Category - Latest Judgments

Criminal Law — Public Accountability Vigilance and Prevention of Corruption — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Ss. 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w Ss. 13(2) and 20 — Appeal against conviction — The trial court found 21 inconsistencies in...

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — S. 100 and Or. VIII R. 10 — Civil suit — Appeal against the order of the High Court dismissing the appeal upholding the judgment and decree passed by the first appellate court and the trial court — It...

Arbitration — Invocation — Absence of arbitration agreement — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — S. 11(6) — No binding arbitration agreement between the petitioner and her employer so as to enable the court to exercise its...

A. Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta and Up — Lokayuktas (Complaint) Rules, 1977 — R. 5 — Complaint filed without accompanying affidavit — Belated filing of affidavit — Permissibility — When the appellant was intimated by the office of the...

Criminal Law — Criminal Trial — Dying declaration — Burn Injuries/Death by Burning — Husband poured kerosene on the wife and set her ablaze causing her death — In her dying declaration, the deceased stated that Pravin (her...

We have heard learned counsel for the parties.

Criminal Law — #Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302 and 201 r/w S. 34 — Murder — Conviction restored — Appreciation of evidence — H and S brought forcibly J and made him sit in the jeep — After going for about 15-20 km H and S made J get...

Heard learned counsel for the parties.

Income Tax — Income Tax Act, 1961 — S. 80-HHC — Deduction claimed under — Sustainability — Held, unsustainable as in the instant case, S. 80-AB is applicable — Decision in Jeyar Consultant & Investment (P) Ltd.,2015 (4) Scale...

Taxation — Indirect Taxation — Excise — Valuation — Recovery of differential duty — On facts, held, justified