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Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: November 11, 2024 To November 17, 2024

Nominal Index Citations M/S Crystal Transport Private Limited & Anr. Case Details: XYZ v. State of Gujarat Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 887 The Supreme Court advised High Courts to exercise caution before quashing non-compoundable cases based on settlement between the victim and the accused. Case Details: Som Nath Bharti v. State of Uttar Pradesh The Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed …

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NDPS Act| What Are Consequences If Chargesheet Is Filed Without FSL Report? Supreme Court Hears Reference

The Supreme Court today highlighted the need to consider the 'irreversible consequences' and effects on the rights of an accused when a chargesheet is filed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 without the Forensic Science Laboratory report within the time limit. The Special bench led by Justice Suryakant comprising Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was …

NDPS Act | When Samples Aren't Drawn Following S.52A, FSL Report Is A Waste Paper & Can't Be Read In Evidence : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday held that the accused cannot be held guilty of possessing narcotics and psychotropic substances if the mandate of Section 52A of the NDPS Act isn't fulfilled by the police while sending the collected sample for the Forensic Science Laboratory Test. The Supreme Court stated that while sending the sample for the FSL Test, the collected …

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'Yawning Gap In Evidence' : Supreme Court Finds Conviction Wrong In 2004 Murder Case; Sets Aside Concurrent Findings Of HC & Trial Court

The Supreme Court has observed that when the prosecution case is solely based on the circumstantial evidence, then the courts must be vigilant while examining the facts proving the circumstantial evidence i.e., it must be consistent with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused and should be free from doubts, improbabilities and inconsistencies. Reversing the concurrent findings of the …

The Central Bureau of Investigation informed the Jharkhand High Court on Thursday that they have got “certain leads” in the Dhanbad judge death case, and they are investigating further on those lines, a lawyer participating in the proceedings said. The Supreme Court and the Jharkhand HC had taken suo motu cognisance of the incident, with the HC directing the CBI …

Missing Of 12 Year Old Boy From Madrassa: Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea By Mother Seeking Independent Probe

Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde has issued Notice on a Petition filed by a pardanashin woman against the Telangana High Court order dated 07.12.2020 which dismissed the habeas corpus petition filed by her seeking investigation and recovery of her kidnapped son who was alleged to be dead as per the FSL report dated 05.02.2019. Petitioner submitted …

The Bihar government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that the Mumbai Police has been obstructing the investigation into the Sushant Singh Rajput case by Patna police and have not supplied crucial documents connected with the case. The state government said the Mumbai Police has been making "lame excuses" that it has jurisdiction to investigate the offence despite the fact …

The Supreme Court has observed that, though Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act carries reverse burden of proof, it does not absolve the prosecution from establishing a prima facie case against the accused. The bench comprising Justice Navin Sinha and Justice Indira Banerjee was considering an appeal challenging conviction of an accused under Sections 8 and 18 of the NDPS. …