Supreme Court Upholds Disciplinary Action Based on Criminal Conviction: LIC vs. Mukesh Poonamchand Shah (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employer can initiate disciplinary proceedings against an employee based on a criminal conviction, even if a prior disciplinary action was taken for the same underlying conduct. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Life Insurance Corporation of […]
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,
Date of the Judgment: May 21, 2013 Citation: (2013) INSC 378 Judges: Dr. B.S. Chauhan, J. and Dipak Misra, J. Can a conviction be upheld when some co-accused are acquitted based on the same evidence? The Supreme Court of India addressed this question in a case involving a violent land dispute. The Court upheld the
