Supreme Court of India
Md. Sukur Ali v. State of Assam
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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that it is not fair or just that a criminal case should be decided against an accused in the absence of a counsel.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Administration of criminal justice: Right to be defended by counsel - Held: criminal case should not be decided against the accused in the absence of a counsel - It is only a counsel who is conversant with law who can properly defend an accused in a criminal case - Adjudication of a criminal case (whether a tn"al or appeal/revision) against an accused in the absence of a counsel would be violative of Article 21 of the Constitution - In the absence of a counsel, for whatever reasons, the case should not be decided forthwith against the accused but in such a situation, the court should appoint…
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Tarun Sharma v. State of Haryana
- 2012 Mohd. Hussain @ Julfikar Ali v. The State (govt. of Nct) Delhi
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to
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