This criminal appeal arises from a special leave petition in which notice was issued solely on the question of sentence.

The two questions for our consideration are whether the suit filed by the appellant Madina Begum was barred by limitation in terms of the first part of Article 54 of Schedule 1 of the Limitation Act, 1963 and whether the High...

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Through the impugned order passed by the High Court, the charges framed against Rakesh Kumar Gupta, respondent herein, were ordered to be set aside.

This decision shall dispose of all the writ petitions because as stated by the learned counsel appearing for the parties, all these writ petitions essentially involve common issues.

Heard the learned counsel.

Heard the learned counsels for the petitioners and perused the relevant material.

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