Delhi High Court
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“The State, being a constitutional authority and repository of public trust, is duty-bound to protect, rather than transgress, the civil rights of its citizens, including the right to property. The powers of the State are not plenary or absolute but are circumscribed by constitutional and statutory limitations.”

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Chhattisgarh High Court
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“If permission is granted to examine the Facebook or Instagram account of the prosecutrix and play the audio recording concerning the prosecutrix, then privacy of the prosecutrix may be compromised.”

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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“Social Auditors ought to be the men of integrity, intelligence, common sense and must be passionate about the work they are assigned to. They must work without fear and favour and without ill-will”.

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Delhi High Court
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“This Court has no hesitation in holding that the reasons given by the Railways Claim Tribunal in rejecting the claim are absolutely perverse. The plea that the injuries were suffered by the appellant/claimant due to his own criminal negligence is also not fathomable in law.”

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Bombay High Court
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The present case is not a case where only one person has been cheated as there are many more victims, who are cheated by the applicant and in every crime, the applicant used a different team.

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Rajasthan High Court
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“No child shall be liable to pay fees and charges that prevents him/her for pursuing elementary education. The Government and Local Authorities should ensure that every child completes his/her elementary education.”

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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“Where the plaintiff attempts to under-value the plaint and reliefs, the Court has to intervene.”

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Bombay High Court
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“The officials of the applicant, i.e., the Airport Authority of India, may have been over cautious in protecting its interest and hence impleaded Respondent 1 which is the owner of the aircrafts”.

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Delhi High Court
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“Every case of suicide does not amount to abetment and therefore, the Court has to see whether the conduct of the accused was such that a normal person, not merely a hypersensitive one, would have been driven to suicide.”

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Karnataka High Court
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“The legislature is not a sanctuary for defamation or gendered invective, rather an institution where robust debate must be tempered with decorum and respect”.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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The State accepted notice and sought time to obtain instructions as to “why action has not been taken against the anti-social elements who have broken the statue of Dr. Ambedkar on the night of 10-02-2025.”

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Telangana High Court
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The petitioner-student herein had allegedly exposed the incident of food poisoning that took place at NMIMS earlier this year.

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Delhi High Court
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“If the complaint lodged by the prosecutrix is truthful, instead of extending premium to a rapist and a molester by pushing the helpless rape victim into his matrimony, it would be the duty of the State to ensure her a dignified life by providing her food, shelter and clothing.”

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Bombay High Court
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When the health and life of the patient itself is rendered delicate and worrisome, any procedure for the basic requirement of registration needs to be of absolute ease and comfort.

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Andhra Pradesh High Court
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Mere non-cancellation of the caste certificate by the authority to a person who has converted into Christianity cannot instill the protection granted under the Protective Legislation.

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Chhattisgarh High Court
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“Acceptance of appointment, even under protest, amounts to exhaustion of the one-time benefit. There cannot be endless negotiation or choice in such appointments, which are an exception to the general rule of recruitment.”

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Bombay High Court
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The defendant’s contention that the expression “1K PUR” is common to trade or publici juris, was rejected and the Court opined that a party asserting that a word/expression has become common to trade must satisfy the test of extensive, actual, and continuous use of such an expression in the market.

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Delhi High Court
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In the present case seeking regular bail by the accused, the charge-sheet comprising about 10,000 pages was filed over 1 year ago citing 49 prosecution witnesses, but charges are yet to be framed. Therefore, the Court stated that it is obvious that trial will take a long time to conclude.

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Kerala High Court
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“The gold given to a bride at the time of marriage is often kept by the husband or his family under the guise of safekeeping of family customs. The woman rarely gets a written record or receipt for such transfers and the woman’s access to her own ornaments can be restricted”.

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Delhi High Court
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It is extremely saddening that a human being lost life in such gruesome manner and the body was cut into pieces way back in the year 2018 but till date even identity of the deceased has not been established.

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