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Constitution of India — Art. 32 — Writ petitions — Petitioners made a representation on the subject-matter of the petitions — Held, representation shall be decided by the respondent-authorities within two weeks from today and the...

Land Acquisition and Requisition — Acquisition of land — Invocation of urgency clause — Respondents were running an agro based industry and floriculture for producing hybrid seeds of flowers — Notified purpose for acquisition of...

Rent Control and Eviction — Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1973 — S. 13 — Eviction — Title of landlord — Suit land was given to grandmother of the respondent in 1971 on license, on payment of Rs 5000 per annum...

A. Excise — Central Excise Rules, 1944 — Rr. 173F and 173Q(1) r/w R. 9(1) — Mode of disposal — Relevance — Plea that waste which was not marketable as yarn and therefore, it did not attract any excise duty — Since, there had...

Criminal Trial — Rape of foreign national — Trial — Video-graphic testimony of prosecutrix — Recording of — Steps and safeguards provided — Procedure to be adopted, stated — Penal Code, 1860 — S. 376 — Evidence Act, 1872, S. 3

This appeal is directed against judgment and order dated 02.05.2003 passed by learned Single Judge of the Bombay High Court in Second Appeal No. 381 of 1990.

Criminal Trial — Bail — Grant of — Powers of court — Exercise of — Case registered against petitioner-accused under the Penal Code, Forest Act and Mines and Minerals Act — Prayer for grant of bail by accused-petitioner was...

Civil appeals — Prayer is limited to consider the representation pending before the respondent authorities — Held, directed the respondent authorities to consider the representation filed by the appellant in accordance with law...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal trial — Sentence — Objectives — Four main objectives which the state intends to achieve are: (i) deterrence, (ii) prevention, (iii) retribution, and (iv) reformation B. Criminal Law — Criminal trial —...

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 — Ss. 2(a), 62 — Constitution of Advisory Boards — Ministry was required to inform court — According to information available, some of the States and Union Territories...