Supreme Court of India

James Martin v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 910

Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.

Decided 16 December 2003

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly we set aside the conviction and sentence imposed.

Judgment, page 16

Authorities it was built on

2002 Sekar @ Raja Sekharan v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police, T. Nadu cited by 26

Where later benches applied it

2022 Ex. Ct. Mahadev v. The Director General, Boarder Security Force & Ors. relied on
2015 Raj Singh v. State of Haryana Etc. relied on
2025 Chunni Bai v. State of Chhattisgarh referred to
2024 Periyasamy v. The State Represented by the Inspector of Police referred to
2019 R. Jayapal v. State of Tamil Nadu & Anr. referred to
2018 Bimal Gurung v. Union of India & Ors. referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to

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