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(1) Ashok...Appellant Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh...Respondent D.D 02/12/2024

  Criminal Law – Rape and Murder – Conviction and Acquittal – Appellant convicted of raping and murdering a ten-year-old girl and concealing her body under haystack at a tubewell cabin – Trial Court imposed the death penalty, which was commuted to life imprisonment by the High Court – Supreme Court finds deficiencies in evidence and procedural lapses, includin...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 771 OF 2024 Docid 2024 LEJ Crim SC 180512

(2) Suresh Chandra Tiwari & Another...Appellants Vs. State of Uttarakhand...Respondent D.D 28/11/2024

Criminal Law – Culpable Homicide – Acquittal – Circumstantial Evidence - Appellants were convicted for the culpable homicide of the deceased, initially under Section 302 IPC by the trial court, which was modified by the High Court to Section 304 Part I IPC with a sentence of 7 years rigorous imprisonment – Both courts relied on circumstantial evidence including last seen, m...

REPORTABLE # Criminal Appeal No. 1902 of 2013 Docid 2024 LEJ Crim SC 978599

(3) X...Petitioner(s) Vs. State of Rajasthan & Anr....Respondent(s) D.D 27/11/2024

Criminal Procedure – Bail in Serious Offences – Impact on Trial – Ordinarily, courts should not grant bail in serious offences like rape after trial commencement unless undue delay occurs – Supreme Court disapproved of the practice of granting bail based on discrepancies in the victim's statement at preliminary stages of trial [Paras 13–15, 20–21].  ...

REPORTABLE # Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No. 13378 of 2024 Docid 2024 LEJ Crim SC 262172

(4) Government of West Bengal & Others...Appellants Vs. Dr. Amal Satpathi & Others...Respondents D.D 27/11/2024

Service Law - Promotion after Retirement – Rule 54(1)(a) of the West Bengal Service Rules – Financial Benefits Denied The respondent, who retired before receiving final approval for promotion, sought notional financial benefits for the higher post – Held: Rule 54(1)(a) precludes retrospective promotion or associated benefits unless duties of the post were assumed – The Cour...

REPORTABLE # (Arising out of SLP(Civil)No(s). _____________ of 2024 (Diary No. 43488 of 2023)) Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 345049

(5) C. Selvarani ...Appellant Vs. The Special Secretary-Cum-District Collector and Others ...Respondents D.D 26/11/2024

Scheduled Castes – Eligibility Criteria – Impact of Religious Conversion – Denial of Scheduled Caste Certificate Upheld - The appellant claimed entitlement to a Scheduled Caste community certificate on the basis that her father and paternal ancestors belonged to the Valluvan caste, recognized as a Scheduled Caste under the S.C. Order, 1964. However, evidence showed that the appel...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. _____ OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP (Civil) No. 6728 of 2023) Docid 2024 LEJ Civil SC 975745

(6) Payal Sharma...Appellant(s) Vs. State of Punjab & Anr....Respondent(s) D.D 26/11/2024

Matrimonial Offences – Quashment of FIR – Section 482 of CrPC – Allegations Omnibus in Nature – FIR Quashed - The appellant accused No.5, wife of accused No.6, challenged the High Court's refusal to quash the FIR despite quashing it for accused No.6 – The Supreme Court observed that allegations against accused No.5 were vague and unsupported by specific evidence, ...

NON REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. _____ OF 2024 (@ SLP (Crl.) No. 3995 of 2022) Docid 2024 LEJ Crim SC 215243

(7) Gurmeet Kaur...Appellant Vs. Devender Gupta & Another...Respondents D.D 26/11/2024

Criminal Law - Public Servants – Requirement of Sanction under Section 197 CrPC – Summoning Order Quashed – The appellant, a District Town Planner, was accused of illegal demolition of a college building – The Court considered whether the absence of sanction under Section 197 CrPC vitiated the proceedings – Held: The demolition was part of the appellant’s offici...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. ___ OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP (Criminal) Nos. 9138-9139 of 2017) Docid 2024 LEJ Crim SC 450357

(8) The State of Karnataka...Appellant Vs. Chandrasha...Respondent D.D 26/11/2024

Criminal Law - Prevention of Corruption Act – Demand and Acceptance of Bribe – Presumption under Section 20 – High Court’s Judgment Reversed - The appellant contended that the High Court erred in acquitting the respondent despite strong evidence of demand and acceptance of Rs. 2,000 as illegal gratification. The Court observed that the prosecution had established both deman...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2646 OF 2024 Docid 2024 LEJ Crim SC 322401

(9) Mahesh Damu Khare...Appellant Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Anr....Respondents D.D 26/11/2024

False Promise of Marriage – Section 375 IPC – Prolonged Consensual Relationship – FIR Quashed - The appellant contended that the alleged sexual relationship spanned over nine years and was consensual – The Court noted the absence of evidence indicating a false promise of marriage from the outset – Held: A prolonged consensual relationship without clear evidence of int...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. _____ OF 2024 (@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRL.) NO. 4326 OF 2018) Docid 2024 LEJ Crim SC 828851