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Nixon v. City Police Commissioner
Criminal Law - Rowdy History Sheet - Right to Privacy - Reformation of Offenders.
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Kerala Private Hospitals Association v. State of Kerala
Constitutional Law – Kerala Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2018 – Validity – Legislative Competence – Public Health – Dentistry – Fee Display – Cancellation of Registration.
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Union of India v. Aayana Charitable Trust
Income Tax Act, 1961 - Sections 245A, 245AA, 245B, 245C, 153A, 153C - Finance Act, 2021
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Hakkim v. State of Kerala
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25, 27A – Bail Application – Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 – Section 483 – Grant of Bail – Absence of Incriminating Material – Confession of Co-accused – Evidentiary Value – Section 37 NDPS Act Rigour Diluted.
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Robinson v. State of Kerala
Penal Code, 1860 – Sections 337, 338, 304A – Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Section 3 r/w Section 181 – Rash and Negligent Driving – Conviction and Sentence – Appeal – Validity of Driving Licence – Mechanical Defect of Vehicle – Evidence of Injured Witness and Independent Witnesses – Modification of Sentence.
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Prasath C. v. State of Kerala
Constitution of India - Articles 19 and 21 - Police Act (Kerala) - Section 117(e) - Police Surveillance - Domiciliary Visits - Right to Privacy.
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Raphy v. State of Kerala
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 – Section 10(7) – Mandatory compliance – Food Inspector’s failure to secure independent witnesses – Lack of evidence of earnest efforts to associate independent witnesses – Non-compliance with Section 10(7) fatal to prosecution case – Conviction and sentence set aside – Petitioner acquitted.
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George Alexander v. State of Kerala
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Section 321 - Section 397 - Section 401 - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 - Section 360 - Withdrawal from Prosecution – Locus Standi of Accused – Maintainability of Revision Petition – Non-Application of Judicial Mind by Trial Court.
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Biju Molla v. State of Kerala
Evidence Act, 1872 - Section 6 - The term 'transaction" used in Section 6 must be interpreted broadly and flexibly to encompass not merely a single act, but the entire sequence of closely connected acts that collectively constitute the occurrence.
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Kuttankulangara Devaswom v. C.P. Raghava Pisharadi
Tort – Damages – Liability of Insurer – Impleadment after Limitation Period – Application of Limitation Act, 1963, Section 21 – Order I Rule 10(5), CPC