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Constitution of India — Art. 32 — Writ petition — Power to issue necessary directions — Issue of sex ratio — Pursuant to order dt. 25-11-2014, the committee had been constituted to verify the data submitted by three States...

Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 — Ss. 2(ga), 2(h), 2(h-a), 2(h-b), 2(h-c), 2(h-d), 3-A, 3-C and 37(AB) — Slum rehabilitation schemes — Approval of — Requirement as to consent of 70% of...

A. Criminal Trial — Sentence — Award of — Relevant factors — Question of awarding sentence is a matter of discretion and the same has to be exercised by the courts taking into consideration all the relevant circumstances — What...

A. Evidence Act, 1872 — S. 27 — Discovery of fact — Information might be confessional or non-inculpatory in nature but if it results in discovery of a fact it becomes a reliable information B. Evidence Act, 1872 — Ss. 25 and 27 —...

Delay condoned.

Excise — Excise duty — Concessional rate of duty — Benefit of — Notifications providing benefit if the goods are produced or manufactured only from the raw material produced or manufactured in India — Respondent assessee was...

Local Government — Municipalities — West Bengal State Commission Act, 1994 — S. 8 — West Bengal Municipal Elections Act, 1994 — S. 36(3) — Vires of — Municipal bodies — Elections to seven Urban Local Bodies — Term of few is...

A. Government Contracts/Tenders — Power purchase agreement (PPA) — Statutory provisions — Relevance — Rights of the State and its agencies and instrumentalities in the realm of contracts are circumscribed by the considerations of...

A. Excise — Central Excise Act, 1944 — S. 4(3)(d) — Transaction value — Scope — Act is extensive and ropes in the price of the goods and other amounts charged by the assessee by the reason of sale or in connection with sale —...

A. Service Law — Promotion — Reservation — Insofar as making of provisions for reservation in matters of promotion to any class or classes of post is concerned, such a provision can be made in favour of SC/ST category employees...