“Harpal Singh v.

Devinder Singh, 1997 Cri LJ 3561 (SC)”

A Proposal made by:

Duttatrey Sanat

Roll No: 1727

Class: B.A.LL.B.(Hons.)

2nd Year 4th Semester

Dr. Meeta Mohini,

Visiting Faculty

A research proposal submitted in partial fulfilment of the course Law of

Evidence for attaining the degree B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)

FEBRUARY, 2019

CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

Nyaya Nagar, Mithapur, Patna (Bihar)-800001

INTRODUCTION

Harpal Singh v/s Devinder Singh & Another

Crl.A.No.796 of 1991 with 549 of 1988, 257 of 1995

Decided On, 09 July 1997

At, Supreme Court of India

By, THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.K. MUKHERJEE & THE HONOURABLE
MR. JUSTICE K.T. THOMAS

For the Appellants: Gian Singh, R.S. Hooda, S.R. Bhat, Advocates. For the Respondents:
Sushil Kumar, Som Raj Dutta, B.S. Mor, Kusum singh, M.s. Dahiya, E.M.S. Anam, B.S.
Chahar, Gyan Singh, Prem Malhotra, for the State of Haryana, Advocates.

The precinct of Nar Hari Hostel attached to Kurukshetra university in Haryana and the time
was lunch recess on 23- 10-1986. Jasbir Singh was stabbed to death while his fellow student
Sumer singh received grievous hurt. Twelve persons including some student leaders of the
rival wing were sent up for trial before the Designated Court of Kurukshetra as the charge
included Section 6 of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (for short
"the TADA') But all of them were acquitted by the trial Judge and these appeals have been
filed under Section 19 of the TADA.

The backdrop disquieting from the angle of campus discipline, was the college students' union
election on the lines of political party loyalties of the students. Himat (9th accused) was a
candidate for presidentship ofthe student’s union and he was opposed by Jasbir Singh, being
head ofthe rival students wing owing allegiance to another political party. Himat won the
election, but its fallout was the acrimonious tension which persisted for long between two
rival student wings in the campus. Skirmishes erupted as a daily occurrence between them
and police had to register criminal cases against offending students. On the previous day of
occurrence in this case the victorious group made all efforts to get their budget proposals
approved by the general body but such efforts were thwarted by the stiff resistance offered by
jasbir Singh and his followers. This became the immediate cause for the aggravated hostility
between the group led by Himat and the rival group led by Jasbir singh.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:

 For the project, the researcher will be relying upon the Doctrinal method of Research.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS?

 What are the facts of the case?

 What are the arguments made by the council?
 What is the judgement of the case?

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

 The researcher tends to analyse the case of Harpal Singh v. Devinder Singh, 1997 Cri
LJ 3561 (SC)

HYPOTHESIS:

LIMITATIONS OF STUDY:

 Owing to the large number of topics that could be included in the project, the scope of
this research project is exceedingly vast. However, in the interest of brevity, this paper
has been limited to the specified topics. Also, the researcher will have time and
money limitations while making of this project.

TENTATIVE CHAPTERIZATION

1. INTRODUCTION
2. FACTS OF THE CASE
3. ARGUMENTS MADE BY THE COUNCIL
4. JUDGEMENT
5. CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY

The researcher has consulted following sources to complete the Rough proposal.

1. Harpal Singh v. Devinder Singh, 1997 Cri LJ 3561 (SC).