Supreme Court quashes criminal proceedings against DBS Bank in Religare Finvest case LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a transferee bank can be held criminally liable for the actions of the transferor bank after a non-voluntary amalgamation. CASE TYPE: Criminal. Case Name: Religare Finvest Limited vs. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr. [Judgment Date]: 11 September 2023 […]
Supreme Court Upholds Convictions in Lajpat Nagar Bomb Blast Case: Mohd. Naushad & Others vs. State (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Criminal conspiracy, circumstantial evidence, admissibility of confessional statements, and sentencing in a terror attack case. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, Terrorism Case Name: Mohd. Naushad vs. State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) Judgment Date: 6 July 2023
Supreme Court Upholds Charges in Cheating Case: Supriya Jain vs. State of Haryana (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was correct in dismissing the petition to quash the charges against the petitioner in a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Supriya Jain vs. State of Haryana and Anr. [Judgment
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Supreme Court Overturns Convictions in BHEL Corruption Case Date of the Judgment: 15 June 2023 Citation: (2023) INSC 577 Judges: V. Ramasubramanian, J., Pankaj Mithal, J. Can a public servant be convicted of corruption charges without proper evidence and procedure? The Supreme Court recently addressed this question in a case involving officials from Bharat Heavy
Supreme Court Overturns Convictions in BHEL Desalination Plant Case: A. Srinivasulu vs. State (2023) INSC 971 LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the accused were guilty of criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and corruption in awarding a contract for desalination plants. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, Prevention of Corruption. Case Name: A. Srinivasulu vs. The State rep. by the Inspector
Supreme Court quashes conviction due to Section 313 CrPC violation: Raj Kumar vs. State (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a conviction can be upheld when a crucial piece of evidence against the accused was not presented to them during their examination under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case
Supreme Court Quashes FIR in Land Dispute Case: Gulam Mustafa vs. State of Karnataka (2023) Date of the Judgment: May 10, 2023 Citation: 2023 INSC 5112 Judges: Dinesh Maheshwari, J. and Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. Can a long-standing civil dispute over land ownership justify a criminal complaint? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this question,
Supreme Court Grants Bail: GCTOC Act and Organized Crime – Atulbhai Bhanderi vs. State of Gujarat (2023) Date of the Judgment: 4 May 2023 Citation: Criminal Appeal No. 1390 of 2023 (@ Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 10051 of 2022) Judges: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Rastogi and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah. The judgment was
Supreme Court overturns conviction due to flawed investigation in murder case: Maghavendra Pratap Singh vs State of Chhattisgarh (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a conviction can be sustained when the investigation is flawed and based on circumstantial evidence, and whether a charge of criminal conspiracy can stand against a single individual after all other co-accused are
Supreme Court overturns conviction in murder case due to flawed investigation: Maghavendra Pratap Singh vs. State of Chhattisgarh (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a conviction can be sustained when the investigation is flawed and based on circumstantial evidence, and when co-accused are acquitted. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Maghavendra Pratap Singh @ Pankaj Singh vs.
Supreme Court Grants Bail in Money Laundering Case: Sanjay Raghunath Agarwal vs. Directorate of Enforcement (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether bail should be granted to an accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) when the predicate offense has not been investigated for nine years. CASE TYPE: Criminal (Money Laundering) Case Name: Sanjay Raghunath
Supreme Court Grants Bail Despite Upholding High Court Order in Unlawful Activities Case: Akhil Gogoi vs. State (NIA) (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Supreme Court can grant bail to an accused when it upholds the High Court’s decision to set aside a discharge order by the Special Court. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
