Preventive Detention — Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act, 1999 — Ss. 2(d), 3(1)(ii) r/w Ss. 3(4) and 23 — Organised crime by reason of their continuing unlawful activities — Offence of — When not attracted — Accused...

A. Criminal Law — Public Accountability, Vigilance and Prevention of Corruption — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — S. 19 — Previous sanction, if necessary — Allegation that the appellant, a bill collector, had demanded a...

A. Cooperative Societies — Adjudicating Authority — M.P. Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 — S. 64 — Jurisdiction of Registrar, his nominee or board of nominees — Two essential requirements — (i) That the dispute must “touch the...

A. Practice and Procedure — Supreme Court Rules, 2013 — R. 2(1)(k) r/w Or. 48 — Curative Petition — “Judgment complained of” — Whether includes order in review petition — Held, “Judgment complained of” is actually the principal...

Excise — Duty of excise — Liability to pay — “Manufacture” of excisable goods — What constitutes — Manufacture, if distinct from saleability — To determine “manufacture”, test is if the end result of the process or activity...

A. Constitution of India — Art. 21 — Fundamental Right — Access to Justice — Nature and Scope — Defined in terms of ensuring that legal and judicial outcomes are just and equitable — Not merely improving an individual’s access to...

Excise — Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 — Classification — Reliance on HSN Notes, i.e. Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, if permissible — Assessee introduced a new product known as ‘Close-Up Whitening’ —...

Practice and Procedure — Supreme Court Rules, 2013 — Or. 48 — Curative Petition — Procedure not followed, relevance — Judgment of the TADA Court confirmed by Supreme Court of which the Review Petition had been dismissed — Order...

Constitution of India — Arts. 19(1)(g) and 6 — Right of a citizen to carry on business subject to restrictions — Where New Delhi Municipal Council decided to relocate kiosk of the appellant from his existing site outside Supreme...

After reading of the decision1 of the High Court, we find that the High Court has rightly relied upon the judgment of this Court in Peerless General Finance and Investment Co. Ltd. v. RBI2.