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Consumer Forum | Can complainant raise consumer dispute where excess electricity duty is charged? Is he overriding statutory remedy if he already approached the Collector? Read on

Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Gujarat State, Ahmedabad: Justice V.P. Patel, President and U.P. Jani, Member, addressed an appeal which was raised in

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Karnataka Sessions Court │ Anticipatory bail granted to an advocate accused of publishing defamatory articles against PM of India and CM of Karnataka in Kannada daily newspaper, Prajavani

LXIV Additional City Civil & Sessions Judge, Bengaluru: Sri Rajeshwara, J., granted anticipatory bail to the accused as the investigation regarding offences

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Destruction of crucial evidence, calculated narrative, conduct not natural of rape victim, et al.: 22-pointer comprehensive analysis of the 527-pages judgment of Sessions Court acquitting rape-accused Tarun Tejpal

District and Sessions Court at Panaji: After a trial which went on for 7 years 2 months and 25 days, Kshama M.

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Delhi District Court (Rohini) | Anticipatory Bail plea of Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar, denied

Delhi District Court (Rohini): While dismissing the application and refusing to grant anticipatory bail to wrestler Sushil Kumar, the court said that

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Delhi District Court | 4 accused in Oxygen Concentrators Hoarding Case get bail

Delhi District Court (Saket): While hearing the bail application of 4 accused in oxygen concentrators hoarding case, the bench comprising of Arun

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Delhi Riots | Lofty case of criminal conspiracy could not be inferred; Chargesheeting on basis of insignificant material unwarranted: Court while granting bail to Umar Khalid

Delhi Court: Vinod Yadav, J., held that Umar Khalid cannot be permitted to remain behind bars in the present case on the

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Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Masjid Land Title Dispute Row; Varanasi Court allows ASI survey [Religious Character]

Varanasi Court, Uttar Pradesh: While the Allahabad High court is yet to decide the maintainability of the suit in the matter of

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Ss. 97 & 98 of Code of Criminal Procedure are identical with Art. 32 of the Constitution of India as there are concerns with life & liberty of the person

Court of Sessions Judge, Gondia: Suhas V. Mane, Sessions Judge, remanded the matter to Magistrate on noting no foundation in the Magistrate’s

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Toolkit Case | Freedom of speech includes ‘Right to seek a Global Audience’, Court draws distinction between dissenting opinion & seditious activities: Bail Granted to Disha Ravi || Detailed report

Sessions Court: Dharmendra Rana, ASJ-02 disposed of Disha A. Ravi’s application for grant of bail. Applicant’s counsel submitted that the applicant/accused had

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‘Using customers as Advertising Agents’: Charging money for carry bags with printed logo is spurious, unfair trade practice with deceptive nature | Payback of Rs 3 with interest & compensation ordered by Consumer Forum

District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-II, Hyderabad: A three-Member Bench of Vakkanti Narasimha Rao, President, and P.V.T.R Jawahar Babu and R.S. Rajeshree, Members,

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#MeToo | MJ Akbar v. Priya Ramani: Woman has a right to put her grievance at any platform of her choice even after decades || No defamation case against Priya Ramani [Verdict]

“Sometimes the victim of sexual abuse herself does not understand what is happening to them or what is happening to them is wrong.”

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‘It APPEARS that Chanda Kochhar has misused her official position in sanctioning loans to Videocon Group’: Read Court’s order issuing process against the former MD & CEO of ICICI Bank

Sessions Court, Greater Bombay: Abhijeet A. Nandgaonkar, Additional Sessions Judge, issued summons, being of the prima facie opinion that Chanda Kochhar, Former

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Amazon to pay Rs 45000 for rowing back on confirmed order for laptop by Law student, can’t evade responsibility when it allowed ‘Rockery Marketing’

State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission, Odisha (SCDRC): Dr D.P. Choudhury (President) modified the compensation amount awarded to a Law Student in light of

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Poetic justice? Delhi judge turns poet while granting bail to a North-East Delhi riots accused

Karkardooma Court, Delhi: Every now and then we see judges quote famous poets, but have you ever come across an order that

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Delhi Court | “Mere temporary non-use of premises cannot be covered under Force Majeure clause”; Miniso to pay rent arrears for lockdown and post lockdown period

District Court, Saket, Delhi: Raj Kumar Chauhan, J., directed “Miniso” to pay the rent arrears for the lockdown and post lockdown period stating

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Delhi Court | For application of S. 138 of NI Act, there should not be any uncertainty/ ambiguity in cheque as regards to amount written in words

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Patiala House Court | “When you choose to play with embers, you cannot blame the wind to have carried the spark bit too far and spread the fire”; Student activist Safoora Zargar denied bail in Chand Bagh Riots case

Patiala House Court, New Delhi: While deciding the instant bail application of student activist Safoora Zargar, who was accused of giving inflammatory

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[CAA Protests] Karkardooma Court |”Peaceful protest is the essential right in a vibrant democracy as of ours, but this right is subject to certain exceptions”

Karkardooma Court: Naveen Gupta, Additional Session Judge, while addressing a bail application filed, denied the same and held that, A peaceful protest is

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District Consumer Forum | Marriage bureau’s failure to find a match or arrange any meeting, held as ‘deficient service’ – directed to refund amount paid by complainant

District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, New Delhi: The Coram of Rekha Rani (President) and Kiran Kaushal (Member) allowed a case filed against

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Dwarka Court | Person convicted in drunk driving case, being a first time offender, directed to serve in Old Age Home

Sessions Court, Dwarka: Additional Sessions Judge Sonu Agnihotri allowed an appeal filed by a person convicted for the offence of drunk driving