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A. Debt, Financial and Monetary Laws — Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Ss. 138 and 141 — Notice under S. 138 — Issuance of individual notices upon directors of the company — Held, not necessary — S. 138 does not suggest...

Criminal Law — Public Accountability, Vigilance and Prevention of Corruption — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Ss. 7 and 13(1)(d)(ii) r/w S. 13(2) — Conviction under set aside — Benefit of doubt given to accused — Contention...

A. Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — S. 396 — Offence of Dacoity — Identification of dacoits therein — Held, becomes susceptible to errors and miscarriage of...

Criminal Law — Public Accountability, Vigilance and Prevention of Corruption — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Ss. 7, 11, 13 and 20 — Tainted amount — Recovery of — Held, is not a sine qua non for holding a person guilty —...

Constitution of India — Art. 142 — The powers under Art. 142 to dissolve a marriage between the consenting parties without referring the parties to the Family Court to wait for the mandatory period prescribed under S. 13-B of the...

We find no reason to interfere in these matters by exercising our powers under Article 136 of the Constitution.

Service Law — Judiciary — Appointment — Posts of the Personal Assistants in A.P. Judicial Ministerial Service, in the unit of Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad — Appointment to be made by direct recruitment — High Court held...

A. Narcotics and Intoxicants — Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Ss. 15 and 50 — Search and seizure — Conviction confirmed — Appreciation of evidence — Prosecution case — Quality of the evidence and not...

Finance Act, 1994 (as amended) — Ss. 65(48)(j), 65(25) and 69 — Service Tax — Liability to pay — Appellants providing certain services as Agents under the contracts signed with their respective Principals — The issue as to...

Excise — Central Excise — Appeal to Supreme Court — Two different Benches of Tribunals have given contradictory decisions on the classification of same goods — The matter has referred to the larger Bench which has settled the...