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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...

The present interlocutory application exposits and asserts such facts, if they are true, would definitely have the strength to create a dent in the fundamental concept of Rule of Law which is sacrosanct in a democratic body...

Income Tax — Service charges — Disallowance — Benefit of — Assessee claimed the benefit of disallowance of the service charges paid to Company — Assessing Officer disallowed the said claim on the ground that in the proceedings...

The appellants' main apprehension appears to be that on account of injunction granted by the Additional District & Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court No. III, Poonamallee, Tamil Nadu in the Judgment and decree dated 29.02.2008...

The appellants approached the High Court of Punjab and Haryana in CWP No. 21211 of 2014 with the following prayer :-   “(a) Praying for issuance of a Writ in the Nature of Certiorari and of any other appropriate Writ...

The issue pertains to the determination of just compensation for the land acquired from the appellants. The dispute is in a narrow compass as to whether there should be 75% deduction for development charges.

The present appeals are directed by way of special leave petitions against the judgement and order dated 17th October, 2012, passed in W.P.(C) No. 14456 of 2012, by the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack.

The appellant challenged the award dated 27.08.2010 passed under the provisions of the Timely Payment of Wages Act, 1978 and the recovery before the High Court leading to the impugned judgment dated 09.02.2011. The High Court...

Eviction and Rent Control — Eviction — Grounds of default in payment of rent and denial of title to the suit premises — Suit premises was purchased jointly by the predecessors of the appellants under a registered sale deed —...