Category - Latest Judgments

A. Excise — Central Excise Rules, 1994 — Rr. 96ZO, 96ZP and 96ZQ (since omitted)* — Validity — Interest and penalty on delayed payment — Absence of enabling provision in parent statute — Held, Rules by themselves cannot...

Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302/34 and 120B — Accused persons whether proclaimed offenders — Held, submission of report directed along with the order sheet with regard to the status of accused persons as regards they...

Customs — Practice and procedure — Order of tribunal — Not challenged by authorities — If binding — Where under the Authorisations, assessee was allowed to import Flour — However, assessee imported Cocoa Powder which was not...

Local Government — Municipalities — Gujarat Municipality Act, 1963 — S. 65 — Structure built on public property — Formal lease deed, absence of — Right of allottees/occupants — Sustainability — Held, fact that a resolution has...

A. Constitution of India — Art. 326 — Election — Right to vote — Restrictions — If valid — Every citizen has a constitutional right to elect and to be elected to either Parliament or the State legislatures — However, this right...

Excise — Classification of goods — Appeal challenging order of the Tribunal reclassifying the appellant’s goods

A. Practice and Procedure — Res Judicata — Application — Requirements — Reiterated that following conditions must be satisfied (i) matter directly and substantially in issue, (ii) same parties or between parties under whom they...

Land Acquisition and Requisition — Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — S. 24(2) — For initiation of acquisition proceedings afresh — Period of 1 year given...

A. Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — S. 376 — Consent — Proof of — In the present case, the prosecutrix was an adult and mature lady of around 40 years at the time of incident — Admittedly, prosecutrix was in relationship with...

Government Contract — Award of contract by railways — Catering Policy, 2010 — Licenses for running General Minor Units or Special Minor Units in Categories "A", "B" and "C" Railway Stations — Grant of — Right to livelihood of the...