by The Legal Blog | Apr 1, 2021 | Columns, Criminal Law, Interpretation of Statutes, Legal Concepts, Litigation, Property Law
Author : Saurabh SethThe Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 (“Original Act”) was enacted in the year 1988 with the object of prohibiting benami transactions. A benami transaction in simple terms refers to a transaction where a person actually purchasing a...
by The Legal Blog | Apr 6, 2014 | Criminal Law, Legal Concepts, Negotiable Instruments Act
Justice C.K. PrasadSupreme Court of India The Hon’ble Supreme Court in A.K. Singhania Vs. Gujarat State Fertilizer Co. Ltd. & Anr. has reiterated that a complaint under S. 138 read with S. 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act must necessarily contain...
by The Legal Blog | Sep 12, 2013 | Criminal Law, Legal Concepts, Limitation Act, Practice and Procedure
Justice Ranjana P. DesaiSupreme Court of India A 3 Judge Bench of the Supreme Court in Econ Antri Ltd. Vs. Rom Industries Ltd. & Anr. has recently answered a reference whether for calculating the period of one month which is prescribed under Section 142(b) of...
by The Legal Blog | Dec 29, 2012 | Criminal Law, Legal Concepts, Practice and Procedure
Justice Swatanter KumarSupreme Court of India An interesting question came up before the Supreme Court in Anju Chaudhary Vs. State of U.P. whether there can be more than one FIR in relation to the same incident or different incidents arising from the same...
by The Legal Blog | Oct 14, 2012 | Criminal Law, Legal Concepts
Justice LodhaSupreme Court of India The Supreme Court in Abuzar Hossain @ Gulam Hossain Vs. State of West Bengal has discussed the law relating to Juveniles. The matter was placed before the Bench comprising J. Lodha, J. Dave and J. Thakur, on a reference by...
by The Legal Blog | Oct 2, 2012 | Criminal Law, Legal Concepts, Negotiable Instruments Act
Justice TS ThakurSupreme Court of India The Supreme Court in MSR Leathers Vs. S. Palaniappan has held that prosecution based upon second or successive dishonour of the cheque is also permissible so long as the same satisfies the requirements stipulated in...
