Indian Court Judgments — 2021

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Saranya vs Bharathi and Another

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 – Exercise of power under – Stage of framing of charge – High Court quashed and set aside the crimi…

24 August 2021 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

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Madhav vs State of Madhya Pradesh

Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 rw s. 34 – Murder – Prosecution case that three accused, A1, A2 and A3 in furtherance of common intention, attacked…

18 August 2021 · Allowed · Indira Banerjee, V. Ramasubramanian

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Hemraj Ratnakar Salian vs Hdfc Bank Ltd. & Ors.

Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002: ss. 14, 13(2) and 13(13) – Taking of p…

17 August 2021 · Dismissed · S. Abdul Nazeer, Krishna Murari

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Kaptan Singh vs The State of Uttar Pradesh and Others

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482 – Inherent powers of High Court – Exercise of – On facts, criminal proceedings u/ss. 147, 148, 149,…

13 August 2021 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

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Parubai vs The State of Maharashtra

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 436 – Murder – Fire incident at mid-night wherein house of appellant and her family engulfed in flames – Appel…

10 August 2021 · Allowed · Hemant Gupta, A.S. Bopanna

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Suman Chadha & Anr. vs Central Bank of India

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: ss. 2(b), 19 – Contempt of court – Wilful breach of the undertaking given to the Court – On facts, bank filed…

9 August 2021 · Disposed · Indira Banerjee, V. Ramasubramanian

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M/s. Cheminova India Ltd. & Anr. vs State of Punjab & Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.469 – Commencement of period of limitation – Complaint of misbranding – Samples drawn from dealer on 10.…

4 August 2021 · Allowed · Navin Sinha, R. Subhash Reddy

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M/s Cheminova India Limited & Anr. vs State of Punjab and Ors.

Insecticides Act, 1968: s.33 – Allegation of misbranding – Complaint against the appellant-manufacturing company and appellant-Managing Dire…

4 August 2021 · Partly allowed · Navin Sinha, R. Subhash Reddy

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Surajdeo Mahto and Anr. vs The State of Bihar

Evidence: Circumstantial evidence – Conviction on basis of – Permissibility of – On facts, prosecution case that appellant no. 1 lured the v…

4 August 2021 · Partly allowed · N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant, Aniruddha Bose

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The State of Haryana & Ors. vs Raj Kumar @ Bittu

Constitution of India: Art. 161 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 432, 433, 433-A – Power of Governor to grant pardon/remission – Orde…

3 August 2021 · Disposed · Hemant Gupta, A.S. Bopanna

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Banka Sneha Sheela vs The State of Telangana & Ors.

Preventive detention: Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Boot-leggers, Dacoits, Drug-Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offend…

2 August 2021 · Allowed · R.F. Nariman, Hrishikesh Roy

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Jose Antonio Zalba Diez Del Corral alias Jose Antonio Zalba vs The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Constitution of India – Art. 32 – Habeas Corpus Petition – For custody of minor children – Maintainability – Petitioner had married responde…

28 July 2021 · Dismissed · Vineet Saran, Dinesh Maheshwari

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The State of Kerala vs K. Ajith & Ors.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 321 – Withdrawal of prosecution – Respondents-MLAs allegedly disrupted the presentation of the budget b…

28 July 2021 · Dismissed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

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M/s. Supreme Bhiwandi Wada Manor Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. vs The State of Maharashtra & Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.438 – Anticipatory bail – Appellant-complainant was awarded contract for constructing road – Four accuse…

26 July 2021 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

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Prakash Gupta vs Securities and Exchange Board of India

PRAKASH GUPTA v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (Criminal Appeal No 569 Of 2021) JULY 23, 2021 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD AND M.…

23 July 2021 · Disposed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

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Lakshman Singh vs State of Bihar (Now Jharkhand)

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 327 and 147 – Prosecution case was that on the day of general election PW-8 was issuing slips to the voters 200 yards…

23 July 2021 · Dismissed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah

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Indra Devi vs State of Rajasthan & Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.197 – Sanction for prosecution – Case of complainant was that in a sale transaction, the purchaser fabri…

23 July 2021 · Dismissed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hemant Gupta

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Somesh Chaurasia vs State of M.P. & Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.389 (1) – Prosecution case was that the second respondent was convicted under s.302 IPC and awarded life…

22 July 2021 · Disposed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Hrishikesh Roy