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2024 INSC244NONREPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1642 OF2024(Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.313 of 2024) Amudha Appellant versus The State represented by the Inspector of Police & Anr. ... Respondents JUDGMENT ABHAY S. OKA, J.FACTS1 The appellant is accused no.4, who has been charged with an offence punishable under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (for short, the IPC). The appellant filed a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, the Cr. PC) before the High Court of Judicature at Madras. By the impugned judgment, the petition has been rejected. Criminal Appeal No.1642 of 2024 Page 1 of 82. The second respondent is the complainant. The second respondent had five brothers and two sisters. The deceased (Kanagasabha) was one of her two younger brothers. All of them were married except the deceased. On 5th March 2020, the deceased allegedly committed suicide by consuming p...
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CORRECTED** 2024 INSC246REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No.14 OF2024DR. JAYA THAKUR & ORS. ..... PETITIONER VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ANR. ..... RESPONDENT W I T H WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No.13 OF2024WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No.11 OF2024WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No.87 OF2024A N D WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No.191 OF2024ORDER1 This order records reasons and decides the applications for stay of selection and appointment of the Election Commissioners1, in the writ petitions filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India2, inter alia, challenging the vires of Section 7(1) of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service, and Term of Office) Act, 2023.3 1 For short, EC. 2 For short, Constitution. 3 For short, 2023 Act. 12. The primary grounds of challenge are twofold. First, Section 7(1) of the 2023 Act dilutes, if not amends or modifies, the judgment of this Courts Constitution Bench in A...
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2024 INSC250NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NOOF2024(ARISING OUT OF S.L.P. (CRIMINAL) No.10254 OF2023 RAM MURTI SHARMA Appellant (s) VERSUS STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER Respondent(s) JUDGMENT Rajesh Bindal, J.Leave granted.2. The order1 passed by the High Court2 in the bail application3, whereby the respondent no.2 has been directed to be released on bail, is challenged by the complainant. 1 Dated 03.08.2023 2 High Court of Judicature at Allahabad 3 Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.4895 of 2023 Page 1 of 43. Brief facts are that an FIR No.733 of 20224 was registered on the complaint of the appellant-complainant alleging murder of his son. During investigation involvement of respondent no.2 was found. He was taken into custody on 15.06.2022. The bail application5 filed by him was dismissed by the Sessions Judge6 on 23.09.2022, while recording the reasons in detail. Aggrieved by the aforesaid order, bail application w...
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NON-REPORTABLE2024INSC248IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) NO.2664 of 2023 M/S ACME PAPERS LTD. ...PETITIONER(S) VERSUS M/S. CHINTAMAN DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD. & ORS. RESPONDENTS(S) WITH TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) NO (s).499 OF2024M/S. CHINTAMAN DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD. ...PETITIONER(S) VERSUS M/S ACME PAPERS LTD. RESPONDENTS(S) JUDGMENT PRASANNA B. VARALE, J.1. This transfer petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking transfer of RCS No.128/A/2023, filed by respondent no.1, from 1 the Court of District Judge, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh to the City Civil Court, Calcutta, West Bengal.2. The parties had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (hereinafter referred to as MoU) on 10.11.2022 whereby respondent no.1 had agreed to purchase land admeasuring an area of approx. 74.06 acres (suit property) on an as is whatever there is basis for a consideration of Rs.20,69,92,000/-. It was also agreed that the petitioner would obtain all necessary app...
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Non-Reportable 2024 INSC245IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.2024 (@ Special Leave Petition(Criminal)No.14053 of 2023) SABITA PAUL APPELLANT(S) VERSUS THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ANR. RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT SANJAY KAROL, J.Leave granted.2. On the basis of complaint filed by Smt. X (hereinafter referred to as the complainant), and pursuant to the order passed by the Judicial Magistrate, Siliguri, West Bengal, FIR No.438 of 2022 dated 07.05.2022 was registered at Police Station, Siliguri, against two accused persons namely, Supratim Paul and his mother Sabita Paul. It is alleged that Supratim Paul, the neighbour of the complainant had discreetly taken photographs of the complainant without her knowledge or consent and that such photographs were obscene, indecent, salacious, and offensive and were threatened to be circulated on the social media 1|SLP(Crl.)No.14053 of 2023 platforms. Supratim Paul approached the complainant to extort money, b...
