Under Indian law, fines and penalties are distinct legal concepts with several key differences in their application, authority, and legal p...

 It can be seen that this Court has held that if the forfeiture of earnest money under a contract is reasonable, then it does not fall withi...

  The Division Bench of this Court, while dealing with the provisions of Section 398 of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 194...

According to Section 40(1)(b) if the Collector is of opinion that such instrument is chargeable with duty and is not duly stamped, he shall ...

1) The  poignant question raised is whether an authority under the Passports Act,  1967, has any power to impose penalty/fine invoking t...

The court further observed that plea of adverse possession is not a pure question of law but a blended one of fact and law. Therefore, a p...

I find sufficient force in the submissions made by the learned Government Pleader on the side of the petitioners. Exhibit P2 order has r...

 In the present case, there was a decree for a sum of Rs.1,04,50,000/-. On the judgment debtor's application, by consent of parties, a...

With the aforesaid factual backdrop, in the teeth of the above statutory provisions, one cannot dispute that tax, interest and penalty are...

The last issue which we must take notice of is the levy of penalty. While it is true that sub section (4) of section 47-A empowers the Co...

Then the next question that falls for consideration is whether these can be used for any collateral purpose. The larger Bench of Andhra P...

There is no dispute that the appellant failed to execute the work of construction of sewerage pumping station within the stipulated or ...

Defendant no. 3 passed the order of rescinding the contract, without issuing any show cause notice or holding an enquiry, as required und...

Mr. Palaniswami strenuously contended that as the amount is in the nature of earnest money, it could be forfeited notwithstanding the absen...