Court : Supreme Court of India
Reported in : AIR2004SC4016; 2005(5)ALLMR(SC)353; (2004)3CompLJ199(SC); JT2004(4)SC181; 2004(3)SCALE396; (2004)12SCC118
..... level whether groundwater is extracted : no. status of environmental clearances : no clearance given. no environmental management plan. this mine is located very close to the delhi border (in close proximity to the asola sanctuary). epca members were shown two pits, which were not being worked currently. there was no groundwater exploitation seen in these ..... are with gram panchayat.'26. sensitivity of this region is further accentuated by its close proximity to the reserved forests of asola sanctuary located at the border of delhi and haryana and other ecologically sensitive areas like surajkund and badkhal lake.27. even in gurgaon, the cgwb report indicates that the ground water ..... in the cost of the product and there is need to limit the supply options. noticing that the aravalli range prevents the desert from spreading into indo-gangetic plains, it has been suggested that all future planning should not only concentrate to meet the ever growing demand of the products but due consideration .....
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Reported in : I(1993)ACC594; AIR1993SC2054; 1993(41)BLJR947; [1994]79CompCas108(SC); JT1993(2)SC396; 1993(2)SCALE111; (1993)2SCC639; [1993]2SCR425
ORDERYogeshwar Dayal, J.1. These are two appeals being Nos. 4611 of 1992 and 4612 of 1992 filed by M/s. Bihar Supply Syndicate, plaintiff in the suit and United Salt Works and Industries Ltd., defendant No. 3 in the suit respectively, against the judgment of the High Court of Bombay dated 16th and 17th January, 1992.2. By the impugned judgment the Division Bench of the High Court, on an appeal, by the National Insurance Company Limited, defendant No. 4 in the suit, accepted the appeal against the judgment and decree dated 30th September, 1987 passed by the Single Judge in Suit No. 641 of 1973 and dismissed the suit decreed by the Single Judge against it and defendant Nos. 1, 2 & 3.3. The Single judge had passed a decree for a sum of Rs. 10,49,750 in favour of the plaintiff/appellant in Civil Appeal No. 4611 of 1992, along with interest on Rs. 9,50,000 at the rate of 12% per annum from 17th June, 1973 till realisation and costs of the suit.4. The facts giving rise to the filing of Civil...
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Reported in : AIR1997SC3247; 1997(2)ALD(Cri)635; 1997CriLJ3956; 1997(3)Crimes114(SC); JT1997(7)SC42; 1997(5)SCALE226a; (1997)7SCC231; [1997]Supp3SCR95
..... conviction can be based upon it, to have been made voluntarily and that it was truthful.48. in the instant case, confession of the appellant was recorded by superintendent of police, jind, on 14-12-1991', which was accompanied by a certificate by the s.p. jind, in . compliance of the requirement of section 15 of the act. ..... to the person concerned that he is not bound to make the confession and that if he makes the confession, it may be used as evidence against him. the police officer has also to satisfy himself, after questioning the person concerned, that he is making the confession voluntarily. the officer recording the confession has also to record a ..... signals a departure from the normal rule contained in sections 25 and 26 of the evidence act. it provides that a confession made by an accused to a police officer of a particular rank or higher would be admissible in evidence and can be proved against that person subject to the fulfilment of other requirements indicated in that .....
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Reported in : JT1994(7)SC190; 1994(4)SCALE721; 1995Supp(1)SCC370; [1994]Supp5SCR146; 1995(1)LC260(SC)
B.P. Jeevan Reddy, J.1. These appeals concern the establishment, working and continuance of an abattoir (mechanised slaughter house) by name 'Alkabeer Abattoir' situated in Rudraram village in Pataricheru Mandal of Medak District. Of the five appeals before us, Civil Appeal Nos. 3966 and 3967 of 1994 are preferred against the judgment of a Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court dated April 6, 1993 in Writ Petition No. 13062 of 1992, Civil Appeal No. 3968 of 1994 arises from Writ Petition No. 10454 of 1992 disposed of on the same day, i.e. April 6, 1993, while the Civil Appeal Nos. 3964 and 3965 of 1994 arise from the order of the High Court in Writ Appeal Nos. 896 and 899 of 1993 preferred against the order of the learned Single Judge in W.P.M.P. No. 9367 of 1993 and W.P.M.P. No. 945 of 1993 in Writ Petition No. 7483 of 1993. As the facts stated hereinafter would disclose, the said slaughter house has been surrounded by controversy from the very inception. Indeed, it was sough...
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Reported in : AIR1993SC212; JT1992(5)SC447; 1992(2)SCALE674; 1993Supp(2)SCC46; [1992]Supp1SCR512
ORDERN.M. Kasliwal, J.1. Election for the Morena Legislative Assembly Constituency in State of Madhya Pradesh was held on 27.2.1990. Sewaram, the appellant before us having secured 25,509 votes was declared elected. Sobaran Singh, the respondent in this appeal being one of the defeated candidates having secured 19,055 votes filed an Election Petition under Sections 80 and 84 read with Section 100 of the Representation of the People Act of 1951 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') challenging the election of Sewaram. The ground for challenge was based on the allegation that on the date of filing the nomination paper on 1.2.1990 and declaration of the result of the election on 28.2.1990, Sewaram was having contracts entered with the Madhya Pradesh Government subsisting and as such he was disqualified under Section 9-A of the Act. The details of the subsisting contracts with the Government were given as under in paragraph 4 of the Election Petition:(a) A contract with M.P. Government th...
