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Heard Mr. H.M. Singh, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Shyam Divan, learned senior counsel for respondent Nos. 1 and 2.

Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 306 and 304-B — Dowry death — Determination of cause of death — Suicidal or homicidal death — Nature of offence — Conviction confirmed — Appreciation of evidence — Deceased found hanging by the fan —...

The office report is that although by order dated 14.01.2015 of the Hon'ble Court, four week's time was given to both the parties to file further documents that they propose to rely upon coupled with their respective list of...

Land Acquisition and Requisition — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Ss. 4 and 23 — Compensation — Award of — Notification — In respect of the land at Village Bhuri, taluka Jhagadia for the purpose of a Lignite Project — Special...

Service Law — Judiciary — Recruitment process — Permissions sought and granted in respect of selection process in the cadre of District/Additional District Judges and Civil Judges (Junior Division), and other cadres of Judicial...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 154 — FIR — Reliability and validity of FIR — Content of FIR — Omission of names in FIR — Where informant was himself a witness to incident, however, FIR lodged by him does not...

A. Criminal Law — #Penal Code, 1860 — S. 302 or S. 304 — Murder or culpable homicide — Exception 4 to S. 300 — Applicability — Death caused by hitting with a stone with full force causing severe head injury due to prior enmity —...

A. Criminal Trial — Dying declaration — Admissibility — Circumstances of transaction relate to death of another person — statement cannot be held to be inadmissible when circumstances of “his” death are integrally connected to...

Service Law — Pension and other benefits — Death of employee — Entitlement of LRs of deceased — If beneficiary includes second wife and daughter — Deceased employee, during the subsistence of his marriage, had also married to “K”...

A. Service Law — Pension — Qualifying period/service — Retirement/ Superannuation — Voluntary retirement — Effect of on pension/related benefits — SBI Voluntary Retirement Scheme (for short ‘the Scheme’) was adopted by the State...