Supreme Court of India

Govindasami v. State of Tamil Nadu

Neutral citation
Reported as [1998] 2 S.C.R. 1135
Bench M.K. Mukherjee and S.S. Mohammed Quadri JJ.
Decided 22 April 1998

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

Indian Penal Code, 1860 : S.302-Accused committing murder of his uncle and four other members of his family-Circumstantial evidence-Discarded by trail court-Accused acquitted-High Court reversed the-acquittal-Convicted the accused­ Found the circumstances leading to guilt of accused proved-Circumstances indicating absence of sudden provocation-Pre-meditated crime-Attack on victims while they were asleep-Nature and manner in which crime was committed found to be gruesome, heinous, atrocious and cold-blooded murder-Imposition of death sentence on accused by High Court-Upheld­ Record does not

Authorities it was built on

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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.