In a ruling clarifying the interplay between the Customs Act, 1962 and the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, the Supreme Court has held that a port trust constituted under the Major Port Trusts Act cannot escape liability to pay customs
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Admittedly, there were shops around the shop of PW-3 Vivek where the alleged incident had taken place. There was a road in front of his shop and there were two shops beyond the road. However, the prosecution has not examined
Importantly, when PW1 had the earliest opportunity to disclose the names to Dr. Manor Shet (PW4), who has first examined PW2, PW2 did not disclose the names of the accused to PW4 Dr. Shet. In fact, it has come on
As per the evidence of PW1, he was unconscious soon after the incident and he was taken to MGM Hospital, Aurangabad, however, the discharge summary card of the injured-PW1 does not disclose history of unconsciousness of the injured PW1.
Further, a contemporary document (Exh. 45), the certificate at the time of admission of the present applicant at Life Line Hospital, clearly shows that, on examination, the doctor found him conscious, not only conscious, but well oriented. Further, there
It is further submitted that as per the injured-PW1 soon after incident he and his both sons were immediately taken to Civil Hospital, Beed where the Medical Officer PW7 examined and issued MLC certificates (Exhibit-103 to 105). It is routine
A recent Bombay High Court decision adds an important procedural dimension to the growing judicial scrutiny of how Controllers assess obviousness. Maneesha Gupta explains how in Ashit Padhaya v. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs, the problem was not the
