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Judgments and Orders

Promotion - Eligibility - Experience

 23 September 2008

(A) Promotion - Eligibility - Experience - They stand on different footings - For filling up the post by way of promotion, there must exist a channel - In absence of any channel, promotion cannot be effected. (Para 10) (B) Rajasthan Mines & Geol..


State of Karnataka and Others vs G. Halappa and Others.

 23 September 2008

Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 226 - Writ - Service - Contractual appointment, fixed emoluments, fixed term - Automatic termination after expiry of fixed term of contract - Whether, on their absorption against regular post, their previews c..


Discharge simpliciter - Wrong mentioning of provision

 22 September 2008

Army Act, 1950, Sections 20, 22 and 63 - Discharge simpliciter - Wrong mentioning of provision - Authority having power under the law - Merely because while exercising that power the source or power is not specifically referred to or a reference is m..

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Only one days's delay in reporting for duty

 22 September 2008

Dismissal - Only one days's delay in reporting for duty - Justifiable reason of death of his father - Direction to Union of India to consider the case of appellant sympathetically - Respondent agreed to reinstate appellant without payment of back wag..


Inherent Powers

 22 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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Investigation

 22 September 2008

(A) Medical jurisprudence - Murder - Post-mortem examination - Time of death - The lapse of taking place of death cannot be accurately stated. (Para 14) (B) Medical jurisprudence - Gun shot injury - Blackening of the wound can be found only when..

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Investigation

 22 September 2008

(A) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 156 and Section 202 - Investigation - Section 156 falling within chapter XII deals with powers of the police officers to investigate cognizable offences - Investigation envisaged in Section 202 contained in ..

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Jurisdiction of Court

 22 September 2008

(A) Evidence Act, 1872, Section 5 - Relevancy of fact - Admission - Made by party can be used against him - When such admission is made by a Karta of a Hindu undivided family, who is managing the family property as well as family business affairs - S..

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Jurisdiction of Court

 22 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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Exparte Award

 22 September 2008

Under section 17-A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 an award becomes enforceable on the expiry of 30 days from the date of its publication. Once an award becomes enforceable, the industrial tribunal or the labour court, as the case may be, becom..


Acquittal

 22 September 2008

Penal Code, 1860, Sections 302, 120B, 201 r/w 34 - Acquittal - Benefit to co-accused - Acquittal of similarly placed co-accused in on the same set of facts and on similar accusations - A departure may be made in case where accused had not surrendered..

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Compromise Decree

 22 September 2008

Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 23 Rule 3 and Rule 3A - Compromise decree - Held that while it is true that decrees of civil Courts which have attained finality should not be interfered lightly, challenge to such compromise decrees by an aggrieved ..

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Maintenance should from Date of Application

 21 September 2008

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, s. 125 - Whether interim maintenance could be awarded in absence of specific and express provision; whether the applicant-wife and her daughter are entitled to maintenance from the date of the order passed by the Fam..

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Resale Tax

 19 September 2008

Maint contractor liable for resale tax under section 6-B of the KST Act, 1957..

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Appeal -Scope

 19 September 2008

(A) Promissory estoppel - Pay protection - Appellant had been given the benefit of pay protection - Offer of appointment cannot be read so as to extend such benefits in regard to the applicability of the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission wh..

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Award

 19 September 2008

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Sections 2(s) and 25F - Award - Non application of mind - Termination - Daily wager-muster roll employee - Reinstatement directed for violation of section 25F of the Act - Appellant specifically pleaded that it is part ..


Validity of Shorter Limitation

 18 September 2008

Major Port Trust Act, 1963 - Section 120 - Notice - Limitation - Validity of Shorter Limitation - A provision of the Act providing for a shorter period of limitation cannot be declared to be unconstitutional simply because in some of the Statutes a l..

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Condone the Delay in Filing Appeal

 18 September 2008

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 - Section 14 A (2) (3) & 18 - Statutory Appeals - Condone the Delay in Filing Appeal - Point in issue was of general importance and since there was no Authoritative Pronouncement - Whether "in the facts..

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Costs

 18 September 2008

(A) Succession Act, 1925, Section 284 - Letter of administration - Grant of - Caveat filed by respondent opposing the grant claiming only a creditors interest in the estate of the deceased - Appellant moved notice of motion conceding claim of respond..

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Murder & Attempt to Murder

 18 September 2008

(A) Indian Penal Code, 1860-Sections. 300, 302, 307 r/w 34- Murder and attempt to murder- Common object-Proof-Deceased and his injured brother allegedly stabbed by appellants while they were returning home- Material change and an improvement in state..

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