STATE OF WEST BENGAL vs ISMILE SEIKH @ KHAYAPA SK. — Crl.A. No. 1082/2001

Case Summary: State of West Bengal v. Ismile Seikh @ Khayapa SK. Crl.A. No. 1082/2001 | Date: 17 October 2001 The Supreme Court allowed the State's appeal against the High Court of Calcutta's judgment in Death Reference case No. 5 of 1999 (decided 19 July 2000). Finding that the High Court's judgment suffered from similar errors of law as identified in a parallel case decided on 16 October 2001, the Court set aside the judgment and remanded both the death reference and criminal appeal to the High Court for fresh disposal on merits. The Court requested the Chief Justice assign the case to a bench excluding the judges who passed the impugned judgment, directing expedited hearing after the Dussehra holidays. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.