Indian Court Judgments — 2020

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Ashish Seth vs Sumit Mittal and Others

Contempt of Court – Dispute between two groups of a Joint Venture (JV) Company – Seth Group and Mittal Group – The JV Company had acquired s…

9 October 2020 · Ashok Bhushan, M.R. Shah

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Ankita Kailash Khandelwal and Ors. vs State of Maharashtra and Others

Maharashtra Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1999 – s.6(1) – Appellants after completing MBBS course were pursuing PG Degree Course (M.D.) in Gyn…

8 October 2020 · Allowed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Vineet Saran, Ajay Rastogi

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Miss ‘a vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.164, 173, 190, 207, 208 – Statement recorded u/s.164 – Copy to accused – Case of sexual exploitation –…

8 October 2020 · Allowed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Vineet Saran, S. Ravindra Bhat

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Satya Deo @ Bhoorey vs State of Uttar Pradesh

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 – ss.2(l), 7A, 15, 16(2), 20, 64, 69 – Scheme and applicability of 2000 Act – A…

7 October 2020 · S. Abdul Nazeer, Sanjiv Khanna

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T. K. David vs Kuruppampady Service Co-Operative Bank Ltd. & Ors.

Special Leave petition: Maintainability of – Petitioner filed writ petition before High Court challenging the order of compulsory retirement…

5 October 2020 · Dismissed · Ashok Bhushan, M.R. Shah, R. Subhash Reddy

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Gurcharan Singh vs The State of Punjab

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 306, 107 – A young married lady with two minor children committed suicide – The Trial Court convicted lady’s husband-…

1 October 2020 · Allowed · N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant, Hrishikesh Roy

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Parvez Noordin Lokhandwalla vs State of Maharashtra & Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.437, 439 – Bail – Nature of conditions imposed – Right to travel abroad – FIR lodged against appellant…

1 October 2020 · Disposed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Indira Banerjee

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Subed Ali and Others vs The State of Assam

Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302/34 – The prosecution alleged that two persons were assaulted while they were returning from the market on bicycles…

30 September 2020 · Dismissed · R.F. Nariman, Navin Sinha, Indira Banerjee

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Satish @ Sabbe vs The State of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh Prisoners Release on Probation Act, 1938: s.2 – Pre-mature release – Entitlement – Criteria – Held: Length of sentence or grav…

30 September 2020 · Disposed · N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant, Hrishikesh Roy

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Maheshwar Tigga vs The State of Jharkhand

Penal Code, 1860: ss.376, 323 and 341 – Prosecution under – Alleging that the accused raped the prosecutrix at the point of knife 4 years ag…

28 September 2020 · Allowed · R.F. Nariman, Navin Sinha, Indira Banerjee

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Anwar Ali and Another vs The State of Himachal Pradesh

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302/34, 392, 201 and 420 – Prosecution under – Circumstantial evidence – Acquittal by trial court in view of contradic…

25 September 2020 · Allowed · Ashok Bhushan, M.R. Shah, R. Subhash Reddy

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National Alliance for People’s Movements & Ors. vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors.

Prisoners – Pandemic – Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) – Decongestion of prisons – The Supreme Court had taken note of the pandemic situation a…

22 September 2020 · Dismissed · S.A. Bobde, A.S. Bopanna, V. Ramasubramanian

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Neetu Kumar Nagaich vs The State of Rajasthan and Others

Investigation: De novo investigation – Writ Petition before Supreme Court seeking transfer of criminal case from State Police to CBI – Alleg…

16 September 2020 · Allowed · R.F. Nariman, Navin Sinha, Indira Banerjee

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Jugut Ram vs The State of Chhattisgarh

Penal Code, 1860: s. 304 (Part II) – Assault by Lathi – Resulting in death of the victim after one day – Conviction u/s. 302 IPC and life im…

16 September 2020 · Allowed · R.F. Nariman, Navin Sinha, Indira Banerjee

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Jeet Ram vs The Narcotics Control Bureau, Chandigarh

Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss.20, 50 and 54 – Appellant was charged u/s.20 – Acquitted by trial court – Convicted…

15 September 2020 · Partly allowed · Ashok Bhushan, M.R. Shah, R. Subhash Reddy

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Abhilasha vs Parkash & Ors.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.125 – Whether a Hindu unmarried daughter is entitled to claim maintenance from her father under s.125 Cr…

15 September 2020 · Dismissed · Ashok Bhushan, M.R. Shah, R. Subhash Reddy

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Rizwan Khan vs The State of Chhattisgarh

Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss.20(b)(ii)(B), 20(b)(ii)(C), 42, 50, 55 – Appellant-accused along with others was fou…

10 September 2020 · Dismissed · Ashok Bhushan, M.R. Shah, R. Subhash Reddy

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Stalin vs State Represented by the Inspector of Police

Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302, s. 304 and Exception IV to s.300 – Appellant-accused was convicted and sentenced u/s. 302 IPC – C Appellant conte…

9 September 2020 · Partly allowed · Ashok Bhushan, M.R. Shah, R. Subhash Reddy