Category - Latest Judgments

A. Customs — Customs Act, 1962 — Ss. 111(d) and 111(m) — Valuation — Auction by department — Relevance — Respondent imported zinc die cast scrap — However, on basis of expert opinion it was found that most of the items were...

A. Arbitration — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — S. 30 — Grounds for setting aside the award — Principle of ejusdem generis — If available — Held, clause (c) of S. 30 does not attract the principle of ejusdem generis so...

A. Human and Civil Rights — Right to life — If includes access to justice — Held, access to justice is a part and parcel of right to life in India and in all civilized societies around the globe — This right is so basic and...

A. Service Law — Departmental Enquiry — Dismissal — Bihar State Financial Corporation (Staff) Regulations, 1965 — Rgns. 40 — Appellate authority passed order of dismissal — Permissibility — Where the disciplinary authority...

Excise — Best judgment assessment — Held, on facts of case, while agreeing with the CESTAT that none of the Central Excise (Valuation) Rules would be directly applicable — R. 11 which gives the authority the power to make a best...

Mines and Minerals — Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 — Ss. 5(1), 10(3), 11(5), 17A — Mining lease — Grant of — Policy decision of State Government not to grant to private parties — Respondent company was...

Human and Civil Rights — Appointment — Post of Secretary to the State Human Rights Commission — Filling up post of Secretary and all vacant sanctioned posts in the Commission — Prayer for — It was stated that there is no or...

Criminal Trial — Release on bail — Cases in question relate to what is known as N.R.H. M. Scam in the State of U.P. — Appellant was a minister in the State council of Ministers and is one of the accused person apart from several...

Motor Vehicles — Motor accident — Accident claim — Rash and negligent driving — Proof — Bus dashed a stationary tractor trolley and thereafter struck against a eucalyptus tree and turned turtle — Deceased was the sole bread...

Penal Code, 1860 — S. 376(2)(i) — Rape of minor girl or child abuse — Petitioner, Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA), stated that psychographically perverted culprits have not even spared 28 days old baby girl and...