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Bihar Kosi Area (Restoration of Lands to Raiyats), Act, 1951 — S. 3 — Restoration of possession of land — Inordinate, unexplained and unjustified delay in applying — Land in question was transferred several times during this...

Leave granted.

Delay condoned.

Family and Personal Laws — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — S. 25 — Permanent alimony and maintenance — Change in circumstances of parties — Modification of order — Amount awarded to wife must be befitting status of parties and...

Arbitration — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — S. 20 — Seat of arbitration — In an international commercial arbitration — Having a seat in India, hearings may be necessitated outside India — Held, in such circumstances...

A. Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — S. 120-B — Criminal Conspiracy — Proved evidence — Held, it is not necessary to have proved evidence because a conspiracy is hatched in secrecy and the knowledge of this conspiracy comes to...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Trial — Witnesses — Medical Witness — Significance — Held, a medical witness who performs a post-mortem examination is a witness of fact though he also gives an opinion on certain aspects of the...

Contempt of Court — Civil Contempt — Instances — Disobedience of Interim/interlocutory orders — Construction violations committed by Hotel Menino Regency — Directions issued by High Court dt. 25-10-2005 and terms and conditions...

Property Law — Adverse Possession — Claim of — Requirement of proof — Held, person claiming adverse possession is required to prove his case only against the true owner of the property — Such person must necessarily first admit...

Property Law — Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Ss. 34 and 38 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 39 Rr. 1 and 2 — Disposal of civil suit on merits — Injunction proceedings — Findings recorded therein, do not affect and come in way of...