Category: Digest Of Supreme Court Cases

Payment or refund or discharge of liability effected vide banker’s cheque, or pay order, or demand draft, or any instrument where payment is effected through the bank, when complete, and…

Altercation between police officials in reporting room in police station resulting in accidental firing by service weapon, which caused death of one of them, murder, or, causing death by negligence,…

Proportionality/Balancing of Aggravating and Mitigating Circumstances: Principle of proportionality should guide sentencing process. All the accused were found concurrently guilty under Section 148 IPC; they were armed with different kinds…

Factors and parameters that need to be kept in mind by court, summarized. While the right to liberty and presumption of innocence are vital, the court must also consider the…

A power to review cannot be exercised as an appellate power and has to be strictly confined to the scope and ambit of Order XLVII Rule 1 CPC. An error…

Governor in exercise of powers under Art. 161, held, is bound by advice of State Cabinet in matters relating to commutation and remission of sentences. The Appellant was 19 years…

Held, For attracting S. 138, as per proviso (b) a demand notice demanding the “the said amount of money” needs to be made by the drawee of the cheque (Para…

When a part of the evidence produced by the prosecution to bring the accused within the fold of S. 34 is disbelieved, held, the remaining part must be examined with…

The essence of the business model is to provide a fillip to the revenue generated by another arm of the business. This being the case, movie goers are bound by…

Essential ingredients of offences of supporting and/or raising funds for terrorist organisation under Ss. 39 & 40 and matters to be considered before cancellation of bail in respect of such…