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On 04.04.2016, this Court passed an order, the relevant portion of which is extracted below

A. Local Government — Municipalities — Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 — S. 119 — Exemption under — Properties of the Union — Held, exempted under from taxation   (Para 12) B. Constitution of India — Art. 239 —...

The learned counsel for the petitioner seeks leave to withdraw these Special Leave Petitions with liberty to file an application for review before the High Court on the ground that the statement made that the case is covered by...

Penal Code, 1860 — S. 302 — Murder — Acquittal — Appreciation of evidence — Accused allegedly murdered his wife by strangulating her — Prosecution case based on circumstantial evidence — Admittedly, the deceased was wife of the...

Food Safety — Tests required for the product, namely ‘Maggi Noodles’ — National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi, had directed to send the product for testing to the laboratory at Mysore vide order dt. 15-10-2015...

Constitution of India — Art. 32 — Writ petition — Missing children — From affidavits filed by State Governments/Union Territories it is clear that renewed efforts and implementation of Operation Smile should be made for a full...

Constitution of India — Ninety-ninth amendment — Arts. 124, 124-A to C, 127, 128, 217, 222, 224, 224-A and 231 — Judges’ appointment in Supreme Court and High Courts — Judges’ transfers in High Courts — Revival of collegium...

Heard Mr. Sanjay Parikh, learned counsel for the petitioenr, Mr. Ranjit Kumar, learned Solicitor General of India, Mr. Shyam Divan, learned senior counsel for Respondent No. 3, Mr. Anupam Das Gupta, learned counsel for Respondent...

Motor Vehicles — Motor vehicles carrying “high dignitaries” — By order dt. 10-12-2013, High Court had issued certain directions — It was provided that such motor vehicles may be fitted with red lights but the red lights with or...

A. Criminal Trial — Circumstantial evidence — Last seen — Conviction cannot be based on the only circumstance of last seen together — Chain of circumstances should be complete — Normally, last seen theory comes into play where...