Punjab and Haryana High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The issuance of non bailable warrants must not be exercised in a mechanical manner. It must be adopted sparingly and only upon recording cogent reasons that reflect the necessity of such a stringent course.”

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SOP on Collection & Processing Forensic Evidence
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The Standard Operating Procedures on Collection and Processing of Scientific/Forensic Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases were officially released at the Police Headquarters in Panjim, Goa on the 26-04-2025. Spearheaded by Prof. (Dr.) Pinky Anand, Senior Advocate and Former ASG of India, the initiative marks a critical advancement in bridging the teething gaps in the criminal justice system when it comes to forensic investigations and evidence collection.

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Gujarat High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court held that the petitioner was the alleged girlfriend of the complainant’s husband, and no other status or relation had been assigned to her for prosecution under Section 498A of the IPC.

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PayU Payments acquisition Mindgate Solutions
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Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised PayU Payments Private Limited (“PayU”)

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Permitting the husband to retain the custody of the minor son, despite an unequivocal foreign custody order to the contrary, would be antithetical not only to the legal rights of the petitioner but also to the rule of law, international comity, and, above all, the welfare of the child.”

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Draft Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill 2024
Op EdsOP. ED.

by Akash Gupta* and Mahi Agrawal**

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Delhi School Fees Act
Hot Off The PressNews

The Act is provides guidelines for all private and government schools in Delhi for regulation of school fees.

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Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas partnership promotion
Law Firms NewsNews

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) elevates 18 lawyers to its partnership as part of its continued growth

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Post-Human Arbitration
Op EdsOP. ED.

by Rishabh Gandhi*

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Judicial developments under MSMED Act
Experts CornerKhaitan & Co

by Milind Sharma*, Abhisaar Bairagi** and Ausaf Ayyub***

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High Court Weekly Roundup
High Court Round UpLegal RoundUp

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The present case involves allegations of gross misconduct of the acting officials and in the opinion of the Court, requires a detailed response qua the chain of events as they unfolded in actuality as also qua the alleged custodial torture that the petitioner was allegedly subjected to.”

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Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“When the donor and donee, who are father and son, are residing together in residential house owned by the father, it is not expected that after gifting the property by way of Hiba, the father would leave the residence.”

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Chhattisgarh High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“A person who indulges in facilitating leakage of question paper relating to competitive examinations, plays with the career and future of lakhs of young aspirants, who are ‘burning the midnight oil’ to prepare for competitive exams. Such an act is more heinous than an offence of murder because by killing a person, only one family gets affected but by ruining the career of lakhs of aspirants whole society is adversely impacted.”

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Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court noted that the expression “not suitable” was not defined under the Act. Therefore, it was necessary to lay down the guidelines in this regard, which would be done by an expert committee.

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Telangana High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Viewed from any angle, the alleged statement made by KTR Rao would not fulfill the requirements under Section 353 (2) of BNS. Furthermore, there is no mens rea creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between different classes of people”

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Chhattisgarh High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In the present case, aggrieved party that is the husband of the complainant has not made complaint of adultery before the Court; therefore, ingredients of Section 497 of the IPC have not been made out against the convict.”

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National Green Tribunal
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The applicants filed an application contending that Matheran hill station and an Eco-Sensitive Zone was facing serious environmental degradation due to the excessive use of horses for tourism and goods transportation.

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Chhattisgarh High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, overall evidence adduced by the prosecution, the mode and manner in which the incident had taken place, the Court opined that some reprieve in the matter of sentence deserved to be given to the convict who had been incarcerated since more than four years.

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High Court Weekly Roundup
High Court Round UpLegal RoundUp

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

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