Punishment Archives

Explained| Does Army Act provide lesser punishment even for serious offences? Is a person not tried by Court Martial but by a Criminal Court at a disadvantageous position?

Supreme Court: In a case where it was argued before the bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud* and Surya Kant, JJ that in

Whether punishment justified where the authority imposing punishment and approving it, is the same person? Supreme Court clarifies

Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench comprising of Uday Umesh Lalit, Hemant Gupta* and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ., addressed the instant appeal filed

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The Punishment Conundrum – Section 13 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Act and Sections 3 & 4 of Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002

by Rahul M. Shankhar*

Case Briefs High Courts

Telangana HC | In absence of concrete evidence and facts, is appointment of Judicial Commission justified by HC? Court discusses

Telangana High Court: A Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ and B. Vijaysen Reddy, J., while addressing the Public Interest Litigation filed

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | Punishment of Rape convict increased in appeal considering the previous sentence inadequate in the grave crime; Court allows Revision Application

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Division Bench of K.K. Wickremasinghe and Devika Abeyratne, JJ., allowed

Case Briefs High Courts

[S. 138 NI Act] P&H HC | Do sympathetic consideration have any role to play in the matter of sentencing? Court discusses

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Sudhir Mittal, J., while addressing an issue with regard to the dishonour of cheque held that, “Offence

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL SC | Defence of ‘grave and sudden provocation’ not available where provocation emanates from accused himself

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Full Bench of Buwaneka Aluwihare, Prasanna Jayawardena and L.T.B. Dehideniya, JJ.,

Case Briefs High Courts

Megh HC | To contend that re-trial helped prosecution fill up gaps and lacuna is otiose theory where no such plea agitated during the re-trial

Meghalaya High Court: A Bench of Mohammad Yaqoob Mir, CJ, and H.S. Thangkhiew, J. dismissed an appeal filed against the trial court decision

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

60 years of punishment a “Methuselah” sentence, contrary to the objective of sentencing i.e. rehabilitation

High Court of South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal Division: This appeal was filed before a 3-Judge Bench comprising of Henriques, Lopes, and D Pillay,

Case Briefs High Courts

Stopping increment for ‘chewing tobacco in office’ held to be a major punishment; Order set aside: All HC

Allahabad High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Mithlesh Kumar Tiwari, J. while allowing a petition quashed the impugned order whereby

Case Briefs High Courts

Punishment for an offence done without premeditation should be less than that for a premeditated offence

Gauhati High Court: A criminal appeal filed against the conviction and sentence of the appellant under Section 302 IPC by the trial

Case Briefs High Courts

Order of punishment cannot be passed with a retrospective effect

Patna High Court: The petition challenging the order of reduction in pay scale and stopping of increment was allowed by a Single

Case Briefs High Courts

It is the quality and not quantity that matters while appreciating evidence

Patna High Court: An appeal challenging the conviction and sentence of the appellant under Section 20(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic

Case Briefs High Courts

Punishment for criminal offences to be meted out while maintaining proportionality of the sentence with the offence

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of G.S. Sistani and Chander Shekhar, JJ. reduced the sentence of an accused convicted under Sections

Supreme Court

SC orders against reduction of the sentence by the High Court, relying on the principle of just and appropriate punishment

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Dipak Misra and Prafulla C. Pant, JJ. vehemently criticised the approach of lower courts in awarding

Supreme Court

Principle of Just Punishment the bedrock of sentencing in a criminal offence

Supreme Court: The bench comprising S.K. Mukhopadhaya and Ranjan Gogoi, JJ., referring to the decision in Gopal Singh v. State of Uttarakhand,