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A. Criminal Law — Criminal Trial — Medical jurisprudence — Hanging — Ligature mark — If necessary — Hanging is the ligature compression of the neck by the weight of one’s body due to suspension — Ligature mark depends on the...

A. Family and Personal Laws — Hindu Law — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Ss. 10 and 13 — Decree for divorce and decree of judicial separation — Distinction — In a decree for divorce, there is a severance of status and the...

A. Constitution of India — Art. 226 — Writ — Maintainability — Alternate remedy — Where Revenue issued show-cause notice dt. 16-1-1992 classifying the goods under Tariff Heading 4009.92 — Assessee filed writ petition instead...

Let a copy of this petition be served on Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, learned counsel who ordinarily appears for the State of Tamil Nadu.

A. Excise — Excise duty — If payable — Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) — Manufacture — Following, Larsen & Toubro Ltd. & ECC Construction Group, 2015 (10) SCALE 476, held, that RMC would amount to manufacture and, therefore...

Excise — Central Excise Act, 1944 — S. 4-A — Applicability — On facts, held, applicable  (Paras 10 to 14)

Hearing concluded.  

Criminal Trial — Sanction for prosecution — Condition precedent — — Offence alleged, if committed in discharge of official duty — Alleged unauthorized and illegal transfer of plot — Criminal case was registered under S. 120-B of...

A. Interpretation of Statutes — Construction of word and phrases — Particular word and phrases — Means and includes — Reiterated that word ‘means and includes’ indicates that definition is a hard-and-fast definition, and no other...

Animal, Birds and Fish — Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 — Ss. 13 and 38 r/w Rr. 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Animal Birth Control Rules, 2001 — Stray dogs — Role of municipality and local bodies — Local authorities have a...