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Judgments and Orders

Selection List

 26 September 2008

Select list - Validity of list had not been extended and three years have gone by - Not proper to grant relief on the basis of the new plea i.e extension of validity of list only by a period of 11 days and not a minimum period of three months. (Par..


Second Appeal

 26 September 2008

Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 100 - Second Appeal - Merely because the Trial Court had occasion to see the witness that cannot be a ground to hold that First Appellate Court had pre-conceived notion - No reasons had been indicated by the High C..

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Specific performance

 26 September 2008

Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 16(c) - Specific performance - Agreement to sell - Readiness and willingness - Compliance with, has to be in spirit and substance and not in letter and form - Can be seen from the conduct of the plaintiff as a whole..

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Testimony of witness - Sole eye witness

 26 September 2008

(A) Penal Code, 1860, Sections 302/34 and 324 - Testimony of witness - Sole eye witness - Statements fully supported the contents of the FIR - Evidence corroborated by post mortem report - No reason for witness to falsely implicate the accused who ar..

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Unlawful Assembly

 26 September 2008

(A) Penal Code, 1860, Sections 302, 141 and 149 - Unlawful assembly - Common object - Mere presence in an unlawful assembly cannot render a person liable unless there was a common object and he was actuated by that common object - That object is one ..

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Bidding process

 26 September 2008

Contractual matter - Exclusion of appellant from second stage of bidding process - The very purpose of 'cash flow reporting is to find out the ability of HDEC to generate cash flow in future - And if an important method of cash flow reporting is kept..

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Consumer Court

 26 September 2008

(A) Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Sections 10(3) and 16(2) - Jurisdiction of Court - Judicial restraint - High Court directing state Government to constitute at least five State Consumer Forums at State Level as used under Section 16 of Consumer Pro..

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Quashing of proceedings

 26 September 2008

(A) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 - Penal code, 1860, Sections 498A and 406 - Quashing of proceedings - In complaint no allegation regarding cases covered u/s 498A IPC - No allegation of any torture for dowry against appellant - Position..

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Recruitment

 26 September 2008

(A) Recruitment - Ordinarily rules which were prevailing at the time of when the vacancies arose would be adhered to - The qualification must be fixed at that time - The eligibility criteria as also the procedure as was prevailing on the date of vaca..


Recovery citation - Against guarantor

 26 September 2008

(A) State Financial Corporation Act, 1951 , Section 29 - Uttar Pradesh Public Money's Recovery of Dues Act, 1972 - Recovery citation - Against guarantor - First recovery citation issued on 3.9.1993 - Same was challenged under writ petition - Another ..

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Abetment of theft of electricity

 26 September 2008

Electricity Act, 2003- Section. 135- Abetment of theft of electricity- Not only done by positive act of theft of electricity- It can also be done by omission to positive act by one who is responsible to act that of electricity by a dealer (owner of p..

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Welfare and interest of the child

 26 September 2008

while determining the question as to which parent the care and control of a child should be committed, the first and the paramount consideration is the welfare and interest of the child and not the rights of the parents under a statute..

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Condonation of delay

 26 September 2008

: Condonation of delay of 116 days in filing the writ appeal — application rejected — the State of Kerala have made out sufficient cause for condonation of delay in filing the appeal — the Division Bench of the High Court is requested to dispose of t..

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Each co-venturer liable to be assessed for his own share.

 26 September 2008

Income Tax Act, 1961 — section 293 A — vide Notification No. 9997 dated 8.3.1996 under Section 293A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, each co-venturer was liable to be assessed for his own share of income. They were not to be treated as an AOP — whether t..

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Magistrate can order Investigation by the Police

 23 September 2008

The clear position therefore is that any Judicial Magistrate, before taking cognizance of the offence, can order investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code. If he does so, he is not to examine the complainant on oath because he was not taking co..

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working on short term contract not be a govt servant

 23 September 2008

In this case the respondent was engaged or hired on contract to work as Drugs Inspector for a period of six months from the date of joining or till a candidate selected by UPSC joined on regular basis whichever was earlier. An advertisement was issue..

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Time Limit U/S 134 of Limitation Act, is Mandatory in nature

 23 September 2008

Appellant filed the suit on the basis of a promissory note executed by respondent, which was decreed in his favour by the trial court. Subsequently, in execution proceedings, the appellant purchased the judgment debtor (respondent’s) property in cou..

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Prosecution witness turning to be Defense Witnesses

 23 September 2008

The Supreme Court in this case set aside an order of acquittal rendered by the M.P. High Court on the basis of evidence given by two witnesses who first gave evidence as P-Ws and then by way of affidavits changed the version to support as Defense wit..

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Right to Speedy Trial

 23 September 2008

It is, therefore, well settled that the right to speedy trial in all criminal persecutions is an inalienable right under Article 21 of the Constitution. This right is applicable not only to the actual proceedings in court but also includes within its..

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Appointment

 23 September 2008

(A) Appointment - Primary teacher - Appointment denied on the ground that institutions from which appellants had got their teacher's training certificates were not recognized - Advertisement specifically referred to the Jharkhand Primary School Recru..