https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=262663 A guilty plea can justify conviction only if it is voluntary, informed and unequivocal; where the accused lacked effective assistance, faced language difficulty, illness or misunderstanding of the consequences, the court should not have treated the plea as binding and should have proceeded with trial. The restriction on appeal against a conviction on a guilty plea applies only to a true and informed admission of guilt; where the plea is vitiated by misunderstanding or similar circumstances, the accused may challenge the conviction itself and the appeal can be heard on merits. en-us Fri, 07 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:52:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=262663 A guilty plea can justify conviction only if it is voluntary, informed and unequivocal; where the accused lacked effective assistance, faced language difficulty, illness or misunderstanding of the consequences, the court should not have treated the plea as binding and should have proceeded with trial. The restriction on appeal against a conviction on a guilty plea applies only to a true and informed admission of guilt; where the plea is vitiated by misunderstanding or similar circumstances, the accused may challenge the conviction itself and the appeal can be heard on merits. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 07 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=262663