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Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

M/s. Gupta Steel, Bhavnagar v. Commissioner of Customs, Jamnagar

Customs — Custom duty — Levy of — Assessment — Appellant, a sole proprietorship concern, was engaged in business of ship breaking — Appellant entered into Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the owner of one vessel for import of...

Saddik @ Lalo Gulam Hussein Shaikh & Ors. v. State of Gujarat

A. Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 300 Exception 4 and 304 Pt. II — Infliction of knife injury upon unarmed deceased — Held, was sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death — Moreover, Accused 1 had arrived...

Commissioner of Central Excise, Delhi-IV v. M/s. Sandan Vikas (I) Ltd.

Excise — Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 — Ch. 8415.00 — Excise duty — Notification No. 166/86-CE dt. 1-3-1986, as amended vide Notification Nos. 75/90-CE dt. 20-3-1990 and 68/91-CE dt. 25-7-1991 — Air-conditioner as a dutiable...

Sabu Mathew George v. Union of India & Ors.

Drugs, Cosmetics, Medical Practice & Practitioners and Public Health — Abortion Norms and Infanticide Prohibition — Female Foeticide/Infanticide — Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex...

M/s. BHS Industries v. Export Credit Guarantee Corp. & Anr.

Insurance Act, 1938 — Preamble — Contract of insurance — Repudiation of claim by insurer — Interpretation of clauses of contract — If there is equivocality or ambiguity warranting an interpretation in favour of the insured...

Dharam Chand v. Chairman, New Delhi Municipal Council and others

Constitution of India — Arts. 19(1)(g) and 6 — Right of a citizen to carry on business subject to restrictions — Where New Delhi Municipal Council decided to relocate kiosk of the appellant from his existing site outside Supreme...