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Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — S. 302 — Recovery of weapon not proved — Appellant held guilty for the offence on the basis of circumstantial evidence — Conviction hence, upheld    (Para 9)

Learned counsel appearing for both the parties submit that the parties have settled the matter outside the Court and the settlement terms have been reduced to writing.

A. Rent Control and Eviction — Lease — Prescribed format — Scope — Held, lease is required to be executed in a prescribed format in the shape of formal document which is sine qua non — In the absence thereof, it would not be...

The appellant/landlord is aggrieved by the impugned order dated 27.04.2010 in the matter of eviction.

Motor Vehicles — Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — S. 168 — Motor Accident — Inadequate compensation awarded — Income wrongly assessed — Considering his avocation as a painter, monthly income assessed as Rs 15,000 and after deducting...

A. Penal Code, 1860 — S. 302 or 304 r/w S. 34 — Related eyewitness — Effect of relationship — When not material — Incident claimed and proved to be seen by brother of the deceased — He also found to be supported by other...

Human and Civil Rights — Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 — S. 3 — If the National Anthem is played during a newsreel or documentary or feature film — Audience whether compelled to stand — Clarification sought —...

A. Service Law — Promotion — Right of — When crystallizes — Held, unless there is specific rule entitling the applicants to receive promotion from the date of occurrence of vacancy, the right of promotion does not crystallize on...

Penal Code, 1860 — S. 302 — Evidence Act, 1872 — S. 106 — Murder — Acquittal — Appreciation of evidence — Accused husband and in laws of deceased, allegedly committed her murder as she was unable to conceive after marriage — Body...