STATE OF M.P. AND ORS.versusMAHESH KUMAR AND ORS ETC. ETC.
1997 INSC 44729 April 1997Leave Granted & Allowed
The respondents, who were Head Constables, appeared for the promotion examination to Assistant Sub‑Inspectors in December 1993. Because very few candidates passed, the Director‑General of Police (DGP) granted 15% grace marks to general candidates and 10% to reserved‑category candidates, but only for the Jabalpur zone, …
SHIVLAL & ANR.versusSTATE OF CHHATTISGARH
2011 INSC 69419 September 2011Appeal(s) allowed
Fifteen persons were charged with the murder of Shankar Satnami. The sole eye‑witness, the victim's wife (PW‑9), was illiterate and her testimony was found to contain contradictions and improvements. The police recorded only a "Dehati Nalish" instead of a formal FIR, failed to send a copy of the FIR to the magistrate a…
STATE OF M.P.versusDEVENDRA
2009 INSC 6705 May 2009Disposed off
The State of Madhya Pradesh appealed against directions issued by the Indore Bench of the High Court that mandated the State Government to amend police regulations to require photographs of complainants, material witnesses and accused persons to be taken and attached to charge sheets in all criminal cases except minor …