Section 498A IPC
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“It is rather unfortunate that the Complainant being an officer of the State has initiated criminal machinery in such a manner, where the aged parents-in-law, five sisters and one tailor have been arrayed as an accused.”

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Telangana High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The open spaces, being exposed and outside the inner measurement of a residential unit, shall be excluded from total built-up area computation. If after excluding these spaces the residential unit’s built-up area remains within 1500 sq.ft., the assessee is eligible for tax deduction under Section 80-IB.

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National Company Law Appellate Tribunal
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

“Investigation has also revealed no other independent player apart from DNEG has attempted to enter the market over the last few years, which shows the enforcement of appellants model has been a significant barrier for independent players to venture into cloning and delivery of content by the appellants.”

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court noted that the authorities appointed under the SOPs were either ignorant about it or lax in following the time frames and guidelines in strict letter and spirit.

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Gauhati High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“For inclusion in the list, merit and suitability in all respects should be the governing consideration and seniority should play a secondary role. It is only when merit and suitability are roughly equal that seniority will be a determining factor…”.

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Sikkim High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Additional Commissioner of CGST and Central Excise, Siliguri Appeals Commissionerate, vide Order dated 22-3-2023 held that Sections 54(3) and 29 CGST Act do not provide for refund of unutilized ITC in case of closure of business.

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Rajasthan High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the instant matter, the petitioner, a student with 100% hearing impairment, approached the Court raising grievance regarding lack of adequate assistance, particularly the non-availability of an interpreter and denial of home-based instruction.

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Madras High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The investigation cannot remain indefinitely pending, and it shall not extend beyond a reasonable period, so as to infringe upon the petitioner’s right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.”

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Preeti Rathi Acid Attack case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Every prisoner should follow the rules and regulations of the prison and carrying prohibited items with him inside the prison will make him ineligible for transfer to an open prison.

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Karnataka High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

A wayward pet feline ‘Daisy’ went missing, leading to a complaint by the pet owner and subsequent filing of chargesheet against the petitioner levelling serious allegations such as insulting a woman’s modesty.

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Jharkhand High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“We have no hesitation in declaring that notices issued under Section 61 to the respective writ petitioners are wholly without jurisdiction and are, accordingly, liable to be quashed/set aside by this Court.”

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Gauhati High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The parties are dark complexioned people, but their child was fair complexioned. That is the reason why the dispute arose, and the husband started to physically harass the wife and drove her out of the matrimonial house along with the child.”

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Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Sentence Review Board (‘SRB’) deals with human beings, that too those who have been deprived of liberty across a long span of time on account of their aggression which led to criminality. The approach of the SRB ought to be reformation oriented and not a routine disposal/statistic dominated exercise.”

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Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The mark ‘TikTok’ is already a registered trade mark in India and enjoys all statutory protection available under the Trade Marks Act, 1999, but its inclusion in the list of well-known marks, will obviously give added protection to a mark.

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Calcutta High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The deliberate suppression of such a crucial and material fact concerning one’s marital history at the solemnization of marriage, especially when it involved a contentious prior dissolution and criminal proceedings (a 498A IPC case), constitutes profound and inexcusable mental cruelty to the wife.

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Kerala High Court
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Kerala High Court permitted the petitioner to conduct the hospital strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Kerala Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2018, and the conditions stipulated in the licences and permissions obtained.

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Patna High Court
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The Patna High Court relying upon the Supreme Court’s decisions in Debendra Nath Padhi, (2005) 1 SCC 568 and Bhajan Lal, 1992 Supp (1) SCC 335, acquitted the female gynaecologist in the alleged kidney removal during surgery medical negligence case.

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Rajasthan High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The right of speedy and expeditious disposal of the case, trial is one of the most valuable and cherished right of a litigant guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.”

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Janardhan Reddy
Case BriefsHigh Courts

This Court has the power to suspend the sentence and conviction and grant bail to the petitioner after recording reasons and this Court, being the appellate court, has to consider irreversible consequences.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It is one thing for this Court to hold that the original assessment is infirm to such an extent as to warrant reevaluation; it is quite another and indeed impermissible for it to delve into the academic merit of an answer and render its own evaluative opinion thereon.”

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