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“Wrong classification or mis-description in shipping bills filed for MEIS scrips by the customs broker does not attract penalty under Section 114AA, Customs Act, 1962 due to lack of mens rea and jurisdiction of customs department”
Section 47-A held inapplicable to statutory and court-supervised auctions, ruling that sale certificates are transfers by operation of law—not conveyances—and cannot be reopened for undervaluation by registering authorities.
“Doctrine of Comity of Courts is important but not absolute, and welfare of the child is the paramount consideration.”
“Testimony of a Single Witness falls into the category of being neither wholly reliable nor wholly unreliable, the Court must exercise caution, look for corroboration and should not convict on that testimony alone.”
“The arrest made before the registration of FIR, on the basis of illegal telephone tapping and unauthorized search and seizure, held to be illegal and unconstitutional.”
“It is well settled that, in case of conflict between form and substance, substance must prevail, unless the law expressly mandates strict adherence to the form as well.”
“In the present case, the absence of documentary proof establishing the seizure and custody of the alleged forensic article creates a reasonable doubt as to the authorship of the sexual act.”
“Mental health is an integral component of the right to life Under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.”
“We must take judicial notice of the fact that since times of yore until contemporary ones, a daughter’s pregnancy outside wedlock for an average Indian is a nightmare. It always invites uncontrollable reactions from parents, mostly violent, either for themselves or the daughter or the wrongdoer or both.”
“The Family Court’s order directing husband to pay maintenance had already been challenged in the criminal revision proceedings, and therefore, allowing the present petition would permit the husband to adopt two parallel proceedings after electing one.”
The petitioners questioned the levy of additional fee for renewal of driving license and renewal of registration certificate in case of motorcycles and other classes of non- transport vehicles under Rules 32 and 81 of Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 and termed the same to be as a penalty in disguise.