A. Excise — Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 — First Schedule Heading No. 48.04 — Excise duty — Levy of — Liability to pay — Assessee is exigible to Central Excise on its product, namely, paper manufactured by it — Notifications...

A. Service Law — Promotion — Retrospective promotion — Arrears of pay and allowances from retrospective date — Principle of “no work no pay”, if applicable — Employee, who was earlier refused promotion, granted promotion w.e.f. 1...

A. Taxation — Service tax — Whether leviable on indivisible works contracts prior to the Finance Act, 2007 — Finance Act, 2007 expressly makes such works contracts liable to service tax — However, Finance Act, 1994 only provide...

A. Registration Act and Rules, Registration Act, 1908 — Ss. 17(1)(b), 18 and 20 — Power of the Sub-Registrar under the Act to entertain cancellation of the registered documents registered with respect to the immovable property —...

Government contract/Tender — Dispute as to payment of dues — Applicability of the “back-to-back” principle — Novation of contract — Arbitration award — Validity — Appellant was the successful tenderer in respect of a contract...

Criminal Law — #Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302, 354  and 404 — Murder — Circumstantial evidence — (1) Last seen evidence, (2) Recovery of weapon and articles of deceased at the instance of the accused, (3) Previous conduct of...

A. Estoppel, Acquiescence and Waiver — Estoppel/Promissory Estoppel — Challenge against the refusal of the appellants/Union of India to sanction financial assistance under the industrial promotion policy on the ground of delay...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Trial — Witnesses — Eyewitness — Inconsisties in the testimony of Eyewitness/prosecution witnesses — The testimonies of the prosecution witnesses have been fully corroborated by the medical reports of...

Constitution of India — Art. 132 — Appeal — Question of law — Pure findings of facts recorded by authorities — Appellant/assessee claimed depreciation on purchase of machinery — Findings facts recorded by authorities that...

New York Times, in the Editorial, "The Frankfurter Legacy," on September 2, 1962, while stating about the greatness of Felix Frankfurter, chose the following expression