SOONAVALA'S SUPREME COURT CRIMINAL DIGEST (1950-2010)

Soonavala’s Supreme Court Criminal Digest, a comprehensive work covering all aspects of criminal law from the earliest days of the Indian Supreme Court to the present day — 1950 to 2010. This major publication is about the law as declared and interpreted by the Supreme Court, which is binding on all the Courts of the land and is the guiding force for every practitioner and court in the criminal law jurisdiction. Undeniably the decisions of the Supreme Court over the last 6 decades have had an immense impact on every branch of criminal law. By and large, conflict of opinions on various aspects of the law has been resolved through continuity and uniformity of interpretation by the highest court in the country.

Exclusive Features

• Provides an analysis of the decisions of the Supreme Court during the last sixty years on Constitutional principles applicable to Criminal Law, the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Law of Evidence, appeals to the Supreme Court, all other criminal enactments Central and State and interpretation of criminal statutes.

• Digest of cases have been arranged subject wise under headings & sub-headings on various criminal laws

• Statutes covered include the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Law of Evidence, appeals to the Supreme Court under all other criminal enactments, Central and State

• Provides Practical and learned insights into the interpretation of criminal statutes

• Alphabetical listing of each topic has been organized into several headings and sub-headings

• Exhaustive and immensely practical, these four volumes cover case law of more than six decades from the inception of the Supreme Court of India in 1950 till 2010

• Parallel citations have been painstakingly identified and cited and the case-law has been brought up-to-date

• All the references available in various journals are given underneath the name of the case itself

A must have for

Legal Professionals, Practitioners of Criminal Law, Judiciary, Judicial Academies – Central and State

Title Page ....................................................................................................................................iii

Preface to the Edition....................................................................................................................v

Table of Cases ............................................................................................................................ xlv

DONATION.........................................................................................................................................2821

DOUBLE JEOPARDY.........................................................................................................................2822

DOWRY/DOWRY DEATH .................................................................................................................2834

DOWRY PROHIBITION ACT, 1971...................................................................................................2876

DRUGS AND COSMETICS.................................................................................................................2880

1. Constitution of India, Articles 21, 42 and 32 ..........................................................................2880

2. Criminal Procedure Code, Section 468, 469; Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, Sections 18-A, 16, 17 ..............................................................................................................2881

3. Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 .............................................................................................2881

4. Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, R. 69(5) ...........................................................................2889

5. Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954................................2890

6. Drugs (Price Control) Order, 1979..........................................................................................2890

7. Evidence Act, 1872, Section 45 ..............................................................................................2891

8. Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 ........................................................2891

DRUG LICENCE.................................................................................................................................2892

DRIVING LICENCE ...........................................................................................................................2892

DRUNKENNESS.................................................................................................................................2892

1. Sections 85, 86, IPC ................................................................................................................2892

“DUE” ..................................................................................................................................................2895

“DUE PROCESS OF LAW”.................................................................................................................2895

DUTY OF ADVOCATE.......................................................................................................................2895

xviii Contents — Vol. III SOONAVALA’S SUPREME COURT CRIMINAL DIGEST

DUTY OF COURT ...............................................................................................................................2895

DUTY OF POLICE..............................................................................................................................2906

DUTY OF PROSECUTION

DUTY TO INFORM .............................................................................................................................2916

DYING DECLARATION (S. 32, Evidence Act, 1872) .......................................................................2916

EARLIER STATEMENT......................................................................................................................2991

ECONOMIC OFFENCES.....................................................................................................................2991

ECONOMIC ZONE ..............................................................................................................................2993

EJUSDEM GENERIS ...........................................................................................................................2994

ELECTION...........................................................................................................................................2994

ELECTRICITY ....................................................................................................................................2996

EMBELLISHMENT.............................................................................................................................3000

EMERGENCY .....................................................................................................................................3001

EMOTIONAL FEELINGS....................................................................................................................3011

EMPLOYED ........................................................................................................................................3011

EMPLOYEE.........................................................................................................................................3012

EMPLOYEE’S PROVIDENT FUND...................................................................................................3012

EMPLOYMENT ..................................................................................................................................3012

ENCOUNTER......................................................................................................................................3013

ENDS OF JUSTICE ..............................................................................................................................3013

ENHANCEMENT OF SENTENCE .....................................................................................................3013

ENTICEMENT.....................................................................................................................................3021

ENTRIES..............................................................................................................................................3022

ENTRUSTED

ENTRUSTMENT.................................................................................................................................3027

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ........................................................................................................3027

ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ACT, 1955..........................................................................................3029

ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES (TEMPORARY POWERS) ACT, 1946.......................................................3051

ESTOPPEL...........................................................................................................................................3051

EUTHANASIA ....................................................................................................................................3056

V R Manohar, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Former Advocate-General of Maharashtra, Chief Editor All India Reporter, Criminal Law Journal, Labour & Industrial Cases, Taxation Law Reports, AIR Manual, Ex-Dean, Faculty of Law, Nagpur University, Ex-Chairman, Bar Council of Maharashtra.