Supreme Court of India
Mallikarjun Kodagali (dead) Represented through Legal Representatives v. The State of Karnataka & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the decision rendered in National Commission for Women 22 1957 SCR 488 35 has been misunderstood and misinterpreted and is clearly distinguishable on facts.
Judgment, page 34
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 372 proviso (introduced w.e.f. 31.12.2009) – Right of appeal against acquittal to the victim of an offence – Requirement of seeking leave of the High Court – On facts, alleged offence took place in February 2009 – Order of acquittal passed by the trial court in October 2013 – Appeal filed under proviso to s. 372 by the victim – Dismissed by the High Court as not maintainable holding that the proviso to s. 372 introduced w.e.f.…
Authorities it was built on
- 1957 Garikapatti Veeraya v. N. Subbiah Choudhury
- 2013 Lalita Kumari v. Govt. of U.P. and Ors.
- 2004 Sakshi v. Union of India
- 2013 Ankush Shivaji Gaikwad v. State of Maharashtra
- 1995 Sh. Bodhisattwa Gautam v. Miss Subhra Chakraborty
- 2018 Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. The State of Maharashtra and Anr.
- 1988 Hari Kishan & Anr. v. Sukhbir Singh & Ors.
- 2010 National Commission of Women v. State of Delhi & Anr.
- 2018 Dineshbhai Chandubhai Patel v. State of Gujarat & Ors.
- 2018 Sampurna Behura v. Union of India & Ors.
- 1989 Gouranga Chakraborty v. State of Tripura and Anr.
- 1989 Baldev Raj Sharma v. Bar Council of India & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Khem Singh (d) through Lrs v. State of Uttaranchal (now State of Uttarakhand) & Another Etc.
- 2025 Asian Paints Limited v. Ram Babu & Another
- 2025 Mahabir & Ors. v. State of Haryana
- 2022 Jagjeet Singh & Ors v. Ashish Mishra @ Monu & Anr.
- 2022 Joseph Stephen and Others v. Santhanasamy and Others
- 2025 State of Chhattisgarh v. Amit Aishwarya Jogi
- 2025 M/s Celestium Financial v. A. Gnanasekaran Etc
- 2022 Jaswinder Singh (dead) through Legal Representative v. Navjot Singh Sidhu & Ors.
- 2026 Vishnu Kumar Gupta v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2026 Prajwala v. Union of India.
- 2025 The State of Chhattisgarh v. Amit Aishwarya Jogi
- 2019 Amir Hamza Shaikh & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.
Of those, 5 relied on · 3 referred to · 4 mentioned
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