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Criminal Law — Criminal Trial — Appeal — Appreciation of evidence — Standard — Where high court uses the words ‘careful scrutiny of the entire evidence’ — However, on facts, it was found that no such exercise has been done — High...

Customs — Custom duty and penalty — Levy of — Respondent/ assessee had imported non-ferrous metal scraps/dross, namely brass dross, brass scrap and copper scrap etc. from various suppliers in USA, Singapore, Zurich, Sharjah etc...

Customs — Customs Act, 1962 — S. 27 — Doctrine of unjust enrichment — An application for refund of some balance amount is rejected on that ground that it has been an amount deposited pursuant to order passed by the court and in...

List these applications on 2nd December, 2015, at 2.00 p.m., so as to enable the Verification Committee consisting of (i) Mr. Arnab Roy, IAS, (ii) Mr. Manik Bhattacharya, President, West Bengal Board of Primary Education and...

The appellant was appointed as an Assistant Teacher (Bengali) sometime in 1996 by the Managing Committee of Kaya Pri Abdur Sobahan Junior High School in Village Kaya, P.O. Gaighata, North 24 Parganas.

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 482 — Quashing of criminal proceeding at initial stage — When warranted — Settled law that test to be applied by the court is see whether uncontroverted allegations as made in...

It has been earlier pointed out that a writ petition involving similar issue is pending in the High Court. Today, it has been stated that the said matter has not been disposed of so far.

A. Arbitration — Arbitration and conciliation act, 1996 — Pt. 1, S. 14 — Application of Pt. 1 to foreign awards — Pre-Balco agreements — Where arbitration clause provided that venue of conciliation or arbitration proceedings...

A. Criminal Trial — Sentence — Fine — Whether can substitute imprisonment — Settled law that court has to limit itself to the choice available under the law prescribing sentence — On facts, sentence awarded by High Court enhanced...

Land Laws — Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act, 1978 — Ss. 4 & 5 — Grant of permission to transfer — Stay of High Court — Validity — Initially lands were granted in...