Category: Supreme Court of India
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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – Section 138 – Compounding of Offence – Goa Money-Lenders Act, 2001 – Acquittal.
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Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) empowers a criminal court to summon and proceed against any person, not initially named as an accused, who appears to have committed an offence based on evidence emerging during an inquiry or trial.
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Section 319 CrPC, Abetment to Suicide, Section 306 IPC, Alibi, Prima Facie Evidence, High Court Interference, Sworn Testimony, Criminal Trial.
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Arbitration – Discharge Voucher – Arbitrability of Dispute – Economic Duress – Section 11 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
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Motor Accident Compensation – Loss of Dependency – Husband, though able-bodied, could not be assumed to be entirely non-dependent absent evidence of his employment.
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Contempt of Court – Forgery of Court Orders – Criminal Contempt – Limitation under Section 20 of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 – Standard of Proof – Sentence Modification
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Church of South India (CSI) – Constitutional Amendments – Validity of Synod Meeting – Election of Moderator – Electoral College – Interim Relief – Order 1 Rule 8, CPC