Delhi High Court
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“In a large number of customs matters, the Counsels are either not appearing or appear without proper instructions. In cases of non-appearance, the Court is compelled to request Standing Counsels present in Court to accept notice. This reflects a clear lack of coordination between the Department and the learned panel of Standing Counsels. Such a practice is highly undesirable and leads to gross wastage of judicial time.”

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Delhi High Court
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“The presence of ‘sexual intent’ is the determining factor in distinguishing an act of mere physical force from an act that constitutes sexual assault under the POCSO Act.”

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The statutory mandate under Section 23 of the JJ Act must be strictly adhered to, ensuring that children in conflict with law are not subjected to joint proceedings with adults, regardless of whether they are being tried under the procedure applicable to adults.

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Delhi High Court
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In criminal jurisprudence, the standard of proof required to sustain a conviction is proof beyond a reasonable doubt, which is significantly higher than the preponderance of probabilities applicable in civil cases.

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Delhi High Court
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On perusal of the arrest memo shows that though there is column providing for ‘reasons of arrest’ against which it is stated “for the purpose of fair investigation” but neither there is column for ‘grounds of arrest’ in the arrest memo nor it is the case of the prosecution that the ‘grounds of arrest’ were separately served upon the present petitioner at the time of his arrest.”

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Rouse Avenue District Court
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It is the applicant’s case that he had undergone the aforesaid spinal surgery involving insertion of screws, at VNA Hospital, on 15-01-2025 and was admitted there till 20-01-2025, after which he continues to be in severe pain and has been advised bed rest for 6 weeks, as recently as on 17-02-2025.

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Delhi High Court
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Even if the contention of the petitioner is accepted that there was no domestic violence, then too her right to claim residence is still maintainable.

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Calcutta High Court
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A PIL was filed seeking a direction upon the railway administration to introduce at least four additional metro services between 9:40 p.m. and 10:40 p.m. on the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro Railway, covering the route from Dakshineshwar to Kavi Subhas Stations.

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Delhi High Court
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The factual matrix in this case presented a situation in which a minor student was visited with certain consequences by reason of misusing a smartphone while in school.

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Jubilant Generics
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The plaintiff alleged that Jamp Pharma breached the agreement by sharing the product dossiers with the defendants i.e., Indian pharmaceutical companies manufacturing the said products for Jamp Pharma. Since these defendants were not parties to the original agreements, the plaintiff contended that their use of the product dossiers constituted copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets.

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Delhi High Court
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The possibility of marking a lien on disputed amount, whenever it is identifiable, should be explored as a more appropriate interim measure. Ideally, it should be the first and foremost option.

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Calcutta High Court
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The Court underscored the necessity of concrete evidence in criminal prosecutions, particularly in cases involving digital content. The ruling reinforces those mere allegations, unsupported by forensic proof or substantial material, cannot justify the continuation of criminal proceedings.

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Delhi High Court
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The Court observed that before alleging defamation based on a tweet, the plaintiff should bear in mind the conversational nature of medium and bear responsibilities for the content of its own tweets which lead to the Impugned Tweets.

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Delhi High Court
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RIL has extracted the ‘Migrated Gas’, however, the said extraction/ exploration of the ‘Migrated Gas’ without any ‘explicit and express permission’ cannot be said to have been in ‘most efficient manner for betterment of the Union’, which did not belong to it and which did not entitle them to reaping any profits therefrom.

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Delhi High Court
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The complainant is asserted to be an extremely influential person, who runs a number of famous Night Clubs in Delhi and has close proximity with high-ranking police officials and deep-rooted connections with gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar.

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Delhi High Court
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The development of standards in the field of telecommunication which enables usage of mobile phones across countries may be rendered ineffective if such configuration is held to the detriment of the OEM or the traders/exporters.

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Calcutta High Court
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The petitioners have their families and are permanent residents of Coochbehar. Their earnings from their engagement are the sole source of their livelihood. In the said conspectus, prima facie, it does not appear that they would flee from justice or delay the investigation by abscondence.

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Delhi High Court
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It is an elementary principle that when a public authority is vested with specific powers, it is duty bound to act accordingly. Therefore, any failure to exercise statutory powers gives rise to a cause of action to secure performance of such duty by way of issuance of writ of mandamus under Article 226.

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Government Releases Draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill
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Read key amendments proposed in the draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025. Public comments invited till 28-02-2025.

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Andhra Pradesh High Court
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It is only after the efforts of reconciliation and settlement fails, the videoconferencing can be resorted on the joint application filed by the parties or the memorandum of consent by both the parties, husband and wife, for such videoconferencing, in the discretion of the Court, if the Court considers it appropriate.

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