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Category: Cr P C

Cr P C

(CrPC) – Section 482 – Quashing of criminal proceedings on the basis of settlement – Court cannot deal with cases involving abuse of official position and adoption of corrupt practices, like suits for specific performance, where the refund of the money paid may also satisfy the agreement holder – High Court completely erred – Appeal allowed.

Sep 11, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH P. DHARAMARAJ — Appellant Vs. SHANMUGAM AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : S. Abdul Nazeer and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal No.…

Cr P C

Cr P C – HELD Quashing – being the members of the Selection Committee, who relied on the documents placed on record without any verification on the assumption that the documents being genuine, recommended his case for appointment and because they are the members of the Selection Committee, that in itself would not, in any manner, implicate them in the commission of crime,

Sep 4, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH MUNNA PRASAD VERMA — Appellant Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Ajay Rastogi and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ. ) Criminal…

Cr P C

Prosecution for offences against the State and for criminal conspiracy – Words “No Court shall take cognizance” employed in Section 196 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the consequential bar created under the said provision would undoubtedly show that the bar is against ‘taking of cognizance by the Court’ and not against registration of a crime or investigation

Aug 27, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH PARVEZ PARWAZ AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : N.V. Ramana, CJI., Hima Kohli and…

Cr P C

(CrPC) – Section 311 – Power to summon – Section 311 provides that the Court may summon any person as a witness or to examine any person in attendance, though not summoned as a witness and Recall and re-examine any person who has already been examined – This power can be exercised at any stage of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under the CrPC

Aug 16, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH VARSHA GARG — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and AS Bopanna,…

Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 – Section 31 leaves full discretion with the court to order sentences for two or more offences at one trial to run concurrently, having regard to the nature of offences and attendant aggravating or mitigating circumstances – If the court does not order the sentence to be concurrent, one sentence may run after the other,

Jul 10, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH MALKEET SINGH GILL — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH — Respondent ( Before : Indira Banerjee and J.K. Maheshwari, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal…

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