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Leave granted.

Leave granted.

After hearing learned counsel for the parties at considerable length, the Court reserved its verdict.

Corporate Law — Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 — Ss. 11, 15-Y, 15-Z [as amended by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Act, 2002 {Ss.27, 32,}] — General Clauses Act, 1897 — S. 6 — Penalty — Levy...

A. Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 363, 366 and 376 — Kidnapping and rape — Conviction confirmed — Appreciation of evidence — Complainant alleged that accused kidnapped her daughter and committed rape on her — Prosecutrix was missing from...

Foreign Children — Foreign Judgment — Custody of Minor children — Interlocutory/interim orders passed by a foreign court — Jurisdiction of foreign court — Principle of comity of courts vis-à-vis principle of the best interests...

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Service Tax — Appeal filed by the revenue — Finance Act, 1994 — Gujarat Maritime Board Act, 1981 — Service Tax payable on wharfage charges — It is contended that that service tax was payable on wharfage charges by GMB collected...

The facts giving rise to the present appeal are as follows. The appellant is engaged in ship breaking activity at Alang Ship Breaking Yard. The appellant imported a vessel, namely, M.V. Olinda, for the purpose of breaking the...