Supreme Court of India
Sumer Singh v. Surajbhan Singh and Others
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What the Court ordered
We hold that Article 136 is a composite provision which vests a wide jurisdiction and, by the very fact of entrusting this unique jurisdiction in the Supreme Court, postulates, inarticulately though, the methodology of G exercising that power, nothing more remains in the objection of the petitioner.
Judgment, page 18
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Art. 136 - Special leave to appeal - Held: An injured aggrieved party can prefer an appeal by special leave and power of Supreme Court under Art. 136 being of wide amplitude, it can remove injustice and impose adequate 0 sentence when facts and circumstances so warrant - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 377(3). Appeal: Criminal appeal by State for enhancement of sentence - Held: In such an appeal, accused can plead for his acquittal on establishing that there is no material on record to sustain ·his conviction. Criminal Law: Right of private defence - Hand of
Authorities it was built on
- 1995 Ravji @ Ram Chandra v. State of Rajasthan
- 1991 Seyaka Perumal, Etc v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2005 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Saleem@ Chamaru and Anr.
- 2000 State of Karnataka v. Krishnappa
- 2012 Guru Basavaraj @ Beene Settappa v. State of Karnataka
- 1999 State of U.P. v. Dharmendra Singh and Anr. Etc.
- 2010 Sikandar Singh & Ors. v. State of Bihar
- 1990 Sham Sunder v. Puran and Anr.
- 2004 Esher Singh v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- 1980 Ramji Dayawala & Sons (p) Ltd. v. Invest Import
- 2002 State of Rajasthan v. Kishan Lal
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Jaswinder Singh (dead) through Legal Representative v. Navjot Singh Sidhu & Ors.
- 2020 State of Rajasthan v. Mehram & Ors.
- 2018 Jitendra @ Kalla v. State of Govt. of Nct of Delhi
- 2017 State of Rajasthan v. Ramanand
- 2017 State of Himachal Pradesh v. Nirmala Devi
- 2017 Ravada Sasikala v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr.
- 2015 Satish Kumar Jayanti Lal Dabgar v. State of Gujarat
Of those, 2 referred to · 5 mentioned
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