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“In the absence of an opinion of the experts it is difficult for this Court to conclude as to whether it is a case for grant of interim bail on the medical grounds. The Court cannot assume the role of an expert and make assessment of its own as regard the medical condition of the petitioner based on medical records placed on the Court file.”

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Calcutta High Court
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The question of limitation is a mixed question of law and fact and, therefore, the issue of limitation could not have been decided by the local committee at the threshold stage without evidence.

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Bombay High Court
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The Court opined that by clarifying the effect of “vesting” in the Central Government, the Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Laws (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2014 seeks to achieve the object behind enacting the Sick Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act, 1974 and the Sick Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act, 1995.

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Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
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The Court termed the 81-year-old habitual litigant as a “cancer for the judicial system, with a depraved mindset against women”, and imposed exemplary costs of Rs 1 Lakhs.

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Delhi High Court
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“Invoices issued by the defendant have also been procured which exhibit that they are selling products not only in their store under the name of “FAB INDIA EMPORIUM” but they are also selling their products under the same tradename.”

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Aap Ki Adalat
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Independent News Service Private Limited was incorporated in the year 1997 by its Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Rajat Sharma and got the permission from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government to uplink its 24 hours Hindi News channel called INDIA TV.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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“No wife can live in the matrimonial relationship with the person who is so short-tampered and impulsive turned criminal.”

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Delhi High Court
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If any accused chooses to avail legal remedy and that too in terms of specific judicial pronouncement, he cannot be blamed for causing delay in the matter. Since he continued to be in detention, he was, even otherwise, not going to dig out any advantage at all, by exploring such other possible legal avenues.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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The Court criticised the investigating officer and the treating doctor for not informing the survivor’s family about the pregnancy and the option for termination, considering the survivor’s minor status and health risks.

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Karnataka High Court
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The Court opined that entitlement to leave encashment is integral to the fundamental rights enshrined under Art. 19(1)(f) and Art. 31 of the Constitution and administrative instruction lacking the force of law cannot override constitutional protections.

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Bombay High Court
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A same act may not amount to cheating and criminal breach of trust at the same time as for cheating, dishonest intention must exist at the inception of the transaction, whereas, for criminal breach of trust, there must exist a relationship between the parties, whereby one party entrusts another with the property as per law, albeit dishonest intention comes later.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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The Court observed that spurious liquor can cause devastating trauma and huge tragedy. It affects the poor people who go for a cheaper alternative of liquor, as usually instead of ethyl alcohol such liquor contains methyl alcohol which is lethal in nature.

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Madras High Court
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Madras High Court viewed that the Union must confirm that the process has been commenced with a clean slate to receive suggestions and objections regarding the proposal to ban the import of ferocious dogs.

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Sikkim High Court
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Sikkim High Court opined that the prosecution’s case was established beyond all reasonable doubt following which they found no reason to differ from the findings of the Trial Court

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Sikkim High Court
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The Court noted that the appellant had accepted the award of all other claims except the one disputed, therefore they could not seek the setting aside of only the disputed claims as it would amount to seeking modification of the Award.

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Delhi High Court
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Upon reviewing the photographs, it remained uncertain whether the wife is indeed depicted, as suggested by the husband’s counsel on charges of adultery. Given the prevalence of deepfakes, the husband will need to substantiate this claim with concrete evidence before the Family Court.

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Delhi High Court
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Keeping in view the rules of natural justice, fair trial and criminal jurisprudence, the accused will be entitled to supply of those additional documents which may be filed against the co-accused with whom he has been alleged to have conspired with and as stated above, to additionally address arguments on charge on the basis of such additional material directly involving his role in the conspiracy.

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Patna High Court
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The Court opined that both the contract teachers and the guest teachers are discharging same duties as they are teaching students in schools and thus, there is no difference between the contract teachers and the guest teachers.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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Petitioner stated that he had not filed any such or similar petition for quashing before the present Court or the Supreme Court. However, the Court noted that the petitioner had earlier filed the present petition on 01-04-2024 and the present petition was filed on 17-05-2024.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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The Court stated that applicant’s inclusion of specific dress details not related to the actual incident suggests an intent to attribute the incident to a particular group, potentially inciting enmity and disrupting harmony.

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