Court : Supreme Court of India
Reported in : 2000(3)CTC59; JT2000(3)SC618; (2000)125PLR816; 2000(2)SCALE559; (2000)4SCC91; [2000]2SCR665; 2000(2)LC887(SC)
..... contained, every common carrier shall be liable to the owner for loss of or damage to any property (including container, pallet or similar article of transport used to consolidate goods) delivered to such carrier to be carried where such loss or damage shall have arisen from the criminal act or any of his agents or servants ..... agencies provided in the consumer protection act are not forums which have jurisdiction to entertain the complaints in which claims for loss or damage to goods entrusted to a carrier for transportation is seriously disputed. the contention raised by shri desai in this regard is accordingly rejected.22. coming to the question of liability of ..... placed by the appellant reads:9. in any suit brought against a common carrier for the loss, damage or non delivery of goods (including containers, pallets or similar article of transport used to consolidate goods) entrusted to him for carriage, it shall not be necessary for the plaintiff to prove that such loss, damage or non- .....
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Reported in : 2001IXAD(SC)313; AIR2002SC143; (2002)4BOMLR714; 2002CriLJ226; 2002(1)Crimes31(SC); JT2001(9)SC605; 2001(8)SCALE36; (2001)10SCC109
..... for a sentence of transportation for life. the question of remission is exclusively within the province of the appropriate government; and in this case it is admitted that, though the appropriate ..... criminal procedure code, are a pre-requisite for a release. no other rule has been brought to our notice which confers an indefeasible right on a prisoner sentenced to transportation for life to an unconditional release on the expiry of a particular term including remissions. the rules under the prisons act do not substitute a lesser sentence ..... the treatment of prisoners confined therein. section 59 of the prisons act confers a power on the state government to make rules, inter alia, for rewards for good conduct. therefore, the rules made under the act should be construed within the scope or the ambit of the act.. under the said rules the orders of .....
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Reported in : JT2003(10)SC485; 2003(10)SCALE202; (2004)11SCC26
..... time, place and manner as the financial commissioner may prescribed such duty shall be levied rateably, on the quantity of exciseable article imported, exported, transported, collected or manufactured in or issued from a distillery brewery or warehouse;provided that duty may be levied:- (a) on intoxicating drugs by ..... intoxicating liquors, that is to say, the production, manufacture, possession, transport, purchase and sale of intoxicating liquors.51. duties of excise on the following goods manufactured or produced in the state and countervailing duties at the same or lower rates on similar goods manufactured or produced elsewhere in india :- (a) alcoholic liquors for ..... the constitution which read thus:'entry 8: intoxicating liquors, that is to say, the production, manufacture, possession, transport, purchase and sale of intoxicating liquors.entry 51. duties of excise on the following goods manufactured or produced in the state and countervailing duties at the same or lower rates on similar .....
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Reported in : AIR2007SC2531; 2008(2)ALD(Cri)505; 2008(3)ALT(Cri)89; 2007(6)KarLJ1; 2007(8)SCALE1; 2007AIRSCW4513; 2007(1)LawHerald(SC)1851; 2007(5)AIRKarR132; JT2007(7)SC397
..... an unconditional release on the expiry of a particular term including remissions. the rules under the prisons act do not substitute a lesser sentence for a sentence of transportation for life. the question of remission is exclusively within the province of the appropriate government; and in this case it is admitted that, though the appropriate ..... that the question of death penalty is not free from the subjective element and the confirmation of death sentence or its commutation by this court depends a good deal on the personal predilection of the judges constituting the bench. 34. the inability of the criminal justice system to deal with all major crimes equally ..... machhi singh categories were followed uniformly and consistently. in aloke nath dutta vs. state of west bengal, 2006 (13) scale 467, sinha j. gave some very good illustrations from a number of recent decisions in which on similar facts this court took contrary views on giving death penalty to the convict (see paragraphs 154 to 182 .....
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Reported in : AIR1999SC3125; 1999(4)ARBLR502(SC); 1999(3)BLJR2191; JT1999(5)SC422; 1999(4)SCALE516; (1999)9SCC620; [1999]Supp1SCR146
..... requisition slips and identification cards have been made; and(d) adequate arrangements for weighment, adequate staff, sufficient number of weighbridges and adequate means of transport for carrying cane for all outlying purchasing centers to the factory, to the satisfaction of the collector, have been made.rule 30 requires the sugar ..... lipton tea (india) ltd. who manufacture tea outside the state in their sophisticated factories having latest machinery are not illiterate agriculturist producers of agriculture goods and commodities in their fields and do not require protection under the act. that as these salient features of the act are not kept in ..... sugarcane;(b) to devise ways and means for executing development plan in all its essential including improvement and development of communications, cane varieties, supply of good quality seeds, fertilisers and manures, plant protection and prevention and control of diseases and pests;(c) to render all possible help in agricultural extension work .....
