Category - Latest Judgments

Sales Tax and VAT — Bihar Finance Act, 1981 — S. 19 — Word “information” used in S. 19 — Scope — Held, word “information” used is of the widest amplitude and should not be construed narrowly — It comprehends not only variety of...

Courts, Tribunals and Judiciary — High Courts — Letters Patent (as applicable to erstwhile Punjab & Lahore High Courts) — Cl. 10 — Criminal Jurisdiction — Conception of — Held, conception of ‘criminal jurisdiction’ as used in...

Land Acquisition and Requisition — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — S. 23 — Valuation of land — Factors — When the lands are more or less situated nearby and when the acquired lands are identical and similar and the acquisition...

Rent Control and Eviction — Jointly owned property — Suit for eviction of a tenant by one of the co-owners challenged — Other co-owners not joined as parties to the suit — Held, such challenge to suit rejected as judicially...

Contempt of Court — Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — S. 2(b) — Civil Contempt — Money paid by the National Highway Authority of India on account of acquisition of the company’s land — Appropriation of — Contended to be deposited...

Environment Protection and Pollution Control — Mining — Illegal mining — Directions of Supreme Court — Held, State of Karnataka and the CEC called to submit a detailed proposal with regard to implementation of the Scheme of...

A. Property Law — Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Ss. 2 and 52 — Non-applicability of S. 52 to Mohammedan law — Exclusion under — Scope — Held, S. 2 protects rule of Mohammedan law by excluding the provisions of Ch. II...

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — S. 47 — Executing Court — Scope of power — Held, an Executing Court can neither travel behind the decree nor sit in appeal over the same or pass any order jeopardizing the rights of the parties...

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A. Property Law — Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — S. 53-A — Expiry of the period of limitation for a suit for specific performance — Scope — Held, though mere expiry of the period of limitation for a suit for specific...