K.M. NANAVATI V. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA: CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 195 OF 1960

K.M. NANAVATI V. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA: CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 195 OF 1960 Yashika, University institute of legal studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh (India) Yashdeep Kaur, University institute of legal studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh (India) Download Manuscript doi.org/10.70183/lijdlr.2025.v03.226 This analysis proposes a re-examination of the K. M. Nanavati case (AIR 1962 SC 605) which was based on This analysis proposes a re-examination of the K. M. Nanavati case (AIR 1962 SC 605) which was based on the doctrine of the law, and it asks if the action of the accused in killing Prem Ahuja on April 27, 1959, with the Supreme Court delivering judgment on November 24, 1961, and asks whether the accused’s action could be properly mitigated from murder to homicide not amounting to murder.