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Chhattisgarh High Court
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The Court acted in response to the various newspapers reporting of the alarming condition of traffic on the streets/roads and especially in Highways of the State, owing to over speeding, roaming of stray cattle on the roads, non-maintenance of the roads, poor lighting, absence of proper signage, absence of reflectors, lack of patrolling by the authorities, disorderly parking of trucks and vehicles on the roads, driving of vehicles after consuming alcohol, etc.

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Delhi High Court
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The Delhi High Court said that the winding up proceedings which have not progressed to an advanced stage before the High Courts, ought to be transferred to the NCLT.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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The Court directed that the SSP should be free either to conduct departmental inquiry after following due procedure prescribed by Punjab Police Rules, 1934 or take appropriate decision after conclusion of criminal proceedings.

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Orissa High Court
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“There is no absolute bar under Section 33(5) of the POCSO Act to recall a victim witness, every case has to be weighed on the strength of its own evidence and necessity of recalling the child victim.”

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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“In the present case, the Special Court has taken into account the nature of the case against the petitioner and factum of his non-cooperation and other relevant factors while remanding the petitioner into police custody.”

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Delhi High Court
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Respondent submitted that present petition is not maintainable, at this stage, in view of the bar under Article 329(b) of the Constitution and the petitioner has the remedy of filing an election petition after the elections are over.

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Delhi High Court
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The Delhi High Court refrained from taking any coercive action against advocate for contempt of Court in view of his medical condition.

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Delhi High Court
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The Delhi High Court said that in a suit for partition and possession, a relief of declaration sought by way of amendment is impermissible as it would change nature of suit.

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Delhi High Court
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Since the Petitioner made an inexplicable delay in filing the petition for reallocation of land by DDA after receiving license fee, the petition deserves to be dismissed on account of delay and laches.

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Gujarat High Court
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“Prima-facie, a manmade disaster has occurred where many lives have been lost and families have grieved today for the loss of lives in their respective families.”

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Bombay High Court
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The Bombay High Court noted that the applicant was in jail for the last nine years and during trial he was on bail for some period, and he did not misuse the liberty granted to him.

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Allahabad High Court
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“Insofar as Rule 6-D of Order VIII C.P.C., it clearly provides for “Effect of discontinuance of suit” that if in any case in which the defendant sets up a counterclaim, the suit of the plaintiff is stayed, discontinued or dismissed, the counter-claim may nevertheless be proceeded with.”

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Kerala High Court
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“The Office is duty bound to list matters before the concerned Judge strictly as per the roster, unless otherwise ordered by the Chief Justice. Any deviation from this direction, thereby causing difficulty to the Judges or Advocates appearing in the matter, will invite disciplinary action against the officials concerned.”

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Delhi High Court
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The Delhi High Court noted that there was a delay in forwarding the punishment inquiry to the Inspecting Judge, which contravened Rule 1273 of the Delhi Prison Rules, 2018.

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Andhra Pradesh High Court
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“If the intention of the Parliament were to vest the power of extending the mandate of an Arbitrator under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 only in High Court as envisaged under Section 11, then nothing could have prevented it from providing so.”

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Bombay High Court
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The Court held that the mere ipse dixit of the petitioners was the prejudice and monetary loss caused to them; not even a single instance of a junior employee was promoted before a senior employee was presented by the petitioners.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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MP High Court held that the writ petition is maintainable due to the pure legal questions involved regarding the applicability of SARFAESI Act provisions to HFCs for amounts below the Rs. 20 Lakhs threshold.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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MP High Court noted that even if the receipt book was not an EFT Book, it had the seal of the North-Central Railway, creating the impression of official railway documentation.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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“In most of the photographs, it is evident that after cutting down of such wild growth of cannabis, a part of it is still lying scattered though major part or it has been transported but to which place or what has been done to those cut-out cannabis has not been explained.”

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