LATEST LANDMARK JUDGMENTS IN CRIMINAL LAW – UPDATED 2023 *
- Lalita Kumari v. State of UP
:FIR mandatory in cognizable cases - Mohd. Ahmad Khan vs Shah Bano Begum
:Section 125 of CrPC Secular - D.K. Basu v. State of Bengal
:SC guidelines relating to rights of the arrested person - Nilabati Bahera v. State of Orissa
:Compensation in case of unlawful arrest and detention - Sheela Barse v. State of Maharashtra
:Rights of women relating to arrest - Joginder Kumar v. State of UP
:SC guidelines relating to rights of the arrested person - Chanmuniya v. Virendra Kumar Singh Kushwaha
:Right of maintenance in Live-in-Relationships - Shiv Shankar Singh v. State of Bihar
:Filing of Multiple FIR - Satya Pal Singh v. State of MP
:Father of deceased victim has right to appeal - State of UP v. Singhara Singh
:Section 164 by necessary implication prohibits the magistrate from giving oral evidence of the confession made to him - State of Madhya Pradesh v. Rustum
:Computation of period of 60/90 Days u/s 167 of CrPC - CBI v. Anupam J. Kulkarni
:Police Remand can not exceed 15 Days - Mubarak Ali v. State of Bombay
:Offence triable where the act is done - Shakuntala Devi v. State of U.P.
:Availability of Civil Remedy does not bar filing of a case u/s 200 of CrPC - Dina Nath v. Emperor
:No summary trial in serious or complicated cases - 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 - 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 - Ashok Kumar v. UOI
:Constitutional validity of Section 433-A of CrPC - Rasiklal v. Kishore Khanchand Wadhwani
:Right to bail u/s 436 in bailable offences is an absolute and indefeasible right - Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab
:SC guidelines relating to anticipatory bail - Jagdish Ram v. State of Rajasthan
:Quashing of FIR on account of delay - State of MP v. Madan Lal
:No compromise in Rape cases - Manohar Singh v. State of Rajasthan
:Compensation to victim of Crime - S.R. Sukumar v. Sunnad Raghuram
:Amendment in complaint can be done - *Siddaharth Vashisht v. State(NCT of Delhi)
:Cryptic Telephonic Message of a cognizable offence not to be treated as F.I.R. - Raghuvansh Dewanchand Bhasin vs State of Maharashtra
: Issuance of non bailable warrant. SC issued guidelines applicable pan India. NBW not to be issued mechanically. - Arnab Ranjan Goswami v. Union of India
:Freedom of Press. Quashing of multiple FIRs except first FIR. - Arnab Goswami vs State of Maharashtra
:Interim bail granted. Deprivation of individual’s personal liberty for a single day is one too many. - 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. - 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.