Letter Patent Appeal—An order passed by the single judge in exercise of Article 226 of the Constitution relating to criminal jurisdiction, cannot be made the subject matter of intra-court appeal—It is not provided for and it would be legally inappropriate to think so. Quashing—Letter Patent Appeal against order of single judge under criminal jurisdiction is not maintainable.
2017(3) Law Herald (P&H) 2079 (SC) : 2017 LawHerald.Org 1214 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dipak Misra Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Hon’ble Mr. Justice…
Ownership–Grant of patta cannot be equated to that of a document of title.
2008(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 267 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dr. Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P. Sathasivam Appeal (civil) 452 of 2002 …
Pension–Benefit of running allowance has to be taken into consideration for computing pension only once. Pension–Respondents are retired employees and getting excess pension on account of some clerical mistake w.e.f. 1-1-1986–Held a mistake does not confer any right to any party and can be corrected.
2008(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 262 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Mathur The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Markandey Katju Transfer Case (civil) 106 of 2006…
Judge’s record, as is well known, must be accepted as correct.
2008(1) Law Herald (SC) 260 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harjit Singh Bedi Civil Appeal No. 5944 of…
Specific Performance–Contract of employment to four persons in lieu of acquisition of land–Person given employment on nomination, satisfies the requirement.
2008(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 258 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dr. Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P. Sathasivam Appeal (civil) 2711 of 2001…
Election Law–Election duty–When a vehicle is requisitioned, the owner of vehicle has no other alternative but to handover the possession to statutory authority. Accident–Election duty–Vehicle requisitioned–Death of person while driving–State liable for compensation not registered owner.
2008(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 250 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta Civil Appeal No. 5796 of…
Termination–When a dispute can be said to be stale would depend on the facts and circumstances of each case.
2008(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 247 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Dr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P. Sathasivam Civil Appeal No. 3961 of 2006…
Common intention–Section 34 IPC is applicable even if no injury has been caused by the particular accused himself and it is not necessary to show some overt act on part of accused.
2008(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 244 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Aftab Alam Criminal Appeal No. 1695 of 2007…
Burden of proof–Murder committed in secrecy inside a house–The inmates of the house cannot get away by simply keeping quiet and offering no explanation on the supposed premise that the burden to establish its case lies entirely upon the prosecution and there is no duty at all on an accused to offer any explanation. Burden of proof–Where the prosecution has succeeded in proving facts from which a reasonable inference can be drawn regarding death. The accused by virtue of their special knowledge must offer an explanation which might lead the court to draw a different inference.
2008(1) Law herald (sc) 234 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice G.P. Mathur The Hon’ble Mr. Justice G.S. Singhvi Criminal Appeal No. 1133 of 2000…
Appeal–Dismissal of an appeal for default or non-prosecution without going into the merits of the case is clearly illegal and the Appellate Court must dispose of the appeal on merits after perusal and scrutiny of record and after giving a hearing to the parties, if present, before disposal of the appeal on merits
2008(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 225 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice C.K. Thakker The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tarun Chatterjee Criminal Appeal No. 884 of 2001…