Case Comments

S.R. Sukumar vs S. Sunaad Raghuram

September 22, 2020

Court: Supreme Court of India Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of India Case No.: Criminal Appeal no. 844 of 2015 Bench: Justice T.S Thakur and Justice R. Banumati Appelant: S.R Sukumar Respondent: S. Sunaad Raghuram Decided on: Second July 2015 Introduction The fundamental issue which is dealt with by Supreme Court, in this case, is regarding […]

Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan

August 19, 2020

CASE NAME: VISHAKA VS STATE OF RAJASTHAN, AIR 1997 SC 3011 COURT: BEFORE THE HON’BLE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DATE OF JUDGMENT: 13th AUGUST 1997 BENCH: J.S VERMA, SUJATA V. MANOHOR, B.N. KIRPAL FACTS Barware Devi was a social worker in a programmed initiated by the state government of Rajasthan aiming to curb the evil […]

Khatri and Ors. vs. State of Bihar (The Bhagalpur Blinding case)

August 2, 2020

Author: Amit Singh Case- Khatri vs. State of Bihar (The Bhagalpur Blinding case) Citation: 1981 SCR (2) 408, 1981 SCC (1) 627 Court: The Supreme Court of India Bench: P.N. Bhagwati, Writ petition no. : 5670 and 6216 of 1980 Decided on: 31th March 1981 Introduction Rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is […]

Rudul Sah vs. State of Bihar (1983)

August 2, 2020

Author: Mansi Rana Rudul Sah vs. State of Bihar(1983) 4 SCC 141 BENCH: HON’BLE JUSTICE Y. V. CHANDRACHUD (CJI) HON’BLE JUSTICE A. N. SEN HON’BLE JUSTICE R. B. MISRA APPELLANT: RUDUL SAH RESPONDENT: STATE OF BIHAR AND ANR. DATE OF JUDGEMENT: 01 AUGUST 1983 FACTS:- In 1953, Rudul Sah was arrested for murdering […]

State of M.P v. Anoop Singh

July 27, 2020

Author: Poulomi Sen, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur Clarification on age determination strategies of a juvenile rape victim: Documentary evidence vs Medical Evidence. Court: Supreme Court of India JURISDICTION: Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction CASE NO.: Criminal Appeal No(s). 442/2010 BENCH: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit. […]

Prem Nath Bali v. Registrar High Court of Delhi

July 26, 2020

Prem Nath Bali v. Registrar High Court of Delhi COURT: Supreme Court of India JURISDICTION: Civil Appellate Jurisdiction CASE NO.: Civil Appeal No. 958 of 2010 BENCH: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Chelameswar and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre APPELLANT: Prem Nath Bali RESPONDENT: Registrar High Court of Delhi and Another DECIDED ON: 16 December 2015 […]

Reserve Bank of India v. Jayantilal Mistry

July 24, 2020

Author: Deepanshi Kalra CASE COMMENT RBI vs Jayantilal Mistry COURT- Supreme Court of India JURISDICTION- Civil Original Jurisdiction CASE NO- Civil Appeal No. 91 OF 2015 BENCH- M.Y. Eqbal, C. Nagappan APPELLANT- Reserve Bank Of India RESPONDENTS- Jayantilal N. Mistry DECIDED ON- 16 December 2015 INTRODUCTION The cornerstone of this judgment rests upon the provisions […]

Parivartan Kendra v. UOI and Ors

July 22, 2020

PARIVARTAN KENDRA V. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Author: Divya Vishal, NUSRL COURT- Supreme Court of India JURISDICTION-Article 32 of the Constitution of India CASE NO.- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 867 OF 2013 BENCH- M Yusuf Eqbal(J.), Chockalingam Nagappan (J.) APPELLANT-Parivartan Kendra RESPONDENTS-Union of India and others DECIDED ON- 07.12.2015 INTRODUCTION Acid attack is the […]

E.P Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu

July 21, 2020

Author: Sejal Jain E.P. ROYAPPA v. STATE OF TAMIL NADU INTRODUCTION Article 14 of the Indian constitution lays the right to equality and grants equality before the law or equal protection of law within the territory of Indian, which is based on two tests, intelligible differentia and rational nexus[1]. Since the early 1970s, equality under […]

Shakti Vahini v. Union of India

July 17, 2020

Author: Ritika Sharma SHAKTI VAHINI V. UNION OF INDIA; (2018) 7 SCC 192 Bench: Former CJI Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Petitioner: An organisation named “Shakti Vahini” Respondent: Union of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Women & Child Development Date of Judgement: March 27, 2018 Introduction: Shakti Vahini v. Union […]

Maruti Shripati Dubal v. State of Maharashtra

July 14, 2020

Author: Hardik Baid, NLU Delhi MARUTI SHRIPATI DUBAL V. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA In the following article, the readers will create an exhaustive knowledge base with respect to the Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 that penalizes the attempt to commit suicide with one year of simple imprisonment or fine or both. The constitutionality […]

Kanhaiya Kumar v. State of NCT of Delhi

July 12, 2020

Author: Prasoon Shekhar, ICFAI University, Dehradun CASE: Kanhaiya Kumar v. State of NCT of Delhi CITATION: MANU/DE/0498/2016 COURT: The High Court of Delhi CASE NO.: Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 558/ 2016 & Criminal Miscellaneous Application No. 3237/ 2016 & 3262/ 2016. PETITIONER: Kanhaiya Kumar RESPONDENT: State of NCT of Delhi BENCH: (J) Pratibha Rani DECIDED […]

Bandhua mukti morcha v Union of India

July 8, 2020

Author: Meenakshi Raj, Bandhua Mukti Morcha v Union of India : Case Comment Bench: Bhagwati, P.N. Petitioner/Appellant: Bandhua Mukti Morcha Respondent: Union of India Year of Judgement: 1984 Facts: The petitioner (appellant), a social cause organization, approached the Supreme Court through a letter under Article 32 (i.e. to sought the issuance of a Writ of […]

Kedar Nath Singh v. State of Bihar

July 4, 2020

Author: Mallika Kapoor, The Department of Law, Aligarh Muslim University CASE NAME: Kedar Nath Singh v. State of Bihar, AIR 1962 SC 955 COURT: Hon’ble The Supreme Court of India JURISDICTION: Appellate (Criminal) CASE NO.: Cr. A. No. 445 of 1955 BENCH: Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, C.J., A.K. Sarkar, J.R. Madholkar, N. Rajagopala Ayyangar, and S.K. […]

Aruna Ramchandran Shaunbagh v. UOI