Category - Latest Judgments

Customs — Customs Act, 1962 — S. 28 — Central Excise Rules, 1944 — R. 57-A — Whether the Customs Authorities could invoke the provisions of proviso to S. 28 of the Customs Act, 1962, to avail the benefit of extended period of...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 24 r/w S. 301(1) — Special Public Prosecutor to defend the Appeal before High Court in Ms J. Jayalalithaa, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, corruption case —...

Criminal Law — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — S. 197 — Previous sanction of the State Government to prosecute Public official — Magistrate Court took cognizance against the appellant/accused on a private complaint alleging...

Excise — Central Excise — Penalty — Appeal to Supreme Court — Customs Act, 1962 — S. 114-A — Appeal against the order of the Tribunal reducing the penalty holding that the condition of notification was contravened only on or...

Debt, Financial and Monetary Laws — Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — S. 138 r/w S. 145(2) — Jurisdiction of the Magistrate Court to try cases under S. 138 of the NI Act — Impact of the decision in Dashrath Rupsingh Rathod...

Arbitration — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — S. 34 — Award — Construction of the terms of contract — Public policy — Patent illegality — Appeal against the judgment and order of the division bench of the high court not...

A. Criminal law — Appeal against conviction — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302 and 149 — It is contended that the appellants could not have been convicted in aid of S. 149 IPC as the charge framed against them was simplicitor S. 302...

Civil Appeal — Prayer to correct typographical error — Allowed

Family and Personal Laws — Divorce — Cruelty — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — S. 13(1)(ia) — The trial court allowed divorce petition on the ground of cruelty is reversed by the High Court holding that situation at hand are normal...

Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 324, 325 and 326 — Appeal against conviction — An application for quashing the charge on the basis of settlement between parties is dismissed by the High Court on the ground that non...