Indian Court Judgments — 2023

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Case Details Harvinder Singh @ Bachhu vs The State of Himachal Pradesh
Whether the High Court was justified in setting aside the order of acquittal and convicting the appellant for murder and attempt to rape rel…
13 October 2023 · Allowed · M.M. Sundresh, J.B. Pardiwala
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Kamalakar vs State of Karnataka
Whether the prosecution has proved the charges against the appellant-accused u/ss. 498A and 306 IPC beyond reasonable doubt.
12 October 2023 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Rajesh Bindal
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Kamal Prasad & Ors. vs The State of Madhya Pradesh (Now State of Chhattisgarh)
Case of the prosecution rested primarily on the testimonies of three witnesses, conviction of the appellants for offence punishable u/ss.148…
10 October 2023 · Dismissed · Abhay S. Oka, Sanjay Karol
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Siby Thomas vs M/s. Somany Ceramics Ltd
In the impugned order, the High Court declined to quash the complaint u/s.138 r/w. s.141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 qua the app…
10 October 2023 · Allowed · C.T. Ravikumar, Sanjay Kumar
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Case Details Chandra Pratap Singh vs State of M.P.
Whether the High Court was justified in altering the charge u/s. 302 read with ss. 148 and/or 149 to a charge u/s. 302/34 IPC, and convictin…
9 October 2023 · Partly allowed · Abhay S. Oka, Pankaj Mithal
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Naresh @ Nehru vs State of Haryana
Conviction of the appellants for offences punishable u/s.302 r/w s.149, IPC based on the statement of PW-9, as an eyewitness to the crime, i…
9 October 2023 · Allowed · S. Ravindra Bhat, Aravind Kumar
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Rajesh Jain vs Ajay Singh
Since the execution of the cheque is, admittedly, not under dispute, the limited question to be considered, is (i) whether the accused can b…
9 October 2023 · Allowed · Aravind Kumar, Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti
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State of Gujarat vs Dilipsinh Kishorsinh Rao
Whether the High Court was justified in allowing the application for discharge filed by the accused; and as such whether the order of the sa…
9 October 2023 · Allowed · S. Ravindra Bhat, Aravind Kumar
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Sanjit Saha & Anr. vs The State of West Bengal
Matter pertains to the steps/guidelines to be taken in cases where despite the convicts surrendering within the time granted by the Supreme…
9 October 2023 · K.V. Viswanathan
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Balvir Singh vs State of Uttarakhand
The High Court affirmed the judgment and order of conviction passed by the Trial Court holding appellant-husband guilty of the offence of mu…
6 October 2023 · Dismissed · J.B. Pardiwala, Prashant Kumar Mishra
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Case Details Ranjan Kumar Chadha vs State of Himachal Pradesh
The contention raised was that the High Court erred in holding the appellant guilty of offence punishable under Section 20 of the Narcotic D…
6 October 2023 · Dismissed · M.M. Sundresh, J.B. Pardiwala
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Sarvesh Mathur vs The Registrar General High Court of Punjab and Haryana
Denial of access to video conferencing facilities or hearing through the hybrid mode.
6 October 2023 · D.Y. Chandrachud, J.B. Pardiwala, Manoj Misra
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Case Details M/s Iveco Magirus Brandschutztechnik Gmbh vs Nirmal Kishore Bhartiya & Anr.
(i) Whether, while considering a private complaint alleging defamation, the Magistrate before summoning the accused ought to confine himself…
5 October 2023 · Dismissed · Bela M. Trivedi, Dipankar Datta
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Pankaj Bansal vs Union of India & Ors.
Whether the arrest of the appellants u/s. 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 was valid; whether there was proper compliance…
3 October 2023 · Allowed · A.S. Bopanna, Sanjay Kumar
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Phulel Singh vs State of Harayana
Whether in the totality of the circumstances, it can be said that the dying declaration (Ex. P.L.) is free from doubt; whether evidence prov…
27 September 2023 · Allowed · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Prash
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H. D. Sundara & Ors. vs State of Karnataka
The question which arose for consideration was whether the High Court was justified in setting aside the order of acquittal passed by the tr…
26 September 2023 · Allowed · Abhay S. Oka, Sanjay Karol
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Case Details Balwinder Singh (Binda) vs The Narcotics Control Bureau
Matter pertains to admissibility in evidence of the confessional statement recorded by the Narcotics Control Bureau officers u/s. 67 of Narc…
22 September 2023 · Disposed · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Hima Kohli, Prashant Kumar Mishra
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Sunil vs State of NCT of Delhi
(i) Whether based on the evidence led, the appellants could be convicted for the offence of murder of the two deceased with the aid of s.34…
21 September 2023 · Disposed · Hrishikesh Roy, Manoj Misra
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