Mumtaz v. State (Govt. NCT of Delhi)

  • Vaibhavi Pedhavi, GNLU Gandhinagar
  • December 2, 2020

Content :

In the preset article, author has summarized the case of ‘Mumtaz v. State (Govt. NCT of Delhi). The judgment which was given by Justice G. P. Mittal has covered the validity of the conviction of the Session court on the Appellant and also addressed the issue of providing legal aid and its effectiveness in the fair trial. The decision by the High Court of Delhi has also dealt with the statutory provision of fair trial guaranteed by article 21 of the Constitution of India. The author of this article has summarized the judgment into various parts which includes facts of the case, arguments advanced by both the parties and the decision given by session court as well as the High court. The attempt has also been made to explain the legal provisions which were referred in the judgment.