Category - Latest Judgments

This appeal challenges the judgment and order dated 21.12.2013 passed by the High Court of Punjab & Haryana in Crl. Appeal No. S-1793-SB of 2011 confirming the conviction and sentence of the appellant and one Jaswant under...

Narcotics and Intoxicants — Possession of contraband — Conviction confirmed — Appreciation of evidence — Allegation that appellant was selling opium and was roaming in the village in search of customers — Contention that that the...

Specific Relief Act, 1963 — S.34 — Suit for declaration — Plaintiff, daughter of “N”, seeking declaration that adoption deed dated 7-6-1977 by which the defendant was adopted by “N” is void and illegal — Besides, natural...

A bunch of writ petitions were filed in this Court and referred to a Constitution Bench by an order dated 25-8-20141 to answer two basic issues that fell for determination, namely, (1) whether cases in which death sentence has...

A. Penal Code, 1860 — S. 300 — Murder or culpable homicide — Emphasis in clause three of S. 300 IPC is on the sufficiency of the injury in the ordinary course of nature to cause death — Sufficiency is the high probability of...

Allotment/Lease/Grant/License — Allotment of industrial plot/shed — Appellant was allotted the adjoining shed, namely, B-6 in the year 1968 and in due course of time it started manufacturing containers and drums — As the business...

Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against respondent No. 1 culminating in his dismissal from service as per order dated 10th April, 1982. The Industrial Tribunal while holding that the punishment of reduction of two...

The land acquisition has always been causing serious heart burn to the owners. It is all the more so when they realise after a few years that the value of their land has skyrockated. The land owners before this Court belong to...

Criminal Trial — Quashing of proceedings — Return of dowry — Giving of dowry and the traditional presents at or about the time of wedding does not in any way raise a presumption that such a property was thereby entrusted and put...

Land Acquisition and Requisition — Acquisition of land — Notification and award — Quashing of — Public interest and public purpose over private interest of the respondent, a private colonizer — Applicability of equity doctrines...