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In view of the judgement delivered in Jogendrasinhji Vijaysinghji v. State of Gujarat (2015) 9 SCC 1, we set aside the judgment of the Division Bench and restore the Letters Patent Appeal to its original number to be decided on...

A. Precedents — Obiter dicta — What is — Where homogeneity of four and five stars was not an issue which fell to be decided in a judgement — An observation therein that Four Star and Five Star hotels formed a homogeneous class —...

Mines and Minerals — Mining lease — Quashing of, on ground that the leases were granted to appellant in violation of the Government Order (G.O.) dt. 31-5-2012 — Under this order, mining leases could only be granted under Ch. IV...

Customs — Custom duty — Consignments contained various electronic components/parts — These were supplied by the same supplier — Respondents were called upon to show cause as to why (i) the consignments imported under three Bills...

A. Penal Code, 1860 — S. 300 — Murder or culpable homicide — Emphasis in clause three of S. 300 IPC is on the sufficiency of the injury in the ordinary course of nature to cause death — Sufficiency is the high probability of...

The respondent-assessee had imported components of Tractors from M/s. Same Duetz Farh, Italy and filed Bill of Entry stating the price at which the goods were imported and seeking to pay the customs duty thereon. The Customs...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal trial — Witnesses — Hostile witness — Testimony — If discredited altogether — Held, whenever a prosecution witness turns hostile his testimony cannot be discarded altogether B. Criminal Law — Public...

A. Local Government — Panchayat and Zilla Parishads — Displacement or ouster of the appellants/small scale shopkeepers located in the vicinity of the internationally revered seat of Shirdi Sai Baba — Compromise decree remained...

Criminal Trial — Quashing of proceedings — Return of dowry — Giving of dowry and the traditional presents at or about the time of wedding does not in any way raise a presumption that such a property was thereby entrusted and put...

The facts in nutshell are that the respondents herein filed a Suit against the appellant before the English Court for infringement of patent vested in the respondents besides other reliefs.