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July 27, 2025 5:24 pm

Abetment of suicide – An FIR under Section 306 of the IPC cannot even be quashed on the basis of any financial settlement with the informant, surviving spouse, parents, children, guardians, care-givers or anyone else.

Aug 15, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH DAXABEN — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Indira Banerjee and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal…

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Acts of provocation on the basis of which the appellant caused the death of his brother, were both sudden and grave and that there was loss of self-control – This Court convert the conviction of the appellant from Section 302 to Part I of Section 304 of the IPC.

Aug 14, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH DAUVARAM NIRMALKAR — Appellant Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH — Respondent ( Before : Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M. Trivedi, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal No.…

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Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860), Section 191 – Perjury — False evidence — Affidavit — An affidavit is ‘evidence’ within the meaning of Section 191 of the IPC and a person swearing to a false affidavit is guilty of perjury.

Aug 1, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before: A.M. Khanwilkar & J.B. Pardiwala, JJ. Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 103 of 2009 Decided on: 14.07.2022 Himanshu Kumar and others – Petitioner(s) Versus State of…

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Prosecution can lead evidence only in accordance with the charge framed by the trial court – Where a higher charge is not framed for which there is evidence, the accused is entitled to assume that he is called upon to defend himself only with regard to the lesser offence

Jul 26, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH GHULAM HASSAN BEIGH — Appellant Vs. MOHAMMAD MAQBOOL MAGREY AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : A.M. Khanwilkar, Abhay S. Oka and J.B. Pardiwala,…

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Appeal allowed – Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Section 302 – Murder – Even the evidence of a hostile witness can be considered to the extent, it supports the case of the prosecution –

Jul 23, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH MALTI SAHU — Appellant Vs. RAHUL AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal No. 471…

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Expression “falsely charges” in Section 221 IPC cannot mean giving false evidence as a prosecution witness against an accused person during the course of a criminal trial – An investigation may be transferred to the CBI only in “rare and exceptional cases”

Jul 17, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH HIMANSHU KUMAR AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : A.M. Khanwilkar and J.B. Pardiwala, JJ. )…

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HELD all the three appellants are in jail and have undergone several years of incarceration. We accordingly award the sentence for the period already undergone by all the three appellants.

Jul 14, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH AJMAL — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF KERALA — Respondent ( Before : Ajay Rastogi and Vikram Nath, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal No. 1838…

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Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Section 302 – Death sentence – Murder during the course of robbery – Imposition of death sentence would be unwarranted

Jul 10, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH MANOJ AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH — Respondent ( Before : Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and Bela. M.…

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Death sentence confirmed – Kidnapping, Rape and murder of Mentally challenged Seven-and-a-half-year-old girl – in view of the nature of crimes committed by the appellant and looking to his incorrigible conduct.

Jul 10, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH MANOJ PRATAP SINGH — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN — Respondent ( Before : A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and C.T. Ravikumar, JJ. )…

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Conspiracy in committing the loot and murder – Minor inconsistencies in the statement of witnesses are not of any consequence looking to the finding concurrently recorded by two courts

Jul 10, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH HARPAL SINGH — Appellant Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB — Respondent ( Before : Indira Banerjee and J.K. Maheshwari, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal No. 914…

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Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 129 — Detention, seizure and release of goods and conveyances in transit — Show cause notice — Payment of penalty — Obligation to pass final order — Where a show cause notice is issued under Section 129(3) of the CGST Act and the taxable person files objections against the proposed levy, the proper officer is duty-bound to pass a reasoned, speaking order under Section 129(3), even if the penalty is paid. Such an order is crucial for enabling the taxpayer to exercise their statutory right of appeal under Section 107 of the CGST Act.

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Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 174 — Inquiry by Police into cause of unnatural death — Requirement of fair and impartial investigation — Evidence considered — Inconsistencies in CCTV footage, suspicious medical findings, and failure to preserve crucial forensic evidence indicated failures in local investigation.

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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 156(3) — FIR Registration — Application to Magistrate without approaching Police/SP — While a Magistrate ought not ordinarily entertain an application under Section 156(3) CrPC directly without the informant having availed and exhausted remedies under Section 154(3) CrPC, the Magistrate is competent to direct FIR registration if allegations disclose cognizable offence — Such an order is not without jurisdiction and not vitiated on this count, but it is a procedural irregularity.

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Constitution

Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 170(3) — Proviso — Readjustment of seats in Legislative Assemblies — Constitutional bar on readjustment of seats in State Legislative Assemblies until publication of census data after 2026 — Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, Section 26 — Increase in seats subject to Article 170(3) — Petitioners’ claim for delimitation in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana dismissed as it contravened constitutional mandate.

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