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April 27, 2025 3:39 am

Illegal Gratification – Reduction in sentence – Accused is a senior citizen aged about 70 years and already dismissed from service – Sentence of two years rigorous imprisonment as imposed by the Special Court, confirmed by the High Court, is reduced to one year and one month rigorous imprisonment – Appeal partly allowed.

Jan 17, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH S. SUNDARA KUMAR — Appellant Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, VIGILANCE AND ANTI-CORRUPTION, THOOTHUKUDI DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU — Respondent ( Before…

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Misappropriation of public funds – Bank Employee – In banking business absolute devotion, integrity and honesty is a sine qua non for every bank employee. High Court has committed an apparent error in setting aside the order of dismissal of the respondent confirmed in departmental appeal by order – Appeal allowed.

Jan 17, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER (APPELLATE AUTHORITY) AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. AJAI KUMAR SRIVASTAVA — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and…

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Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 – There are no pleadings by the public servants with regard to the prejudice caused to them on account of non-obtaining of prior consent under Section 6 of the DSPE Act qua them specifically in addition to the general consent in force, nor with regard to miscarriage of justice – No reason to interfere with the finding

Nov 22, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S FERTICO MARKETING AND INVESTMENT PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS ETC. — Appellant Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND ANOTHER ETC. — Respondent ( Before…

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Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – IPC , 1860 – Evidence Act, 1872 – Ss 165 – Constitution of India, Art 14 – Corruption Charges – Punishment of dismissal was disproportionate to the allegation of corruption, is without merit – It is a settled legal proposition that the Disciplinary Authority has wide discretion in imposing punishment for a proved delinquency, subject to principles of proportionality and fair play

Sep 11, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH PRAVIN KUMAR — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : N.V. Ramana, S. Abdul Nazeer and Surya Kant,…

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Bribe–Once there is a presumption under Section 20, Prevention of Corruption Act,1988, it is for the accused to establish that the amount was not received as bribe.

Aug 23, 2020 sclaw

2009(3) LAW HERALD (SC) 1635 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice D.K. Jain The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mukundakam Sharma…

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Charge Under IPC Can Continue trial Even If Sanction In Respect Of Offence Under Prevention Of Corruption Act Is Not Forthcoming

Jul 31, 2020 sclaw

1 ITEM NO.9 Court 3 (Video Conferencing) SECTION II-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF…

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Patwari, demanded bribe of Rs 300 two decades ago, High Court convicted, SCOI also dismissed appeal HELD two prosecution witnesses completely established that the demand was made and that the money was found on the person of the accused.

Jul 30, 2020 sclaw

Patwari, demanded bribe of Rs 300 two decades ago, High Court convicted, SCOI also dismissed appeal HELD two prosecution witnesses completely established that the demand was made and that the…

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Illegal Gratification –No rule of universal application that whenever a part of the case relating to demand and acceptance is not acceptable, the whole case would fail even if the case relating to trap, recovery of money and chemical test by the prosecution is established

Jul 26, 2020 sclaw

2009(2) LAW HERALD (SC) 1041 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dr. Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Criminal Appeal No. 386…

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Illegal gratification–Mere recovery of tainted money divorced from the circumstances under which it is paid is not sufficient to convict the accused when the substantive evidence in the case is not reliable

Jul 10, 2020 sclaw

2009(2) LAW HERALD (SC) 789 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta The Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.Sudershan Reddy Criminal Appeal No. 377 of…

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Corruption Law–Reduction in sentence–Illegal Gratification–Corruption by public servant–Patwari convicted and sentenced for accepting bribe of Rs. 300/—Prayer for reduction of sentence as incident was 19 years old–Custodial sentence of one year, which is minimum prescribed, would meet the ends of justice

Jul 8, 2020 sclaw

Surain Singh v. State of Punjab 2009(2) LAW HERALD (SC) 724 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Asok Kumar…

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I P C

Defamation — Imputation in Good Faith for Protection of Interests — Exception 9 to S. 499 IPC engrafts the principle of qualified privilege, stating it is not defamation to make an imputation on the character of another, provided it is made in good faith for the protection of the interest of the person making it, or of any other person, or for the public good

Apr 20, 2025 sclaw

Corporate

ESI – The definition of ‘principal employer’ under Section 2(17) is wide and includes not only the owner or occupier of a factory (or head of department in government establishments) but also the managing agent or any person responsible for the supervision and control of the establishment — Designation is immaterial if the person functions as a managing agent or supervises/controls the establishment

Apr 20, 2025 sclaw

Anticipatory Bail

Habitual Offender/Criminal Antecedents — Consideration of Nature of Current Offence — While the criminal antecedents and alleged status of an accused as a habitual offender are extremely relevant factors that ordinarily weigh against the grant of anticipatory bail, the High Court’s discretion in granting such bail may not warrant interference

Apr 20, 2025 sclaw

Circumstantial Evidence I P C

Murder (Filicide) vs. Suicide — In cases based on circumstantial evidence where the question is whether the death was homicidal (filicide) or suicidal, the prosecution must establish a complete chain of circumstances that points exclusively to the guilt of the accused and is inconsistent with any hypothesis of innocence

Apr 20, 2025 sclaw

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