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A. Constitution of India — Art. 32 — Writ petition — Maintainability — To determine the legality of the action by legislative bodies against its members on the ground that they indulged in conduct which is in breach of the...

A. Local Government — Municipalities — Kerala Building Tax Act, 1975 — Ss. 2(e), 5-A — Luxury tax — Demand of, on building comprising of residential apartments — A person may have a three-storied building and he owns it, then...

A. Excise — Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 — First Schedule Heading No. 48.04 — Excise duty — Levy of — Liability to pay — Assessee is exigible to Central Excise on its product, namely, paper manufactured by it — Notifications...

New York Times, in the Editorial, "The Frankfurter Legacy," on September 2, 1962, while stating about the greatness of Felix Frankfurter, chose the following expression

A. Constitution of India — Art. 142 — Public interest litigation — Writ petition seeking an appropriate writ to restrain the governments from using public funds on government advertisements and also for appropriate guidelines —...

Permission to file SLP in SLP(C)…CC 4239/2015 is granted.

A. Constitution of India — Art. 227 r/w S. 482 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Power of judicial superintendence — Criminal trial — Nature and scope — Power has to be exercised sparingly when there is patent error or gross...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 482 — Quashing of criminal proceeding at initial stage — When warranted — Settled law that test to be applied by the court is see whether uncontroverted allegations as made in...

It has been agreed by both the parties that during the pendency of the matter before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), the following proceedings pending in the Courts shall remain stayed/deferred till...

This appeal has been preferred by the accused-appellant against the judgment and order dated 9th November, 2012 passed by the High Court of Orissa, Cuttack in Crl. Revision No. 467 of 2011. By the impugned judgment and order the...