Supreme Court of India
Amit Kumar & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that responsibility of maintaining the safety and well-being of students rests heavily on the administration of every educational institution.
Judgment, page 62
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration (i) What is the scope of section 174 CrPC and how is it different from investigation pursuant to filing of FIR under section 154 CrPC. (ii) Whether recourse to inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC by the Police obviates the requirement of registration of .I.R. under section 154 of CrPC. (iii) What is the settled law with regard to registration of FIR as laid down by this Hon’ble Court. (iv) Whether the High Court was right in passing the impugned order rejecting the prayer for issue of writ of mandamus directing the Police to register FIR and investigate
Authorities it was built on
- 1990 State of Haryana and Ors v. Ch. Bhajan Lal and Ors.
- 2013 Lalita Kumari v. Govt. of U.P. and Ors.
- 1972 Thulia Kali v. The State of Tamil Nadu
- 2011 Ashok Kumar Todi v. Kishwar Jahan & Ors.
- 2016 Manoj Kumar Sharma & Ors. v. State of Chhattisgarh & Anr.
- 2016 National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2021 Farzana Batool v. Union of India and Others
- 1975 Pedda Narayana & Ors. v. State of Andhra Pradesh
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