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Constitution of India — Arts. 14 and 311 — Complaint alleging sexual harassment — Enquiry — Non-furnishing of report to complainant in national interest — If justified — Appellant made complaint of sexual harassment against her...

Penal Code, 1860 — S. 302 or S. 304 Pt I [S. 300 Exception I or Exception 4] — Murder or culpable homicide not amounting to murder — Nature of offence — Determination — Sudden fight without pre-meditation — Conviction and...

Armed Forces — Family pension — Entitlement to — “RS” was enrolled in the 103 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) on 17-5-1995 — He was disembodied from service with effect from 31-3-2008 and during disembodiment, he died at...

A. Education and Universities — Establishment and running of educational institutions — Affiliation/Recognition — Medical Colleges — Inspection carried out by Medical Council of India (MCI) — Procedure to be formulated —...

A. Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — S. 11 — Res judicata — Inapplicability — Previous proceedings would operate as res judicata only in respect of issues of facts and not on issues of pure questions of law when the subsequent suit or...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal trial — Circumstantial evidence — Conduct — Relevance — In the present case, previous landlord of the accused clearly stated that under the influence of liquor, accused used to frequently beat the...

Motor Vehicles — Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — S. 2(28) — Excavators used in coalfields — Whether a ‘motor vehicle’ — Held, excavators belonging to the appellant fall within the meaning of the definition of ‘motor vehicles’...

Contempt of Court — Practice and procedure — Provisional/temporary release — Bereavement in the family — Permissibility — Mother of a contemnor passed away — Prayer for temporary release to perform the last rites of the deceased...

 Two appeals have been filed from a common decision of CESTAT dated 11.10.2005, whereby the Tribunal has upset the order of the Commissioner, confirming various duty demands, penalty and interest.