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Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Shyam Lal v. Deepa Dass Chela Ram Chela Garib Dass

Tenancy and Land Laws — Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 — Ss. 4(5), 2(8), 40 and 44 — Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953 — Ss. 2(6), 8, 9, 10, 14-A, 17 and 18 — Tenant of agricultural holding — Expiry of lease — Whether tenant...

Govt. of NCT of Delhi And Ors. v. Jagjit Singh And Ors.

Land Acquisition and Requisition — Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — S. 24(2) — Lapse of proceedings — Condition precedent — Any determination under S...

Ramakant Mishra @ Lalu Etc. v. State of U.P.

A. Criminal Trial — Dying declaration — Need to examine this specie of evidence with great circumspection and care, reiterated — In addition to the Dying Declaration, which is only one of the species of the genus of S...

Amrutlal Liladharbhai Kotak & Ors. v. State of Gujarat

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 —...

State of Assam v. Union of India & Ors.

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...

Gujarat Mineral Dev. Corpn. v. Ram Sang Bhailalbhai & Anr.

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...

Abdul Karim v. State of Assam

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...