gujarat high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 is essentially meant for protecting the members of a SC and ST from atrocity or oppression, however, it cannot be allowed to be misused.

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gyanwapi-moshque
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court was hearing a petition against the Varanasi District Court’s Order wherein ASI was directed to undertake scientific survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque to find out whether the same was constructed over a pre-existing structure of Hindu Temple.

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maintainability of writ petition
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court called the matter at hand a classic case in which a litigant had been able to mislead the Courts and authorities at different levels to put life into his stale claim.

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high court weekly round up
High Court Round UpLegal RoundUp

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

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rahul gandhi
Hot Off The PressNews

The Supreme Court was hearing Rahul Gandhi’s plea challenging Gujarat High Court’s order dismissing his application to stay two years conviction Order.

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bombay high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court observed that a person gets caste by birth and remains forever unless there are circumstances indicative of the individual having embraced not only a new order but being outcasted from the original order.

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ordinance to constitution bench
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023 was promulgated just eight days after the Constitution Bench had decided on the issue of administrative control over transfers and postings of civil servants in the NCTD.

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rouse avenue court, delhi
Case BriefsDistrict Court

The coal scam in Chhattisgarh was pertaining to the allocation of ‘Fatehpur East’ coal block in favour of JLD Yavatmal Energy Private Limited.

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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Will was executed by the testator, Late Raja Bahadur Sardar Singh of Khetri in the presence of two attesting witnesses, thus, complying with Section 63 of the Succession Act, 1925.

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case for feminist reasoning
Op EdsOP. ED.

by Balram Pandey*

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teesta setalvad
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The Gujarat High Court had previously dismissed Teesta’s application for regular bail and directed her to surrender immediately.

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gujarat high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court applied the doctrine of harmonious construction and observed that granting of parole would not amount to any intervention in pending proceedings before Supreme Court under Section 389 of CrPC

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allahabad high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In case the certificate was lying in the vehicle at the time it was repossessed, the impugned order directing for the vehicle to be registered in the name of the financier would not cause any prejudice nor could be said to be contrary to any provisions of law.

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orissa high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Director of Seashore Group of Companies was seeking Transfer of Criminal Cases pending against before various Courts to CBI Court as the CBI Court had clubbed other 22 FIRs pending against him.

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nomination of arbitrator by ineligible persons
Case BriefsSupreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

Two Benches of the Supreme Court had expressed their disagreement with the view taken in Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. ECI-SPIC-SMO-MCML (JV), therefore, the matter was referred to larger Bench.

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appellate tribunal for electricity
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

The Tribunal regarded the hike in violation of Section 61(d) of the Electricity Act, 2003 and against the larger public interest, which is one of the critical factors to be taken into consideration in deciding whether to grant interim relief.

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gujarat high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court stated that if at all an offence is committed at a particular time, there cannot be inconsistency in the time of offence in the deposition and the FIR registered by the informant herself.

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orissa high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Additional Sessions Judge had sentenced the Rape Convict to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years for the offence under section 376(1) of the IPC.

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bail to juvenile delinquent
Case BriefsSupreme Court

A chargesheet was filed against the Juvenile Delinquent for offences under Sections 363, 366-A, 368, 376 of the IPC and Section 3, 4, 16 and 17 of the JJ Act.

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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Private unaided schools are also amenable to Writ Jurisdiction as they carry out public function discharged by the State under Article 12 of the Constitution.“

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