Tag: The Indian Evidence Act
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Supreme Court on Benami Transactions
Supreme Court on Benami Transactions Supreme Court of India Samittri Devi & Anr. vs Sampuran Singh & Anr. on 21 January, 2011 Author: Gokhale…
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Conviction u/s 306 IPC in absence of a charge to the effect.
Comments : In this case the court held that even though no specific charge u/s 306 is framed – the accused can be convicted…
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Is criminal judgment binding on a civil case ?
Comment : We, therefore, are of the opinion that the judgment in a criminal case was not relevant in evidence for the purpose of proving…
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Supreme Court on parol evidence in case of contract
Supreme Court of India Narandas Morardas Gaziwala & Ors vs S. P. Am. Papammal& Anr on 25 March, 1966 Equivalent citations: 1967 AIR 333,…
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Supreme Court on Possession of fruits of crime in murder case
A decision on inference arising from possession of fruits of crime – soon after the occurence, in absence of reasonable explanation may lead to…
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Specific Performance of an Agreement vitiated by Fraud/Undue Influence.
Comment : In this case the plaintiff sought specific performance on the basis of an agreement to sell. defendant pleaded that the same was…
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The Law on Common Intention S.34 Indian Penal Code
A landmark decision on the domain of S.34 as a principle of constructive criminality, where a lot many persons do a thing in furtherance…
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Role of Judge in a Criminal Trial
A judgment of seminal important on the role of a judge in a criminal trial, the breadth of the 165/311 inquisitorial aspects of court’s…
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Supreme Court on S.106 Burden of Proof as to facts especially within knowledge.
Comment : In this case the Court was faced with a situation where a railway employee was arraigned u/s 420 IPC for having cheated railway…
