Category - Latest Judgments

A. Rent Control and Eviction — Landlord — Tenant Relationship — Eviction — Assam Urban Area Rent Control Act, 1972 — S. 2(c) — Definition of ‘landlord’, couched in a very wide language, according to which not only the owner but...

Family and Personal Laws — Hindu Law — Marriage — The first wife of Chhatrapati died in the very early age and immediately thereafter the original Defendant 1 Phoolbasa Bai started living with Chhatrapati as his second wife — No...

A. Excise — Central Excise and Salt Act — Ss. 4(1)(a) proviso (iii) — Sales made to related persons — S. 4 as it stood after the Amendment Act of 1973 but before the Amendment Act of 2000 applicable — Applicability of proviso —...

Constitution of India — Art. 141 — Mines and Minerals — Generally — Decision rendered by the Apex court during the pendency of the writ petition — Binding on the High Court — Scheme (2004-2005) for sale of coal by electronic...

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. XIV R. 2 — S. 9-A (as amended by Maharashtra Amendment Act) — Maintainability of suit — Deciding the issue of jurisdiction at the time of granting or vacating the interim relief — Bar of...

A. Sales Tax and VAT — Sales Tax Act, 1969 — S. 55-A — Rate of composition payable under Government of Gujarat Noti. dt. 18-10-1993 — Entry 5 of the Schedule to the Noti. dt. 18-10-1993 issued under S. 55-A — Works Contract —...

Penal Code, 1860 — S. 304B — Dowry death — Conviction — Allegation that husband and in-laws of deceased harassed her in connection with demand of dowry and gave poison to her in greed of getting more dowry — PW 1, father of...

Service Law — Seniority — Determination of seniority — Ad hoc service rendered prior to regularisation — U.P. Regularisation of Ad hoc Appointments (on posts within the purview of the Public Service Commission) Rules, 1979 (“1979...

Excise — Excise duty — Demand of, on clearing goods — Show-cause notice issued to the respondent — It was the case of the respondent that unit was closed — As per the Department, on inspection on premises it was found that the...

A. Public Accountability, Vigilance and Prevention of Corruption — Conviction of Public Servant — Punishment — Imposition of — Theory of reformation — Penal philosophy of deterrence — Discretion of court — Restriction on — There...