Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Deadly Court Attack Case: Manjit Singh vs. State of Punjab (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the accused were part of an unlawful assembly and liable for the death of a person during a court attack. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Manjit Singh vs. The State of Punjab [Judgment Date]: 3rd September […]
Supreme Court acquits accused in murder case due to lack of evidence and faulty examination: Samsul Haque vs. State of Assam (2019) Date of the Judgment: 26 August 2019 Citation: Samsul Haque v. State of Assam, Criminal Appeal No. 1905 of 2009 Judges: Sanjay Kishan Kaul, J., K.M. Joseph, J. Can a conviction be upheld
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Murder Case Stemming from Abduction: Pattu Rajan vs. State of Tamil Nadu (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a second First Information Report (FIR) is permissible for a murder that occurs during the investigation of an earlier abduction case. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Pattu Rajan vs. The State of Tamil
Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Multiple Murder Case Due to Lack of Evidence LEGAL ISSUE: Whether circumstantial evidence was sufficient to convict the accused of murder and robbery. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Digamber Vaishnav & Anr. vs. State of Chhattisgarh [Judgment Date]: 5 March 2019 Introduction Date of the Judgment: 5 March 2019 Citation:
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction Despite Charge Omission in Murder Case: Kamil vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a conviction can be upheld if a specific charge was not framed, but the accused was aware of the charges and not prejudiced. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Kamil vs. State of Uttar Pradesh Judgment
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Sexual Assault Case Despite Hostile Witness: Hemudan Nanbha Gadhvi vs. State of Gujarat (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a conviction for sexual assault can be upheld when the victim turns hostile during trial, but other evidence corroborates the assault. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law – Sexual Assault Case Name: Hemudan Nanbha Gadhvi
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Nirbhaya Case: Review Petition Dismissed (9 July 2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Review of a criminal conviction based on alleged errors. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Mukesh vs. State of NCT of Delhi Judgment Date: 9 July 2018 Introduction Date of the Judgment: 9 July 2018 Citation: Not available in the source
LEGAL ISSUE: Admissibility of eye witness testimony and ballistic evidence in a murder case. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: State of U.P. vs. Raghuvir and Anr. Judgment Date: 13 December 2017 Date of the Judgment: 13 December 2017 Citation: (2017) INSC 1048 Judges: R. Banumathi, J. and Uday Umesh Lalit, J. Can inconsistencies in
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused committed murder, or if the death was a suicide. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Satish Nirankari vs. State of Rajasthan Judgment Date: 09 June 2017 Date of the Judgment: 09 June 2017 Citation: 2017 INSC 545 Judges: A.K. Sikri, J., Ashok Bhushan, J.
Date of the Judgment: September 11, 2008 Citation: [Not provided in the document] Judges: S.B. Sinha, J., Harjit Singh Bedi, J. Can individuals involved in a ‘free fight’, where both parties willingly engage in violence, be held equally responsible for the resulting deaths? The Supreme Court addressed this question in the case of Bachan Singh
