Category - Latest Judgments

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — S. 99 and Or. 1 R. 10 — Reversal of decree for error or irregularity not affecting merits or jurisdiction — Permissibility — Suit for eviction filed by the father of the appellants in respect of...

Interim direction — Answer sheets of candidates — UPSC directed to forward answer sheets to an expert, to examine whether the candidates answering the questions had given any indication in the answer sheets to reveal their...

Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 299-304 — Culpable Homicide and Murder — Culpable Homicide and Murder — Basic Principles — Culpable Homicide or Murder — Determination of — S. 300 Exception 2 — Exceeding Right of Private Defence — Free...

Service Law — Promotion — Select list — Drawing of — Criteria for effecting promotion from post of Junior Engineer to Assistant Engineer — Decision in Madras Telephones Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Social Welfare Assn...

A. Service Law — Pension — Change-over of employees from Contributory Provident fund Scheme to Pension Scheme formulated under Pension Rules, 1972 — Appellants are the employees of National Water Development Agency (NWDA), a...

Land Acquisition and Requisition — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — S. 23 — Compensation — Fair market value — Determination — Distance from national highway — Relevance — High Court after taking into consideration the average...

A. Evidence Act, 1872 — S. 106 — Adverse inference — The principle underlying S. 106 is that the burden to establish those facts, which are within his personal knowledge is cast on the person concerned and if he fails to...

A. Criminal Trial — FIR — Inordinate delay in lodging — Case of dowry death — It has come in evidence that in midnight of 23-3-1990 PW 1, mother of deceased, along with others reached the house of victim to find out as to what...

Arbitration — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — S. 11 — Appointment of arbitrator — Disputes and differences having arisen between the parties under contract — Agreed upon procedure between the parties contemplated the...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 195(1)(b) — Nature and object — S. 195(1)(b)(ii) bars the court from taking cognizance of any offence punishable under S. 193 IPC, unless, there is a written complaint made by...