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Reported in : AIR1984SC1334; 1984(32)BLJR348; 1984CriLJ909; 1984(1)Crimes914(SC); 1984(1)SCALE736; (1984)3SCC14; [1984]3SCR435
..... . on the basis of information received on april 20, 1983 about the unnatural deaths of two persons within the jurisdiction of the bhagalpur kotwali police station, the police conducted investigation and at the conclusion of that investigation they filed a charge sheet in the court of the magistrate having jurisdiction over the area in ..... may make a representation in writing against the order under which he is detained. his representation, if any, may be addressed to the deputy secretary, home (police) department, government of bihar, patna and forwarded by the superintendent of jail through special messenger with a copy to the undersigned.sd/- s.k. sharma16-8- ..... school which were discovered next morning. these double murders caused panic throughout the bhagalpur town and public order was gravely disturbed. only after intensive deputation of police forces, public confidence was restored and public order maintained. a case was instituted vide kotwali p.s. case no. 281 dated 20-4-83 under .....
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Reported in : 1998IIIAD(SC)32; AIR1998SC1251; 1998(1)ALD(Cri)700; 1998(1)ALT(Cri)360; 1998CriLJ1638; 1998(2)Crimes65(SC); JT1998(2)SC375; 1998(2)SCALE261; (1998)3SCC625; [1998]2SCR162
..... and seizures were made, had not been produced. we find no substance in this submission. the witness stated that he has sent the letter to the concerned police station, therefore, the presumption under illustration (e) of section 114 of the evidence act would arise and the official acts would be deemed to have been performed ..... proceeding on right lines in addition to furnishing corroboration of the evidence to be given by the witness later in court at the trial... the identification during police investigation, it may be recalled, is not substantive evidence in law and it can only be used for corroborating or contradicting evidence of the witness concerned as ..... appellants by various witnesses and part (b) is about not calling local panch witnesses at the time of conducting recovery panchnama and not taking the help of local police.18. we shall take up part (a) first. after their arrest, the appellants were identified by various witnesses; some identified them in test identification parade and .....
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Reported in : AIR1992SC1110; JT1992(2)SC470; (1993)1MLJ9(SC); 1992(1)SCALE571; (1992)3SCC14; [1992]2SCR47
ORDERS.C. Agrawal, j.1. These appeals by special leave directed against the judgment dated April 25, 1975 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Appeals Nos. 87 and 362 of 1972, involve the question whether the Temple of Sri Anjaneya Swami (hereinafter referred to as 'the suit temple') situate at Valuthimmapuram in Peddapuram Taluk, East Godavari District of the State of Andhra Pradesh is a private temple and not a public temple and the appellant as the hereditary trustee of the suit temple is entitled to the possession of the temple and the properties attached to it.2. After the enactment of the Madras Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1926 (Madras Act II of 1927), hereinafter referred to as 'the 1927 Act', Turanga Rao, father of the appellant, submitted an application (O.A. No. 117 of 1934) under Sections 18 and 84 of the said Act wherein it was claimed that the suit temple is a private temple and the applicant was the hereditary trustee of the same. One M. Satyanarayana Murthy of Peddapu...
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Reported in : AIR2005SC2132; (SCSuppl)2006(1)CHN41; 2005(3)CTC764; JT2005(4)SC170; (2005)5SCC194
..... . 1688 of 1995 was filed by devyani dw-32 mother of pws. 7, 8 and 10. the detenus were produced before the court escorted by two women police from ambattur police station who had nothing to do with the investigating agency in the crime against a-1. no complaint of torture or coercion has been made to the hon'ble ..... to give out any statement against her will another detenu valliammal also tiled a habeas corpus petition through her father sundaram. the allegation in the petition was that the police are compelling the detenu to give false statement. she was examined by the hon'ble judges in chamber and it was observed by the hon'ble judges as under ..... our opinion, no failure of justice has occasioned and both the courts below are justified in rejecting the contention.allegation of torture and beating to the victim girls by the police.54. if this contention is established it could have been fatal to the prosecution story, but in our opinion not. mr. ram jethmalani in this connection has referred .....
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Reported in : AIR1998SC2120; 1997(1)ALD(Cri)157; 1998(1)ALD(Cri)762; 1997(1)BLJR263; 1998CriLJ2930; 1998(3)SCALE53; (1998)4SCC626; [1998]2SCR870
..... in view of the special expertise that is necessary for this type of inquiry the committee of privileges do not provide an investigative machinery comparable to that of a police investigation. [para 310]136. the expression 'in respect of has to be construed in this perspective. the cases cited by shri rao do show that this ..... law. according to the salmon commission, the committee of privileges and the select committee on members' interests do not provide an investigative machinery comparable to that of a police investigation and that having regard to the complexity of most investigations into serious corruption special expertise is necessary for this type of inquiry. (para 310, pp. 98, 99 ..... judgement in ex parte wason, 1869 l.r.4 qbd 573. rigby wason moved the court of queen's bench for a rule to call upon a metropolitan police magistrate to show cause why he should not take on record the complaint of wason to prosecute earl russell, lord chelmsford and the lord chief baron for conspiracy. .....
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