Evidence Act, 1872 — Ss. 133 and 114, Ill. (b) — Accomplice witness — Corroboration of by independent evidence — Scope — Held, independent evidence must be such that it corroborates with the testimony of the accomplice in...

Criminal Law — Criminal Trial — Witnesses — Eye witness — Conduct — Non-disclosure of names of A-4 and A-5 in FIR or in the inquest report — Testimonies of PW 1 and PW 2 and that of IO contradicted each other on this aspect —...

Constitution of India — Art. 233(2) — Appointment of judges — Bar on persons already in the service of either the Union or of the State — If extends even for the participation in the selection process — Since, there is a...

Courts, Tribunals and Judiciary — Courts, Tribunals and Special Courts — Special Courts — Procedure of CrPC — Applicability — Held, applicable to trial before Special Judge and there is no prejudice to trial that is taking place...

In this appeal, we are concerned with the valuation of goods on which excise duty was payable by the respondent-assessee.

In our judgment dated 23.07.2015 passed in Civil Appeal Nos. 5820-5821 of 2005 we had accepted one of the contentions of the review petitioner/assessee herein in the following words:

By our order dated 5th February, 20161 we had drawn attention to over-crowding in prisons and had given directions which would assist in reducing the prison population and generally improve the living conditions of prisoners.

Tenancy and Land Laws — Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 — S. 48-A(6) — Amendment in original application — If permissible — Held, Tribunal having adjudicated upon the application, it could only correct clerical or...

By way of transfer Petition (C) No. 569 of 2014, the petitioner-wife had approached this Court for transfer of Suit No. HMA 32/2013 titled ‘Vivek Kumar Varinder Wadhera v. Aditi Vivek Kumar Wadhera’ filed under Section 13B of the...

The respondent assessee is a Public Charitable Trust. It filed its return for Assessment Years 1994-1995 declaring “nil” taxable income.