Bachoo Mohan Singh v Public Prosecutor
Jurisdiction | Singapore |
Judgment Date | 04 December 2009 |
Date | 04 December 2009 |
Docket Number | Criminal Motions Nos 14 and 30 of 2009; Criminal Appeal No 6 |
Court | Court of Appeal (Singapore) |
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24 cases
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Mohammad Faizal bin Sabtu v PP
...See also Ong Beng Leong v Public Prosecutor [2005] 2 SLR(R) 247 at [5] and Bachoo Mohan Singh v Public Prosecutor and other applications [2010] 1 SLR 966 (“Bachoo Mohan Singh”) at [29], which present a slightly different organisation of the four conditions, but which do not differ in substa......
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Mah Kiat Seng v PP
...public interest for its further consideration. The four requirements, as confirmed and applied in Bachoo Mohan Singh v Public Prosecutor [2010] 1 SLR 966 (“BMS”) at [29], are as (a) there must be a question of law; (b) the question of law must be one of public interest and not of mere perso......
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Bachoo Mohan Singh v PP
...Background facts The facts have been reprised in detail in my judgment in Bachoo Mohan Singh v Public Prosecutor and other applications [2010] 1 SLR 966 (“BMS (No 3)”) (at [5]–[14]), in which this court (by a majority) granted an extension of time for both BMS and the Prosecution to apply t......
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Kim Gwang Seok v PP
...[1994] 2 SLR (R) 1017; [1994] 3 SLR 129 (refd) Ang Cheng Hai v PP [1995] 3 SLR (R) 151; [1995] 3 SLR 201 (refd) Bachoo Mohan Singh v PP [2010] 1 SLR 966 (refd) Kiew Ah Cheng David v PP [2007] 1 SLR (R) 1188; [2007] 1 SLR 1188 (refd) Lim Choon Chye v PP [1994] 2 SLR (R) 1024; [1994] 3 SLR 13......
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4 books & journal articles
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JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN ETHICAL LAWYERING IN SINGAPORE
...(1988) Pte Ltd[2011] SGHC 12. 103Sutanto Henny v Suriani Tani[2004] SGHC 7 at [19]–[20]. 104Bachoo Mohan Singh v Public Prosecutor[2010] 1 SLR 966 at [81]. 105[2005] 3 SLR 184. 106Tung Hui Mannequin Industries v Tenet Insurance Co Ltd[2005] 3 SLR 184 at [44]. See also Tan & Au LLP v Goh Teh......
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Criminal Procedure, Evidence and Sentencing
...some rare exceptions to this principle (see, for example, the comments of the Court of Appeal in Bachoo Mohan Singh v Public Prosecutor[2010] 1 SLR 966), an individual aggrieved against a conviction recorded against him (or the sentence imposed as a result of such conviction) generally poss......
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Criminal Procedure, Evidence and Sentencing
...distinct philosophies in sentence was a matter that the Court of Appeal alluded to as well in Bachoo Mohan Singh v Public Prosecutor[2010] 1 SLR 966 at [31]. Seen in that context, authoritative sentencing precedents, coupled with jurisprudential guidance from the High Court and Court of App......
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Legal Profession
...an extension of time) to raise a criminal reference on points of law of public interest (see Bachoo Mohan Singh v Public Prosecutor [2010] 1 SLR 966), his conviction was overturned by a majority of the Court of Appeal. 20.22 The facts were somewhat convoluted and it is necessary to repeat s......