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[2] [8] [9] [10] John David was convicted of Navarasu's murder and was given a double life sentence (to be served consecutively) by the Cuddalore district sessions court on 11 March 1998. The Madras High Court overturned the verdict on 5 October 2001 and acquitted him. The state of Tamil Nadu appealed to the Indian Supreme court. On 20 April ...
Supreme Court of India, in its judgement dated 10 July 2013 while disposing the Lily Thomas v. Union of India case (along with Lok Prahari v. Union of India), [1] ruled that any Member of Parliament (MP), Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) or Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) who is convicted of a crime and given a minimum of two years' imprisonment, loses membership of the House ...
Suhas Katti v.Tamil Nadu was the first case in India where a conviction was handed down in connection with the posting of obscene messages on the internet under the controversial section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
The governor of Tamil Nadu, Konijeti Rosaiah ordered operations to maintain law and order and, while the police said that the situation was under control, opposition parties complained of violence. The leader of DMK, M. Karunanidhi , wrote to the President of India and the Prime Minister seeking restoration of peace. [ 23 ]
Judgment is the final reasoned decision of the Court as to the guilt or innocence of the accused. Where the accused is found guilty, the judgment must also contain an order requiring the accused to undergo punishment or treatment. Every court must deliver the judgement in the language of that court as determined by the State Government.
On 27 September 2014 D'Cunha convicted Jayalalithaa, the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. In a detailed judgement, he showed that the entire asset belonged to the accused and no one else. [10] She was sentenced to a prison term of four years and fined Rs. 100 crore. [11] Jayalalithaa was later acquitted by the High Court of Karnataka on 11 ...
Delivering its judgement on 18 January 2022, the High Court commuted their death sentence to life imprisonment on account of the state's "gross and unexplained delay" in seeking a decision on their mercy petitions, noting how such a delay had "a dehumanizing effect" on the convicts. The verdict highlighted that "the neglect and indifference" of ...
The petitioners' counsel S. Manuraj appealed to the court to establish guidelines for cases of a similar nature. In an unprecedented step, in response to this request, Justice N Anand Venkatesh made the decision to undergo psycho-education before delivering a judgment on same-sex relationships. Justice approached psychologist Ms Vidya Dinakaran ...