Bombay High shocked at unsafe childbirth
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Government is bound to give good health facilities to the citizens and it should reach to every citizen.”

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Kanjurmarg Dumping
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It cannot be a situation that the right to life guaranteed under Article 21, is being violated by such pollution as generated from the said dumping ground.”

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head office expenditure
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Legislature has defined “head office expenditure” in clear and unambiguous terms to mean executive and general administration expenditure incurred by the assessee outside India, including, inter alia, travelling expenses, salaries, and other administrative costs.

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Divorced Muslim woman maintenance
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“To raise the presumption of a valid marriage for Section 125 of CrPC based on cohabitation, the couple must be qualified to marry and not be within the prohibited degrees of marriage.”

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Separate suit challenging court auction
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“A transferee pendente lite takes the property subject to the outcome of the proceedings, irrespective of notice or bona fides.”

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FEDEX trademark
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Where explanation for adoption of the mark is not honest and there are two different versions with different reasons and which reasons themselves are not proved, such explanation should be disregarded on the principle that things speaks for themselves.”

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Shani Shingnapur Temple Trust
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The executive cannot invoke the purpose of the Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan Trust (Shingnapur) Act, 2018 to justify a procedure that the Act itself does not permit.”

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Kavin Honour Killing
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In grave offences like honour killing, bail is a carefully guarded exception, balancing liberty with justice and societal order. Judicial vigilance and societal awareness are crucial in eradicating the heinous crime.”

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Airport Multiplex Closure
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Any landing and taking off area for aircrafts together with runways, aircraft maintenance space, passenger facilities and including aerodrome would come with the ambit of the term ‘Airport.’”

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Chottanikkara Bhagavathi Temple
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If immediate remedial measures are not initiated on a war-footing, this Court may be constrained to issue adverse orders against both the Temple Advisory Committee and the Devaswom Officers.”

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Natham Kanavai War Memorial
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Article 51A of the Constitution of India mandates that it shall be the duty of every citizen of India to cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle for freedom and to defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so.”

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Akhanda 2 release
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In light of the settlement agreement and receipt of ₹5 Crores, the Court vacated the he interim order of injunction and permitted the release the movie ‘Akhanda 2’.

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Karnataka High Court pension ruling
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the absence of any Government order, “the employees of Institutions like the Temperance Board and the Media Academy cannot claim that they are entitled to pension as a matter of right.”

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edge servers dispute
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“TCS should consider itself lucky that Inspira was successful in selling TCS’s user-specific Servers… Otherwise, TCS would have been liable to pay the entire price.”

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Marathi Language Row
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In a proceeding under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, this Court is not required to conduct a mini trial or get into nitty-gritties of the evidence.”

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Enforcement of Foreign Award
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The jurisdictional pre-condition for reference to arbitration is the concluded contract between the parties and their intention to refer the dispute to arbitration and in absence of the same, a foreign award would run contrary to the Public Policy of India.

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Eviction under Senior Citizens Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 cannot be used for summary property disputes.

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Nescafe Premix is Instant Coffee
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court held that Nescafe Premix is classifiable under Entry C-II-3 and not under the general Entry C-II-18(2) of the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959.

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canned Pineapple fruit cocktail not 'Fresh Fruits'
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In interpreting items in statutes whose primary object is to raise revenue and for which purpose they classify diverse products, articles and substances, resort should be had not to the scientific and technical meaning of the terms or expressions used, but to their popular meaning.”

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CCI power to probe anti-competitive practices
Case BriefsHigh Courts

CCI has jurisdiction to investigate allegations of abuse of dominant position in the broadcasting market, irrespective of TRAI’s regulatory framework.

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