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Compensation — Penal Code, 1860 — S. 304-A — The deceased was working as a maid for more than five yrs in the house of R-1 & R-2 and died due to electric shock allegedly sustained by her while working on the washing machine —...

A. Taxation — Indirect Taxation — Customs — Customs Act, 1962 — S. 112 — Imposition of penalty under — Reduction of redemption fine and penalty by CESTAT — On facts, held, justified       ...

A. Criminal Trial — Witnesses — Interested/Partisan witness — Evidence of an interested witness can be relied upon if it is found to be trustworthy and credible — Testimony, if after careful scrutiny is found as unreliable and...

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...

A. Excise — Manufacture/Manufacturing Process — Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944 — Manufacture of medicaments through job workers — Manufacturing activity was done only by the job workers in their premises and with the help of...

Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 499 and 500 — Constitution of India — Arts. 19(2) and 32 — Freedom of speech and expression — Constitutional restriction on — Defamation — Provisions as to, in Ss. 499 and 500 IPC — Contention of...

Constitution of India — Constitution (Ninety-Ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 — National Judicial Appointment Commission Act, 2014 — Challenge to amendment and enactment — Altering of Basic Structure — Petitions involve...