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1	State v nathuram godse & Ors.		Mahatma Gandhi Assassination Case	State v Nathuram Godse & Ors. Mahatma Gandhi Assassination Case On 30.01.1948 at about 5 pm at Birla House, New Delhi, Mahatma Gandhi was shot down by Sh. Nathuram V. Godse. Pursuant to investigation, the State had presented eight accused persons viz. Sh. Nathuram V. Godse, Sh. Narayan D. Apte, Sh. Vishnu R. Karkare, Sh. Madanlal K. Pahwa, Sh. Shankar Kistayya, Sh. Gopal V. Godse, Sh. Vinayak D. Savarkar, and Sh. Dattataraya S. Parchure, for trial before the Court of Sh. Atma Charan Esq., ICS, Special Judge, which was especially held at Red Fort, Delhi. Upon conclusion of trial, the Court of Sh. Atma Charan Esq., ICS, Special Judge had convicted seven out of the eight accused persons qua various offences punishable under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Explosive Substances Act, 1908. The attached file contains the judgment passed by Sh. Atma Charan Esq., ICS, Special Judge, on 10.02.1949.
2	Union of India & Anr. v Smt. Viranwali & Anr.		First Judgement of Delhi High Court	Union of India & Anr. v Smt. Viranwali & Anr. First Judgement of Delhi High Court Upon establishment on 31st October 1966, this was the first case decided by the High Court of Delhi. In this case, the only issue raised by the appellants before the High Court of Delhi was whether the quantum of damages awarded by the Ld. Trial Court to the legal heirs of the deceased, Late Sh. Tirath Singh and Late Sh. Nanoo, who had died in an accident caused by a railway engine, was excessive. After hearing the parties, the High Court of Delhi had dismissed the appeal, inter-alia finding that the Ld. Trial Court had rightly fixed the life expectancy of the deceased persons to be 55 years.
3	State v Satwant Singh & Ors.		Indira Gandhi Assassination Case	State v Satwant Singh & Ors. Indira Gandhi Assassination Case As an aftermath of operation Blue Star, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the first and only female Prime Minister of India was assassinated at her residence at 1, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi, on 31st October, 1984, by her two Sikh bodyguards, Sub-Inspector Beant Singh and Ct. Satwant Singh. While Sub-Inspector Beant Singh was killed on the spot by security personnel, Ct. Satwant Singh along with his alleged accomplices, Sh. Balbir Singh and Sh. Kehar Singh, was tried by the Court of Sh. Mahesh Chandra, Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi, inter-alia qua the planned assassination of Mrs. Indira Gandhi. During the trial, which was held at Central Jail, Tihar and covered by a number of national and international press agencies, the State was represented by Sh. K. L. Arora, Special Public Prosecutor, the accused, Ct. Satwant Singh was represented by Sh. P. N. Lekhi and Sh. R. S. Sodhi, Advocates and the accused, Sh. Balbir Singh and Sh. Kehar Singh were represented by Sh. P. P. Grover, Advocate. Vide his judgment dated 22.01.1986, Sh. Mahesh Chandra, Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi had found all three accused inter-alia guilty of planning the assassination of Mrs. Indira Gandhi and the accused, Ct. Satwant Singh of carrying out the assassination with Sub-Inspector Beant Singh. The attached file contains the entire record of the trial conducted in the Court of Sh. Mahesh Chandra, Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi and provides valuable insight qua the circumstances in which the said trial was conducted. The judgement passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the final appeal can be found here.
4	State v Mohd Afzal & Ors.		Parliament Attack Case	State v Mohd. Afzal & Ors. Parliament Attack Case On 13.12.2001, 5 terrorists, later identified to be Mohammad, Hamza, Haider, Raja and Rana had entered the Parliament of India in an Ambassador car bearing no. DL3CJ1527. Their plan was to bomb the Parliament of India but it was foiled by the security personnel deployed at various locations of the Parliament building. During the attack, all the 5 terrorists were killed but in the process 9 Indian citizens, including security personnel, had lost their lives. Upon investigation, it was found that in carrying out the attack, the terrorists were aided by Mohd. Afzal, Shaukat Hussain Guru, Syed Abdul Rehman Gilani and Navjot Sandhu @ Afsan Guru. The trial of all these four persons was conducted in the Court of Sh. Shiv Narayan Dhingra, Additional Sessions Judge, New Delhi. Upon conclusion of trial, vide judgment dated 16.12.2002, all of them were found to be guilty of various offences punishable under Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002, Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Explosive Substances Act, 1908. In appeal, the High Court of Delhi, speaking through judgement dated 29.10.2003 of Justice Usha Mehra and Justice Pradeep Nandrajog had upheld the conviction of Mohd. Afzal and Shaukat Hussain Guru and acquitted Syed Abdul Rehman Gilani and Navjot Sandhu@Afsan Guru. The attached files contain the entire record of the trial and appeal and provide valuable insight into all the circumstances surrounding the said case. The judgment passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in appeal, can be found here.
