Supreme Court
21st Jun, 2015
It was held as not within ken of the High Court in writ jurisdiction to declare any property as unencumbered one. Such rights between private parties cannot be made subject-matter of writ jurisdiction and to […]
21st Jun, 2015
The condemned prisoners also have a right to dignity and execution of death sentence cannot be carried out in an arbitrary, hurried and secret manner without allowing the convicts to exhaust all legal remedies.
2nd Jun, 2015
The Indian Penal Code does not define the word “obscene” and this delicate task of how to distinguish between that which is artistic and that which is obscene has to be performed by Courts. The […]
2nd Jun, 2015
Considering matter from the point of obscenity, contemporary community standards test is the main criterion and it has to be appreciated on the foundation of modern perception, regard being had to the criterion that develops […]
21st May, 2015
The power of quashing criminal proceedings has to be exercised very sparingly and carefully in exceptional cases to prevent miscarriage of justice.
21st May, 2015
Claimant is entitled to claim compensation from one or both joint tort feasors when an accident is caused by composite negligence of drivers
21st May, 2015
Where there is no essential difference in identity between the original commodity and post processed article – would processing stage would mean manufacturing and open to excise levy was the issue before Court.
21st May, 2015
Warrant of authorization under Section 132 of the Act is required to be founded on a reasonable belief of the authorized official regarding the existence of the conditions precedent to the exercise of the power […]
11th May, 2015
The presence of suspicious circumstances naturally tends to make the initial onus very heavy; and, unless it is satisfactorily discharged, courts would be reluctant to treat the document as the last will of the testator.
11th May, 2015
The propounder can be initiated to the benefit of Section 71 of the 1872 Act only if the attesting witness/witnesses, who is/are alive and is/ are produced and in clear terms either denies /deny the […]
11th May, 2015
In order to qualify as a C&F Agent, a person is to be engaged in providing any service connected with ‘clearing and forwarding operations’.
11th May, 2015
Section 138 of the N I Act does not admit of any necessity or scope for reading into it the requirement that the directors of the Company in question must also be issued individual notices […]