Supreme Court of India

Japani Sahoo v. Chandra Sekhar Mohanty

Neutral citation

Reported as [2007] 8 S.C.R. 582

Bench C.K. Thakker J.

Decided 27 July 2007

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.

8 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We hold that for the purpose of computing the period of limitation, the relevant date must be considered as the date of filing of complaint or initiating criminal proceedings and not the date of taking B cognizance by a Magistrate or issuance of process by a Court.

Judgment, page 23

Authorities it was built on

1978 Surinder Mohan Vikal v. Ascharaj Lal Chopra cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2012 Indra Kumar Patodia & Anr. v. Reliance Industries Ltd. and Ors. relied on
2012 Ranjan Dwivedi v. C.B.I., through the Director General relied on
2026 Roma Ahuja v. The State referred to
2023 State through Central Bureau of Investigation v. Hemendhra Reddy & Another. Etc. referred to
2022 Kamatchi v. Lakshmi Narayanan referred to
2018 S. Nambi Narayanan v. Siby Mathews & Others Etc. referred to
2015 Sirajul & Ors. v. The State of U.P. &anr. referred to
2011 Inderjit Singh Grewal v. State of Punjab & Anr. referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 6 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

An email address, no password.