5	State v Mohd. Arif & Ors.		Red Fort Attack Case	State v Mohd. Arif & Ors. Red Fort Attack Case On the night of 22.12.2000, unidentified terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba had entered the Red Fort and gunned down 3 soldiers of 7 Rajputana Rifles. Upon investigation it was revealed that the terrorists were assisted by 22 persons including, Mohd. Arif@Ashfaq@Abu Hamad. After a long trial, the Court of Sh. O .P. Saini, Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi, vide judgment dated 24.10.2005, had convicted 7 out of the 11 accused persons presented for trial by the State and awarded death sentence to the main convict, Mohd. Arif@Ashfaq@Abu Hamad. In appeal, the High Court of Delhi vide judgment dated 13.09.2007 passed by Justice R.S. Sodhi and Justice P. K. Bhasin had upheld the conviction and sentence awarded to the main convict, Mohd. Arif@Ashfaq@Abu Hamad and acquitted the remaining accused. The attached files contain the entire record of the trial and appeal and provide valuable insight into the circumstances surrounding this case. The judgment passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in appeal, can be found here.
6	State v Sidharth Vashisht @ Manu Sharma & Ors.		Jessica Lal Murder Case	State v Sidharth Vashisht & Ors. Jessica Lal Murder Case During the intervening night of 29th April and 30th April, 1999, a 34 years old model, Ms. Jessica Lal was shot dead at Tamarind Court, a famous restaurant in New Delhi. Upon investigation it was revealed that she had been shot dead by the prime accused, Sh. Sidharth Vashist @ Manu Sharma, son of a wealthy and influential politician of Haryana, because she had refused to serve him alcohol on account of closing of the bar. Upon conclusion of the trial, vide judgment dated 21.02.2006, the Court of Sh. S.L. Bhayana, Additional Sessions Judge, New Delhi had acquitted all the accused persons. The judgment had resulted in media outrage and a huge furore amongst the general public. The High Court of Delhi had heard the appeal expeditiously and vide its judgment dated 18.12.2006. passed by Justice R. S. Sodhi and Justice P.K. Bhasin convicted the main accused, Sh. Sidharth Vashist @ Manu Sharma for the murder of Ms. Jessica Lal and few other accused for assisting him in destroying the evidence of the case. The attached files provide valuable insight into the ups and downs that the case had gone through till the High Court of Delhi had convicted the accused persons. The judgment passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in appeal, can be found here.
7	CBI v SUSHIL ANSAL & ORS.		Uphaar Cinema Case	CBI v SUSHIL ANSAL & ORS. Uphaar Cinema Case On 13th June, 1997, during the screening of the movie “Border” a fire had broken out in a transformer located in the basement of Uphaar Cinema located in Green Park, Delhi. As a result thereof 59 persons had died and more than 100 persons had got injured. Upon investigation into cause of the fire, it was found that the fatal incident was a product of the combined criminal acts/omissions of the owners of Uphaar Cinema, the officials of Uphaar Cinema, the officials of Delhi Vidyut Board, the officials of Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the officials of Delhi Fire Service. A total of 16 accused persons were presented by the State for trial before the Court of Mrs. Mamta Sehgal, Ld. Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi, inter-alia qua the commission of offences punishable under Section 304 (Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder) and Section 304A (Causing Death by Negligence) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. During the trial, 4 accused persons had died. At the end of the trial, Mrs. Mamta Sehgal, Ld. Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi vide her judgment dated 20.11.2007 had found the remaining 12 accused persons to be guilty of the offences they were charged with. In appeal, the High Court of Delhi vide judgment dated 19.12.2008 passed by Justice S. Ravindra Bhat had upheld the conviction of 6 out of the 12 convicts. The trial and the appeal had gone through a number of tribulations, including tampering of the judicial record by a staff of the District Court at the instance of some of the accused persons. The attached files contain the entire record of the trial and appeal and provide valuable insight into pursuit of justice made by Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) led by Mrs. Neelam Krishnamurthy, mother of the victims, Ms. Unnati and Mr. Ujjwal. The judgments passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in appeal, can be found here and here.
