4-year-old hung from tree by teachers
Case BriefsHigh Courts

As per the report, two female teachers punished the child for allegedly not completing his homework. Though the child was reported to be safe, the parents raised questions over the incident.

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Diabetes cannot hinder Right to Education
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The respondents’ refusal to provide minimal dietary flexibility or safe insulin storage, both of which petitioner volunteered to manage at his own cost, constitutes denial of reasonable accommodation and hence discrimination per se. Even otherwise, Type-1 diabetes is not a recognized disability; therefore, exclusion of the petitioner on this ground is arbitrary and discriminatory.”

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passport constitutional right
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“A criminal court, while considering an application for a grant of NOC for a passport renewal, should only advert itself to the question as to whether the accused, if allowed to travel abroad, would be available to face the trial and no other factor should influence the decision.”

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Gold Flake trade mark
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Substituting ‘K’ with ‘M’ to form ‘GOLD FLAME’ from ‘GOLD FLAKE’ does not make the competing Marks dissimilar. A consumer of average intelligence and imperfect recollection or not well-versed in English would be unable to distinguish between the competing products.”

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DNA test in routine manner
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the present case, wherein the wife gave birth to a daughter on 17-12-2012, it was alleged by the husband that she had last visited him on 20-5-2011.

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Constable's appointment under Freedom Fighter quota
Case BriefsHigh Courts

If the petitioner is permitted to continue only on the sole ground that he has completed nine years’ service, it would legalize his illegal act. It would prompt many other candidates to play such tactics and get a job. It is a matter of chance that his illegality was unearthed.

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Arbitral award to TCS over cancelled exam
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The UPLA Secretariat terminated the agreement with TCS in 2016, citing anomalies in another examination conducted by TCS for the Railway Recruitment Board.”

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Kerala Clinical Establishments Act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Act does not create new constraints; rather, it operationalises the constitutional duties through a registration-cum-standards regime, a transparency mandate, and enforceable minimum requirements for emergency care and stabilisation.”

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detention period extension
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The ‘Law and Order’ problems typically affect only individuals or small groups, whereas ‘public order’ disruptions affect the community’s normal functioning.”

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naming of government departments
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The present is not a case warranting exercise of writ jurisdiction, as the cause espoused is purely an administrative act for the experts in the field to ponder on and this Court lacks expertise in this regard.”

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Case BriefsSupreme Court

On 20-5-2025, in a significant decision, the Supreme Court restored minimum three-year legal practice requirement for eligibility in civil judge exams and made it mandatory.

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ICAI 5-year debarment
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The report is bereft of independent findings on the report of the disciplinary committee by dealing the contentions/submissions raised by the respondent. The Council has done merely a cut-paste job and produced the entire report of the disciplinary committee in its report.”

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Amit Baghel
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The reliefs sought by the petitioner, particularly those seeking directions for immediate arrest, the manner of investigation, supervision by a senior officer of a particular rank, and periodic status reports, amount to a prayer for judicial supervision and micromanagement of criminal investigation.”

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Supreme Court disclosure private universities
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court will examine the establishment and functioning of private Universities across the country in the larger public interest.

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withdrawal of Accepted voluntary retirement
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If it was really a case of disability of the petitioner, then she ought to have approached the Commissioner under the Disabilities Act, as it is the Commissioner who has the power under the said Act to grant appropriate relief.”

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S. 37 NDPS twin conditions
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The petitioner was found in possession of 3.670 kilograms of charas, which was a commercial quantity and hence, the rigours of Section 37 of the NDPS Act applied to the present case.”

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Husband Refused To Divorce
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court remarked that when the other party opposes the prayer for divorce despite their being no possibility of them living together, such conduct of party deriving pleasure from difficulties and tension of the other party also amounts to cruelty.

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Hermes Birkin well-known trade mark
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Hermes’ long-standing reputation and consistent use of the Subject Marks across jurisdictions establishes a continuous and significant commercial presence.”

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Trial Court lethargy in duty
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Trial Court after almost 11 years issued Non-Bailable Warrants to the persecution witnesses but till date, not a single witness has appeared before it to give evidence.”

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