s. 120B rw s. 420 IPC, ss. 8,…

22 October 2019 · Disposed · R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna, Hrishikesh Roy

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M. Srikanth vs State of Telangana and Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 –s.482 –Exercise of jurisdiction under – Respondent no.2-complainant filed complaint against nine persons i…

21 October 2019 · Disposed · Navin Sinha, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai

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State of West Bengal vs Indrajit Kundu & Ors.

Penal Code, 1860 – s.306 r/w s.34 – Abetment of suicide – When not – Victim, daughter of the de-facto complainant was painter and artist – T…

18 October 2019 · Dismissed · Indu Malhotra, R. Subhash Reddy

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Hooghly Mills Company Ltd. vs The State of West Bengal and Anr.

HOOGHLY MILLS COMPANY LTD. v. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANR. (Criminal Appeal No. 1571 of 2019) OCTOBER 17, 2019 [MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR…

17 October 2019 · Allowed · Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, Ajay Rastogi

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Uttam Ram vs Devinder Singh Hudan & Anr.

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – s.138 & ss.118, 139 – Respondent purchased apple crops of various growers which was carried out through r…

17 October 2019 · Allowed · L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta