The incident in this case had taken place on 30.6.1989 in village Mahargheti, Patwari Circle Dangoli in the newly formed District Bageshwar (which was part of District Almora at the time of incident). In this ghastly incident, Pratap Singh, his wife ..
The relevant facts very briefly are that prior to 2007 industrial consumers were granted coal linkages for utilization in their small scale industries. On 18.10.2007, the Government of India, Ministry of Coal, formulated a New Coal Distribution Polic..
As long as the facts that have been submitted before the requested State prima facie show the guilt of the extraditee in a foreseeable and logically consistent way, the said person can be tried on all such counts that can be conclusively proved again..
The trial of Sir Roger Casement took place in 1917 during the First World War. It raised a new point. The guilty act had been committed – not in England – but by Casement in Germany. Was that High Treason?..
Suit for eviction - Jurisdiction of Wakf Tribunal - Sections 83 and 85 of the Wakf Act, 1995 - Whether under Section 83 of the Act the Wakf Tribunal was competent to entertain and adjudicate upon disputes regarding eviction of the Appellants who we..
Determination of quantum of compensation - Section 163A of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Appellant, a painter by profession, sustained injuries in a road accident - Compensation granted by the Tribunal enhanced by High Court from Rs.52,000 to Rs.72..
Determination of quantum of compensation - Section 163A of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Appellant, a painter by profession, sustained injuries in a road accident - Compensation granted by the Tribunal enhanced by High Court from Rs.52,000 to Rs.72..
Possession of contraband substance - Trial Court convicted Appellants under Section 20 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and sentenced them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 10 years each and to pay fine - High ..
Tax Transactions - Jurisdiction of Income Tax Department on Transaction outside India - Determination 0f - Whether Income tax authorities in India have the jurisdiction to tax transactions, even though the transaction took place outside India as t..
Bidding — Rejection of bid by Respondent-Authority — Challenge against thereto on ground that decision of Respondent - Authority discriminatory and arbitrary — Scope of judicial review thereof — Order XLVII Rule 1 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908 ..
Application for furlough leave - Rejected on the ground of local surety - Appeal against thereto - Whether the condition specified in Government Circular dated 16th December 2008, requiring the prisoners from other States to furnish local surety with..
Application for release of the Petitioner on probation - Rejection thereto - Petitioner Convicted under section 354 Indian Penal Code , 1860 applied for probation which was rejected by Trial Court - Hence this appeal - Whether the Petitioner was e..
Facts and circumstances giving rise to these appeals are that on 16.8.1994 at about 7.50 p.m., F.I.R. No.1/1994 under Sections 302, 147, 148, 149 and 307 IPC was lodged at Police Station Mandai Chowk Sarangpur, Madhya Pradesh, according to which 17 a..
(a) On 03.06.2002, the marriage of the respondent was solemnized with Kaveri, the daughter of the appellant herein. Out of the said wedlock, on 23.03.2003, a son, namely, Vishwajeet @ Sangharsh was born. After giving birth to son, on the same day, th..
The question that falls for consideration in this case is whether an assessee (local manufacturer) is eligible to get exemption under sub-section (3) of Section 5 of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 (for short ‘CST Act’), if the penultimate sale effec..
The recruitment and appointment to the Uttar Pradesh Higher Judicial Service consisting of a single cadre comprising the posts of District and Sessions Judges and Additional District and Sessions Judges are governed and regulated by the U.P. Higher J..
Facts and circumstances giving rise to this case are that the petitioner was selected in the Bihar Civil Services (Judicial Branch) in 1982 and was appointed to the post of Munsif by the State and was confirmed in the grade of Munsif vide order dated..
The appellants in the instant case are ‘volunteers’ of the Punjab Home Guards. They were recruited and appointed sometime in the year 1989 under the Punjab Home Guards Act, 1947 and the Rules framed thereunder. They were paid consolidated wages of Rs..
These appeals, by special leave, are directed against the judgments and orders delivered by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, reversing the orders passed by the Sales Tax Tribunal, Meerut, (for short “the Tribunal”). In the first set of appe..
The relevant facts common in these appeals are that a preliminary notification dated 5.03.1983 was issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as, ‘the Principal Act’) in respect of the land at Ghonga Tank in vil..