4th-9th January 2021

S.N Case Name Topic Issue Held Observation

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1. Kirti vs. Section 168 Whether The Supreme Court has

Oriental of the Motor prospects can be held that future prospects
Insurance Vehicles granted even in can be granted even in
Company Ltd Act 1988 cases pertaining cases pertaining to
to notional notional income.
income in case
of a motor
accident
compensation?

2 Bhaven Article 226 Whether ​High The Supreme Court has

Construction and 227 of Court's Power observed that the power
Vs. Executive the Under Article of the High Courts under
Engineer Constitution 226/227 To Article 226/227 of the
Sardar Sarovar Interfere With Constitution of India to
Narmada Arbitration interfere with an
Nigam Ltd. Process can be arbitration process needs
Exercised In to be exercised in
Exceptional exceptional rarity,
Rarity? wherein one party is left
remediless under the
statute or a clear 'bad
faith' shown by one of
the parties.

3 Adhiraj Singh Section ​25 Whether A single judge vacation

Yadav v. State Of Arms Offence U/S 25 bench of Justice Vibhu
Act Of Arms Act can Bakhru has reiterated that
be Made Out In "unconscious possession"
Cases Where of firearms "would not
Suspect Wasn't attract the rigours of the
Conscious That Arms Act," while hearing
He Is In a criminal writ petition
 Possession Of moved by an engineering
Live student in whose bag
Ammunition? were found 20 live
cartridges.

4 Waseem Section 154 Whether ​Writ The Lucknow Bench of

Haider v. State Cr.P.C Jurisdiction For the Allahabad High
of UP & Ors. Registration Of Court recently observed
FIR Can Be that informants/
Invoked Without complainants should not
Availing directly invoke the writ
Statutory jurisdiction of the
Remedies Under of the High Court for
CrPC direction to the Police to
register an FIR on their
complaints, but they
should first avail the
alternative statutory
remedies under CrPC.

5 Zaid Pathan Section 195 Whether ​S. 195 The Madhya Pradesh
and others v. CrPc and CrPC Bar High Court last month
State of M.P Section 188 Registration Of held that there is no bar
IPC FIR For An under Section 195 of the
Offence Under Cr.P.C. in respect of
S. 188 IPC By registration of FIR,
Police? therefore, FIR for an
offence under Section
188 of the IPC could be
very well registered by
the Police.

6 Kamlesh Section Whether an The SC held that ​ an

Chaudhary v. 167(2), accused who accused who was
State of CrPC was released on released on default bail
Rajasthan default bail can cannot be re-arrested on
be re-arrested on filing of the chargesheet.
SC filing of the
 chargesheet?

7 Murali v. State Section 320, Whether the fact The accused were The bench
Compoundi of amicable convicted under Section relied on some
SC ng of settlement can 307,324 and 341 of the previous
Offences, be considered as IPC. judgements
CrPC a relevant factor The SC held that ​ the fact viz. ​Ram
for reducing the of amicable settlement Pujan v. State
quantum of can be considered as a of UP​ and
sentence, even in relevant factor for Ishwar Singh
non-compounda reducing the quantum of v. State of MP,
ble cases? sentence. in which
compromise
between the
parties were
taken a note of
to reduce the
sentence even
in serious
non-compoun
dable
offences.