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Specific Performance Of Re-Conveyance Deed Can’t Be Sought When Plaintiff Denies Defendant’s Title In Property Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 – Sections 3(2)(v) and 14A(1) – – Acquittal -There must be an allegation that the accused not being a member of Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe committed an offence under the IPC punishable for a term of 10 years or more against a member of the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe knowing that such person belongs to such ‘community’ Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Section 306 – Abetment of Suicide – Acquittal – The said incident allegedly happened more than two weeks before the date of suicide. There is no allegation that any act was done by the appellants in the close proximity to the date of suicide – By no stretch of the imagination, the alleged acts of the appellants can amount to instigation to commit suicide Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 302 and 34 – Murder – Applicability of Section 34 of the IPC – For applying Section 34 IPC there should be a common intention of all the co-accused persons which means community of purpose and common design – Common intention does not mean that the co-accused persons should have engaged in any discussion or agreement so as to prepare a plan or hatch a conspiracy for committing the offence Kannur University Act, 1996 – Section 10(9) and Section 10(10) – Re-appointment of Vice-Chancellor – It is the Chancellor who has been conferred with the competence under the Act 1996 to appoint or reappoint a Vice-Chancellor – No other person even the Pro-Chancellor or any superior authority can interfere with the functioning of the statutory authority and if any decision is taken by a statutory authority
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Departmental Traps–The violation thereof, if any, by the investigation officer would not ipso facto vitiate the disciplinary proceedings. Writ–Administrative Instructions–Even if there has been any break of executive instructions that does not confer any right on the member of the public to ask for a writ against Govt.

2008(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 501 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice H.K. Sema The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta  Civil Appeal No. 5033 of…

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Pay Scale–When a concession was extended as distinct from implementing a specific recommendation of the Pay Commission with reference to a particular period of time, it is open to the Govt. to provide that the benefit it proposes to give, would be available only from a notified date. Cadre–Merger of Cadre–Court cannot issue direction for merger of cadre.

2008(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 477 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice H.K. Sema The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.K. Balasubramanyan Civil Appeal No. 2468-2469 of 2005…

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