Supreme Court · 1963 INSC 183 · Decided 29 August 1963
T. Devadasan v. The Union of India and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1963 INSC 183 · [1964] 4 S.C.R. 680
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 87/1963
- Decided
- 29 August 1963
- Bench
- S.K. DAS, K. SUBBA RAO, RAGHUBAR DAYAL, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR, J.R. MUDHOLKAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 403; Evidence Act; Constitution Article 14, 16, 16(4)
Headnote
and others v. The State of U.P. Hidayatullah, f. 1963 August 29 • 680 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1964] considered. The eye witnesses in this ca.se are five in number, while in the other case there were only two, but that apart, the earlier judgment can only be relevant if it fulfils the of relying upon the apprecia­ tion of evidence. Since the bar under s. 403 Criminal Procedure Code rlirl not operate, the earlier judgment is not relevant for the interpretation .of evidence in the present case. Mr. Tewatia attempted to argue on the facts of this case but we did not permit
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