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“It is a policy decision and the criteria prescribed by the advertisement, whether it is relating to age and/or the essential qualification, cannot be interfered with.”
The exception for trivial errors or omissions is based on the reason that ‘law does not concern itself with trifles’, based on the legal maxim- ‘De minimis non curat lex’.
“If the goods are imported for any purpose other than consumption, use or sale within the State, then the importer has to prove how the goods imported were disposed of.”
“Section 60(4) of Bihar VAT Act, 2005 enables a seizure of goods along with the carrier if the authority suspects the transport to be in contravention of the provisions of Section 60(2).”
“Alleging character assassination and to say that the husband shall be removed from service and further filing of domestic violence while alleging that the husband is in adultery, fornication, are serious allegations touching the character of respective persons.”
“From the content of the speech, it does not appear that petitioner has tried to promote feelings of enmity or hatred between two classes of people or two religions but in fact he has only said that Owaisi is trying to divide the votes of Muslims.”
“The Appellate Authority had allowed the appeal in the case of a different assessee, who had been carrying on the very same work of solid waste disposal in the very same Municipality.”
“This Court will certainly not shut its eyes to the materials unearthed, since it relates not only to maintaining purity in judicial proceedings but upholding public faith in the system at large.”
“Interpretative tools should be employed to make a statute workable and not to reach to a particular outcome.”
“Many believe that bodies, without life, are dispensable repositories of the soul, but when alive, it carries a soul; the part of a whole, which exists in every living being.”
“Fiscal legislation having uniform application to all registered persons, cannot be said to be violative of Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution and the question of such statutory provision being violative of Article 302 of the Constitution and in teeth of Article 13 of the Constitution of India does not arise at all.”
by Tarun Jain†
Cite as: 2023 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 70
“Truth is the soul of justice. The sole idea of the criminal justice system is to see that justice is done. Justice will be said to be done when no innocent person is punished, and the guilty person is not allowed to go scot free.”
“The rule of reading down a provision of the Act is a rule of harmonious construction used in order to save such provision from being declared unconstitutional.”
“No mandate on the State to carry out public advertisement, especially when a Selection Committee was appointed which could device a method by which the search of suitable people could be made, and recommendations could be given to the Government.”
“The intention is not to give benefits based on caste, but to identify communities with the caste as an indicator of the larger group of individuals; who will require measures for their social, economic and educational upliftment, to ensure an equal status and decent living conditions, within the society.”
The reiteration came after the Collegium deliberated over a reconsideration request submitted by Justice Tagia.
Justice Sanjay Karol served the High Courts of Tripura and Patna as Chief Justice before his elevation as a Supreme Court Judge on 06-02-2023.
This report covers the Supreme Court's Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1952 on duty of appellate court under Criminal Procedure Code, 1898.
Justice Sudhir Singh’s transfer from Patna to Punjab and Haryana High Court was originally proposed by the Collegium on 03-08-2023.