Indian Court Judgments — 2021

7,334 judgments · 7,316 with headnotes · 22 courts · Updated 5 November 2026
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Brijesh Singh vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Others
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 378 – Appeal against acquittal – Grant of leave to appeal against order of acquittal by trial court – P…
20 July 2021 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah
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Kumer Singh vs State of Rajasthan & Anr.
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.439 – Bail – Prosecution case was that the accused brutally killed brother of the complainant in a pre-p…
20 July 2021 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah
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P Mahesh Cooperative Urban Bank Shareholders Welfare Association vs Ramesh Kumar Bung and Ors.
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Grant of interim protection, challenged – Petitioner filed pre-election writ petition against the proposed…
20 July 2021 · Dismissed · Indira Banerjee, V. Ramasubramanian
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K. P. Natarajan & Anr. vs Muthalammal & Ors.
K. P. NATARAJAN & ANR. v. MUTHALAMMAL & ORS. (Special Leave Petition (C) No. 2492 of 2021) JULY 16, 2021 [INDIRA BANERJEE AND V. RAMASUBRAMA…
16 July 2021 · Dismissed · Indira Banerjee, V. Ramasubramanian
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Noorulla Khan vs Karnataka State Pollution Control Board & Anr.
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 – ss. 43, 44, 47 and 48 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 197 – Gram Panchayat a…
13 July 2021 · Dismissed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Ajay Rastogi
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Dharmesh @ Dharmendra @ Dhamo Jagdishbhai @ Jagabhai Bhagubhai Ratadia & Anr. vs The State of Gujarat
Bail: Imposition of condition for bail – Free fight between two groups in Amreli resulting in death of two persons – Case against 13 persons…
7 July 2021 · Allowed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Hemant Gupta
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Rakesh and Another vs State of U.P. and Another
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w s.34 – Previous enmity between the complainant party and accused – Gun shot and knife blows on the victim deceas…
6 July 2021 · Dismissed · D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah
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Surendran vs Sub-Inspector of Police
Sentence / Sentencing – Trial Court (Magistrate) convicted appellant u/ss.279, 338 IPC and sentenced him to imprisonment for six months and…
30 June 2021 · Partly allowed · Ashok Bhushan, Vineet Saran, M.R. Shah
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Shaik Ahmed vs State of Telangana
Penal Code, 1860: s.364A – Essential ingredients – For covering an offence under s.364A, apart from fulfillment of first condition i.e. “who…
28 June 2021 · Partly allowed · Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy
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Vinod Dua vs Union of India & Ors.
Constitution of India: Art. 32 – Quashing of FIR under – On facts, FIR against petitioner-renowned journalist u/ss. 124-A, 505, 501, 268 for…
3 June 2021 · Partly allowed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Vineet Saran
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Nathu Singh vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.438 – Anticipatory bail – Propriety of protective order after dismissal of anticipatory bail application…
28 May 2021 · Allowed · N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant, Aniruddha Bose
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Gurmeet Singh vs State of Punjab
Penal Code, 1860 – s.304-B – Death of married woman after she consumed poison in her matrimonial home – Conviction of appellant-husband by C…
28 May 2021 · Dismissed · N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant, Aniruddha Bose
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Satbir Singh & Another vs State of Haryana
Penal Code, 1860: s. 304B – Dowry death – Conviction under – Prosecution case that the victim committed suicide by setting herself ablaze ju…
28 May 2021 · Allowed · N.V. Ramana, Aniruddha Bose
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Sunil Kumar @ Sudhir Kumar & Anr. vs The State of Uttar Pradesh
Sentence/Sentencing: Sentences to run concurrently or consecutively – Duty of Court of first instance to specify – Held: It is legally oblig…
25 May 2021 · Partly allowed · Dinesh Maheshwari, Aniruddha Bose
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Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. and Anr. vs Cg Power and Industrial Solutions Limited and Anr.
Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996: s. 3(1), (2) – Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Rules,…
12 May 2021 · Dismissed · Uday Umesh Lalit, Indira Banerjee
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Gautam Navlakha vs National Investigation Agency
Constitution of India: Art.21 – House arrest – When a citizen is placed on house arrest, which has the effect of depriving him of any freedo…
12 May 2021 · Dismissed · Uday Umesh Lalit, K.M. Joseph
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Mallappa vs State of Karnataka
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Murder – Deceased was allegedly assaulted with a club – Prosecution case primarily based on evidence of PW5 (dece…
7 May 2021 · Allowed · N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant, Aniruddha Bose
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Jayamma & Anr. vs State of Karnataka
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 r/w 34 – Allegation that on account of previous dispute between the parties, accused with the intention to kill the…
7 May 2021 · Allowed · N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant, Aniruddha Bose
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