Category - Latest Judgments

Karnataka Agricultural Income Tax Act, 1957 — S. 26(4) explanation — Validity of — Explanation added retrospectively to S. 26(4) — Assessment of agricultural income in case of discontinued or dissolved firm — In the original...

Learned counsel for the appellants, after arguing for some time states, that the appellants may be permitted to place on the record of this case the consent of the respondents accepting transfer from Pepsu Roadways to the Pepsu...

Excise — Central Excise Act, 1944 — Ss. 35-L(b) and 35-G — Appeals — Maintainability — Appeals filed under S. 35-L(b) of the Act, though in fact it could have been filed under S. 35-G of the said Act — Appeals dismissed as not...

A. Education and Universities — Admission — Aided or non-aided school — Admission in Class XI — Entitlement — Students of Class X are entitled to get admission in Class XI in the same school unless he or she declines before the...

Criminal Trial — Sentence — Principles of sentencing — Reduction — Conviction and sentence by the trial, rigorous imprisonment for a period of three months under S. 294 IPC, rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year under S...

Service Law — Promotion — Annual confidential report (ACR) — When relevant — Appellant was not considered for promotion as in three ACRs the appellant was graded as “good” whereas benchmark for promotion was “very good” — All the...

Limitation Act, 1963 — S. 5 — Appeal — Delay of 1373 in filing of — Condonation of — Attempt on the part of the government officials or public servants to defeat justice by causing delay — Court should take a lenient view condone...

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the relevant material.

A. Debt, Financial and Monetary Laws — Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 — Ss. 138, 142(2) and 142-A — Territorial jurisdiction — In the present case, cheque was drawn...

Education and Universities — Establishment and running of educational institutions — Affiliation/Recognition — Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 — Whether High court can give a direction to the Medical Council of India (MCI) to...