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2024 INSC263REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1791 OF2024STATE OF HARYANA Appellant (s) VERSUS DR. RITU SINGH AND ANOTHER Respondent(s) JUDGMENT Rajesh Bindal, J.1. The State has filed the present appeal impugning the order1 passed by the High Court2 whereby the petition3 filed by the respondent no.1 seeking quashing of the FIR was allowed and the same was quashed on the basis of the compromise entered into between the complainant- respondent no.2 and the accused-respondent no.1.2. Briefly stated, the facts available on record are that a complaint was filed by the respondent no.2 with the police alleging 1 Dated 27.02.2019 2 High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh 3 CRM-M-51493 of 2018 Page 1 of 7 certain offences committed by the respondent no.1, on the basis of which FIR4 in question was registered. Respondent no.1 at the relevant point of time was working as veterinary doctor in Policlinic, Sonipat Animal Husbandry D...
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2024 INSC255Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No 4602 of 2024 (Arising out of SLP (C) No.6696 of 2024) Bloomberg Television Production Services India Private Limited & Ors. Appellants VERSUS Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited Respondent JUDGMENT Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI1 Leave granted.2. On 01 March 2024, an ex-parte ad interim order was passed by the ADJ05of the South Saket Courts, New Delhi1 directing the appellants (a media platform, one of its editors, and the concerned journalists) to take down an article dated 21 February 2024 published on their online platform within a week. The appellants were also restrained from posting, circulating or publishing the article in respect 1 trial Judge of the respondent-plaintiff on any online or offline platform till the next date of hearing.3. The order of the trial Judge indicates that the discussion, after recording the submission of the respondent, commences at paragraph 7. The onl...
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1 NONREPORTABLE2024INSC249IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.__________ OF2024(ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO.8034 OF2018 AWUNGSHI CHIRMAYO AND ANR. ...APPELLANTS VERSUS GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS RESPONDENTS JUDGMENT Leave granted.2. The appellants before this Court are the two cousins of the deceased who was found dead in her rented accommodation in House No.424B, Ground Floor, Chirag Delhi on 29.05.2013. The deceased was a 25 years old young girl who was a permanent resident of Manipur and at the relevant time was working in a call centre at Delhi. The post mortem was conducted next day on 30.05.2013 which recorded following observations:2. a) Part of nose is missing over right side and piece of it is attached on the left side. b) Nibbling marks present over both the upper eye lids c) wound size of 5 cm is present over dorsum of right foot; margins are irregular and show nibbling marks d) all wounds are po...
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REPORTABLE2024INSC247IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO(S). OF2024(Arising out of SLP(Crl.) No(s). 1936 of 2023) THIRUMOORTHY .APPELLANT(S) VERSUS STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE RESPONDENT(S) JUDGMENT Mehta, J.1. Leave granted.2. This appeal takes exception to the judgment dated 15th April, 2021, passed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Madras dismissing the criminal appeal filed by the appellant herein under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter being referred to as CrPC) and affirming the conviction of the appellant and sentences awarded to him vide judgment and order dated 18th February, 2019, passed by the Court of Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Salem (hereinafter being referred to as the trial Court) in Special Sessions Case No.1 79 of 2016. By the said judgment and order, learned trial Court convicted and sentenced the appellant as below: - Provision under Sentenc...
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2024 INSC241Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 1628-1629 OF2021Noble M. Paikada Appellant versus Union of India Respondent JUDGMENT ABHAY S. OKA, J.FACTUAL ASPECTS1 These appeals take exception to the judgment and order dated 28th October 2020 (for short, the impugned judgment) passed by the National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (for short, the NGT). There is also a challenge to the order dated 24th December 2020, by which, the NGT rejected the review petition filed by the appellant for seeking review of the impugned judgment.2. A notification was issued on 14th September 2006 (for short, the first EC notification) by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (for short, MoEF) in exercise of powers under sub- section (1) and clause (v) of sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (for short, the EP Act) read with clause (d) of sub-rule (3) of Rule 5 of the Environment Civil Appeal nos.1628-2...
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