Is it a crime to lie under oath in India?

Yes.

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Any person can initiate Perjury Proceedings

Section 340 of Cr.P.C. contains the law procedure that has to be followed in Perjury proceedings.

Section 195 of Cr.P.C contains offences against public justice and for offences relating to documents given in evidence.

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Court can initiate Perjury Proceedings, Suo moto

Section 344 of Cr.P.C contains the law procedure that the Court can invoke against any witness appearing in such proceeding who had knowingly or wilfully given false evidence or had fabricated false evidence with the intention that such evidence should be used in such proceeding.

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These are 24 various provisions under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that cater to definition and punishment for various perjuries of opposite parties and other public servants.

IPC 191: Giving false evidence
IPC 192: Fabricating false evidence
IPC 193: Punishment for offenses u/s 191 & 192 IPC
IPC 194: Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence
IPC 195: Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment
IPC 195A: Threatening any person to give false evidence
IPC 196: Using evidence known to be false
IPC 197: Issuing or signing false certificate
IPC 198: Using as true a certificate known to be false
IPC 199: False statement made in declaration which is by law receiva­ble as evidence
IPC 200: Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false
IPC 201: Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender
IPC 202: Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform
IPC 203: Giving false information respecting an offence committed
IPC 204: Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence
IPC 205: False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution
IPC 206: Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
IPC 207: Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
IPC 208: Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due
IPC 209: Dishonestly making false claim in Court
IPC 210: Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due
IPC 211: False charge of offence made with intent to injure
IPC 219: Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law.
IPC 228: Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding

 

Terms used in judgments are misrepresentation, unclean hands, fraud on court, misuse administration of justice etc if you are searching for judgments online.

Here are the judgments for your usage in your cases under above IPC sections.

Supreme Court Judgment

1. M.S.Sheriff Vs The State of Madras and Others on 18 March, 1954 (Landmark Judgment: Dispose Perjury First)
2. K. Karunakaran Vs T. V. Eachara Warrier on 16 November, 1977
3. Baban Singh And Anr Vs Jagdish Singh & Ors on 8 February, 1966
4. Dhananjay Sharma Vs State Of Haryana And Ors on 2 May, 1995
5. Sachida Nand Singh and Anr Vs State of Bihar and Anr on 3 February, 1998
6. Pritish Vs State Of Maharashtra & Ors on 21 November, 2001
7. Iqbal Singh Marwah & Anr Vs Meenakshi Marwah & Anr on 11 March, 2005
8. Mahila Vinod Kumari Vs State Of M.P on 11 July, 2008
9. Dalip Singh Vs State Of U.P. & Ors on 3 December, 2009
10. Meghmala & Ors Vs G.Narasimha Reddy & Ors on 16 August, 2010
11. Ramrameshwari Devi and Ors Vs Nirmala Devi and Ors on 4 July, 2011
12. Inderjit Singh Grewal Vs State Of Punjab & Anr on 23 August, 2011
13. Kishore Samrite Vs State of U.P. and Ors on 18 October, 2012
14. Perumal Vs Janaki on 20 January, 2014
15. Sciemed Overseas Inc. Vs BOC India Limited & Ors on 11 January, 2016
16. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan University and Anr Vs UOI and Ors 07 January, 2019

 

Allahabad High Court Judgment

1. Syed Nazim Husain Vs Additional Principal Judge Family Court & Anr on 9 January, 2003 (Dispose Perjury First)
2. Garima Srivastava Vs State of U.P. and another on 19 January, 2010
3. Mahesh Tiwari Vs State Of U.P. And Another on 24 August, 2016
4. Dipanshi And Another Vs State Of U.P. And 3 Others on 21 November, 2016

 

Andhra Pradesh High Court Judgment

1. Yalala Swapna Vs The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Mumbai and anr on 09 June, 2009
2. P.Parameshwar Reddy Vs The State Of Telangana on 10 August, 2015
3. Amit Kumar Yadav And Others vs State Of Telangana on 11 September, 2015

 

Bombay High Court Judgment

1. Kenneth Desa and another Vs Gopal on 11 July 2007
2. Arun Kashinath Deshpande Vs Smt.Inumati Ramchandra Deo on 8 April, 2010
3. Shriram Munjaji Raut Vs The State of Maharashtra on 14 March, 2011
4. Fareed Ahmed Qureshi Vs State of Maharashtra on 7 March, 2018
   1. Aarish Asgar Qureshi Vs Fareed Ahmed Qureshi on 26 February, 2019 (Bombay HC order set aside)
5. Surendra Vishwanath Mishra Vs The State of Maharashtra on 18 February, 2019 (Dispose Perjury First)
6. Union Of India And Ors Vs Haresh Virumal Milani on 26 April, 2018
   1. Union Of India And Ors Vs Haresh Virumal Milani on 11 June, 2018 (Typo Corrected)

 

Calcutta High Court Judgment

1. Arijit Sarkar Vs Monosree Sarkar and Ors on 09 January, 2017 (evidence is not recorded in a case)
2. Bhriguram De Vs State of West Bengal and others on 20 September, 2018

 

Delhi High Court Judgment

1. Padmawati and Ors Vs Harijan Sewak Sangh and Ors on 06 November 2008 (Liars should be made to pay for enjoying illegal benefits)
2. Jagdish Prasad Vs State and Others on 23 March, 2009 (Prima Facie opinion on Perjury)
3. Rajkumar Indoria Vs NCT Of Delhi, New Delhi on 18 August, 2010 (Prima Facie opinion on Perjury)
4. Sanjeev Kumar Mittal Vs The State on 18 November, 2010
5. HS Bedi Vs National Highway Authority Of India on 22 January, 2016 (Under Section 209 IPC)
   1. HS Bedi Vs National Highway Authority Of India on 14 May, 2015

 

Gujarat High Court Judgment

1. Babubhai Mervanbhai Patel Vs State Of Gujarat Through Secretary and Anr on 26 August, 2010
2. Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited Vs Sharda Steel Corporation on 26 March, 2012
3. Sejalben Tejasbhai Chovatiya & vs State Of Gujarat on 20 October, 2016

 

Madras High Court Judgment

1. Karthick Vs The Commissioner of Police on 8 July, 2013
2. Sulochana Vs Thiru. R.Sivasamy on Pronounced on 24 May, 2017 (Under Section 209 IPC)

 

Punjab and Haryana High Court Judgment

1. Sunny Bhumbla Vs Shashi on 25 January, 2010

 

Uttarakhand High Court Judgment

1. Chandra Shekhar Kargeti Vs State of Uttakhand on 8 August, 2018