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Constitution of India — Art. 132 — Appeal — Facts of the present case are covered by the judgment delivered in Civil Appeal Nos. 3547-3689 of 2014 — Impugned judgment dt. 27-1-2011 in Regular First Appeal No. 5720 of 2010...

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A. Public Accountability, Vigilance and Prevention of Corruption — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Ss. 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w S. 13(2) — Illegal gratification — Demand and acceptance — Proof — Conviction confirmed — Appreciation...

A. Constitution of India, Preamble — Constitutional democracy — Sanctity of — It is dented by the criminalisation of politics — The criminalisation of politics is an extremely lamentable situation — It is an anathema to the...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal trial — Circumstantial evidence — Recovery of body at the instance of accused — Sufficiency — In the present case, dead body of girl was taken out by the appellant in the presence of the investigating...

Civil appeals — Prayer is limited to consider the representation pending before the respondent authorities — Held, directed the respondent authorities to consider the representation filed by the appellant in accordance with law...

IBP — 8867 A. Acquisition and Requisition — Kerala Cashew Factories (Acquisition) Act, 1974 [as amended by (Amendment) Act of 1995] — Ss. 3 and 6 — Kerala Cashew Factories (Acquisition) Rules, 1974 — R. 3 — Constitution of India...

Criminal Trial — Transfer of case — Permission for — Grant of — Trial of case under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989 — Complainant expressed an apprehension about the fairness of the...

Trial, Sentencing and other Issues — Penal Code, 1860 — S. 376(2)(f) — Rape — Conviction confirmed — Appreciation of evidence — Appellant allegedly took the prosecutrix aged eleven yrs, committed rape on her and threatened her...

Government Contracts/Tender — Breach of contract — Liquidated damages — Absence of evidence of actual loss — When and to what extent can the stipulated liquidated damages be held to be in the nature of penalty — Contract awarded...