Supreme Court of India
Kunal Majumdar v. State of Rajasthan
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What the Court ordered
For the reasons stated herein, we do not find any scope to consider the submissions of the learned senior counsel for the appellant on the merits of the case.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 366(1) - Death reference - Manner in which to be dealt with - Held: High Court is bound to examine the death reference with particular reference to ss. 367 and 371 Cr.P. . - High Court cannot short-circuit the process of reference by merely relying upon any concession made by the counsel for the convict or that of the State - In the instant case, the High Court dealt with the reference in a very casual and callous manner and did not exercise its jurisdiction vested in it u/s. 36fi(1) - Matter remitted to High Court to decide the reference in the manner it
Where later benches applied it
Of those, 2 relied on
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