Principle Archive

Where contradictions and inconsistencies are established, the appellants are entitled to be given the benefit of the doubt so created.

Where an accused discloses an alibi before trial and the police take no available steps to verify or disprove it, the court may hold that the…

Where an accused sets up the defence of alibi, the onus still lies on the prosecution to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused was present…

The Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings supported by evidence unless they are perverse, patently erroneous, or would result in a miscarriage of justice.

The power of revocation of a right of occupancy is conferred only for purposes clearly set out in the Land Use Act; any revocation for purposes…

An invalid certificate of occupancy cannot extinguish all previous rights over the land as envisaged in section 5(2) of the Land Use Act because a valid…

Since revocation of a statutory right of occupancy deprives the holder of proprietary rights, the provisions of the Land Use Act as to the mode of…

Courts jealously guard their jurisdiction; ouster provisions in any statute must be scrupulously examined and will not be construed to extend beyond their ordinary meaning.

An ouster clause protects only acts done within jurisdiction; it does not cover acts done without or in excess of the power given by a Decree…

The non-joinder of a desirable party, whether by failure of the parties or the court to join suo motu, will not be taken as a ground…

When the Governor exercises powers under the Land Use Act in his official capacity, he acts for and on behalf of the State Government; the Attorney-General…

A new question will be allowed on appeal where it involves a substantial point of law, substantive or procedural, and it is obvious that no further…