Court : Punjab and Haryana
Decided on : Feb-23-1988
Reported in : 1989CriLJ214
I.S. Tiwana, J.1. As is commonly said, even God loves things beautiful; as did the appellant. He, however, turned a monster on April 27, 1985, when he tried to disfigure or destroy the very object of his love by pouring sulphuric acid on Dr. (Mrs.) Neelam Marwaha, complainant, PW 18 causing extensive burns on her person. For this he has been held guilty under Section 307, I.P.C. by the Sessions Court, Chandigarh, and has been awarded imprisonment for life and a fine of Rs. 10,000/-. He appeals.2. The prosecution version as unrolled by Mrs. Marwaha in her initial statement to Mr. Darshan Kumar, ASI, within three hours of her receiving the injuries, is as follows:I am posted as Senior Research Officer in the Department of Pathology Haematology under I.C.M.R. Advance Centre of the PGL Today, I was on duty from 9.00 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. and I was present in the Laboratory. At about 1.20 p.m. Dr. Bhagwat (Appellant) entered the Laboratory after opening the door. He was holding a bottle of dark...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Punjab and Haryana
Decided on : Oct-06-1988
Reported in : [1989]179ITR22(P& H)
K.S. Bhalla, J. 1. At the instance of assessee-company, Oswal Woollen Mills Ltd., Ludhiana, the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Amritsar, has referred the following two questions for the opinion of this court relating to the assessment year 1972-73 with regard to the said company :'(i) Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in law in refusing to admit and adjudicate on the additional ground of appeal in respect of the claim of the assessee for grant of deduction under Section 80J relating to the export wing ? (ii) Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in law in refusing to admit and adjudicate on the additional ground of appeal in respect of the claim of the assessee for grant of deduction under Section 80J relating to the vanaspati unit ?' 2. Facts giving rise to the present reference, briefly stated, are as under :The assessee-company, at the time of its assessment for the assessment year 1972-73 ...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Punjab and Haryana
Decided on : Aug-04-1988
Reported in : AIR1989P& H174
G.R. Majithia, J.1. This judgment will dispose of F.A.O. Nos. 518/1985, 765/1985, 487/1986 (including X-objections No. 87-CII/1986), 572/1987, 446/1984 and 566/1984 (including X-objections No. 86-CII/1984) as a common question of law arises in these appeals.2. We shall refer to the facts of FAO No. 518/1985 for the purpose of appreciating the matter in controversy and the points arising for adjudication.3. A claim petition under the Motor Vehicles Act was filed by the parents and sisters of the deceased child Mange alias Manoj, claiming compensation to the tune of Rs. 2,00,000/- on account of his untimely death. The tribunal found that the accident took place due to the rash and negligent driving of the vehicle by the driver as a result of which Mange alias Manoj died, and his age at that time was 12 years and he was a student of 5th class. With regard to the quantum of compensation, the learned Tribunal found that the deceased was quite hale and hearty and he used to assist his father...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Punjab and Haryana
Decided on : May-10-1988
Reported in : AIR1989P& H273
V. Ramaswami, C.J.1. The petitioners said to have owned an extent of 1317 Kanals 14 Marias of land in three villages in Tahsil Muktsar, District Faridkol. This included a fruit garden measuring 328 Kanals 14 Marias. A portion of this fruit garden is protected by a boundary wall constructed by the petitioner and there are a number of fruit bearing trees. The Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972, (Punjab Act No. 10 of 1973) received the assent of the President on March 24, 1973, and came into force on its publication in the Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary) on April 2, 1973. The long title of the Act states that it is an Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to ceiling on land holdings, acquisition of proprietary rights by tenants and other ancillary, matters in the Stale of Punjab. Section 2 contains a declaration to the effect that the Act is for giving effect to the policy of the State towards securing the principles specified in Clauses (b) and (c) of Article 39 of the Const...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Punjab and Haryana
Decided on : Oct-12-1988
Reported in : AIR1989P& H289; [1991]72CompCas70(P& H)
ORDERD.V. Sehgal, J. 1. This judgment shall disclose of Civil Revisions Nos. 663 and 664 of 1987. Both these revision petitions arise out of common order dt. 30th Oct., 1986 passed by the learned District Judge, Ambala. The facts of both the cases are similar and the points of law involved are identical. Therefore, it is convenient to dispose of both the petitions together by this judgment. The reference tothe parties and the facts besides documentsshall, unless otherwise specifically mentioned, be, however, made from those giving rise to Civil Revision No. 664 of 1987.2. M/s. Japson International, Ambala, defendant 1 in the suit (for short the vendor') is constituted of four partners impleaded as defendants 2 to 5 in the suit. They entered into a contract for sale by way of export of scientific goods with Riyadh House Establishment, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (for short 'the buyers'). The buyers opened a letter of credit dt. 6-8-1980 through the National Commercial Bank, Riyadh (for short '...
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