In a country like ours where discrimination on the ground of caste or religion is a taboo, taking lives of persons belonging to another caste or religion is bound to have a dangerous and reactive effect on the society at large. It strikes at the very..
Criminal Appeal No. 1366 of 2005 is filed by Rabindra Kumar Pal @ Dara Singh against the final judgment and order dated 19.05.2005 passed by the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack in Criminal Appeal No. 239 of 2003 whereby the High Court dismissed the a..
This Appeal by Special Leave raises the question as to whether the suit of the first appellant for the recovery of her house property filed prior to the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 coming into force could be considered to be prohibite..
A two Judge Bench of this Court in the case of Girnar Traders v. State of Maharashtra [(2004) 8 SCC 505] had considered the question whether all the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, (for short, the ‘Land Acquisition Act’ or the ‘Central ..
This appeal, filed under Section 116A of the Representation of People Act, 1951 (“the Act” for short), is directed against judgment dated August 28, 2007, rendered by the learned Single Judge of the Gauhati High Court in Election Petition No. 4 of 20..
Briefly stated the prosecution story is that PW2 (hereinafter referred to as the “victim” or “girl” according to context) is the daughter of Chinnathambi, (PW1) who is a teacher and resident of Nedupatti Village, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu. The vi..
Hall & Anderson Ltd. (hereinafter called ‘Hall’), incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, 1913, came into existence on 8.11.1946 and started primarily a departmental store business on the premises at No.31, Chowringhee Road (hereinafter called t..
"To operate as a bar the second prosecution and the consequential punishment thereunder, must be for `the same offence'. The crucial requirement therefore for attracting the Article is that the offences are the same, i.e., they should be identical. I..
"It may, however, be pointed out that this Court was never intended to be a regular court of appeal against orders made by the High Court or the sessions court or the magistrates. It was created for the purpose of laying down the law for the entire c..
"S.378. - Appeal in case of acquittal. - (1) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2) and subject to the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (5), the State Government may, in any case, direct the Public Prosecutor to present an appeal to the High..
Section 3 (1)(viii)(x) and Section 6 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989..
Section 7 (1)(a)(ii) of the Essential Commodities Act Wheat and Wheat Products (Licensing, Control and Prohibition of Certain Classes of Commercial Transactions) Order, 1973..
Motor accident claim - Meaning of Third party - Any party, which is not a contracting party to the policy of insurance will automatically be referred to and called as a third party because it is neither the first party (the insurer) nor the second p..
This is an appeal against the order dated 16.05.2007 of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana in C.W.P. No. 17144-CAT of 2001 holding that the respondents, who were working as Senior Dietician and Dietician under the Director Health Services, Chandigarh..
Challenge in this appeal, by special leave, is to the order dated 4th September, 2008 passed by a learned Single Judge of the High Court of Kerala in Crl. M.C. No.1977 of 2007 whereby a number of general directions have been issued to all the crimina..