No case is made out against the appellant at this stage for summoning an additional accused merely because he once had supplied a copy of the statement of account to the complainant which was either dim or mis-printed.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH MEENU PRAKASH BHANTU — Appellant Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Abhay S. Oka and Rajesh Bindal, JJ.…
If an application is filed by an individual, there is a specific requirement of furnishing permanent address of the applicant as per Form-A. If an application is to be filed by a group of persons all the applicants are required to furnish their addresses as per Form-B annexed to Payment of Wages (Procedure) Rules 1937.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S. CREATIVE GARMENTS LIMITED — Appellant Vs. KASHIRAM VERMA — Respondent ( Before : Abhay S. Oka and Rajesh Bindal, JJ. ) Civil Appeal…
Murder – Acquittal – Cardinal principles in the administration of criminal justice in cases where heavy reliance is placed on circumstantial evidence, is that where two views are possible, one pointing to the guilt of the accused and the other towards his innocence, the one which is favourable to the accused must be adopted
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH PRADEEP KUMAR — Appellant Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH — Respondent ( Before : B.R. Gavai and Sanjay Karol, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal No. 1304…
Criminal Trial – Evidence of hostile witness – Corroborated part of the evidence of a hostile witness regarding the commission of offence is admissible – Merely because there is deviation from the statement in the FIR, the witness’s statements cannot be termed totally unreliable.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH RAVASAHEB @ RAVASAHEBGOUDA ETC. — Appellant Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA — Respondent ( Before : B.R. Gavai, Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol, JJ. )…
HELD in the impugned judgement, there is neither any reasoning, nor any appreciation of evidence on record. We cannot convict the accused on the basis of the principles of preponderance of probability. It is our duty to make sure that miscarriage of justice is avoided at all costs and the benefit of doubt, if any, given to the accused.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH UDAYAKUMAR — Appellant Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU — Respondent ( Before : B.R. Gavai and Sanjay Karol, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal No. 1741…
Acquittal HELD save and except for the confessional statement of the accused, the Prosecution is not able to link the weapon with the accused. There was no scientific evidence, or the marks of his fingerprints, other identification marks or any tell-tale signs of the blood found on body of the deceased, linking it to the metal pellets of the bullet fired from the weapon recovered during investigation.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH NARENDRASINH KESHUBHAI ZALA — Appellant Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT — Respondent ( Before : B.R. Gavai, Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol, JJ. ) Criminal…
HELD proceeded with the acquired assumption of the guilt of the accused for the reason that he was lastly seen with the deceased, and lodged a false report, forgetting that as per the version of the father of the deceased, father of the accused had himself apprised him of his missing daughter, at least two days prior to the incident. Doubt and suspicion cannot form basis of guilt of the accused. The circumstances linking the accused to the crime are not proven at all, much less beyond reasonable doubt.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH GUNA MAHTO — Appellant Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND — Respondent ( Before : B.R. Gavai and Sanjay Karol, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal No. 108…
Maharashtra Forest Service, Group A (Junior Scale) (Recruitment) Rules, 1998 – Rules 3B and 6 – Rules 3B and 6 of the 1988 Rules also leave no ambiguity in this behalf and in fact read in consonance and the period of probation has to be necessarily excluded from period of service
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ASHOK RAM PARHAD AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay…
Electricity Act, 2003 – Section 86(1)(f) – Claim of compensation by way of deemed generation due to shortage in fuel supply is the responsibility of the generator and not applicable in terms of PPA
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S PENNA ELECTRICITY LIMITED (NOW M/S PIONEER POWER LIMITED) — Appellant Vs. THE TAMIL NADU ELECTRICITY BOARD AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before :…
(CrPC) – Section 482 – Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 – Section 18(c) and 27(b)(ii) – Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 – Rule 123 – Sanctioning authority had not examined at all whether a practising doctor could be prosecuted under the facts of the case, considering the small quantity of the drugs and the exception created in favour of medical practitioner under Rule 123, read with the Schedule “K” – Criminal proceedings is quashed
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH S. ATHILAKSHMI — Appellant Vs. THE STATE REP. BY THE DRUGS INSPECTOR — Respondent ( Before : Krishna Murari and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ. )…