Knocking the doors of this Court in the first instance under the garb of a petition under Article 32 of the Constitution, instead of approaching the High Court, for the enforcement of right claimed in these writ petitions is the...

Corporate Law — Appeal under S. 18 of SARFAESI Act — Delay in filing — Condonation of — Powers of Appellate Tribunal — Applicability of proviso to S. 20(3) of the RDB Act to the disposal of an appeal by the Appellate Tribunal...

Labour Laws — Constitution of India — Art. 132 — Appeal — In pursuance of order passed by Supreme Court on 1-12-2014, in the matter, order was passed by Industrial Tribunal — In view of the above development in the matter, the...

A. Calcutta Thika Tenancy Act, 1949 — S. 2(5) — Meaning of the term ‘Thika Tenant’ — Meaning of the term ‘Pucca structure’ — Satisfaction of the requirements of being a ‘Thika Tenant’B. Interpretation of Statutes — Literal or...

Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 499, 500 — Constitutional validity of — Contention raised that in number of countries, criminal defamation has been abolished — Question, thus, is whether abolition of such a criminal action in other...

Service Tax — Appeal filed by the revenue — Finance Act, 1994 — Gujarat Maritime Board Act, 1981 — Service Tax payable on wharfage charges — It is contended that that service tax was payable on wharfage charges by GMB collected...

Customs — Customs duty — Valuation of goods for the purposes of assessment — Appellant, a public sector undertaking, had been undertaking construction projects and it had purchased certain equipments/machinery of foreign origin...

A. Land Acquisition and Requisition — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — S. 11-A — Acquisitions initiated prior to 1984 — If applicable — S. 11-A came into force on 24-9-1984 — Where acquisition was initiated in 1981 — Again for same...

A. Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 7 R. 11 — Whether a plaint can be rejected on the ground that it is barred by the law of limitation — Since, question of limitation is a mixed question of fact and law — Mere ex facie reading...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 438 — Anticipatory bail — Principles — Provision of anticipatory bail is conceptualised under Art. 21 of the Constitution which relates to personal liberty — Arrest leads to...