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April 26, 2025 3:19 pm

Corruption—Acceptance of Bribe—Recovery of tainted money from accused—Where accused fails to offer any satisfactory explanation about recovery of pointed money from him, it will be presumed that he has accepted the bribe

Sep 17, 2018 sclaw

2018(3) Law Herald (SC) 1895 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH STATE OF GUJARAT — Appellant Vs. NAVINBHAI CHANDRAKANT JOSHI — Respondent ( Before : Ranjan Gogoi and R. Banumathi, JJ. )…

Corruption

Corruption—Disproportionate Assets—A public servant facing such charge, cannot be comprehended to furnish any explanation in absence of the proof of the allegation of being in possession by himself or through someone else, pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Mar 18, 2018 sclaw

(2017) 100 ACrC 985 : (2017) 177 AIC 42 : (2017) 4 AICLR 509 : (2017) AIR(SCW) 3713 : (2017) 3 AIRJharR 825 : (2017) AIR(SC) 3713 : (2017)…

Corruption Cr P C

Appeal against acquittal–Interference with a judgment of acquittal may not be made when two views are possible to be taken, but when on appraisal thereof, only one view is possible, the appellate court would not hesitate to inerfere with the judgment of acquittal. Nobody shall be compelled to be a witness against himself –To be a witness” may be equivalent to “furnishing evidence” in the sense of making oral or written statements, but not in the larger sense of the expression so as to include giving of thumb impression or impression of palm or foot or fingers or specimen writing or exposing a part of the body by an accused person for purpose of identification.

Sep 8, 2017 sclaw

2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3830 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice H.S. Bedi Criminal Appeal Nos. 1394-1395 of…

Corruption

Sanction—The order granting sanction must be demonstrative of the fact that there had been proper application of mind on the part of the sanctioning authority. Sanction—Only because an order of sanction contains certain irregularities, the court would not set aside an order of conviction.

Jul 10, 2017 sclaw

2007(4) LAW HERALD (SC) 3342 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harjit Singh Bedi Criminal Appeal No. 766…

Corruption

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – Section 19 – Sanction for prosecution – Second sanction order not issued by competent authority – Cognizance taken prior to sanction bad in law

May 30, 2017 sclaw

AIR 2005 SC 3606 : (2005) CriLJ 4379 : (2005) 12 JT 204 : (2005) 7 SCALE 659 : (2005) 8 SCC 130 : (2005) 1 SCR 712 Supp…

Corruption

Illegal gratification–Once it is proved that accused accepted the amount he cannot escape from criminal liability on a specious ground that he was made scapegoat or was merely innocent carrier. Appeal against acquittal—General principles to be followed–Enumerated.

May 7, 2017 sclaw

2007(4) LAW HERALD (SC) 2660 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice C.K. Thakker The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tarun Chatterjee Criminal Appeal No. 885 of 2002…

Corruption

Disproportionate assets—Conviction–Court have analysed the evidence in great details as the valuation of the properties—Appeal dismissed.

Apr 26, 2017 sclaw

2007(3) LAW HERALD (SC) 2444 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. JusticeP.P. Naolekar Civil Appeal No. 1262 of 2001…

Corruption

Sanction–Effect of reinstatement–Accused was not in government service on the day the charge sheet was filed–Protection not aviable.

Apr 24, 2017 sclaw

2007(3) LAW HERALD (SC) 2345 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.H. Kapadia Criminal Appeal No. 1205 of…

Corruption

Sanction for prosecution–Defective sanction–Acquittal not justified.

Apr 22, 2017 sclaw

2007(3) LAW HERALD (SC) 2216 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice D.K. Jain Criminal Appeal No. 1009 of…

Corruption

Assets Disproportionate to known sources of income—Territorial jurisdiction—Accused have several bank accounts and properties in Delhi—Court at Delhi would have the jurisdiction even though he was never posted in Delhi.

Apr 13, 2017 sclaw

2007(2) LAW HERALD (SC) 1546 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Markandey Katju Criminal Appeal No. 635 of…

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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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