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‘Courts, while evaluating a challenge under Section 34, would not be justified in faulting an award merely because an alternative view was possible or that, in their opinion, a more just conclusion could have been reached.’
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A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
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‘Merely by giving a list of past cases, neither existence of crime syndicate nor commission of organized crime stands proved.’
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‘Even though the official language for proceedings and documentation is English, the authority concerned is duty bound to translate contents of such documents to a person not well versed with the language.’
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‘While determining the issue of negligence, the courts are not subjected to apply the strict principles of evidence to motor vehicle accident cases as the standard of proof required in such cases is one of preponderance of probabilities.’
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‘The false impression created by usage of terms such as ‘National’, ‘Indian’, etc. can distort participants’ understanding of the event’s stature and authority, leading them to believe that they are attending a government-sanctioned event.’
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“Delay by the authorities, at times, may constitute a cause of action in itself. This would be especially true in a case of a live and continuing cause of action or in the event of failure to perform a mandatory statutory duty. It is, however, equally true that there can be cases where delay and laches would be fatal and can result in the dismissal of the writ petition.”
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A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
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The Registrar directed the law student to vacate the hostel accommodation on the Student Disciplinary Committee’s recommendations due to non-cooperation in the inquiry.
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For such a legal misadventure resulting in the wastage of precious judicial time of the High Court, which could have been better spent answering the call of justice raised by the teeming millions, the Court imposed costs of Rs.1,20,000/- on the appellant.
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The High Court refused to interfere with the sentence imposed on convicts, even after noting inherent contradictions in the statements of the prosecution witnesses and placed major credence on the inconsistent statements of injure and her husband, to establish the liability.
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A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
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Brij Bihari Prasad, a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly was murdered in 1998. The High Court reversed the Trial Court’s decision and acquitted the accused persons.
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The SIT formed by SC shall consist of 2 officers of CBI, nominated by the Director; 2 officers of Andhra Pradesh State Police; and 1 senior officer of FSSAI.
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States and Union Territories have been directed to revise and change the prison manuals to end caste-based allotment of work.
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Several controversies and incidents made their way to the corridors of Supreme Court in September. This roundup revisits it all, providing a track of all the recent updates, landmark rulings, collegium recommendations, along with some statistics from NJDG.
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‘Even if the parties involved in a case themselves, with no valid justification attempt to delay the proceedings, the Courts need to be vigilant and nip any such attempt in the bud instantly. Pleadings with outrageous & ex facie unbelievable averments being made; Frivolous & vexatious proceedings be met with due sanctions to dissuade parties from resorting to such tactics.’
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The 1992 and 1993 riots in Bombay were triggered by the demolition of Babri Masjid and led to unfortunate 900 death, 168 persons missing and about 2036 suffered injuries.
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Documents relating to proof of deduction under Section 54F of the Act; Bank statement showing payment for above deduction; Statement justifying sale consideration; Working of capital gain were all furnished by the assessee.
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MCIA organised the fourth edition of India Alternative Disputes Resolution Week 2024 in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi.
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