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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Duty Drawback Interest Case, Upholding High Court's Award of Interest for Delayed Refund. Clarificatory Circulars Under Exim Policy Have Retrospective Effect, Making Contractor Eligible for Duty Drawback and Interest Under Sections 27A and 75A of Customs Act, 1962....

The dispute arose from the respondent's claim for duty drawback under the deemed export scheme for civil construction work in the Koyna Hydro Electric Power Project, a World Bank-funded initiative. Th...

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Supreme Court Partially Allows Appeal in POCSO Case by Reducing Sentence to Period Already Served. Conviction under Section 3(a) read with Section 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 confirmed but sentence modified based on appellant having served more than minimum prescribed period and supporting victim's family....

The Supreme Court considered a special leave petition challenging the quantum of sentence in a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The appellant had been convicted by...

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Husband and In-Laws in Matrimonial Dispute Due to Insufficient and Vexatious Allegations. The Court found allegations under Sections 420, 498A, 506 IPC and Sections 3, 4 Dowry Prohibition Act were general and omnibus without specific particulars, constituting abuse of process under Section 482 CrPC....

The Supreme Court heard appeals arising from two orders of the Andhra Pradesh High Court dated 11.11.2022 and 23.11.2022, which refused to quash criminal proceedings against the appellants. The appell...

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Supreme Court Partially Allows Appeal and Reduces Sentence in IPC Case Due to Substantial Trial Delay. Sentence Reduced to Period Already Undergone Under Sections 323/34 and 325/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, Considering Totality of Circumstances and Thirteen-Year Trial Span....

The Supreme Court heard an appeal against the order of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana in Criminal Revision Petition No. CRR 3005 of 2013. The Appellant was prosecuted along with three others for o...

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Supreme Court Upholds Life Imprisonment for Convict in Rape of Minor Under Section 376 AB IPC - Commutation of Death Sentence to Natural Life Imprisonment Maintained as Offence Deemed Barbaric Though Not Brutal, with Alternative Minimum Sentence of 20 Years Considered but Not Applied....

The Supreme Court considered a petition by a convict challenging the High Court of Madhya Pradesh's judgment dated 11.10.2018 in Criminal Appeal No.5725 of 2018 and Criminal Reference No.6/2018. The c...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Pension Benefits Case, Setting Aside High Court Order. Employee Entitled to Include Central Government Service in Qualifying Service Under Rule 25(ix) of Gujarat Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2022 as Implicit Absorption Through Technical Resignation and NOC-Based Recruitment....

The dispute concerned a government employee's entitlement to pensionary benefits encompassing service rendered under both Central and State Governments. The appellant was initially engaged as a Postal...

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Supreme Court Converts Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide in Sudden Fight Case — Appellant Gets Benefit of Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC. The Court held that a sudden quarrel over a boundary dispute without premeditation, using ordinary agricultural tools, does not constitute murder under Section 302 IPC but falls under Section 304 Part II IPC....

The present appeal arises from a conviction under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC for murder. The appellant (Accused No.2) and co-accused were convicted by the trial court and the High Court affi...

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Supreme Court Quashes High Court Resolution in District Judge Recruitment Due to Illegal Alteration of Selection Criteria. Full Court's Imposition of 50% Aggregate Marks Requirement After Selection Process Violates Jharkhand Superior Judicial Service (Recruitment, Appointment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2001 and Advertised Terms, Rendering Resolution Invalid....

The dispute centered on the legality of the selection process for District Judge Cadre in Jharkhand initiated in 2022. The High Court of Jharkhand published Advertisement No. 01/2022 on 24th March 202...