2023 SCC Vol. 7 Part 2
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 8 and 11: Application seeking reference to arbitration in pending civil suit is not acceptable
rape and murder
Rape and murder of 4-year-old girl child: Madhya Pradesh High Court commutes death sentence to life sentence without remission
The Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that the test which is to be applied for death sentence are – crime test, i.e., aggravating circumstances and mitigating circumstances, criminal test and R-R test.
“Undue leniency in sentencing shakes public confidence in Criminal Justice System”: Supreme Court modifies sentence in minor’s rape-murder case
Supreme Court considered the case wherein the Trial Court proposed award of death sentence for rarest of the rare case, while the Jharkhand High Court modified it to life imprisonment for whole biological life without any scope for remission.
Hyderabad encounter| 3-member panel headed by former SC judge Justice V S Sirpurkar to look into the legality of the encounter
Supreme Court: After the Court suggested yesterday that it was considering to appoint a former Supreme Court judge to enquire into the
Hyderabad encounter| SC proposes to appoint Former SC judge to look into the legality of the encounter
Supreme Court: A bench of SA Bobde, CJ and SA Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has said it was considering to appoint