Indian Court Judgments — 2018

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M/s Writers and Publisher Pvt. Ltd. vs K Mishra, Official Liquidator the Cooperative Stores Ltd. Super Bazar

Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2000 – Process of revival of Super Bazar, monitored by Supreme Court – Offer made by petitioner-WPL a…

17 May 2018 · Disposed · Dipak Misra, D.Y. Chandrachud, A.M. Khanwilkar

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Vinubhai Ranchhodbhai Patel vs Rajivbhai Dudabhai Patel & Others

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Chapter XVII – ss.211, 212 and 213 – Defective framing of charges – Acquittal of accused persons – Interf…

16 May 2018 · Disposed · Jasti Chelameswar, Sanjay Kishan Kaul

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Manoj Kumar vs State of Himachal Pradesh

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 304 Part-II and 302 – Prosecution case that PW-1 and ‘P’ disturbed with interference of appellants on their land had…

15 May 2018 · Disposed · N.V. Ramana, S. Abdul Nazeer

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Rupinder Singh Sandhu vs State of Punjab & Others

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.299 and 304 Part-II r/w. s.34 – Conviction under – Propriety of – PW3 & PW4 were travelling in a Maruti Car driven by…

15 May 2018 · Disposed · Jasti Chelameswar, Sanjay Kishan Kaul

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Sushila Aggarwal & Ors. vs State (NCT of Delhi) & Anr.

Bail – Whether an anticipatory bail should be for a limited period of time – There are two divergent views: One are the line of Judgments in…

15 May 2018 · Dismissed · Kurian Joseph, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, Navin Sinha

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Khurshid Ahmed vs State of Jammu and Kashmir

Ranbir Penal Code – s.302 – Prosecution case that there was a scuffle between the appellant-accused and ‘A’ over some payment issue – Same d…

15 May 2018 · Dismissed · N.V. Ramana, S. Abdul Nazeer

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Sheila Sebastian vs R. Jawaharaj & Anr. etc.

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.420, 464, 465 – Allegation of forgery – Prosecution case was that accused no.1, with the aid of imposter impersonating…

11 May 2018 · Dismissed · N.V. Ramana, S. Abdul Nazeer

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Kumar vs State Represented by Inspector of Police

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 324 – Conviction by courts below – Prosecution case was that the appellant-accused and the victim-deceased had…

11 May 2018 · Allowed · N.V. Ramana, S. Abdul Nazeer

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Gurwinder Singh @ Sonu etc. vs State of Punjab and Anr.

Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 304 Part I, 300 Exception 4, 302 r/w 34 – Murder – Parties assembled to settle land dispute – Exchange of words resul…

8 May 2018 · Partly allowed · Ranjan Gogoi, R. Banumathi

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Tularam vs The State of Madhya Pradesh

Penal Code, 1860 – Exception 4 to s.300 and s.304 Part II – Quarrel between ‘Rh’ and ‘Ru’ escalated into altercation and soon they were join…

2 May 2018 · Allowed · Madan B. Lokur, Deepak Gupta

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Murugan vs State of Tamil Nadu

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 364 and 302/34 –Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder – On facts, father not agreeing to proposal of main accused…

2 May 2018 · Dismissed · R.K. Agrawal, Abhay Manohar Sapre

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State of Kerala & Anr. vs Mythri Vidya Bhavan English M. Sch. & Ors.

STATE OF KERALA & ANR. v. MYTHRI VIDYA BHAVAN ENGLISH M. SCH. & ORS. (Special Leave Petition (C) Nos. 18475-18476 of 2013) MAY 02, 2018 [MAD…

2 May 2018 · Dismissed · Madan B. Lokur, Deepak Gupta

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Chandra Bhawan Singh vs The State of Uttar Pradesh

CHANDRA BHAWAN SINGH v. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH (Criminal Appeal No. 654 of 2018) MAY 01, 2018 [R. K. AGRAWAL AND ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, JJ…

1 May 2018 · Dismissed · R.K. Agrawal, Abhay Manohar Sapre

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Dilawar vs The State of Haryana & Anr.

Investigation: Speedy investigation – By impugned order, CBI was directed to conduct trial within six months – The case against the petition…

1 May 2018 · Disposed · Adarsh Kumar Goel, Indu Malhotra

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Arif Khan @ Agha Khan vs State of Uttarakhand

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss.20 and 50 – Non-compliance of s.50 – Prosecution case that Police raided appellant…

27 April 2018 · Allowed · R.K. Agrawal, Abhay Manohar Sapre

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Naveen Kaushik vs Central Bureau of Investigation

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – s.19(3)(c) – Held: In view of three judge Bench judgment dtd. 28th March, 2018 passed by Supreme Court…

26 April 2018 · Disposed · Adarsh Kumar Goel, R.F. Nariman

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Bhaskarrao & Ors. vs State of Maharashtra

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 147, 148, 452 r/w s. 149, s.302/149 and s.506 – Prosecution under – For murder of a person – by 16 accused – Trial Cou…

26 April 2018 · Allowed · N.V. Ramana, S. Abdul Nazeer

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Asian Resurfacing of Road Agency P. Ltd. and Anr. vs Central Bureau of Investigation

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – s.19(3)(c) – Jurisdiction of High Court in granting stay in challenge against order framing charge unde…

25 April 2018 · Disposed · Adarsh Kumar Goel, R.F. Nariman