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Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 20 R. 18 — Suit for partition — Decree — Physical possession of the entire suit schedule ‘B’ property could not have been given to the second defendant in the light of the undisputed fact that the...

A. Excise — Central Excises and Salt Act — Ss. 2(f), (3), 4(3)(a), 11 and 11-A — Assessment proceedings against a dead person — If maintainable — Assessee under the Act means “the person” who is liable to pay the duty of excise...

Sales Tax and VAT — Assessment — Provisional assessment when actual expenditure could not be ascertained at the time of assessment — Permissibility — Assessee could not produce the evidence to prove the expenditure incurred under...

A. Debt, Financial and Monetary Laws — Debt, Debt Recovery and Relief — State Financial Corporations Act, 1951 — S. 29 — Official Liquidator — Power or jurisdiction — To ascertain adjudicate and quantify the claim of a secured...

Constitution of India — Art. 21 — Right to privacy — Existence and Source of — Ratio decidendi in cases of M.P. Sharma, 1954 SCR 1077 and Kharak Singh, (1964) 1 SCR 332 under scrutiny — Matter referred to Bench of appropriate...

A. Constitution of India — Arts. 32 & 226 — Judicial review of policy decisions — Where the import price of crude palm oil has been much less than the price of coconut oil affecting livelihood of coconut growers in the State...

Aggrieved by the judgment dated 27.11.2014 of the High Court of Rajasthan in Special Appeal No. 1545/2014, the sole respondent therein preferred the instant appeal.

Service Law — Illegal appointment — Concurrent finding of fact as to — Interference with — Scope — Circular was issued on 3-12-1980 by the Government of Bihar through its Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department...

Crime Against Women and Children — Dowry death/Bride burning — Harassment to married woman — Abetment of suicide — Conviction — Appreciation of evidence — Appellants 1 and 2 are the mother-in-law and the sister-in-law of the...

Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 459, 307, 302 r/w S. 34 — Offence under — Held, on facts not established...