Punishment – Advocatetanmoy Law Library

AZABU L-QABR-Islamic theory of ‘Punishment of the grave’

Posted by Advocatetanmoyon August 5, 2021August 5, 2021in Islam, Punishment

The Prophet of God said, When a corpse is placed in its grave, two black angels come to it, with blue eyes. The name of the one is Munkar and of the other Nakīr, and they interrogate the dead person concerning the Prophet of God. If he be a Muslim, he will bear witness to the Unity of God and the mission of Muḥammad.

Rafiq Qureshi Vs. Narcotic Control Bureau Eastern Zonal Unit – 07/05/19

Posted by Advocatetanmoyon June 23, 2019in Punishment, Supreme Court Judgments

NDPS-Section 21(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985-where Court imposes a punishment higher than minimum relying on an irrelevant factor and no other factor as enumerated in Section 32B(a to f) are present award of sentence higher than minimum can be interfered with.

What are Justifications, Excuses, and Mitigating Factors in Crimes

Posted by Advocatetanmoyon July 10, 2018in Punishment

If a defendant can prove a successful justification for his actions, he will be fully cleared from criminal liability. In case of excuse, the act is considered criminal unlike justification but the accused person shall be spared from the consequences…

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Manoj Pratap Singh Vs. State of Rajasthan-24/06/2022

DEATH PENALTY CONFIRMED-Accordingly, these appeals are dismissed; conviction of the appellant of offences under Sections 363, 365, 376(2)(f), 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 is confirmed; and the sentences awarded to the appellant, including the death sentence for the offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, are also confirmed.

ZAKIA AHSAN JAFRI VS STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR-24/06/2022

FURTHER INVESTIGATION-No fault can be found with the approach of the SIT in submitting final report , which is backed by firm logic, expositing analytical mind and dealing with all aspects objectively for discarding the allegations regarding larger criminal conspiracy (at the highest level) for causing and precipitating mass violence across the State against the muslim community.

Gopinathan Vs. State of Kerala-24/06/2022

SENTENCE REDUCED- Accused(A1) was charge-sheeted for offence U/S 55(g) and 8(1) read with 8(2) of the Abkari Act and was convicted for the aforestated offences and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 5 years and to pay a fine of Rs.1,00,000/each

Krishna Rai (D) through LRS. & Ors. Vs. Banaras Hindu University through Registrar & Ors-16/06/2022

Whether principle of estoppel and acquiescence will prevail over statutory service rules prescribing the procedure for promotion of ClassIV employees to ClassIII working in the Banaras Hindu University(BHU)

Swaminathan Kunchu Acharya Vs. State of Gujarat & Ors-09/06/2022

Habeas corpus – the writ petition seeking writ of habeas corpus for production of corpus – Pranav Acharya aged 5 years

Vallal Rck Vs. M/s. Siva Industries and Holdings Ltd. and Ors-03/06/2022

Apex Court has, time and again, emphasized the need for minimal judicial interference by the NCLAT and NCLT in the framework of IBC

Mahendra Singh and Ors. Vs. State of Madya Pradesh-03/06/2022

It is a sound and well established rule of law that the court is concerned with the quality and not with the quantity of the evidence necessary for proving or disproving a fact.

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. Vs. A. Balakrishnan & Anr (30/05/2022)

Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016-the application under Section 7 of the IBC was filed within a period of three years from the date on which the Recovery Certificate was issued. As such, the application under Section 7 of the IBC was within limitation.

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