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Utpal Dasgupta Vs. Mrinal Kanti Sinha [Calcutta High Court, 032016]

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction
BEFORE: The Hon’ble JUSTICE SOUMEN SEN
Date : 3rd November, 2016
UTPAL DASGUPTA
Versus
MRINAL KANTI SINHA & ORS.
Appearance: Mr. Arif Ali, Adv. Mr. Tapas Majumder, Adv. Mr. Asoke Basu, Adv.
The Court : This is an application for setting aside of an award pa …

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Shrikrishna Eknath Godbole Vs. Union of India [Bombay High Court, 212016]

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CORAM: DR. MANJULA CHELLUR, C. J. AND M. S. SONAK, J.
DATE : 21 OCTOBER 2016
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 166 OF 2016
Shrikrishna Eknath Godbole .. Petitioner versus The Union of India & Ors. .. Respondents
Ms Sanjukta Dey for Petitioner. Mr. P. P. Kakade – …

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State of Uttarakhand Vs. Rajiv Berry [Supreme Court of India, 10-08-2016]

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION [RANJAN GOGOI, J] [PRAFULLA C. PANT,J] 10th AUGUST, 2016 CIVIL APPEAL NO. 6900 OF 2009 STATE OF UTTARAKHAND & ORS. ..APPELLANTS VERSUS RAJIV BERRY & ORS. ..RESPONDENTS WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO.6901 OF 2009 SHASHANK SHARMA ..APPELLANT VERSUS STATE OF UTTARANCH …

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Satya Pal Anand Vs. State of M.P. [Supreme Court of India, 262016]

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION (Ranjan Gogoi) (Prafulla C. Pant) (A.M.Khanwilkar) JJJ. Dated: 26th October, 2016 CIVIL APPEAL NO. 6673 OF 2014 Satya Pal Anand ……Appellant Vs. State of M.P. & Ors. …..Respondents J U D G M E N T A.M.KHANWILKAR, J. This appeal has been placed before a thr …

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Motilal Vora Vs. Subramanian Swamy [Delhi High Court, 12-07-2016]

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI CORAM:HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.TEJI July 12th, 2016 CRL.M.C. 671/2016 MOTILAL VORA ….. Petitioner Through Mr.R.S.Cheema, Sr. Adv. with Ms.Tarannum Cheema, Ms.Hiral Gupta, Mr.Manvendra Singh and Mr.Harinder Bains, Advs. versus SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY & ANR. ….. Respondent Through Dr.Subramanian Swam …

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What is the true Legal Position in the matter of Proof of Wills ?

Will Sections 67 and 68 of theEvidence Actare relevant for this purpose. Under Section 67, if a document is alleged to be signed by any person, the signature of the said person must be proved to be in his handwriting, and for proving such a handwriting under Sections 45 and 47 of the Act the opinions of experts and of persons acquainted with the …

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Fairness of Investigation is an Important Facet of the Rule of Law

Investigation This is a case of Murder of wife by husbandobtaining of false certificate from doctor certifying heart-failure as the cause of death and buried the dead body. Brother of deceased filing complaint raising suspicion about the cause of death. Dead body exhumed. Post mortem report reveals that she died of insecticides poisoning. Final …

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11 SC Judgments

Equal pay for equal work 1.State of Punjab v. Jagjit Singh[26-10-2016] The principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ would be applicable to all the concerned temporary employees, so as to vest in them the right to claim wages, at par with the minimum of the pay-scale of regularly engaged Government employees, holding the same post. 2. Ki …

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How to File Pre-Arrest Bail before High Court in SC & ST Atrocities Case

Special Court In order to obtain an order under Section 438 of the Code, an accused is required to, first, apply to the Special Court or the Exclusive Special Court, as the case may be, and he can, thereafter, prefer an appeal against an order refusing bail if his application for is rejected by such Court. Similarly, even the State can prefer …

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Under What Circumstances Lack of Moonlight Preclude Identification

It was noted as follows: Even assuming that there was no moonlight then, we have to gauge the situation carefully. The proximity at which the assailants would have confronted with the injured, the possibility of some light reaching there from the glow of stars, and the fact that the murder was committed on a roofless terrace are germa …

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