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)
Supreme Court Reduces Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide in Father-Daughter Chimney Lamp Incident LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the act of throwing a burning lamp during a sudden quarrel constitutes murder or culpable homicide not amounting to murder. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law. Case Name: Govind Singh vs. State of Chhattisgarh. Judgment Date: 29 April 2019 Introduction Date
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Murder Case Based on Circumstantial Evidence: Sadayappan vs. State (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the conviction of the accused for murder based on circumstantial evidence and the testimonies of related witnesses is valid. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Sadayappan @ Ganesan vs. State, Represented by Inspector of Police Judgment Date:
Supreme Court quashes criminal proceedings for lack of intent: Vikram Johar vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2019) Date of the Judgment: 26 April 2019 Citation: (2019) INSC 436 Judges: Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice K.M. Joseph Can a verbal altercation alone lead to criminal charges of intentional insult and criminal intimidation? The Supreme Court of
Supreme Court Abatement of Appeal in Property Dispute: Goli Vijayalakshmi vs. Yendru Sathiraju (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an appeal abates in its entirety if one of the appellants dies and their legal representatives are not brought on record, particularly in cases involving joint and indivisible decrees. CASE TYPE: Civil Property Dispute Case Name: Goli Vijayalakshmi
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Double Murder Case: Nagji Odhavji Kumbhar vs. State of Gujarat (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the accused acted in private defence and whether the conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 was justified. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law – Murder Case Name: Nagji Odhavji Kumbhar & Anr. vs. State
Supreme Court Reduces Sentence in NDPS Case: Shyam Prashad vs. State of Himachal Pradesh (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Reduction of sentence under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 based on mitigating circumstances. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law (Narcotics) Case Name: Shyam Prashad vs. The State of Himachal Pradesh Judgment Date: 23 April 2019 Introduction Date
