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Motor Vehicles — Accident — Compensation — Income of the deceased — Minimum and fair wage — Absence of documentary proof of income — Victims working as carpenters prior to their death — The Tribunal and the High Court even in the...

Having regard to the prolonged litigation and after hearing learned senior counsel appearing for both sides, we are of the view that it is high time to give a quietus to the disputes.

Customs — Customs duty — Whether the described item is a medical equipment — Held, the departmental representative conceded before the tribunal that continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis fluid (CAPD fluid) is a medical...

A. Contract and Specific Relief — Specific Relief Act, 1963 — S. 20 — Specific performance — Discretionary relief of — Grant of — When can be refused — Earnest money — Refund of — Agreement to sell between appellant/defendant and...

Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 498-A, 306, 201 and 114 — Cruelty/harassment and abetment of suicide — Conviction confirmed — Appreciation of evidence — Extra-marital relationship, even if proved — If would attract “mental cruelty so as...

Cess, Tolls and Miscellaneous Taxes — The Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996 — S. 3 — Challenge against the demand of cess — Argument centred on the plea that Madhya Pradesh Building and Other...

Income Tax — Income of minor child — If taxable — Specific stipulation in both the trust deeds to the effect that in case of demise of any of the minor the income would accrue to the other child — Therefore, the receipt of the...

Service Law — Disciplinary proceedings — Charges of misconduct — Removal from service — Punishment of — Setting aside of — Re-instatement in service with back wages — When not justified — Respondent, a Junior Assistant in...

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that it has decided to take the respondents-workmen on daily wage basis as per the office order dated 07.04.2015 and list contained therein.

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 — Ss. 43, 23 and 22 — Cognizance on offence — Power to file complaint — Principle of ‘delegatus not potest delegare’ — Can Chairman of the Board, therefore, had no authority to...