Category - Latest Judgments

Practice and Procedure — Special Leave Petition — Permission to withdraw — Prayer to withdraw special leave petition reserving liberty for the petitioner to approach High Court for an early hearing and disposal of the matter...

A. Citizens, Migrants and Aliens — Registration of births and deaths Act, 1969 — S. 13 — Applicability on policy decision — Government of India took a policy decision to settle the Chakma refugees in different states including...

Education and Universities — Establishment and running of educational institutions — Affiliation/Recognition — Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 — S. 10-A — Whether court can issue any direction to consider the grant of permission...

These appeals raise an interesting and important question: as to whether persons like the assessees, in these cases, who manufacture ‘lifting machinery’, which machinery, it is argued, is the essential part which actually brings...

A. Constitution of India — Art. 20 — Applicability of amendment enhancing punishment — Ss. 7 & 13, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — the 2014 Amendment enhanced punishment — However, at the relevant time when the offence...

A. Arbitration — Claims/Counterclaims — If matter outside the scope of suit may be referred to arbitration — In the present case, Cimmco entered into a principal lease agreement on 21-2-1997 with IDBI wherein IDBI was to own the...

Customs — Customs duty — Undervaluation of the imported equipments — CESTAT, in spite of arriving at the categorical finding that there was no evidence on record for verifying whether actual price paid for the imported equipment...

The Revenue is before us in appeal. This Court, by an order dated 22nd March, 2006, remanded this very matter in the following terms:   “The issue relates to the classification of the beverages manufactured by the appellant...

This case raises a factual question arising out of three show cause notices which confirmed various duty demands and demands of penalty. The Collector of Central Excise by a voluminous order dated 17.01.1995 ultimately found that...

Criminal Law — Appeal against the order of High Court setting aside the order of acquittal passed by the trial court — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Ss. 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w S. 13(2) — The finding of the trial court to the...