Supreme Court on Passport Impounding: Chennupati Kranthi Kumar vs. State of Andhra Pradesh (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the police have the power to impound a passport during a criminal investigation. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, Matrimonial Dispute Case Name: Chennupati Kranthi Kumar vs. The State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. Judgment Date: 25 July 2023 Introduction […]
Supreme Court Allows Repatriation of Funds, Sets Aside Bank Guarantee in Jermyn Capital LLC Dubai vs. CBI Date of the Judgment: 9 May 2023 Citation: (2023) INSC 438 Judges: Krishna Murari, J. and Sanjay Kumar, J. Can a company’s assets be frozen indefinitely due to an investigation against an unrelated individual? The Supreme Court of
Supreme Court Allows Repatriation of Funds, Overturns Bank Guarantee Requirement in Jermyn Capital LLC Dubai vs. CBI LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a freeze order on a company’s assets can be sustained when the company is not implicated in the alleged crime and the accused individual is discharged. CASE TYPE: Criminal. Case Name: M/s. Jermyn Capital LLC
Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Police Power to Seize Property Under Section 102 CrPC Date of the Judgment: 24 September 2019 Citation: (2019) INSC 994 Judges: Ranjan Gogoi, CJI, Deepak Gupta, J., Sanjiv Khanna, J. Can police seize immovable property during an investigation based on suspicion of an offense? The Supreme Court of India addressed
LEGAL ISSUE: The central legal issue is the extent of the power of police officers to seize bank accounts under Section 102 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, particularly when those accounts are suspected to be linked to a crime. CASE TYPE: Criminal. Case Name: Teesta Atul Setalvad vs. The State of Gujarat. Judgment
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court can entertain a second application for the same relief after the first one was withdrawn. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act, 1999 Case Name: State of Maharashtra vs. Avinash Judgment Date: 7 September 2017 Date of the Judgment: 7 September 2017
