LATEST LANDMARK JUDGMENTS IN CRIMINAL LAW

 

LATEST LANDMARK JUDGMENTS IN CRIMINAL LAW

 

*Lalita Kumari v. State of UP*

:FIR mandatory in cognizable cases

2. *Mohd. Ahmad Khan vs Shah Bano Begum*

:Section 125 of CrPC Secular

3. *D.K. Basu v. State of Bengal*

:SC guidelines relating to rights of the arrested person

4. *Nilabati Bahera v. State of Orissa*

:Compensation in case of unlawful arrest and detention

5. *Sheela Barse v. State of Maharashtra*

:Rights of women relating to arrest

6. *Joginder Kumar v. State of UP*

:SC guidelines relating to rights of the arrested person

7. *Chanmuniya v. Virendra Kumar Singh Kushwaha*

:Right of maintenance in Live-in-Relationships

8. *Shiv Shankar Singh v. State of Bihar*

:Filing of Multiple FIR

9. *Satya Pal Singh v. State of MP*

:Father of deceased victim has right to appeal

10. *State of UP v. Singhara Singh*

:Section 164 by necessary implication prohibits the magistrate from giving oral evidence of the confession made to him

11. *State of Madhya Pradesh v. Rustum*

:Computation of period of 60/90 Days u/s 167 of CrPC

12. *CBI v. Anupam J. Kulkarni*

:Police Remand can not exceed 15 Days

13. *Mubarak Ali v. State of Bombay*

:Offence triable where the act is done

14. *Shakuntala Devi v. State of U.P.*

:Availability of Civil Remedy does not bar filing of a case u/s 200 of CrPC

15. *Dina Nath v. Emperor*

:No summary trial in serious or complicated cases

16. *Surendra Singh v. State of UP*

:Where a Judge who wrote the Judgment dies before it was delivered or pronounced, another Judge can not deliver it

17. *Naresh v. State of UP*

:Alteration of Conviction u/s 302 IPC to one u/s 304 IPC by HC is not justified u/s 362 of CrPC

18. *Ashok Kumar v. UOI*

:Constitutional validity of Section 433-A of CrPC

19. *Rasiklal v. Kishore Khanchand Wadhwani*

:Right to bail u/s 436 in bailable offences is an absolute and indefeasible right

20. *Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab*

:SC guidelines relating to anticipatory bail

21. *Jagdish Ram v. State of Rajasthan*

:Quashing of FIR on account of delay

22. *State of MP v. Madan Lal*

:No compromise in Rape cases

23. *Manohar Singh v. State of Rajasthan*

:Compensation to victim of Crime

24. *S.R. Sukumar v. Sunnad Raghuram*

:Amendment in complaint can be done

25. **Siddaharth Vashisht v. State(NCT of Delhi)* 

:Cryptic Telephonic Message of a cognizable offence not to be treated as F.I.R.

26. *Raghuvansh Dewanchand Bhasin vs State of Maharashtra*

:Issuance of non bailable warrant. SC issued guidelines applicable pan India. NBW not to be issued mechanically.

27. *Arnab Ranjan Goswami v. Union of India* 

:Freedom of Press. Quashing of multiple FIRs except first FIR. 

28. *Arnab Goswami vs State of Maharashtra* 

:Interim bail granted. Deprivation of individual's personal liberty for a single day is one too many. 

29. *Arnesh Kumar vs State of Bihar* 

:Arrests should be an exception, in cases where the punishment is less than seven years of imprisonment. 41A Notice be issued instead. No arrest without order of Magistrate. 

30. *Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI* 

:Guidelines on arrest & bail. Clarity on granting bail in cases where a person has not been arrested at the time of filing of the charge sheet.