Category - Latest Judgments

Customs — Customs Act, 1962 — S. 28 — Central Excise Rules, 1944 — R. 57-A — Whether the Customs Authorities could invoke the provisions of proviso to S. 28 of the Customs Act, 1962, to avail the benefit of extended period of...

A. Maintenance — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 125 — Applicability to Muslim women — The power to grant maintenance to a divorced Muslim woman can be exercised under S. 125 (Para 10) Shamim Bano v. Asraf Khan, (2014) 12 SCC...

A. Constitution of India — Arts. 21 and 72/161 — Right to life — ‘Human dignity’ — Principle of, in context of death penalty — Prisoners sentenced to death — Retains his fundamental rights — Death penalty — Execution — Procedure...

Labour Law — Daily wager — Regularisation of service — Daily wager vis-à-vis a temporary engagement on work — Charged establishment — Case of the daily-wagers and work-charge employees will have to be treated on the same footing...

A. Land Acquisition and Requisition — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — S. 11-A — Acquisitions initiated prior to 1984 — If applicable — S. 11-A came into force on 24-9-1984 — Where acquisition was initiated in 1981 — Again for same...

A. Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — S. 2 — Dowry — Plain form — signifies any property or valuable security having an inextricable nexus with the marriage — Penal Code, 1860 — S. 304-B (Para 23) B. Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 304B and...

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 197 — Sanction for prosecution — Allegation against respondents/Sub-registrars that while working in various offices in the State of Andhra Pradesh, in connivance with stamp vendors and other...

Service Law — Reserved post — Caste claim — Verification — Appellant secured employment with Zilla Parishad, Beed, on the post reserved for Scheduled Tribe category — Tribe certificate issued in his favour was referred to the...

Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 375-376-D — Rape — Trial, sentencing and other issues — Prosecutrix admittedly a minor of unsound mind — Medical evidence not found supportive of the story of the time of alleged rape —...

The petitioner was directly recruited in the Group-I services as a Regional Transport Officer in 1990 and has been working as Joint Transport Commissioner since 2008. The petitioner belongs to the Scheduled Caste community and is...