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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
REKHA PALLI, PRATHIBA M.SINGH, SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, SAURABH BANERJEE, MANOJ JAIN
Saif Ali @ Sohan – Appellant
Versus
State GNCT of Delhi – Respondent
| Table of Content |
|---|
| 1. constitution of a larger bench for reconsideration. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. delays in sentences due to victim impact reports. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 30) |
| 3. ongoing reconsideration of guidelines in karan et al. (Para 7 , 8) |
| 4. critique of karan guidelines for victim compensation. (Para 12 , 16 , 18 , 20 , 22) |
| 5. revocation of karan guidelines for compensation. (Para 52 , 53) |
| 6. concluding orders registering the court's appreciation. (Para 54 , 55 , 56 , 57) |
AFJUDGMENT :
REKHA PALLI, J.
1. This Larger Bench has been constituted upon the orders of Hon’ble the Chief Justice pursuant to the order dated 05.08.2021 passed in W.P.(CRL) 1054/2021 & CRL.M.B. 722/2021. Vide the said order, the learned Single Judge, while taking note of the inordinate delay in passing of orders on sentence as a result of the implementation of the directions issued vide the decision of a Full Bench of this Court in Criminal Appeal 352/2003 titled “ Karan v. State of NCT of Delhi ”, observed that any modification of the directions issued by the Full Bench could be considered only by a Full Bench and, therefore, directed that the matter be placed before a Full Bench for modification of the guidelines issued in
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