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Oaths Act, 1969

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KOLHAPUR CITY CRIMINAL COURT PRACTITIONERS BAR ASSO. THR. PRESIDENT ADVOCATE RANJIT J. KAWALEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR. ADD. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND INSPECTOR GENERAL OR PRISONS ORS

Allowed

The Kolhapur City Criminal Court Practitioners Bar Association filed a writ petition seeking an order that the Superintendent of the Kolhapur jail be empowered to administer oaths and affirmations for affidavits filed by accused persons applying for bail, in compliance with the Apex Court’s …

BIRJU RAM @ BIRJU BABAversusThe State of Bihar

ALLOWED

The appellant Birju Ram was convicted by a Special POCSO Court for rape of an 11‑year‑old girl under IPC 376(2) and POCSO Sec 6 and sentenced to twenty years rigorous imprisonment. The prosecution’s case rested on the mother’s fardbeyan, the child’s statement recorded under Section 164 CrPC after an …

PRADEEPversusTHE STATE OF HARYANA

2023 INSC 599Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, accused No.2, was convicted along with another accused for murder and related offences based solely on the testimony of his 12‑year‑old son, PW‑1, who claimed to have witnessed the crime. The trial court administered an oath to the child after a perfunctory preliminary examination …

P RAMESHversusSTATE REP BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE

2019 INSC 737Dismissed

The appellant was convicted of murder and dowry death under Sections 302 and 498A IPC. During trial, the prosecution sought to record the testimony of the appellant's two minor children, aged eight and six, but the trial judge excluded their evidence, deeming them incompetent because they did not …

ASOKE KUMAR CHAUDHURI AND OTHERSversusKUNAL SAHA AND ANOTHER

2016 INSC 1076Appeal(s) allowed

The complainant alleged that three doctors were negligent, leading to his wife's death, and that the Inquiry Committee of the West Bengal Medical Council deliberately ignored expert reports to shield the doctors. He filed a criminal complaint against the Committee members under IPC sections 201, …

KRISHNAMOORTHYversusSIVAKUMAR & ORS.

2015 INSC 960Dismissed

The appeal concerned the election of Krishnamoorthy as President of Thekampatti Panchayat, where he had filed a nomination affidavit disclosing only one pending criminal case while suppressing eight other embezzlement cases. The High Court had declared his election void on the ground of corrupt …

STATE OF RAJASTHANversusDARSHAN SINGH @ DARSHAN LAL

2012 INSC 241Dismissed

The State of Rajasthan convicted Darshan Singh for murder under Section 302 IPC based on the testimony of Geeta, a deaf‑and‑dumb eyewitness, whose statement was recorded in sign language through her father who acted as interpreter. The High Court set aside the conviction, holding that the witness …

K.M. SINGHversusSECRETARY, ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN UNIVERSITIES AND OTHERS

1992 INSC 110Dismissed

K.M. Singh, a finance officer of the Association of Indian Universities, sued to declare that his resignation was obtained by fraud, coercion and duress. He offered that if two officials of the respondent took a special oath in a Gurudwara and a temple stating the resignation was not extracted under …

VEERABHADRA RAOversusTEK CHAND

1984 INSC 196Dismissed

M. Veerabhadra Rao, a junior advocate, attested a forged affidavit (Ex. A‑1) on behalf of respondent Tek Chand, enabling the procurement of an income‑tax clearance certificate and registration of a sale deed. The State Bar Council’s Disciplinary Committee found him guilty of professional misconduct …