A. Periyakaruppan V. The Principal Secretary to Government COURT: Madras High Court CORAM: Justice S. Srimathy DATE OF JUDGMENT: 19 April 2022 FACTS The petitioner, Tahsildar, had spent 35 years working for the Revenue Department. In 2006, he reached superannuation…
Indian Young Lawyers Association v. State of Kerala Citation – Writ Petition (Civil) No. 373 of 2006, 2018 (8) SCJ 609 Court – Supreme Court of India Bench – Dipak Misra, A.M. Khanwilkar, R.F. Nariman, D.Y. Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra…
In Re: Prashant Bhushan and Anr. Alleged Contemnor(S), Suo Motu Contempt Petition (Crl.) No.1 OF 2020 Case Number – Suo Motu Contempt Petition (Crl.) No.1 OF 2020 Bench – Arun Mishra, B. R. Gavai and Krishna Murari Date – August…
Gautam Navlakha v. National Investigation Agency SLP (CRIMINAL) NO. 1796/2021 Citation – SLP (CRIMINAL) NO. 1796/2021 Bench – K.M. Joseph and U.U. Lalit Date of Judgement: May 12, 2021 Introduction: Gautam Navlakha is charged in the Bhima-Koregaon case and is…
Ganesh Patel v. Umakant Rajoria, S.L.P. (CRL.) NO. 9313 OF 2021 Citation – S.L.P. (CRL.) NO. 9313 OF 2021 Bench – Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M. Trivedi Facts of the Case In this case, the accused filed a plea with…
Devilal v. State of Madhya Pradesh Citation – Criminal Appeal No: 989 of 2007 Court – Supreme Court of India Bench – Uday Umesh Lalit and K.M. Joseph Date of Judgement – 25th of February, 2021 “In this case, the…
Describe any two and distinguish between the following: [MPCJ 2019] (1) Cheating & Criminal breach of trust. Ans. Section 415 and 405 of the IPC respectively defines the offence of cheating and criminal breach of trust. Both are offences against…
What is an ‘ Unlawful Assembly’? Who is said to be the member of an unlawful assembly? When is a member of an unlawful assembly constructively liable for the offence committed by any other member of that Assembly? Can less…
State with reasons, what offence, if any, has been committed by ‘A’ in following cases [MPCJ 2018] (i) ‘A’ finds valuable ring on the road. He picks it up and sell immediately? Ans. The explanation No. (II) of Section 403…
Define Criminal Intimidation? How Criminal Intimidation is different from extortion? [MPCJ 2018] Ans. In layman’s perspective, the ‘criminal intimidation’ means giving threat with an intention to cause any injury to any person or his reputation or property. Section 503 of…