B.A. Umesh v. Union of India | Nov 2022
Illegal solitary confinement sufficient ground to commute a death sentence to life imprisonment says Supreme Court.S.G. Vombatkere v. Union of India | May 2022
Supreme Court ruled that all new and pending trials, proceedings, and appeals under Section 124A of the IPC are suspended till the Center re-examines the law around sedition.
In Re: Framing Guidelines Regarding Potential Mitigating Circumstances to be Considered while Imposing Death Sentences | Sept 2022
Supreme Court has referred gaps in the death penalty sentencing framework to a Constitution Bench to settle the law on the issue.Vijay Madanal Choudhary v. Union of India | Jul 2022
The constitutional validity of several provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, such as those granting special powers to the Enforcement Directorate and imposing draconian bail provisions were upheld.
Manoj v. State of Madhya Pradesh | May 2022
Supreme Court established guidelines for presentation of mitigating factors in trial courts in death penalty cases and imposed a duty upon the state to collect and present information relating to such factors.X v. Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department | Sept 2022
Supreme Court interpreted the term ‘rape’ to also include marital rape if the survivor were to seek an abortion during the 20-24 week term under the MTP Act.
The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022 | Apr 2022
Legislation allowing police or prison officers to collect ‘measurements’ from certain persons and process, store, preserve, disseminate, and destroy such information with the stated aim of identification and investigation in criminal matters, was enacted.Smruti Tukaram Badade v. The State of Maharashtra | Jan 2022
Supreme Court expanded the definition of vulnerable witnesses to include victims of sexual assault regardless of age and gender, disability and more.
