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P&H HC | S. 65-B (4) of the Evidence Act does not mention the stage of furnishing the certificate for admissibility; Court directs to give voice sample

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Avneesh Jhingan, J., entertained a petition under Section 482 CrPC where the petitioner was aggrieved by the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Whether confiscation by Custom & Excise Authority forfeits the claim of Secured Creditor over such property? Whether the dues of Excise department create a First Charge? SC answers

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of L. Nageswara Rao and Vineet Saran*, JJ., quashed the confiscation order of Customs and Central Excise

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VKC Footsteps Case: Marking a Seminal Moment in the Realm of Inverted Duty Structure

by Aishwarya Vardhan†

Case Briefs High Courts

Tri HC | Statement of the victim show exaggerations and improved versions; Court reduces sentence in POCSO matter

Tripura High Court: Arindam Lodh, J. partly allowed an appeal which was filed challenging the judgment of conviction and order of sentence

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Cal HC │ The interest of revenue has been safeguarded; Order of detention against the State upheld in matter of GST Act

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of T. S. Sivagnanam and Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, JJ., dismissed an appeal and connected application which was

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No specific incidents of domestic violence; Court allows exclusion of parties to the case

Pune Court: An application was allowed for exclusion of non-applicants 4-6 from a domestic violence case by the District Court. The statement

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Raj HC | Economic offender should not be dealt as general offender because economic offenders run parallel economy; bail rejected

Rajasthan High Court: Narendra Singh Dhaddha rejected bail and dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The present bail application has been

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Utt HC | Society has a vital interest in grant or refusal of bail because criminal offence is the offence against the society; Bail applications rejected in fraud case under Epidemic Diseases Act

Uttaranchal High Court: Alok Kumar Verma, J. rejected three bail applications of the applicants who were in custody for the offence under

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Can step-children claim property right in mother’s mehar after her death? Does a registered mehar deed become unenforceable for being nominal? SC answers

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai*, JJ., upheld the impugned judgment of the High Court wherein

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Guj HC | Simplicitor registration of FIR/s by itself cannot have any nexus with the breach of maintenance of public order; Detention order quashed

Gujarat High Court: Rajendra M. Sareen, J. allowed a petition which was directed against the detention order passed by respondent–detaining authority in

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Utt HC | State directed to take steps to frame and notify Rules for Registration of Sikh Marriages

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, ACJ. and Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, J. took up a PIL filed by

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P&H HC | Principle of Natural Justice demands petitioner-miller to be associated with stock verification by Food Corporation of India; physical verification set aside

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The question before Jaishree Thakur J., was whether physical verification conducted by Food Corporation of India was

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Gau HC | Sexual offences against minor cannot be compromised by parents; HC rejects application to enforce compromise

Gauhati High Court: Arun Dev Choudhury, J., held that sexual offences against minor cannot be compromised by parents. An FIR was lodged

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[Bomikhal Flyover Collapse] Is permanent debarment of guilty contractor too harsh? What makes an order a pre-determined one? Supreme Court answers

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of M. R. Shah* and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ., held that if a tentative decision is taken

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Utt HC | Public Service Commission directed to declare result of candidate who submitted late fees

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, CJ. and Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, J. allowed a petition which was filed

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Civil Remedies for Data Protection: A Critical Analysis of the Tortious Provision in Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019

by Kumar Aryan*

Case Briefs High Courts

Tri HC | Unable to approve this kind of matrimonial conduct or filing a suit for divorce on such coloured narrative; Court dismisses appeal in matter of divorce

Tripura High Court: The Division Bench of S. Talapatra and S.G. Chattopadhyay, JJ. dismissed an appeal which was filed under Section 28

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CLOUD with a Silver Lining

by Vivek Prasad*

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Departmental punishment of government servant is not a necessary and automatic consequence of conviction on a criminal charge

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Jaishree Thakur, J. set aside and quashed the dismissal of the petitioner and remanded back the matter