Supreme Court of India
Gireesan Nair & Ors. Etc. v. State of Kerala
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above, we are of the opinion that there existed no useful purpose behind conducting the TIP. The TIP was a mere formality, and no value could be attached to it.
Judgment, page 24
From the headnote
Evidence Act, 1872 : s. 9 – Test Identification Parade(TIP) – Legality and validity of – Prosecution case that accused persons to avenge the police atrocity hatched a conspiracy, abetted acts of rioting and destruction of public property – -17 and -19 alleged to have caused the death of a bus conductor – Accused convicted and sentenced for hatching conspiracy, murder of the bus conductor and destruction of roadways buses and other public properties – Findings of trial court and High Court on issue of conspiracy and murder attained finality – As regards, issue of destruction of property, the…
Authorities it was built on
- 2010 C. Muniappan & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 1999 Rajesh Govind Jagesha v. State of Maharashtra
- 1994 Suresh Chandra Bahri Etc. Etc. v. State of Bihar
- 2010 Mulla & Anr. v. State of U.P.
- 1970 Budhsen v. State of U.P.
- 1999 State of Himachal Pradesh v. Lekh Raj and Anr.
- 1954 Ramkishan Mithanlal Sharma v. The State of Bombay
- 1971 Matru Alias Girish Chandra v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- 2012 Munna Kumar Upadhyaya @ Munna Upadhyaya v. The State of Andhra Pradesh through Public Prosecutor, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
- 2007 Mayakaur Baldevsingh Sardar and Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra
- 1987 Subash Shiv Shankar v. State of U.P.
- 2020 Chunthuram v. State of Chhattisgarh
- 2006 Acharaparambath Pradeepan and Anr v. State of Kerala
- 1998 Shaikh Umar Ahmed Shaikh and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra
- 2007 Ravi@ Ravichandran v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police
- 1991 State of Andhra Pradesh v. Dr. M.V. Ramana Reddy and Ors.
- 2001 Sohan and Anr. v. State of Haryana and Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Kattavellai @ Devakar v. State of Tamilnadu
- 2025 Kum. Shubha @ Shubhashankar v. State of Karnataka & Anr
- 2025 Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2023 Udayakumar v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2023 Stalin @ Satalin Samuvel v. State Rep. by the Inspector of Police
- 2023 Ranvir Singh Etc. Etc. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
Of those, 3 referred to · 3 mentioned
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