Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“For a special statute, such as the IT Act, to override the general law, such as the IPC, the ingredients of the offence under both laws must be the same. If any ingredient of an offense under the IPC is missing in the act made punishable under the special statute, the IPC will not be excluded, and it can still be resorted to.”

misbranding
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The punishment under PFA and the penalty under the FSSA cannot be imposed on the violator for the same misbranding because it will amount to double jeopardy, which is prohibited under Article 20(2) of the Constitution of India.”

allahabad high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The parties to an arbitration have an autonomy to decide not only on the procedural law to be followed, but also on the substantive law”

allahabad high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Allahabad High Court said that the MSMED Act, 2006 is a special law and in view of Section 24 the discretion given to Council for selecting the forum of arbitration between the parties has an overriding effect and therefore, at the stage of selection of forum for arbitration by the Council the prohibition contained in Section 80 of the A&C Act will not be applicable.

Case BriefsSupreme Court

    Supreme Court: The division bench of Uday Umesh Lalit, C.J. and Bela M. Trivedi*, J. has held that the provisions