The Court quashed the penalty imposed by the State on the ground that it frustrated the legislative intent of an amendment of the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
The High Court said that failure to complete DPC process within the stipulated time does not entitle a rival officer to stake claim to the post of Director of Prosecution.
According to the sessions judge’s record, Rangaswamy had brought the lawyers from Ballari, stood staring at the court with crossed arms for several minutes, hurled abuses and interrupted the recording ...
The Court relied on Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act to reiterate that any property registered in a Hindu woman's name is her absolute property, unless there is evidence to show otherwise.
The Court termed it a brutal crime, but declined to impose the death penalty on the convict. Among other factors, the Court noted that he was now 63 years old, and that it had been 13 years since the ...
The Court recounted that the Whitefield Police Station has already earned a "nefarious" reputation, and was recently termed the "Darkfield" police by a coordinate Bench.