These two Criminal Appeals are preferred by the accused against the judgment and order dated 22.3.2012 in Criminal Misc. Application No. 1295 of 2011 and 1296 of 2011 passed by the learned Single Judge of the Bombay High Court...

This appeal arises out of an order dated 15th February, 2011 passed by the High Court of Madras, Madurai Bench, dismissing S.A.(MD) No. SR 17828 of 2005 as barred by limitation.

We have perused the impugned judgment and the relevant record. Looking at the facts of the case and in view of the peculiar fact that the appellant is quite aged and suffers from some ailments, the sentence imposed upon him is...

Constitution of India — Ninety-ninth amendment — Arts. 124, 124-A to C, 127, 128, 217, 222, 224, 224-A and 231 — Judges’ appointment in Supreme Court and High Courts — Judges’ transfers in High Courts — Revival of collegium...

A. Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — S. 100 — Second appeal — High Court’s interference in second appeal — When justified — Reiterated: (i) At first instance if the high court is satisfied that no substantial question of law is...

Criminal Trial — Sanction for prosecution — Condition precedent — — Offence alleged, if committed in discharge of official duty — Alleged unauthorized and illegal transfer of plot — Criminal case was registered under S. 120-B of...

Heard.

Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Ss. 397 & 401 — Revisional jurisdiction — Scope — Quashing of entire proceeding — Permissibility — Where sessions judge has not applied its mind to the allegations contained in...

Excise — Central Excise Act, 1944 — S. 11-A(1) — Show cause notice issued under R. 9(2) of Central Excise Rules, 1944 — Held, beyond the period of limitation and extended period of limitation as per the proviso to S. 11-A(1)...

Practice and Procedure — Appeal — Grounds — Validity — Where fact of filing of two applications before Special Court to implead the appellants was deliberately suppressed — Plea that appellants were not party to the proceedings...