Criminal Procedure

Supreme Court Remands Murder Case for Fresh Hearing: Majjal vs. State of Haryana (2013)

/ Criminal Appeals, Criminal Procedure, G.S. Singhvi, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 149, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 302, Judges, Offences Against Human Body, Ranjana Prakash Desai, Sharad Arvind Bobde

Date of the Judgment: July 2, 2013 Citation: 2013 INSC 476 Judges: Justice G.S. Singhvi, Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, and Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde. Is a High Court judgment valid if it does not properly analyze the evidence in a criminal appeal? The Supreme Court recently addressed this question in a case where a man […]

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Supreme Court Upholds Attempt to Murder Conviction in Gruesome Assault Case: State of M.P. vs. Kashiram & Ors. (2009)

/ Asok Kumar Ganguly, Attempt to Murder, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 307, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 326, Judges, Offences Against Human Body

LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the act of chopping off a person’s leg constitutes an attempt to murder under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: State of M.P. vs. Kashiram & Ors. Judgment Date: 2nd February 2009 Date of the Judgment: 2nd February 2009 Citation: 2009 INSC 191 Judges:

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Supreme Court Sets Aside Order Due to Lack of Notice in Criminal Proceedings: Neelakanteswaraswamy vs. M. Mahadevamurthy (2008)

/ Aftab Alam, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, Judges, Principles of Natural Justice, Tarun Chatterjee

Date of the Judgment: September 08, 2008 Judges: Tarun Chatterjee, J., Aftab Alam, J. Did you know that failing to properly notify an accused person about a court hearing can lead to the entire legal proceeding being overturned? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this critical issue of procedural fairness in the case of

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