Category - Latest Judgments

Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Raja and Others v. State of Karnataka

A. Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 366/376(g)/392 r/w S. 34 — Acquittal from alleged charges reversed — Such reversal challenged — On facts, held, accepted as High Court overlooked many irreconcilable inconsistencies...

Benson v. State of Kerala

Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 427 — Sentence calculation — Scope — Held, if a person already undergoing a sentence of imprisonment is sentenced on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment, such subsequent term...

B.A. Umesh v. Registrar General, High Court of Karnataka

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 235(2) — Separate date of hearing on sentence — Fixation of — Mandate under — Held, it is true that the convict has a right to be heard before sentence however, there is no...