Supreme Court of India

Ranjit Singh v. Union Territory of Chandigarh & Anr.

Neutral citation
Reported as [1991] 3 S.C.R. 742
Bench M.N. Venkatachaliah J.
Decided 23 August 1991

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

Code of Criminal P1:ocedure, 1973: Ss. 427, 433A-Life convict -Convicted of another murder---,Subsequent sentence of life imprison- ment-Whether superimposition to the earlier life sentence-Remissions c or commutation in respect of earlier sentence-Whether available ipso facto in respect of second sentence. Indian Penal Code, 1960: S. 302-Life convict-7\<ial for second murder-Conviction-Imposition of Life sentence-Whether both life sentences to run concurrently. Constitution of India: Article 32-0ffender-Separately senten- ced to life imprisonment for two different offences under section 302

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.