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P&H HC | Answer to the question on ‘fundamental rights vis-a-vis judicial review’ considered as ‘National Confusion’ as different interpretation possible

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajbir Sehrawat. J., contemplated and answered the interesting question asked in the recruitment test on which the

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Law on filing false affidavit: Can defaulter get benefit of equity? Read what made the Supreme Court reverse concurrent findings of Courts

“Once an affidavit has been filed which is on the face of it false to the knowledge of the executants, no benefit can be claimed on the ground that delivery of possession was given.”

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Cal HC | Parties to agreement of sale consciously changing their relationship cannot seek relief on the basis of previously established relationship

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Soumen Sen and Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, JJ., dismissed an appeal concerned with a breach of

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Does Income Tax Act prohibit HRA Exemption On Rent Paid To Wife? ITAT answers

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), New Delhi: An appeal was filed by the assessee against the order of CIT(A)-21, New Delhi dated

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Raj HC rejected the request for supply of rejoinder in absence of specific allegations in the petition; Directed to file a properly constituted petition

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Manindra Mohan Shrivastava CJ and Madan Gopal Vyas J. disposed of the petition and rejected

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P&H HC | Schools succeeded in hoodwinking CBSE, however, no fault can be attributed to the students; direction for issuance of class 12th result

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Sudhir Mittal, J. allowed the writ petitions filed against the action of the Central Board of Secondary

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Raj HC | In absence of any factual foundation to show whether a particular entity is State or not, writ jurisdiction not maintainable

Rajasthan High Court: Mahendar Kumar Goyal J. dismissed the petition being not maintainable against a private entity. The instant petition was filed

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Megh HC | Lower Courts to deal with entire process expeditiously after receipt of the application under S. 151 read with Or. 20 R. 6-A CPC

Meghalaya High Court: H.S. Thangkhiew, J. while hearing a revision application allowed the same and directed the lower court to deal with

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Where post import, factum of sale isn’t disputed, no exemption from market fee can be claimed under Karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing Act of 1966: SC

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of R. Subhash Reddy* and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ., held that where the trader do not dispute

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MP HC | Technical objections cannot come in way of custody; Court allows 16-year-old to choose to live with father

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Subodh Abhyankar and Satyendra Kumar Singh, JJ., dismissed an appeal which was filed being

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P&H HC | Cooling off period under S. 13-B (2) HMA directory and not mandatory, court must waive off statutory period where marriage is irreconcilable

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajbir Sehrawat, J., allowed the instant revision petition, filed against the order of Family Court, where the

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Guj HC | Court allows writ furnishing the GSTR – 6 return for recording and distributing the ISD credit

Gujarat High Court: The Division bench of J.B. Pardiwala and Nisha M. Thakore, JJ., allowed the petition in a matter related to

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SC-ST Act is prospective or retrospective? Kar HC quashes criminal proceedings for offences committed in the year 1975

Karnataka High Court: Krishna S Dixit J. quashes the criminal proceedings as the SC-ST act is not retrospective in nature. The petitioners

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Megh HC | Court affirms trial court’s conviction on the basis of victim’s testimony in POCSO matter

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee and W. Diengdoh, JJ., while hearing an appeal which challenged the judgment of

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Raj HC | “Citizen approaching Court in a public interest jurisdiction holds greater duty to make full research” PIL dismissed due to lack of necessary evidence presented

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Akil Kureshi, CJ and Rekha Borana, J. dismissed the petition and kept it open for

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P&H HC | Use of phrase “carnal intercourse” considered as a conscious act of the legislature reflecting the clear intent to engraft an offence under S. 377 IPC, conviction upheld

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Vinod S. Bhardwaj, J. contemplated the revision petition filed by the accused/ children in conflict with the

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“A bus by bus, a mini-bus by mini-bus and not bus by a mini-bus” isn’t a correct way to interpret the expression “same nature”: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of K.M. Joseph and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha*, JJ., held that Rule 174(2)(c) of the Kerala Motor

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P&H HC | Application for rescission of contract ‘mandatory’ to avail the relief, as S. 28, Specific Relief Act, 1963 doesn’t confer indefeasible right

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Sudhir Mittal, J. dismissed the revision petition filed by the petitioners (in this case the judgment-debtors) against

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ITAT | Notice issued against a dead person is null and void and all consequent proceedings/orders being equally tainted are liable to be set aside

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), New Delhi: The Coram of Amit Shukla (Judicial Member) and Pradip Kumar Kedia (Accountant Member) allowed an

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Cal HC │ Whether the orders passed under a repealed Act be executed? Court discusses

Calcutta High Court: Rajasekhar Mantha, J. disposed of a petition observing that the Supreme Court is the only authority to clarify whether