Supreme Court quashes conviction due to lack of sample correlation in NDPS Act case: Vijay Pandey vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the prosecution must conclusively establish the link between the seized sample and the sample tested in cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act). CASE TYPE: […]
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Murder Case: Ranjit Kumar Haldar vs. State of Sikkim (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the accused were responsible for the death of the deceased based on circumstantial evidence and the application of Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Ranjit Kumar Haldar vs. State of
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Murder Case: Postman Vengaisamy & Ors. vs. State (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the testimonies of injured witnesses can be relied upon for conviction in a murder case. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Postman Vengaisamy & Ors. vs. State represented by Inspector of Police & Ors. Judgment Date: 24 July 2019
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Kidnapping and Murder Case: Munawwar vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the principle of “last seen” was correctly applied in a case where the victim was last seen with the accused, and subsequent events implicated the accused in the crime. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Munawwar
Supreme Court Reduces Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide in Sudden Fight Case: Sita Ram vs. State of NCT of Delhi (2019) Introduction Date of the Judgment: July 9, 2019 Citation: Sita Ram vs. State of NCT of Delhi, Criminal Appeal No(s). 1014 of 2019 (Arising out of SLP(Crl.) No(s).9396 of 2018) Judges: Justice R. Banumathi
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Murder Case: Kamlakar vs. State of Maharashtra (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the conviction of the accused for murder based on eyewitness testimony and recovery of the weapon was justified. CASE TYPE: Criminal. Case Name: Kamlakar vs. State of Maharashtra. Judgment Date: May 31, 2019 Date of the Judgment: May 31,
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in 1980 Murder Case: Shio Shankar Dubey vs. State of Bihar (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court erred in upholding the conviction based on the testimony of related witnesses and inconsistencies in the inquest report. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Shio Shankar Dubey & Ors. vs. State of Bihar Judgment
Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Criminal Proceedings in Illegal Arrest Warrant Case: Manohar M. Galani vs. State of Gujarat (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a person who exposed an illegal racket of obtaining arrest warrants can be denied the right to challenge the criminal proceedings initiated against them as a result of the racket. CASE TYPE:
Supreme Court Upholds Complaint Under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act: Birendra Prasad Sah vs. State of Bihar (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 can be maintained when a second legal notice was issued after the first notice was allegedly not served, and if the delay
Supreme Court alters murder conviction to culpable homicide not amounting to murder: Kalabai vs. State of Madhya Pradesh (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the act of throwing a burning stove on a person constitutes murder or culpable homicide not amounting to murder. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Kalabai vs. State of Madhya Pradesh Judgment Date: April
Supreme Court Reduces Sentence in Culpable Homicide Case: Nazir Malita vs. State of West Bengal (2019) Date of the Judgment: 30 April 2019 Citation: NAZIR MALITA & ORS. vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL, Criminal Appeal No(s). 807 of 2019 (Arising out of SLP(Crl) No(s).8526 of 2018) Judges: R. Banumathi, J. and S. Abdul Nazeer,
Supreme Court overturns conviction based on unreliable dying declaration: Poonam Bai vs. State of Chhattisgarh (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Admissibility and reliability of dying declarations as sole evidence for conviction. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Poonam Bai vs. The State of Chhattisgarh Judgment Date: 30 April 2019 Date of the Judgment: 30 April 2019 Citation: (2019)
