Bhumika Indulia, Author at SCC Times

Scope of Section 9 of the J&K Specific Relief Act, 1977 is limited to determination of possession of the plaintiff over suit property

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Examination-in-chief of the witness has to be tendered by way of affidavit in every case

Jammu & Kashmir: A Single Judge bench comprising of Sanjay Kumar Gupta, J. dismissed a civil writ petition seeking quashing of trial

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Possession of immovable property on date of dispossession is sine qua non for relief under Section 6 of Specific Relief Act; investigation into title irrelevant

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Bail application allowed as no prima facie role of the accused was placed on record

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Slightest penetration, of whatever degree, is sine qua non to attract provision of Section 376 IPC; absence thereof regarded as ‘fondling’: Tripura High Court

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Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of S.A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao, JJ. disposed of a criminal appeal filed by the State

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Framing of charges requires a prima facie case against the accused; evaluation of materials to assess conviction not required

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Right of residence in ‘shared household’ under Domestic Violence Act can be claimed only against husband and not father-in-law

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Agricultural land cannot be declared as non-agricultural just because the plot was found vacant: Allahabad HC

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High Court refused to quantify compensation on mere allegation of ‘Medical Negligence’

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