Supreme Court of India

Sumer Singh v. Surajbhan Singh and Others

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Reported as [2014] 5 S.C.R. 882
Bench Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 5 May 2014

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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

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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

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