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Allahabad High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Charge-sheet and documents adduced prima facie point towards guilt; Allahabad High Court denies bail to journalist Siddique Kappan [Hathras gang-rape row]

Allahabad High Court: Krishan Pahal, J. dismissed the bail application of Siddique Kappan, the journalist who was arrested along with three others

Published on August 5, 2022January 13, 2023By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Prosecution version helps man accused of murdering brother get benefit of provocation exception; SC holds that accused may rely on prosecution case for discharge of burden

Supreme Court: In an interesting case, where a man was convicted for murder of his younger brother, the bench of Sanjiv Khanna*

Published on August 3, 2022August 5, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Madhya Pradesh High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Madhya Pradesh High Court lambasts police force for blatant callousness and failure in tracing an 11-year-old missing minor girl

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Rohit Arya and Milind Ramesh Phadke, JJ. took strong exception to the functioning of

Published on July 11, 2022July 14, 2022By Editor_4
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Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bombay High Court | Right to reproductive choice: Minor sexual assault victim lodged in observation home for murder allowed to terminate pregnancy

Bombay High Court: A.S. Chandurkar and Urmila Joshi-Phalke, JJ. allowed a writ petition which was filed by a minor victim of sexual

Published on July 5, 2022July 7, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Man rapes and murders a 7-year-old physically and mentally challenged girl; kills fellow inmate after conviction. SC confirms death sentence 

“We could only wonder what more of criminal activity would qualify as blemish, if not the involvement and conviction in a case of murder of a fellow jail inmate!”

Published on July 2, 2022July 8, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Allahabad High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Allahabad High Court | Parity can only be persuasive in nature and cannot be binding; Bail orders not to be given without assigning any reasons

Allahabad High Court: While dismissing the bail application in case registered under Section 302, 120-B Penal Code, 1860, Sameer Jain, J. held

Published on July 1, 2022July 7, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

No conviction based on ‘last seen together’ theory when possibility of suicidal death not ruled out; SC sets man free in a 28-year-old honour killing case

“The suspicion howsoever strong cannot take place of proof.”

Published on June 24, 2022June 24, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC │ Extra-judicial confession is a weak piece of evidence; Conviction under S. 302 IPC set aside

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Sadhana S. Jadhav and Milind N. Jadhav, JJ., allowed an appeal which was filed against

Published on June 20, 2022June 19, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

[Honour Killing] Raj HC | Exercising judicial discretion as well as invoking the sense for exercising judicial discretion lies with the Court; Rejects bail

Rajasthan High Court: Farjand Ali, J. dismissed the bail application of petitioner being accused of honour killing and observed that the investigating

Published on June 17, 2022June 17, 2022By Editor_4
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Canada SC
Case BriefsForeign Courts

Canada SC | Imposing consecutive 25-year parole ineligibility periods cruel and unusual by nature, cannot be justified in a free and democratic society

Supreme Court of Canada: A full bench comprising, Wagner C.J. and Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown, Rowe, Martin, Kasirer and Jamal JJ unanimously

Published on June 16, 2022June 24, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Psychiatric & Psychological Evaluation of death row convicts| Supreme Court mandates call for mental health report before pronouncing death sentence  

“Implicit in this shift is the understanding that the criminal is not a product of only their own decisions, but also a product of the state and society’s failing, which is what entitles the accused to a chance of reformation.” 

Published on June 16, 2022June 15, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Cal HC | Abscondence of an accused by itself does not establish his guilt; Conviction and sentence for punishment of murder set aside

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Joymalya Bagchi and Ananya Bandyopadhyay, JJ. allowed an appeal which was directed against the judgment

Published on May 26, 2022May 26, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

SL CoA | Trial Judge failed to duly appreciate the mitigatory circumstances; Court allows appeal for granting a non-cutodial sentence in terms of S. 336 of the CCPA

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: The Division Bench of N. Bandula Karunarathna and R. Gurusinghe, JJ.

Published on May 21, 2022May 21, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Sheena Bora murder| Indrani Mukerjea gets bail after being in custody for 6.5 years

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of L. Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai and AS Bopanna, JJ has granted bail to Indrani Mukerjea, accused

Published on May 19, 2022May 27, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

“An opinion accompanied by inadequate reasoning would not satisfy the requirements of Section 432 (2), CrPC”, SC directs presiding officer to reconsider remission application

“Section 432 (2) of the CrPC would stand defeated if the opinion of the presiding judge becomes just another factor that may be taken into consideration by the government while deciding the application for remission.”

Published on May 5, 2022May 6, 2022By Editor_4
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Cases ReportedSCC Weekly

2022 SCC Vol. 2 Part 4

In 2022 SCC Volume 2 Part 4, read a very interesting decision, wherein a death row convict subjected a 5-year-old girl to

Published on April 20, 2022April 19, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Murder convict seeks remission of sentence on the ground of being 100% visually impaired. Can disability be a ground for remission? SC answers 

Supreme Court: While addressing the plea of a murder convict seeking remission on the ground of blindness, the Division Bench comprising of

Published on March 16, 2022March 16, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

7-year-old’s “brutal” rape and murder: SC commutes Death sentence; No premature release/remission during 30 years’ LI as “conscience of the society cannot be ignored” 

Supreme Court: In a case where a man had brutally raped and murdered a 7-year-old girl, the 3-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar,

Published on March 7, 2022March 11, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Husband killed wife brutally in a heat of passion leaving husband with a wounded pride: Bom HC decides whether the said offence will come under “Murder” or “Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder”

Bombay High Court: Stating that, in the moment of anger spouses almost forgot about the two children who were hardly three years

Published on February 18, 2022February 25, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Chased and killed in the mid night much after the altercation, even after the deceased reached his house. Cold blooded murder or  culpable homicide not amounting to murder? SC decides

Supreme Court: In a case relating to murder versus culpable homicide legal controversy, the Division Bench of M.R. Shah* and B.V. Nagarathna,

Published on February 15, 2022February 18, 2022By Editor_4
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