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This matter has been taken up on the basis of the news report titled “Outrage as parents end life after child's dengue death” published in the Sunday Times of India dated 13th September, 2015.

A. Infrastructure Laws — Energy and Power — Petroleum and Gas — Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 — Purpose and object of enactment — Held, to provide for the acquisition of right...

Education and Universities — Employment and Service Matters — Bihar College Service Commission Act, 1976 — Ss. 2(9) and (10) — Appointment made by violating mandatory provision — Sustainability — Held, under S. 2(10), Governing...

We have heard learned counsel for the respective parties.

A. Service Law — Appointment — Number of posts to be filled — Scope — Held, only the number of vacancies that are advertised can be filled up — If the advertisement gives liberty to the Government to vary the number of posts...

A. Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302 and 34 — FIR — Plea relating to deliberately leaving gaps — When not tenable — FIR challenged by contending that it was written at the Police Station in consultation with the police and deliberate...

Appeals before this Court have been filed by the complainant as well as the Apollo Hospital, urging various legal contentions.

Labour Law — Employees’ Pension Scheme of 1995 — Question whether employees would be entitled to benefit of deposit of 8.33% of their actual salary in Pension Fund irrespective of ceiling limit — Cl. 11(3) of Scheme giving option...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Trial — Appreciation of evidence — Approach to be adopted by Court — Held, while appreciating the evidence of a witness, Court has to assess whether read as a whole, it is truthful — In doing so, Court...

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