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Category: Corruption

Corruption

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – Sections 7, 13 and 19(1) – Demand of bribe to provide the electricity meter – Conviction and sentence – Appeal against – Recovery of the money from the pocket of the appellant has also been proved without doubt – Money was demanded and accepted not as a legal remuneration but as a motive or reward to provide electricity connection – Appeal dismissed

Nov 27, 2019 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH VINOD KUMAR GARG — Appellant Vs. STATE (GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI) — Respondent ( Before : Indu Malhotra and Sanjiv Khanna,…

Corruption

Having regard to the material on record and since large amounts of money belonging to innocent investors have been siphoned off, as well as for the aforesaid reasons, the High Court, in our considered opinion, should not have released the Respondent on bail………the impugned order granting interim bail to the Respondent stands set aside.

Nov 20, 2019 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION — Appellant Vs. RAMENDU CHATTOPADHYAY — Respondent ( Before : Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal…

Corruption Cr P C

Appeal against acquittal–Interference with a judgment of acquittal may not be made when two views are possible to be taken, but when on appraisal thereof, only one view is possible, the appellate court would not hesitate to inerfere with the judgment of acquittal. Nobody shall be compelled to be a witness against himself –To be a witness” may be equivalent to “furnishing evidence” in the sense of making oral or written statements, but not in the larger sense of the expression so as to include giving of thumb impression or impression of palm or foot or fingers or specimen writing or exposing a part of the body by an accused person for purpose of identification.

Sep 8, 2017 sclaw

   2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3830   IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice H.S. Bedi Criminal Appeal Nos. 1394-1395 of…

Corruption

Sanction—The order granting sanction must be demonstrative of the fact that there had been proper application of mind on the part of the sanctioning authority. Sanction—Only because an order of sanction contains certain irregularities, the court would not set aside an order of conviction.

Jul 10, 2017 sclaw

  2007(4) LAW HERALD (SC) 3342 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harjit Singh Bedi Criminal Appeal No. 766…

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Constitution Labour Cases

Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 — Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996 — Applicability — Cess could not be levied or collected before the constitution of Welfare Boards, as their constitution is a condition precedent for the implementation of these Acts.

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Land Acquisition

Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 — Section 3(3A) — Amendment Act, 2020 — Retrospective validation of actions — Power to grant license includes power to modify, suspend, revoke, or delicense — Delicensing of land for commercial purposes after it was initially licensed for residential use is permissible.

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Labour Cases

Factories Act, 1948 — Section 59(2) — Overtime wages calculation — “Ordinary rate of wages” — Includes basic wages plus all allowances worker is entitled to, excluding only bonus and overtime wages — Compensatory allowances like House Rent Allowance (HRA), Transport Allowance (TA), Clothing and Washing Allowance (CWA), and Small Family Allowance (SFA) are includible.

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Constitution Matrimonial

Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Dissolution of marriage — Irretrievable breakdown — Supreme Court can dissolve marriage in exercise of extraordinary powers under Article 142 when marriage has irretrievably broken down, even if one party opposes it, to do complete justice. Factors to consider include period of cohabitation, separation, nature of allegations, attempts at reconciliation, and economic/social status. (Paras 4, 10, 11, 11.1, 11.2, 13, 15, 20, 26)

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