Munshi Singh Gautam v. State of Madhya Pradesh

This article is written by APURVA, a student of Fairfield Institute of Management and Technology, GGSIPU. Criminal Appeal No.  919 of 1999  Decided On 16 November 2004 BENCH ARIJIT PASAYAT, AND C.K. THAKKER FACTS IN A NUTSHELL The Complainant, Chandrakalabai, the widow of Bharat Kharat was a resident of Village Dharkanha.  At the time ofRead More

Excel Corp Care Ltd. v. CCI

This article is written by Kalyani Gupta, a Master’s in Law student from Amity University, Noida. This commentary discusses in brief about the case Excel Corp Care Ltd. v. CCI. Citation (2017) 8 SCC 47 Equivalent Citation AIR 2017 SC 2734 Petitioner Excel Crop Care ltd. Respondent Competition Commission of India Date of Judgement 08/05/2017Read More

J. Prabhavathiamma v. The State of Kerala & Others

This Case Brief is written by K. Lasya Charitha pursuing BALLB in Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam. Case Number WP (C) No. 24258 of 2007(K) Equivalent Citation 2008 Cri LJ 455, 2008 (1) KLJ 9 Bench Hon’ble Justice J.B. Koshy and Hon’ble Justice K. Hema, JJ. Decided On 20th September 2007 Relevant Act/ SectionRead More

Joginder Kumar v. State of U.P.

This article is written by APURVA, a student of Fairfield Institute of Management and Technology, GGSIPU. CASE NUMBER WP Crl. No. 9/1994 EQUIVALENT CITATION 1994 AIR 1349, 1994 SCC (4) 260 BENCH M.N. VENKATACHALLIAH (CJ), S. MOHAN (J), A.S. ANAND (J) DECIDED ON 25 April 1994 FACTS The petitioner, a man of 28 years ofRead More

Jaikrishandas Manohardas Desai v. State of Bombay

Case Number Criminal Appeal No. 159 of 1957. Equivalent Citation (1960) 3 SCR 319 : AIR 1960 SC 889 : 1960 Cri LJ 1250  Bench  S.J Imam, K.N Wanchoo and J.C Shah, J.J Decided on 16th March 1960. Relevant Act/ Section  S.409 of the Indian Penal Code of 1860 – Criminal breach of trust by publicRead More

Pyare Lal Bhargava v. State of Rajasthan

This case is analyzed by Sujata Porwal, third year BA LLB (Hons.) student at Symbiosis Law School, Pune.  Case Number Review Petition (Crl.) Nos. 446-447 of 2019 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 1174-1175 of 2019 Equivalent Citation 1963 AIR 1094, 1963 SCR Supl. (1) 689  Bench K. Subbarao, J. Decided on 22nd October, 1962 Relevant Act/Read More

Jaikrishandas Manohardas Desai v. State of Bombay

Case Number Criminal Appeal No. 159 of 1957. Equivalent Citation (1960) 3 SCR 319 : AIR 1960 SC 889 : 1960 Cri LJ 1250  Bench  S.J Imam, K.N Wanchoo and J.C Shah, J.J Decided on 16th March 1960. Relevant Act/ Section  S.409 of the Indian Penal Code of 1860 – Criminal breach of trust by publicRead More

State of Karnataka v. Basavegowda

Case Number Criminal Appeal No. 572 of 1994  Relevant Citation 1996 SCC OnLine Kar 665: (1997) Kant LJ 81 (DB): 1997 Cri LJ 4386  Bench M.F Saldanha and H.N Narayan, J.J  Decided on 04th December 1996. Relevant Act/ Section Section 325 of the Indian Penal Code of 1860 – Grievous hurt. Section 384 of theRead More

Sekar v. Arumugham

Case Number Cri. Revn. Case no. s 585, 586, 658 of 1999 Equivalent Citation 1999 SCC OnLine Mad 604: 2000 Cri LJ 1552: (2001) 1 BC 211 Bench Single judge bench of A. Ramamurthi, J. Decided on 10th August 1999. Relevant Act/Section Section 451 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Order for custodyRead More

Sachin Saini v State of UP

Introduction There has been a huge debate on the power of arrest of the police. The debate highlights various important points on grounds of which the arrest by police has been justified in some situations while opposed in some. The cases that have been registered till now related to this controversy have also come outRead More