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Public interest litigation — Maintainability — Parties — Directed the petitioner to show cause as to why the petitioner should not be debarred from filing and/or canvassing any public interest litigation on account of the...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal trial — Witnesses — Contradiction in examination-in-chief and cross-examination — Effect of — Version in the cross-examination of PW 4 was that the deceased was unconscious after he sustained injuries...

A. Criminal Trial — Appreciation of evidence — Eyewitnesses — Minor discrepancies, embellishments and contradictions in the evidence do not destroy the essential fabric of the prosecution case B. Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302/34...

A. Service Law — Civil services — Protection to innocent officer — If warranted — Efficiency of a public servant demands that he should be free to perform his official duties fearlessly and without any favour — Dire necessity is...

Excise — Excise duty — Payment of — Exemption from — Exemption Noti. No. 38 of 2003-CE dt. 30-4-2003 — Benefit of — Claim for — Appellants would place orders on various inputs and the suppliers would send the inputs directly to...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 357-A — Acid attack — Compensation — Quantum — Supreme court in Laxmi, (2014) 4 SCC 427 : (2014) 4 SCC (Cri) 802, directed the Union of India and States to implement...

A. Debt, Financial and Monetary Laws — Banks — Reserve Bank of India (RBI) — If has fiduciary relation with other banks — RBI is a statutory regulatory authority to oversee the functioning of the banks and the banking sector — S...

The question that falls for consideration is as to whether the Virginiamycin imported under brand name STAFAC 1000 is classifiable under Customs Tariff Heading 2941.90 and Central Excise Tariff Heading 2941.90 or under Customs...

A. Labour Law — Re-instatement — Award on back wages — Challenge to — Back wages — If could be denied on ground of industry becoming non-functional — Single Judge of High Court holding that award on back wages would be limited to...

The appellants are aggrieved since they are not granted just and fair land value in respect of the land acquired from them. In the nature of the order we propose to pass, we do not think it necessary to go in detail to the...