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Reported in : AIR2001SC3076; JT2001(8)SC328; 2001(7)SCALE14; (2002)1SCC279; [2001]124STC611(SC)
..... the amount of penalty imposed under sub-section (8) or on furnishing such security as may be directed by such incharge or officer. (10) where a transporter, while transporting goods, is found to be in collusion with a trader to avoid or evade tax, the incharge of the check-post or the officer empowered under sub-section ( ..... well have already stated, there has to be a reasonable and proximate connection between the transaction of sale and the clearing or forwarding agent, `dalal' or person transporting goods before the state legislature can, is exercise of the power to levy sales tax enact legislation concerning him. we are not satisfied that there is such close and ..... , a license n the form and manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed. (3) if any clearing or forwarding agent or dalal or person transporting goods within the state contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the commissioner or any person appointed to assist him under sub-0section (1 .....
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Reported in : AIR1994SC2489; JT1994(4)SC438; 1994(3)SCALE421; 1995Supp(1)SCC53; [1994]Supp2SCR50
..... of the said authorisation. on march 30, 1974, the appellant applied to the collector of excise, district mandsaur, madhya pradesh for grant of permission to transport the said quantity of poppy husks from madhya pradesh. in this application the appellant stated the following facts : the appellant holds a wholesale licence granted under ..... within madhya pradesh or mandsaur district nor does it say from where the poppy husks should be moved or transported to bombay. this shows that while the narcotics commissioner is concerned only with the movement of goods from bombay across the customs frontiers, by sea, to holland, it is the collector of excise, mandsaur ..... by retail. the primary purpose of section 5 is controlling and regulating the possession, transport, import/export and sale of opium and not collection of revenue - though the relevance and validity of the said purpose is undeniable in the case of noxious goods, as emphasised by this court in cooverjee b. bharucha v. excise commissioner, .....
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Reported in : AIR2003SC3673; 106(2003)DLT604(SC); JT2003(9)SC269; (2003)IIILLJ827SC; 2003(6)SCALE774; (2003)11SCC590; 2004(1)SLJ319(SC); (2004)2UPLBEC1187
..... being performed by the petitioners is the foundation on which the gigantic structure of parcel department stands. if the parcel handling work is stopped then the whole work of parcel transportation will come to stand still and all the regular staff and officers whose number is very large will become idle. the parcel handling work being performed by the petitioners is ..... appeals raise common questions of law relating to the abolition of contract system of labour. writ petition no. 433 of 1998 was filed by the all india railway parcel and goods porters union praying for the following reliefs:'a) issue appropriate writ in the nature of mandamus or any other writ, direction or order commanding the respondents to treat the petitioners .....
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Reported in : 2002(83)ECC85; 1997(89)ELT247(SC); JT1996(11)SC283; 1996(9)SCALE457; (1997)5SCC536; [1996]Supp10SCR585; [1998]111STC467(SC)
..... , motor vehicles, tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles and also parts and accessories of the motor cars and motor vehicles principally designed for transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods. even here it should be noted that, having regard to the price of the motor cars and motor vehicles, it is not the ..... also be mentioned that g.p. i required the name and address of the consignee as well as the manner of transport to be mentioned therein. (more often than not the sale of excisable goods is simultaneous with the removal/clearance.) in addition to the above, the manufacturer was required to file monthly returns (rt- ..... commerce and intercourse among the states by internal carriage or ocean navigation. the levy under the principal act having been declared unlawful, an act called the state transport co-ordination (barring of claims and remedies) act, 1954 was passed barring and extinguishing the right of recovery of any sums collected or recovered under the principal .....
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Reported in : (2006)4CompLJ450(SC); 111(2004)DLT345(SC); 2004(5)SCALE405; (2004)6SCC588
..... for different uses; (b) the proposals for major urban settlement pattern; (c) the proposals for providing suitable economic base for future growth; (d) the proposals regarding transport and communications including railways and arterial roads serving the national capital region; (e) the proposals for the supply of drinking water and for drainage; (f) indication of ..... litigation for the protection of the society and to avoid a deliberate peril arising out of entrepreneurial failure and total apathy and non- concern for social good and benefit. the delhi development act of 1957 envisaged preparation of a master plan for delhi with a definite statutory direction to define various zones into ..... judge bench of which one of us (b.n. agrawal, j.) was a member said in relation to entrepreneurial failure and total apathy non-concern for social good and benefit by the authorities as under :'the issues are long pending - the issues are urgent since the entire society is impaired - no exception can be .....
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