Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Fatal Assault Case: Gian Chand vs. State of Himachal Pradesh (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was correct in reversing the Trial Court’s acquittal in a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Gian Chand vs. State of Himachal Pradesh Judgment Date: […]
Supreme Court Orders Release of Mother in Suicide Pact Case: Nagarathinam vs. State (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a mother who administered poison to her children and attempted suicide can be convicted of murder or culpable homicide, and whether her premature release should be granted. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Nagarathinam vs. State Through The Inspector
Supreme Court Orders Release of Mother Convicted of Murdering Children: Nagarathinam vs. State (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a mother who killed her children and attempted suicide due to mental stress should be convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) for murder or under Section 304 Part I of the IPC for
Supreme Court alters murder conviction to culpable homicide due to mental illness: Sumitra Bai vs. State of Chhattisgarh (2023) Date of the Judgment: April 10, 2023 Citation: (2023) INSC 324 Judges: B.R. Gavai, J. and Aravind Kumar, J. Can a person with a mental illness be convicted of murder? The Supreme Court of India recently
Supreme Court Reduces Sentence in Culpable Homicide Case: Panneer Selvam vs. State of Tamil Nadu (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Reduction of sentence for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. CASE TYPE: Criminal. Case Name: Panneer Selvam vs. State of Tamil Nadu. Judgment Date: 21 March 2023 Introduction Date of the Judgment: 21 March 2023 Citation: Not
Supreme Court Reduces Sentence in Culpable Homicide Case: Panneer Selvam vs. State of Tamil Nadu (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Reduction of sentence in a culpable homicide case not amounting to murder. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Panneer Selvam vs. State of Tamil Nadu [Judgment Date]: 21 March 2023 Introduction Date of the Judgment: 21 March 2023
Supreme Court Converts Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide: Premchand vs. State of Maharashtra (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the act of the accused constitutes murder or culpable homicide not amounting to murder. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Premchand vs. The State of Maharashtra Judgment Date: 3rd March 2023 Introduction Date of the Judgment: 3rd March
Supreme Court Reduces Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide in Self-Defense Case: Jasbir Singh vs. State of Punjab (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the appellant’s actions constituted murder or whether they were protected under the right to private defense. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Jasbir Singh vs. State of Punjab Judgment Date: 19 January 2023 Introduction Date
Supreme Court alters conviction from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder: Krishnamurthy vs. State (2022) INSC 711 LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the accused’s actions constitute murder or culpable homicide not amounting to murder. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Krishnamurthy vs. State [Judgment Date]: 01 September 2022 Date of the Judgment: 01 September 2022
Supreme Court Reduces Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide: Major Singh vs. State of Punjab (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the act of the accused constitutes murder or culpable homicide not amounting to murder. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Major Singh vs. State of Punjab & Anr. Judgment Date: 16 June 2022 Date of the Judgment:
Supreme Court Partially Allows Appeal in Border Security Force Act Case: Ex. Ct. Mahadev vs. The Director General, Boarder Security Force & Ors. (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the appellant was entitled to exercise the right of private defense in the given facts and circumstances of the case. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, Border Security Force Act
Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Homicidal Death Case: Sabitri Samantaray vs. State of Odisha (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the prosecution successfully discharged its burden of proof in a case of homicidal death within a private residence, and whether Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, can be invoked to shift the burden of explanation
