Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7(iv) -- Court fee - Agricultural land in State of Haryana - Court fee is payable on the basis of 10 times of revenue payable and not on the value of property or sale deed of suit property...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 357A, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 307 -- Compensation to victim - Murder - Considering conduct of State who did not conduct the case fairly and also trauma and harassment faced by victim's family, in addition to compensation awarded u/s 357 Cr.P.C, further compensation u/s 357-A IPC is to be awarded - State directed to..........
Service -- Age of retirement - Age of retirement is purely a policy matter that lies within domain of State government - It is not for Courts to prescribe a different age of retirement from one applicable to Government employees under relevant service Rules and Regulations...........
Service -- Extension of age of retirement - Retirement age was extended vide G.Os prospectively - Insistence on the part of appellants that these GOs ought to be given retrospective effect even though there was no clause to that effect inserted therein cannot be countenanced - This is an exercise that is undertaken by State in discharge of its public duties and should not..........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 20(b)(ii)(C), Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439 -- Bail - Recovery of 102 kg 950 gms Ganja - Accused is a first offender and he is in custody for more than three years - Trial of case is lingering because of apathy of State - There is no chance of absconding of accused, as his home and hearth is within..........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 29, 15 -- Contraband - Criminal conspiracy - Once there is absence of material on record regarding meetings or minds with accused `S', who was driving the truck from where the contraband articles have been recovered, accused `J' cannot be convicted u/s 29 of the Act and eventually fasten with the conviction of..........
Adverse possession -- When land is subject of proceedings wherein adverse possession has been claimed, belongs to Government, Court is duty-bound to act with greater seriousness, effectiveness, care and circumspection as it may lead to destruction of a right/title of the State to immovable property...........
Adverse possession -- State cannot claim the land of its citizens by way of adverse possession as it is a welfare State...........
Adverse possession -- Govt. property - Length of possession of respondents calculated on the basis of estimated age of tress on such land - An estimation of age of trees cannot by any stretch termed as sufficient proof required to disturb the title that undisputedly rests with Government - Proper and concrete proof is required to show proof of possession other than..........
Employees State Insurance Act, 1948, Section 1(5) -- Applicability of the Act - Establishment of respondent is merely a pathological laboratory - However, said establishment is covered under the Act in terms of Notification issued by Government of Kerala from the date of Notification and not prior to that - Impugned order that ESI Act applicable to establishment of..........
