Category - Latest Judgments

A. Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — S. 100 — Second appeal — Dismissal in limine — Propriety, when substantial question of law is involved — Court is required to properly interpret the nature of the documents — It involves legal...

A. Constitution of India — Art. 32 — Remission of sentence — If can be granted — In the present case, the petitioners have been convicted under the NDPS Act and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for more than 10 yrs and...

A. Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — S. 96 — First appeal — Dismissed in limine — When permissible — Settled principle that jurisdiction of the first appellate Court while hearing the first appeal is very wide like that of the Trial...

A. Constitution of India — Art. 226 — Scope of judicial review/ interference — Criminal matters — Premature release — In the present case Respondent was convicted under various provisions of the TADA and IPC and sentenced to life...

Narcotics and Intoxicants — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Ss. 8/20, 43 and 50 — Seizure of contraband — Conviction confirmed — Concurrent findings of facts — Appreciation of evidence in appeal — Scope —...

Narcotics and Intoxicants — Seizure of contraband — Conviction confirmed — Appreciation of evidence — Search and seizure — Procedure as to — If followed — On search, 250 gm of heroin was recovered from the left side pocket of...

Narcotics and Intoxicants — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — S. 20 — Seizure of contraband — Conviction confirmed — Appreciation of evidence — Jeep was stopped at the check post and when search was made...

The dispute essentially is as to whether HMOP No. 63 of 2013 on the file of Subordinate Judge, Karur, Tamil Nadu and HMOP No. 1050 of 2014, which is pending in the Family Court at Coimbatore, should be tried in Karur or in...

Land Acquisition and Requisition — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Ss. 48, 4 and 6 — Acquisition proceeding — Withdrawal of — Impermissibility, when land is acquired for public purpose — Land was acquired for road widening —...

Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 380, 457 and 460 — Acquittal order challenged — Conviction by trial court set aside by High Court — Appreciation of evidence — Held, if the view taken by the High Court while reversing the...