A. Criminal Trial — Judicial balancing — Necessity of a delicate judicial balancing of the competing interests in a criminal trial i.e. the interests of the accused and the public and to a great extent, that too of the victim, at...

Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 148, 364/149, 302/149 and 307/149 — Kidnapping and murder — Conviction — Appreciation of evidence — Allegation that on account of political rivalry, all the accused including the appellants armed with...

The appellant has questioned the order passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in relation to Chamber Summons No. 1249 of 2009 arising out of Execution Application No. 318 of 2005 thereby setting aside the attachment of...

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 6 R. 17 — Amendment of pleading — For correction of error in valuation of property — Refusal of permission — Propriety — Suit for specific performance of agreement — Valuation of suit property —...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 154 — FIR — Reliability and validity of FIR — Content of FIR — Omission of names in FIR — Where informant was himself a witness to incident, however, FIR lodged by him does not...

Local Government — Town planning — Allotment — Indore Development Authority — Resolution 9 — Where authority want to finalize the proceedings as per the resolution — However, Joint Registrar Cooperative Societies failed to...

Education and Universities — Employment and service matters re educational institutions — Uttar Pradesh State Universities Act, 1973 — S. 31-A — Personal Promotion Scheme, 1984 — If applicable after the schemes of 10-9-1987 and 7...

A. Family and Personal Laws — Hindu law — Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 — S. 6 — If retrospective — Text of the amendment itself clearly provides that the right conferred on a “daughter of a coparcener” is “on and from...

Arbitration — Award — Interference with — Scope — Construction of the terms of a Contract is primarily for an Arbitrator or Arbitral Tribunal to decide and unless the Arbitrator or Arbitral Tribunal construes the contract in such...

Customs — Custom duty — Respondents herein are the manufacturer of proximity sensors, float switches, digital input switches, etc. — Issue is as to whether these products are classifiable under Heading 85.36 or 90.31 of the...