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A. Constitution of India — Art. 21 — Concept of expediency and fair trial — Whether applicable to both i.e. the accused as well as the victim — Held...

A. Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Ss. 156, 482 r/w S. 41 — Quashing of investigation — Rejection of prayer along with stay of arrest — Permissibility — High Court while refusing to exercise inherent powers to interfere in an...

A. Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 — S. 7A — Dispute over age — Medical evidence — When not material — Relevant documentary evidence regarding the age of the appellant found to be placed on the record...

Practice and Procedure — Interim/Interlocutory Order/Injunction/ Stay/Interim Relief — Scope of — Gratuitous Possession — Held that a person holding the premises gratuitously or in the capacity as a caretaker or a servant would...

Leave granted.

Contempt of Court — Criminal Contempt — Exercise of contempt jurisdiction — Suo motu initiation of contempt proceedings — Blog published by Justice Markandey Katju — Contempt proceedings are closed in view of the apology tendered...

A. Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302 and 34 — Identity of accused — Delay in holding TIP — Effect of — Dead body found lying on 12-7-1993 on certain road in early morning at about 6 a.m. — Though three witnesses claimed to have seen the...

Leave granted.

A. Service Law — Pay revision — Distinction between employees of aided and unaided institutions — Art. 14 — Violation of — Held that excluding the non-teaching employees of the unaided educational institutions while extending the...

Heard the learned counsels for the petitioners and perused the relevant material.