Legal Articles Police Officers Not Required To Do ‘Moral Policing’: SC December 21, 2022 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment While sending out a very strict, sensible and significant message, the Apex Court as recently as on December 16 has in an extremely learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled CISF and others vs Santosh Kumar Pandey in Civil Appeal No. 8671 of 2015 in exercise of its […] Read more » Police Officers Not Required To Do ‘Moral Policing’ SC
Legal Articles Anticipatory Bail Cannot Be Granted Merely Because Custodial Interrogation Is Not Required ; Court Should Consider Prima Facie Case: SC November 11, 2022 / November 15, 2022 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment While ruling on a very key point and clearing a serious misconception of law, the Apex Court in a learned judgment titled X vs Arun Kumar CK in Criminal Appeal No. 1834/2022 (@Petition for Special […] Read more » Custodial Interrogation Is Not Required SC
Legal Articles Academic Matters Are Best Left To Academics, Courts Should Not Re-evaluate Answer Sheets As It Has No Expertise: SC November 8, 2022 / November 8, 2022 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment 2.1 The learned Single Judge called for the record and after perusing the record, the learned Single Judge was of the opinion that the evaluation of the answer scripts was not in line with the directions issued by the learned Single Judge issued in the earlier round of litigation and that there was no proper […] Read more » Academic Matters Are Best Left To Academics Courts Should Not Re-evaluate Answer Sheets As It Has No Expertise SC
Legal Articles Extra Judicial Confession Of A Co-Accused Cannot Be Relied On As Substantive Evidence : SC November 5, 2022 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment While setting the record straight, the Supreme Court in a most laudable, landmark, learned and latest judgment titled Subramanya vs State of Karnataka in Criminal Appeal No. 242 of 2022 and cited in 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 887 that was pronounced as recently as on October 13, 2022 has […] Read more » Extra Judicial Confession Of A Co-Accused Cannot Be Relied On As Substantive Evidence SC
Legal Articles Circumstantial Evidence – Circumstances Should Form Chain Indicating That Crime Was Committed By Accused And None Else : SC September 21, 2022 / September 21, 2022 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment While giving the benefit of doubt and setting aside the murder conviction of the appellants-accused, the Supreme Court has in an extremely laudable, learned, landmark and latest judgment titled Raju @ Rajendra Prasad Vs State of Rajasthan in Criminal Appeal No. 1559 of 2022 With Criminal Appeal No. 1560 of 2022 pronounced […] Read more » Circumstances Should Form Chain Indicating That Crime Was Committed By Accused And None Else SC
Legal Articles Lodging Juveniles In Adult Prisons Amounts To Their Deprivation Of Their Personal Liberty : SC September 14, 2022 / September 14, 2022 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment It is most reassuring, refreshing and reenergizing to learn that none other than the Apex Court itself has in a most laudable, learned, landmark and latest judgment titled Vinod Katara vs State of Uttar Pradesh in Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 121 of 2022 pronounced as recently as on September 12, 2022 […] Read more » Lodging Juveniles In Adult Prisons Amounts To Their Deprivation Of Their Personal Liberty SC
Legal Articles Postmortem Report By Itself Not A Substantive Evidence, Can’t Discharge Murder Accused Only Based On It: SC July 28, 2022 / July 28, 2022 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment In a very significant observation with far reaching consequences, the Supreme Court has as recently as on July 26, 2022 in an extremely laudable, learned, landmark and latest judgment titled Ghulam Hassan Beigh vs Mohammad Maqbool Magrey & Ors in Criminal Appeal No. of 2022 (Arising out of S.L.P. (Criminal) No. 4599 […] Read more » Postmortem Report By Itself Not A Substantive Evidence SC
Legal Articles Not Prudent To Convict An Accused Solely On Basis Of Identification For The First Time In Court Without Test Identification Parade: SC July 13, 2022 / July 13, 2022 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment While clarifying and ruling on an important aspect pertaining to the Test Identification Parade (TIP), the Apex Court has on July 11, 2022 in an extremely laudable, learned, landmark and latest judgment titled Amrik Singh vs State of […] Read more » Identification For The First Time In Court Without Test Identification Parade SC
Legal Articles Trial/Appellate Court Has Full Discretion To Order Sentences To Run Concurrently: SC July 11, 2022 / July 11, 2022 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment While fully, firmly and finally endorsing the discretionary power of the Trial/Appellate Court pertaining to ordering sentences to run concurrently, the Apex Court on July 5, 2022 has in an extremely laudable, learned, landmark and latest judgment titled Malkeet Singh Gill vs State of Chhattisgarh in Criminal Appeal No. 915 of 2022 (Arising Out […] Read more » Appellate Court Has Full Discretion To Order Sentences To Run Concurrently SC
Legal Articles Substantive Right Accrued To A Litigant Should Not Be Defeated Citing Procedural Defects Capable Of Being Cured: SC July 8, 2022 / July 8, 2022 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment Without mincing any words, the Supreme Court has in an extremely laudable, learned, landmark and latest judgment titled M/S Ramnath Exports Pvt Ltd vs Vinita Mehta & Anr. in Civil Appeal No. 4639 of 2022 [Arising out of SLP (C) No. 30216 of 2018] cited in 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 564 and pronounced as recently […] Read more » Justice Indira Banerjee Justice JK Maheshwari Litigant Should Not Be Defeated Citing Procedural Defects Capable Of Being Cured SC Substantive Right Accrued To A Litigant Should Not Be Defeated
