Supreme Court of India
Gurnam Singh v. State of Punjab
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.
What the Court ordered
For the foregoing reasons the learned counsel for the appellants asked us to hold that there was no reasonable explanation for the injuries sustained by the appellant Gurnam Singh which made the evidence of the sole eye-witness, namely, P.W.4 suspect.
Judgment, page 3
From the headnote
JUDGMENT: J U M N T M.K. MUKHERJEE, J. Gurnam Singh and Pala Singh, the two appellants before us, along with four others were placed on trial before the Judge, Special Court, Ferozepore to answer charges under Sections 148, 302/149 and 324/149 I.P. . On conclusion of the trial the learned Judge convicted the two appellants under Section 302/34 I.P. . and sentenced each of them to suffer imprisonment for life, while acquitting the others.…
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
An email address, no password.