Section 433 CrPC Archives

Remission Policy issued under Article 161 Prevails over Statutory Remission Policy under CrPC; SC Declares State of Haryana v. Raj Kumar Per Incuriam

The Court held that where a three-Judge Bench has recognised an earlier materially identical policy as an exercise of Article 161 power, a contrary coordinate Bench decision treating the later identical policy as statutory is per incuriam.

Cases Reported Never Reported Judgments

NRJ Series | When SC commuted death sentence to transportation for life after finding High Court’s confirmation to be based on subjective feelings and not positive evidence [(1954) 2 SCC 227]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on commutation of sentence, dating back to the year 1954.

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | 20 yrs in jail for no reason? HC reverses conviction of rape accused; Directs matter to be placed before CJ for considering periodical listing of appeals of those in jail for more than 10 or 14 yrs

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Gautam Chowdhary, JJ., has requested the Registrar (Listing) through the Registrar