The appellant is aggrieved by the conviction under Sections 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) and sentence of ten years and one year respectively with default clause.

A. Constitution of India — Art. 326 — Election — Right to vote — Restrictions — If valid — Every citizen has a constitutional right to elect and to be elected to either Parliament or the State legislatures — However, this right...

Arbitration — Reference to arbitrator — Question whether in terms of Cl. 13 of the Work Order, the dispute raised by the appellant should be referred to the Arbitration — Cl. 13 of the Work Order provides reference of dispute to...

A. Excise — CBEC Notifications/Circular — Exemption Notification No. 67/1995 — When applicable — If input specified in column (1) of the notification is manufactured in assessee’s factory and at the same time captively used in or...

Excise — Central Excise Act, 1944 r/w R. 173-C and 173-F of the Central Excise Rule, 1944 — Split billing system — Validity — Assessee was having two manufacturing units — Unit I was engaged in the manufacture of unprinted glass...

A. Family and Personal Laws — Hindu Law — Joint family — Existence of joint family — Evidence — In the present case, family was peacefully living together at the time of the demise of Karta — Such common residence continued for...

A. Excise — Excise duty — If payable — Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) — Manufacture — Following, Larsen & Toubro Ltd. & ECC Construction Group, 2015 (10) SCALE 476, held, that RMC would amount to manufacture and, therefore...

A. Customs — Customs Act, 1962 — S. 127-B — Settlement commission — Jurisdiction — Respondent imported certain raw material and availed the benefit of an exemption notification and stated that it would be utilising the said raw...

A. Debt, Financial and Monetary Laws — Banks — Reserve Bank of India (RBI) — If has fiduciary relation with other banks — RBI is a statutory regulatory authority to oversee the functioning of the banks and the banking sector — S...

These appeals have been filed against a common judgment and order dated 20.12.2007, passed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Patna in Criminal Appeal Nos. 371, 386, 441 and 447 of 2002. By the...