Criminal law — Narcotics trafficking — chain of custody — cocaine hydrochloride as form of cocaine — oral evidence sufficing where paper trail absent — particulars of information — sentence reduced to statutory minimum — unaffirmed witness evidence expunged

Criminal law — Narcotic trafficking — admissibility of cautioned statement — chain of custody (oral proof sufficient where no tampering shown) — statutory minimum sentence — tendering of exhibits — variance in accused’s names not fatal to identity — Certificate of Value

Constitutional law — Bail

Administrative law — Revision — Attorney General’s power to protect public interest acknowledged but procedural propriety requires joinder in appeal — notice of appeal not automatically withdrawn — pending notice of appeal bars parallel revision

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Civil procedure — Civil revision — scope of revisional jurisdiction — Appellate Jurisdiction Act s 4(3) — Judgment — Requirement of notice to parties before delivery of judgment — Order XX r 1 of the Civil Procedure Code

Criminal law — promise to tell truth mandatory where no oath/affirmation — inadmissibility of evidence lacking promise — Victim’s testimony as best evidence in sexual offences — corroboration by bystanders and clinical officer — irregular documentary admission (contents not read…

Civil procedure — Leave to appeal — discretionary test — whether proposed grounds raise arguable issues or novel points of law — second bite for leave — scope limited to arguability not merits — whether counsel's mishearing of hearing date can amount to good cause to set aside d…

Contract law — Sale of goods — award of unpaid purchase price with contractual interest — burden of proof in breach of contract claims — contract modification clause requiring written mutual consent — seller's duty to deliver and buyer's duty to accept — third‑party collection a…

Criminal law — Forfeiture — Scope of s 13A PCA — Whether it covers death after acquittal or during appeal — Statutory interpretation — Purposive vs literal approach — When purposive interpretation is inappropriate if statute is clear Criminal procedure — Forfeiture/confiscation…

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Criminal law — Fair trial — right to cross‑examination and right to be heard — Natural justice and Article 13(6)(a) — Proceedings vitiated — retrial ordered

Civil procedure — Procedure — contradictions and omission of witnesses do not necessarily negate otherwise credible evidence Criminal law — Murder — circumstantial evidence and oral admissions — when oral confessions to reliable witnesses may ground conviction Evidence — Caution…

Criminal law — Murder — Conviction for murder — extra-judicial confession as best evidence — Malice aforethought inferred from intention to cause grievous harm — mutual fight and provocation defences unavailable absent sudden provocation

riminal law — Rape of child — Identification parade and recognition — Admissibility and evidential value where parade preceded dock recognition Criminal procedure — Cautioned statement — compliance with section 50(1) time limit — Compliance with CPA s.50(1)(a) and s.57(2) Eviden…

Criminal law — Trafficking in narcotic drugs — Whether modes of trafficking listed in the statutory definition constitute separate offences (duplicity) or are methods of a single offence Evidence — Admissibility of written statements under section 34B Evidence Act — Whether plac…

Criminal law — medical evidence — Clinical officer competent to examine sexual offence victim and complete PF3 — sexual offences — medical report proves intercourse but not identity. Conviction unsafe where victim’s evidence is expunged and remaining evidence fails to prove pene…

Appellate practice — Revisionary jurisdiction — limits where right of appeal exists — Appeal with leave — revisional jurisdiction Civil procedure — Execution — Arrest and detention as civil prisoner

Land law — Mortgage of matrimonial home— definition of matrimonial home— mortgagee’s duty to take reasonable steps to ascertain and obtain spouse’s consent— spouse’s consent mandatory

Appellate practice — Amendment — Overriding objective — when and how cure may be sought — leave to appeal — competence

The applicant, a contractor, sought review of this Court’s earlier decision affirming the High Court’s finding that an arbitrator lacked jurisdiction because the parties had not referred their dispute to the contractually required adjudicator before arbitration.

Commercial law — Commercial court procedure — burden of proof where foreign‑currency disbursements and alleged conversion shortfalls are asserted — construction — document format and expungement of non‑compliant submissions — insufficiency of oral evidence without documentary pr…

Appellate practice — Appellate review — first appeal power to re-evaluate evidence under Rule 36 but will not disturb correct findings of trial court Contract law — Sale of goods act s.36 — buyer’s right to inspect goods and requirement to request and prove inspection Evidence —…