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Retention of Title and Control Converts CNG Outlet Operators into Commission Agents Liable for Business Auxiliary Service Tax 1. Introduction In COMMISSIONER OF SERVICE TAX MUMBAI v. M/S BHARAT...
Concurrent Acquittal Cannot Be Reversed on Isolated Corroboration Where the Prosecution Case as a Whole Raises Reasonable Doubt Introduction In Sanjay Kumar v. The State of Bihar, the Supreme Court...
Delayed Counter-Complaints Suppressing an Earlier FIR May Be Quashed as Retaliatory Abuse of Criminal Process Case: ANITA MAURYA v. STATE OF UP Citation: 2026 INSC 806 Court: Supreme Court of India...
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Organised Illegal Sand Mining in a Riverine Sanctuary as a Public-Order Threat: Supreme Court’s Integrated Accountability Framework for the National Chambal Gharial Sanctuary 1. Introduction In IN...
Denial of Effective Legal Representation Vitiates a Capital Trial, but Grave Terror Offences May Require a De Novo Trial Rather Than Acquittal Introduction In ABDUL HAMEED v. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN,...
Wrong Statements Are Not Enough: Section 340 CrPC Requires Deliberate Falsehood and Judicial Expediency Introduction In PRABHAKAR YESHWANT MASRAM v. SOU TULA NAMDEORAO JAIPURKAR, the Supreme Court of...
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