Kolkata Rape and Murder case
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Supreme Court also asked the State Government to take necessary steps to ensure biometric facilities for controlling access to the duty rooms and rest rooms.

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Madras High Court
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“Failure in complying with the Tamil Nadu Suspension of Sentence Rules, 1982 regarding adherence of time limit contemplated is to be construed as lapse, dereliction of duty or negligence, as the case may be and appropriate disciplinary actions are to be initiated against the Officials, who all are responsible for such misconduct”

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Allahabad High Court
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“The writ Court is not required to find fault of the authorities with a magnifying glass rather the Court should examine the decision-making process and also leave room for interpretation of the contract by the authorities.”

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High Court Roundup September 2024
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Take a quick glance at what the High Courts were discussing in this late Monsoon season

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Election petition against KH Hangshing
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Supreme Court reiterated that the Election Petition should not be rejected at the very threshold where there is a “substantial compliance” of the provisions.

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Section 29A of Arbitration Act
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“Section 29A intends to ensure the timely completion of arbitral proceedings while allowing Courts the flexibility to grant extensions when warranted. Prescribing a limitation period, unless clearly stated in words or necessary, should not be accepted. Bar by limitation has penal and fatal consequences.”

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Dhol Tasha Zanj units
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The NGT had directed to restrict the total number of Dhol, Tasha, Zanj Groups to only 30 per group along with real time monitoring of noise pollution around each Ganesh pandal and initiating criminal proceedings against the violators.

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National Medical Commission
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“Making a party run from Court to Court to seek permission, specifically when the institute concerned is not a new institute and has been running for the last 18 years, is only an attempt to harass the institution. Particularly, when the approval granted earlier for the academic year 2023-2024 was withdrawn, no deficiency, except non-grant of COA, was pointed out”

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Madras High Court
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The statutory authority under the MSMED Act would only have the jurisdiction to entertain a dispute when the supplier had been registered as a Micro or Small enterprise under the MSMED Act at that relevant point of time.

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madras high court
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“Since the legislature cannot contemplate a solution to all the problems that are presented in Society. Within the broad framework that is laid down by the legislature, Courts will have to find a solution to the individual cases.”

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Anticipatory bail
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“When procedural law doesn’t preclude the investigating agency from arresting a person in relation to a different offence while he is already under custody in some previous offence, the accused too cannot be precluded of his statutory right to apply for anticipatory bail only on the ground that he is in custody in relation to a different offence.”

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Custody of toddler
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Supreme Court said that this is not a case where custody of the child can be disturbed in a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.

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Descheduling of caste
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Supreme Court reiterated that neither State Government nor Courts have the authority to modify Scheduled Castes list promulgated by Presidential order

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This post provides an overview of the key highlights from the Uzbekistan Arbitration Week

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Elevation of District Judges
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“This appears to be a case where there was no collective consultation amongst the three Constitutional functionaries of the High Court i.e. the Chief Justice and the two senior-most companion judges. The absence of plurality, in reconsideration as directed by the Supreme Court Collegium, is discernible.”

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Bhushan Steel former MD Neeraj Singal
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Neeraj Singal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on 09-06-2023 in a bank fraud and money laundering case

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Allahabad High Court
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“The long period of continuous separation of a decade establishes that the matrimonial bond is beyond repair. Marriage between the parties has become a fiction, though supported by a legal tie.”

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Allahabad High Court
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While the husband and his witnesses made statements stating that the wife had been prescribed medicines for her mental ill health, however, they did not demonstrate the nature of her illness, or the extent of affliction suffered by her.

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RG Kar College corruption case
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Sandip Ghosh was the Principal of the RG Kar Hospital and College where the brutal rape and murder of a doctor took place on 9-08-2024. The Calcutta High Court on 13-08-2024 had transferred the investigation to CBI relating to the doctor’s death.

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Allahabad High Court
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The permission being granted by itself would not prevent the authorities from checking on the aspect of gambling that may take place at a particular place and if the same happens, necessary action under law can always be taken by the authorities.

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