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Case BriefsForeign Courts

SA HC | Child incapable of understanding the consequence of lying is incompetent witness under S. 164(1) of Criminal Procedure Act, 1977

South Africa High Court, Kwazulu–Natal Division: This appeal was preferred before the Bench of Ploos Van Amstel, J., against the order of

Published on May 9, 2019May 9, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Pak SC | Considerations for grant of bail entirely different from considerations for cancellation of bail

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Five-Judge Bench of Mian Saqib Nisar, Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Gulzar Ahmed, Mushir Alam and Mazhar Alam

Published on March 25, 2019March 26, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Jha HC | Deceased’s feet touching ground suggests hanging after murder; conviction of accused upheld

Jharkhand High Court: This criminal appeal was filed before the Bench of Ratnaker Bhengra, J., against the judgment of conviction and order

Published on February 27, 2019March 2, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Hot Off The PressNews

Kulbhushan Jadhav Case [LIVE]: [India v. Pakistan] | Day-2 of hearing at ICJ–Pakistan to begin with its arguments today

In yesterday’s hearing, India presented its arguments before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The public hearings started from Monday 18 and will

Published on February 19, 2019February 19, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | Sentence for different offences under IPC and Arms Act to run concurrently and not consecutively if they form part of same transaction

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. modified the order of sentence imposed on petitioner and directed that the sentences shall run concurrently and

Published on February 8, 2019February 12, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Mau IC | SC can direct Presiding Magistrate to designate another magistrate to hear evidence on appropriate sentence

Mauritius Intermediate Court: The Bench of B.R. Jannoo- Jaunbocus, set aside the motion of the defendant in relation to the protection of

Published on January 22, 2019January 22, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Conviction under S. 380 IPC upheld on basis of presumption under Illustration (a) of S. 114 of Evidence Act

Bombay High Court: The Bench of M.G. Giratkar, J. dismissed a revision petition against the judgment of Judicial Magistrate (First Class) whereby the

Published on January 17, 2019January 24, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

All HC | Sentence reduced considering mitigating factor of age and background of convict

Allahabad High Court: The criminal revision was filed before a Bench of Aniruddha Singh, J., against the judgment and order passed by

Published on January 10, 2019January 15, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Eswatini HC | Long period of imprisonment not in interest of justice, youthfulness of accused considered while sentencing

Eswatini High Court: This matter was brought before a Bench of M. Langwenya, J. for judgment on sentence. Facts of the case

Published on January 9, 2019January 15, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Sentence reduced as case was old and applicant had already spent some days in jail

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Vimla Singh Kapoor, J. reduced the sentence of the applicant as he had

Published on December 27, 2018December 29, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Court cannot suggest for ‘alternative witness’ assuming original witness may not be readily available

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of R.K. Gauba, J. directed partial retrial of a case while disposing of an appeal filed

Published on December 5, 2018December 28, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Co-accused persons entitled to same benefit; sentence waived on grounds of parity: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Rekha Palli, J. while disposing of a petition, waived of the sentence awarded to

Published on December 3, 2018December 3, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Conviction under Section 302 IPC upheld on finding incident to be not at spur of moment

Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench comprising of N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and M.R. Shah, JJ. dismissed an appeal arising out of

Published on November 29, 2018November 30, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Personal circumstances such as accused being primary caregiver to children considered a mitigating factor while awarding sentence

High Court of South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal Division: A Single Judge Bench of Mbatha, J., mitigated sentence to accused alleged for the offence

Published on November 28, 2018November 28, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Sentencing, though discretionary power of Courts, should be proportionate to gravity of the offence

Allahabad High Court: The appellant had filed this jail appeal before a Division Judge Bench comprising of Sudhir Agarwal and Om Prakash-VII,

Published on November 27, 2018November 28, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Effect of entering plea of guilty: Benefit of discount in sentence must be appropriately accorded to the accused

Supreme Court of Western Australia: A Single Judge Bench of Jenkins, J., allowed an appeal filed against the order of magistrates court

Published on November 2, 2018November 2, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Improvisation of story by witnesses raises serious doubt on prosecution case; conviction of rape modified; sentence reduced for young first time offender: Tripura HC

Tripura High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Arindam Lodh, J. partly allowed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment of the

Published on October 22, 2018October 24, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Conviction under Section 376 IPC upheld in light of act being ‘forcible’ and ‘non-consensual’: SC

Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench comprising of CJ Ranjan Gogoi and Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K.M. Joseph, JJ., dismissed an appeal filed

Published on October 20, 2018October 23, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsInternational Courts

Application to annul sentence and release applicant from prison not granted where applicant alleged for rape: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights: The application had been filed under Rule 19 of the Court Rules from Provision 17

Published on October 4, 2018November 16, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bail application allowed as no prima facie role of the accused was placed on record

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Anant S. Dave and Biren Vaishnav, JJ., allowed a regular bail application along with

Published on September 21, 2018September 24, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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