Mitigating - Judgment Search Results

State of Punjab Vs. K.R. Erry and Sobhag Rai Mehta

Court: Supreme Court of India

Reported in: AIR1973SC834; 1973LabIC440; (1973)ILLJ33SC; (1973)1SCC120; [1973]2SCR405; 1973(5)LC370(SC)

..... for deciding just and appropriate sentence to be awarded for an offence the aggravating and mitigating factors and circumstances in which a crime has been committed are to be delicately balanced .....

State Vs. S.N. Dikshit

Court: Allahabad

Reported in: 1973CriLJ1211

..... punishment the word remit has two connotations it may either mean complete pardon or merely mitigating the sentence according to the shorter oxford english dictionary volume ii the various meanings assigned ..... remit are to forgive or pardon to abstain from exacting to slacken or abate to mitigate diminish or abate according to webster s new international dictionary the word remit connotes to .....

Groppi Vs. Leslie

Court: US Supreme Court

..... of affirmative defense that he was mentally incompetent footnote 6 other matters in explanation or mitigation might lessen the harshness of the legislative judgment or avoid punishment altogether iii wisconsin ..... modification of contempt penalties is common where the contemnor apologizes or presents matter in mitigation footnote 12 the present practice of parliament is described in e may the law .....

Furman Vs. Georgia

Court: US Supreme Court

..... out of all proportion to the crime and as they could not mitigate the sentence they brought in verdicts of not guilty the consequence ..... authority primarily in juries a decision largely motivated by the desire to mitigate the harshness of the law and to bring community judgment to bear ..... 50 j crim l c p s 114 1959 benefit of clergy mitigated the harshness of the law somewhat this concept arose from the .....

Yusuf Vs. State of U.P.

Court: Allahabad

Reported in: 1973CriLJ1220

..... puran 15 sri c s saran raised the plea of grave and sudden provocation in mitigation of the offence exception i to section 300 ipc reads culpable homicide is not murder ..... conduct of the victim the accused is deprived of the benefit of the exception in mitigation of the offence which he has committed it is reasonable to conclude in the present .....

A.M. Sali Maricar and anr. Vs. Income-tax Officer and anr.

Court: Chennai

Reported in: [1973]90ITR116(Mad)

..... heard this will enable the assessee tobring to the notice of the assessing authority the mitigating circumstanceswhich would have to be taken into account by the assessing authority inthis connection he ..... income tax officer any grounds in his favour for not levying the penalty or the mitigating circumstances which have to be taken into account in determining the amount of penalty payable .....

Capt. Harish Uppal Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court: Supreme Court of India

Reported in: AIR1973SC258; (1973)3SCC319; [1973]2SCR1025

..... under section 158 a confirming authority may when confirming the sentence of a court martial mitigate or remit the punishment thereby awarded or commute that punishment for any punishment or punishments ..... under the provisions of the army act set out earlier the confirming authority could himself mitigate or remit the punishment awarded by the court martial or commute that punishment for any .....

Andrews Vs. Louisville and Nashville R. Co.

Court: US Supreme Court

..... lummus cotton gin co v baugh 29 ga app 498 116 s e 51 although mitigating factors may generally be a defense walker v jenkins 32 ga app 238 123 s .....

Gudar Dusadh Vs. State of Bihar

Court: Supreme Court of India

Reported in: AIR1972SC952; 1974(0)BLJR310; 1972CriLJ587; (1972)3SCC118; [1972]3SCR505; 1972(4)LC738(SC)

..... accidental the fact that the appellant gave only one blow on the head would not mitigate the offence of the appellant and make him guilty of the offence of culpable homicide .....

Ajay Enterprises (P) Ltd. and anr. Vs. Municipal Corporation of Delhi

Court: Delhi

Reported in: ILR1972Delhi629

..... if the meaning of the provision is reasonably clear the courts have no jurisdiction to mitigate such harshness 30 in lord advocate v fleming or roberton and another 1897 a c .....