SupremeToday Landscape Ad
Back
Next
Judicial Analysis Court Copy Headnote Facts Arguments Court observation
Listen Audio Icon Pause Audio Icon
judgment-img

2022 Supreme(SC) 847

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, SURYA KANT
Zakir Abdul Mirajkar – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Aabad Ponda, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, AOR Mr. Sajid Imtiyaz Mahat, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Bansuri Swaraj, Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv. Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv. Mr. Akash Singh, Adv. Mr. Nihar Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Akshat Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sheezan Hasmi, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mrs. Yugandhara Pawar Jha, AOR Mr. Kunal Verma, AOR Mr. Atmaram NS Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Mr. Salvador Santosh Rebello, AOR Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kanishk Arora, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Vardhan, Adv. Mr. Yugandhara Pawar Jha, AOR Mr. Pradeep Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anand Mishra, AOR Mr. Amrendra Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Shree Prakash Sinha, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Nawalendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Kumar, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Raja Thakare, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Adv. Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv. Ms. Shwetal Shepal, Adv. Mr. Akash Kavade, Adv.

Table of Content
1. overview of organized crime and mcoca (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6)
2. arguments regarding confessions and procedural safeguards under mcoca (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14)
3. analysis of mcoca and organized crime definitions (Para 15 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 22)
4. discussion of the necessity and validity of approval under mcoca (Para 70 , 76)
5. final decision on the appeals and eligibility for bail (Para 80 , 81)

JUDGMENT :

Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, J.

Contents

A. Facts

B. Issues

C. Submissions

D.

Analysis

i. An overview of the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act 1999 18

ii. Confession made before a police officer “not below the rank of the Superintendent of Police”

iii. Conditions for invocation of the MCOCA

A. Facts

1. The prosecution alleges that the appellants are members of an organized crime syndicate which has engaged in a systematic course of activities for cheating members of the public by conducting the ‘Mumbai Matka’. To explain ‘matkas’ in simple terms, those who wish to gamble place bets on numbers/play


Click Here to Read the rest of this document
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
SupremeToday Portrait Ad
supreme today icon
logo-black

An indispensable Tool for Legal Professionals, Endorsed by Various High Court and Judicial Officers

Please visit our Training & Support
Center or Contact Us for assistance

qr

Scan Me!

India’s Legal research and Law Firm App, Download now!

For Daily Legal Updates, Join us on :

whatsapp-icon telegram-icon
whatsapp-icon Back to top