Supreme Court larger Bench to examine scope of tie-breaker judge's powers in split verdict cases
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A Division Bench of the Supreme Court has referred to a larger Bench a question concerning the extent of powers given to a judge tasked with being the 'tie-breaker' in cases where a two-judge Bench of the Court has arrived at a split verdict on limited issues [Dr Rakesh Gupta Vs State of UP].A larger Bench of the top court will examine whether the third 'tie-breaker' judge can reverse even unanimous findings of the earlier Division Bench in such split verdict cases. Notably, in the 1998 Sajjan S