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Tenancy and Land Laws — Order of West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal refusing to initiate contempt proceedings against an authority — Writ application — If maintainable — Contention that that because of similar powers...

Excise — Exemption/Concession/Incentive/Rebate — Benefit of exemption under Notification No. 14/02-CE and 15/02-CE both dt. 1-3-2002 — Grant of — Held, granted as Expln. II to the exemption notifications clearly meant that no...

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 438 — Anticipatory bail — Benefit of — Question whether liberty on the one hand and fair and effective investigation on the other, make out a case for extending the benefit — Trust for 2002 riot...

Finance Act, 1994 (as amended) — Ss. 65(48)(j), 65(25) and 69 — Service Tax — Liability to pay — Appellants providing certain services as Agents under the contracts signed with their respective Principals — The issue as to...

A. Rent Control — Legislations — Object of — Generally — Is to — Protect the tenants from illegal eviction without obtaining the decree or order from a competent Court on one or more grounds provided in those Acts — Benefits...

Criminal Law — #Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302, 354  and 404 — Murder — Circumstantial evidence — (1) Last seen evidence, (2) Recovery of weapon and articles of deceased at the instance of the accused, (3) Previous conduct of...

Civil Appeal — Prayer to correct typographical error — Allowed

Excise — Rectified spirit (ethyl alcohol) — Fixation of price — State is empowered to fix the price and recovery dues accordingly — Demand for a sum of [pic] 13,32,000 was raised against appellant/distillery by the Superintendent...

A. Constitution of India — Art. 226 — Writ jurisdiction — Service matters — Interference with decision of departmental promotion committee (DPC) — If warranted — Where assessment made by the DPC is perverse or not based on record...

The seminal issue that spiralled in the course of hearing of this appeal centres around the question framed vide order dated 18.2.2015, for this Court thought it apposite to answer, whether the poem titled “Gandhi Mala Bhetala”...