The Supreme Court has reiterated that common intention contemplated by Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code pre-supposes prior concert, it requires meeting of minds, and a pre-arranged plan before a man can be vicariously convicted for the criminal act of another while acquitting a man convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment under section 302 read with 34 of the IPC.
The Supreme Court recently issued a notice in a plea filed by a mother alleging rape and murder of her 14 year old daughter who was found hanging in her classroom in Uttar Pradesh.
The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal against a judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court while observing that a document that is void need not be challenged by claiming a declaration as the said plea can be set up and proved even in collateral proceedings.
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by the doctors who had registered for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Postgraduate) exam, seeking direction to allow Centre Change Option to the aspirants and to postpone the exam of NEET-PG 2021.