CASE COMMENTARY – K.M.NANAVATI VERSUS STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

AUTHOR – PRATHANA.G.S, STUDENT AT SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Best Citation – PRATHANA.G.S, CASE COMMENTARY – K.M.NANAVATI VERSUS STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, ILE JOURNAL OF LAW AND PROCEDURE (ILE JLP), 1 (1) of 2023, Pg. 21-24, APIS – 3920 – 0045 | ISBN – 978-81-964391-3-2.

ABSTRACT:-

This Landmark case, KM Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 605 (1962), was made possible by jury trials (this case was one of the case that last to be heard in India as a jury trial; a jury trial is when a group of people makes a decision).The chapter on jury trials in the Code of Criminal Procedure was closed in 1974. One of the most significant rulings in the history of the Indian judiciary came from the case of K.M. Nanavati v. the State of Maharashtra. Unprecedented media attention was paid to this case.

KEYWORDS – Illicit Relationship , Murder , Court , Heat of the Moment , Provocation , Surrender