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The prohibition contained in Article 20 of Constitution is on subjecting a person to a higher punishment and no prohibition is there to impose a lesser punishment. 2024 KLT OnLine 1175 (SC) Hon’ble Mr. JusticeSudhanshu Dhulia &Hon’ble Mr. JusticePrasanna B. Varale A.K. Sarkar and Co. v. State of West Bengal Decided on7th March, 2024 For full judgment 'click here'
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Leave, once granted to a prisoner by the Government, cannot be interfered with by the Superintendent of Prisons, that too based on a subsequent event. 2024 KLT OnLine 1176 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas Shameera v. Secretary to Government Decided on 29thFebruary, 2024 For full text 'click here'
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Once a new Rule is brought into force or an amendment is brought in regarding qualifications and method of appointment etc., in respect of a particular post, any vacancy which arises subsequent to the commencement of the new/amended Rules can be filled up only in accordance with the new/amended Rules notwithstanding the currency of any rank list published by the P.S.C., selection of which was initiated prior to the amendment of the Rules. Jithesh v. State of Kerala Decided by Hon’ble Mr....
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Disputes between members of a private Trust or between beneficiaries of a Trust and the Trust cannot be resolved through writ proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. 2024 KLT OnLine 1178 Hon’ble Mr. Justice N. Nagaresh Amal Babu v. All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) Decided on 12th January, 2024 For full text 'click here'
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A legal obligation is cast on the prosecution to prove that it was the contraband substance allegedly seized from the possession of the accused eventually reached the Chemical Examiner's laboratory in a tamper-proof condition. The chain of custody of the contraband commencing from the place of occurrence to the stage when the contraband reaches the laboratory is required to be established by the prosecution. 2024 KLT OnLine 1180 Hon’ble Mr. Justice K. Babu Antony v. State of Kerala D...
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