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After hearing these appeals, the same were allowed with the following order:

Corporate Laws — Companies Act, 1956 — Ss. 439 and 457 — Auction of company properties — Bid raised — Offer by 17th respondent in the instant case finalized — Amount deposited by appellant held, refunded and compensated — 17th...

Debt, Financial and Monetary Laws — State Financial Corporation — Unpaid dues of the borrower — Auction — Failure of highest bidder to make payment — Sale to third party — Permissibility — Where highest bidder failed to make any...

Criminal Law — Public Accountability, Vigilance and Prevention of Corruption — Erring Official(s)/Dereliction of Duty — Misfeasance or Malfeasance in office/Compensation/Relief/Costs/Probe/Punishment — Prevention of Corruption...

Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 386 — Powers of the appellate Court under — Held, are same as that of the trial Court — It is true that the trial Court being a primary court of facts, which has the advantage of...

Service Law — Punjab Civil Service (Executive Branch) Rules, 1976 — R. 28 — Relaxation of Recruitment Rules — Power under — Exercise of — Legality — Held, an absolute embargo on the authority of the State to grant relaxation...

A. Criminal Law — Sentence — Principles for sentencing — Reduction — Concurrent findings of the Court below — Conviction upheld — Occurrence was of the year 1989 and the accused appellant now aged about 50 years and claimed to be...

Criminal Law — Criminal Trial — Witnesses — Eye witness — Conduct — Non-disclosure of names of A-4 and A-5 in FIR or in the inquest report — Testimonies of PW 1 and PW 2 and that of IO contradicted each other on this aspect —...

Delay condoned and leave granted in SLP (Crl.) No. 8037-8038 of 2012.

According to the respondent original petitioner, he was the manager of the Society running a school for many years but the complainant lodged FIR alleging that the documents on which the school acquired the land were not genuine.