Category: Supreme Court of India
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Criminal Procedure – Investigation – Transfer to CBI – Scope of Constitutional Courts’ Power – Exceptional Circumstances Required.
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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Section 319 – Power to Summon Additional Accused – Scope and Threshold – Evidence Required – Revisional Jurisdiction of High Court.
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Constitutional Law – Article 32 – Jurisdiction – Challenge to provisions of Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959, Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987, Pondicherry Hindu Religious Institutions Act, 1972, and Telangana Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1987.
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Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973 – Sections 27, 43 – Demolition of Residential Structures – Procedural Requirements – Right to Shelter – Article 21, Constitution of India – Rule of Law
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Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Sections 34, 37 – Indian Contract Act, 1872 – Sections 39, 56 – Development Agreement – Termination and Forfeiture – Delay in Performance – Frustration of Contract.
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Criminal Law – Circumstantial Evidence – Fair Trial – DNA Evidence – Last Seen Theory – Confession – Conviction Quashed.
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Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 – Eviction of Relatives – Tribunal’s Authority – Self-Acquired Property.