Category - Latest Judgments

Constitution of India — Art. 136 — Special leave petition — Matter concerning arrest of petitioner, a renowned scientist in Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) — Allegation that arrest has been made without any justifiable...

Criminal Law — Criminal Trial — Juvenile/Child Accused — Commission of heinous crimes — Defence of juvenility — Awareness of consequences of committing heinous crimes — Increment in the rate of crime and the nature of crime...

Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302, 307, 120-B r/w S. 34 — Arms Act, 1959 — Ss. 25, 27, and 29 — Criminal conspiracy and murder/attempt to murder — Acquittal — Appreciation of evidence — Test identification parade — If reliable — Accused...

This appeal arises out of the order passed by the High Court of Bombay in Writ Petition No. 3646 of 2001 dated 19.06.2014, in and by which, the High Court enhanced the retrenchment compensation of Rs. 6,049/- awarded by the...

A. Service Law — Promotion — Retrospective promotion — Arrears of pay and allowances from retrospective date — Principle of “no work no pay”, if applicable — Employee, who was earlier refused promotion, granted promotion w.e.f. 1...

A. Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 — Sale of trust property — Offer — When reasonable — In the present case, 9 persons initially showed interest to buy the property, however, all petered out and ultimately left only Raunak and...

A. Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 299-304 — Culpable Homicide and Murder — Trial, Sentencing and other issues — Sentence — Death Sentence — General Principle for imposition of death Sentence — Multiple successive murders...

The issue in the present case is whether Vitamin E-50 is classifiable under Chapter 2309.00 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, as “Prawn Feed” and therefore eligible for the benefit of partial exemption from duty under Notification...

A. Land Acquisition and Requisition — Compulsory acquisition of appellant’s land — Lapse of — Appellant had an accrued right which must be recognized by S. 24(2) of the Act — The Ordinance which purported to take away such an...

Land Acquisition and Requisition — Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 — S. 24(2) — Proviso — Period of stay obtained in the judicial...