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Sentencing — Imprisonment/fine — Need to compensate the victim — Same can now be taken to be integral to just sentencing — Allegations that respondent/accused assaulted and caused injuries to PW 5, appellant, PWs 4, 11 and 1 with...

A. Hindu Law — Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Ss. 14 and 30 — Right of widow in property — Under the Hindu Law, the husband has got a personal obligation to maintain his wife and if he is possessed of properties then his wife is...

Upon hearing the learned counsel for the parties and upon perusal of the impugned order, we find that the said order passed at an interlocutory stage, during the pendency of the suit. The question is with regard to the...

Constitution of India — Art. 132 — Appeal — Facts of the present case are covered by the judgment delivered in Civil Appeal Nos. 3547-3689 of 2014 — Impugned judgment dt. 27-1-2011 in Regular First Appeal No. 5720 of 2010...

Public Accountability, Vigilance and Prevention of Corruption — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Ss. 7, 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) — Illegal gratification — Conviction — Appreciation of evidence — Appellants 1 and 2, working as Sub...

We have heard Mr. P.S. Patwalia, learned senior counsel appearing for the appellant.

A short question involved in this appeal is with regard to the possession of Kill Nos. 13/4 and 14/1 of Rectangle No. 226 situated at Patti Tihav, Hodal.

Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302, 201 and 498-A — Murder trial — Conviction confirmed — Appreciation of circumstantial evidence — Appellant’s wife and two daughters were missing — Dead body of wife was recovered — Allegation that...

A. Interpretation of Statutes — Doctrine of implied repeal — When applicable — There is a presumption against repeal by implication — Settled law that implied repeal is not readily inferred and the mere provision of an additional...

Heard.