Indian Court Judgments — 2020

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Dr Nallapareddy Sridhar Reddy vs The State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.

DR NALLAPAREDDY SRIDHAR REDDY v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH & ORS (Criminal Appeal No. 1934 of 2019) JANUARY 21, 2020 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHA…

21 January 2020 · Dismissed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Hrishikesh Roy

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Duleshwar & Anr. vs The State of M.P. (Now Chhattisgarh)

Penal Code,1860: ss. 147, 148, 302, 302/149 and 325 - Prosecution under – Of 18 accused persons – For causing grievous injury to one person…

21 January 2020 · Disposed · A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari

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Pawan Kumar Gupta vs State of NCT of Delhi

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 – ss.7A, 21 – Nirbhaya Case – Petitioner-accused claimed that he was juvenile a…

20 January 2020 · Dismissed · R. Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan, A.S. Bopanna

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Yashita Sahu vs State of Rajasthan & Ors.

Child and Family Welfare – Child Custody – Parents in two different continents – In 2016, couple got married in India – Appellant-wife accom…

20 January 2020 · Deepak Gupta, Aniruddha Bose

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State Rep. by the Inspector of Police vs M. Murugesan & Anr.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 439 – Bail application under – High Court after deciding the application retained the file and collecte…

15 January 2020 · Allowed · L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta

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Padum Kumar vs State of Uttar Pradesh

Criminal Law – Evidence – Opinion of hand writing expert – Appreciation of – Appellant-accused was working as Postman at the relevant time –…

14 January 2020 · Allowed · R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna

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Sankath Prasad vs State of Uttar Pradesh

SANKATH PRASAD v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH (Criminal Appeal No. 50 of 2020) JANUARY 10, 2020 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD AND HRISHIKESH ROY,…

10 January 2020 · Allowed · D.Y. Chandrachud, Hrishikesh Roy

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Shilpa Mittal vs State of NCT of Delhi & Anr.

SHILPA MITTAL v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. (Criminal Appeal No. 34 of 2020) JANUARY 09, 2020 [DEEPAK GUPTA AND ANIRUDDHA BOSE, JJ.] Juven…

9 January 2020 · Disposed · Deepak Gupta, Aniruddha Bose

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Surinder Singh Deswal @ Col. S. S. Deswal & Ors. vs Virender Gandhi & Anr.

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – s.s. 138, 143-A and 148 – Code of Criminal Procedure,1973 – s.s. 389, 482 – Respondent No.1 retired from…

8 January 2020 · Dismissed · Ashok Bhushan, M.R. Shah

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Purshottam Chopra & Anr. vs State (Govt. of NCT Delhi)

Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 r/w s. 34 – Murder – By two accused – Setting the deceased on fire – Information given to Police Control Room (PCR)…

7 January 2020 · Dismissed · A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari

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M.E. Shivalingamurthy vs Central Bureau of Investigation, Bengaluru

M.E. SHIVALINGAMURTHY v. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, BENGALURU (Criminal Appeal No. 957 of 2017) JANUARY 07, 2020 [SANJAY KISHAN KAUL A…

7 January 2020 · Dismissed · Sanjay Kishan Kaul, K.M. Joseph

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Surinder Kumar vs State of Punjab

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: s. 50 – Recovery of opium – Trial – Conviction – Confirmed in appeal by High Court – A…

6 January 2020 · Dismissed · N.V. Ramana, R. Subhash Reddy, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai