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Constitution of India — Art. 32 — Writ petition — Incidents of acid attacks — Compensation — Victim Compensation Scheme has already been notified in almost all the States and Union Territories — Direction issued to give it wide...

Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — S. 304-B — Dowry Death — Trial, Proof and other issues — Sentence — Conviction of the 4 in laws of the deceased under Ss. 304-B, 498-A and 201 IPC for rigorous imprisonment for a period of ten...

A preliminary objection, whether Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar should preside over this Bench, by virtue of his being the fourth senior most Judge of this Court, also happens to be a member of the collegium, was raised by the...

Central Excise Act, 1944 — Chap. 54 and 59 — Tyre Cord Yarn (TCY) and Tyre Cord Fabric (TCB) — Two types of goods found to be different — Appellant filing declaration under R. 6(b)(i) — Entire exercise revenue neutral — No mala...

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Ss. 437 and 439 — Bail — Grant of — Factors to be considered — Murder trial — R-2 allegedly along with his brother came and fired shots on deceased from their country made pistols thereby instantly...

Service Law — Pay scale — Entitlement to — Appellants, appointed as Lecturers in Political Science and Philosophy, to the Nowboicha College, in the State of Assam, on 1-7-1995 and 5-3-1998 respectively — They claimed the pay...

A. Public Accountability, Vigilance and Prevention of Corruption — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Ss. 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w S. 13(2) — Illegal gratification — Demand and acceptance — Proof — Conviction confirmed — Appreciation...

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Various shades of life at times create so much impact that even a disinterested person gets shaken and tends to recall the clichéd statement that truth can be stranger than fiction. At least in the Indian society, a wife, come...