Four weeks' time is granted to the petitioner to deposit Rs. 40,000/- each, the amount of fine, in both the appeals to show his bona fides.

A. Intellectual Property — Copyright Act, 1957 — S. 62(2) — Trade Marks Act, 1999 — S. 134(2) — Infringement dispute — Territorial jurisdiction — Liberty given to plaintiff to institute suit at place of his residence, business or...

Insurance Act, 1938 — Preamble — Contract of insurance — Repudiation of claim by insurer — Interpretation of clauses of contract — If there is equivocality or ambiguity warranting an interpretation in favour of the insured...

A. Land Acquisition and Requisition — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — S. 23 — Compensation — Fair market value — Determination — Notification whereby lands in adjoining were acquired — Relevance — In the present case, notification...

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 20 R. 18 — Suit for partition — Decree — Physical possession of the entire suit schedule ‘B’ property could not have been given to the second defendant in the light of the undisputed fact that the...

Criminal Law — S. 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashment of proceedings — Interference with investigation — Appeal against the judgment and order of High Court dismissed the writ petition challenging the FIR — Penal...

Defects may be ignored.

A. Criminal Trial — Sentencing policy — Justice demands that courts should impose punishment befitting the crime so that the courts reflect public abhorrence of the crime B. Trial, Sentencing and Other Issues — Sentence —...

Customs — Customs Tariff Act, 1975 — Ch. 84 Sub-heading 8472.90 & Sub-heading 8443.50 — Custom duty — Question whether “Risograph” is an “office machine” having duplicating function and thus to be classified under sub-heading...

Excise — Central Excise Act, 1944 — Schedule Ch. 76 — Excise duty — Evasion of — If there is any — Allegation against appellant of clandestinely removing some of the quantities of the finished goods from the factory premises —...