8	State v Sanjeev Nanda & Ors.		BMW hit and run case	State v Sanjeev Nanda & Ors. BMW hit and run case In the early morning of 10.01.1999 a BMW car had hit 7 persons on Lodhi Road, Delhi. As a result of the accident, 6 out of the 7 persons had died. On the strength of the version inter-alia put forth by eye witnesses, Sh. Hari Shanker Yadav, Sh. Sunil Kumar Kulkarni and the sole survivor of the accident, Sh. Manoj Malik, the State had prosecuted the main accused, Sh. Sanjiv Nanda and his accomplices inter-alia qua commission of offences punishable under Section 304 (Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder), Section 304A (Causing Death by Negligence) and Section 308 (Attempt to Commit Culpable Homicide) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC, 1860). Upon conclusion of the trial, vide judgment dated 02.09.2008, the Court of Sh. Vinod Kumar, Additional Sessions Judge, New Delhi had convicted the main accused, Sh. Sanjiv Nanda qua the offence punishable under Section 304 of IPC, 1860 (Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder) and few of his accomplices qua lesser offences of IPC, 1860. In appeal, the High Court of Delhi vide judgment dated 20.07.2009 passed by Justice Kailash Gambhir had upheld the conviction of all the four convicts but restricted the conviction of the main accused, Sh. Sanjiv Nanda to Section 304A of IPC, 1860 (Causing Death by Negligence). The attached files contain the entire record of the trial and the appeal and provide valuable insight into the tribulations the trial and appeal had gone though, especially on account of the witness, Sh. Sunil Kumar Kulkarni. The judgment passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in appeal, can be found here.
9	State v Vikas Yadav & Anr.		Nitish Katara Murder Case	State v Vikas Yadav & Anr. Nitish Katara Murder Case During the intervening night of 16.02.2002 and 17.02.2002, Sh. Nitish Katara had gone missing from the wedding of his friend at Diamond Place, Ghaziabad, U.P. On 17.02.2002 his dead body was found in a charred condition at Shikarpur Road, PS Kotwali, Bulandshahar, U.P. Upon investigation it was revealed that he had been killed by Sh. Vikas Yadav, Sh. Vishal Yadav and Sh. Sukhdev Yadav on account of his close friendship with the sister of Sh. Vikas Yadav. After a long trial, the Court of Mrs. Ravinder Kaur, Additional Sessions Judge, New Delhi, vide judgment dated 28.05.2008, had convicted the accused, Sh. Vikas Yadav and Sh. Vishal Yadav inter-alia for abducting and murdering Sh. Nitish Katara. In appeal, the High Court of Delhi speaking through judgment dated 02.04.2014 of Justice Gita Mittal and Justice J. R. Midha had inter-alia upheld the conviction of both the convicts. The attached files contain the entire record of the trial and appeal and provide valuable insight into the pursuit of justice made by Mrs. Neelam Katara, mother of the victim, Sh. Nitish Katara. The judgment passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in appeal, can be found here.
10	Naz Foundation v Government of NCT of Delhi & Ors.		Decriminalization of Homesexuality Case	Naz Foundation v Government of NCT of Delhi & Ors. Decriminalization of Homesexuality Case The judgment in this case is widely recognized as one of the most progressive rulings of the High Court of Delhi. It was the first instance of a Constitutional Court in India reading down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and decriminalizing consensual sexual intercourse between consulting adults of the same sex. The Naz Foundation (India) Trust, an NGO, had filed the underlying writ petition of this case in the High Court of Delhi in 2001, seeking the legalization of intercourse between consenting adults of the same sex. In its judgment, the High Court of Delhi had held that treating consensual homosexual sex between adults as a crime is a violation of the prime fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution of India. The judgment in this case is a landmark in the trajectory of recognition of rights of the LGBTQ+ community in India. Although, the judgment in this case was set aside by the Supreme Court in CA No.10972/2013, Suresh Kumar Koushal v Naz Foundation & Ors., the ratio of the judgment was subsequently upheld by the Supreme Court in W.P. (Crl.) No. 76/2016, Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v Union of India. The attached files contain the entire record of the hearings done in the High Court of Delhi and provide valuable insight into how the case had matured in the High Court of Delhi during 2001 to 2009. The judgment passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Navtej Singh Johar (supra), can be found here.

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