Calcutta High Court
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The petitioner, by way of this PIL, sought a direction to the Election Commission of India to ensure complete citizenship verification of candidates contesting elections. It was alleged that foreign nationals were illegally acquiring Indian citizenship and participating in the electoral process. The issue was flagged as especially critical ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections.

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Delhi High Court
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By virtue of the prescription contained in para 6(ii) of the Delhi Eating House, Registration Regulations, 2023, unless and until the petitioner’s renewal application is declined, the petitioner’s operations cannot be precluded for want of an Eating House Registration Certificate/license.

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Delhi High Court
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The plaintiff is aggrieved by the incident which occurred at her residence on 26-07-2024 in the late evening, after she withdrew her participation from a live debate programme (‘live debate’) hosted by Rajdeep Sardesai premised on ‘Kargil Diwas’ and ‘Agniveers’, telecasted at 9:00 PM on India Today Television.

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Delhi High Court
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Defendants 2 to 4 edited the page pertaining to the plaintiff to include allegedly false, misleading and defamatory remarks/content against the Plaintiff. It is stated that the remarks and statements against the plaintiff form a substantial portion of the Plaintiff’s Page, which is accessible to users and non-users of the Platform.

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Delhi High Court
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In a situation where rights available to persons with disabilities under the 2016 Act or the Rules 2017 or under any other measure involving the service-related issues are found to have been infringed or violated, the provisions of the 2016 Act will have to be given effect to.

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Delhi High Court
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Defendant 1 is unknown person/persons, who have fraudulently engaged with different business entities to commit fraud, impersonation and are misleading the general public into believing that they are acting on behalf of the plaintiff.

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Delhi High Court
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The petitioner has filed a petition seeking directions for GNCTD to take necessary steps to ensure compliance with the directions issued by the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court regarding live streaming and video recording of court proceedings.

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Calcutta High Court
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Although interim bail is granted due to exigency or humanitarian or compassionate ground but in NDPS cases Courts may exercise that discretion in the event the Court is of the view that trial cannot be completed within a short period.

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Delhi High Court
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The camouflaged and coercive manner in which service charge is being collected by the restaurant establishments itself shows the unlawful nature of the charge. This would clearly constitute an unfair trade practice under Section 2(47) of the CPA, 2019 as the collection of service charge materially misleads the consumer with respect to the price at which the food is being sold.

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Delhi High Court
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The plaintiff stated that on 22-01-2025, the defendant announced on various social media platforms that the Assigned Film will be released on 27-03-2025. He stated that the theatrical release of the Assigned Film is proposed in the Southern States of India i.e., Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Pondicherry in original language – Tamil as well as overseas (except Nepal).

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Delhi High Court
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It is beyond cavil, on a plain reading of Rule 9B, that it applies squarely and exclusively to the judicial officers who have retired from the services of DHJS alone. It does not envisage any retired judicial officer of the HJS of a State other than Delhi.

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Delhi High Court
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The defendants are websites that are making the plaintiff’s series/show available to the public without procuring any valid license or authorization from the plaintiff. These defendants’ websites unlawfully provide access to infringing content free of charge, without requiring users to register. The availability of such content is monetized through advertisements displayed on these platforms.

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Delhi High Court
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In April 2022, while conducting a market survey, the plaintiff came across the defendant’s listing on the online trade directory of www.tradeindia.com selling butyl tubes of two-wheeler and four-wheeler vehicles under the infringing marks.

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National Human Rights Commission
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The incident happened when the victim onboard a bus was travelling to appear for his exam. He was dragged out of the bus by the perpetrators and assaulted with a sickle, severing his fingers from his left hand. Reportedly, the father of the victim who reportedly tried to intervene was also assaulted.

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Delhi High Court
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It is a settled position in law that when the arbitration agreement is silent on the aspect of ‘seat’, ‘venue’ or ‘place’ of arbitration, the determining factor will be where the cause of action arises as well as where the defendant/respondent actually or voluntarily resides or carries on their business.

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Andhra Pradesh High Court
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“The distance between Avanigadda and Machilipatnam is approximately 35 km. Litigants from the Avanigadda area would be relieved from having to traverse that distance to file their cases on each and every date of hearing.”

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Delhi High Court
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One has to be conscious of the intersectionality of a girl child who has undergone trauma of sexual violence. Such a victim, on being summoned by court to depose and virtually relive the trauma, is bound to get jitters and consequences like loose motions and fever etc, caused by nervousness and agony.

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Delhi High Court
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The only allegation from the very inception was that there were irregularities in the promotions conducted by the National Productivity Council on 28-03-2023, which pertain to a period even before petitioner 1 joined as Secretary, DPIIT on 21-01-2023.

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Delhi High Court
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The cause of action to file the present petition arose when respondent 1 failed to pay the balance amount to the petitioner by 31-12-2012 as per clause (vi) of the compromise agreement based on which the consent decree dated 01-06-2009 was passed.

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Delhi High Court
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The unauthorized use of the “LIV” element in a manner that does not materially differentiate the defendants’ mark from the plaintiffs’ well-established “Liv.52” mark amounts to a violation of the plaintiffs’ statutory rights.

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