Category - Latest Judgments

A. Registration Act and Rules, Registration Act, 1908 — Ss. 17(1)(b), 18 and 20 — Power of the Sub-Registrar under the Act to entertain cancellation of the registered documents registered with respect to the immovable property —...

A. Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 22 Rr. 3, 4 & 11 — Delay in bringing the legal representatives of the deceased party on record — Nature — Or. 22 should not be interpreted as to make it a penal statute for punishing erring...

A. Excise — Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 — Classification — Distinction between a “cosmetic” and a “drug” — How to determine — Essential character of the product in question is to be kept in mind for ascertaining whether it...

A. Government Contracts/Tenders — Auction/Bidding/Tender Process — Rejection of Bid/Tender — Without conveying to the respondents the reasons for not accepting their bids, being the highest offer received, but were also higher...

Excise — Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944 — S. 4 — Whether cash discount cash discounts have taken into account in arriving at price — Position after 2000 Amendment — Since, what has to be seen in order to arrive at the correct...

A. Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — S. 307 — Intention — How to find — Depends upon the facts and circumstances of the case — Nature of injuries caused may be of assistance in coming to a finding as to the intention of the...

Criminal Law — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — S. 250 — Award compensation to the accused in a case of malicious prosecution — When warranted — In the present case accused were arrested under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic...

Courts, Tribunals and Judiciary — Judicial Process — Role of administrative officers — Dispute relating to the fact whether properties situated in gram panchayats or not — Direction to the principal secretary, urban development...

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A. Contempt of Court — Civil contempt — Breach of undertaking — If contempt — Solemn undertakings given to a Court with the intention of obtaining any benefit should not be breached wilfully — Civil contempt includes wilful...