Landmark Judgements Relating to Criminal Law
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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 in bcdefeasible right.
- Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab : SC guidelines relating to anticipatory bail.
