Gauhati High Court
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“The fees levied by courts should not exceed the cost of administration of justice. The levy of fee by courts for grant of probate without an upper limit is a discriminatory class legislation without any rational nexus or reasonable differentia.”

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Himachal Pradesh High Court
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As per the report, there are 2808 prisoners in 14 jails functional in the State, but there were only 4 posts of Medical Officers in the jails, which were claimed to have been filled up.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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MP High Court held that the Court could not allow its authority to be used to terminate an unborn child when there is an intent to later deny the occurrence of the alleged offense.

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Chhattisgarh High Court
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The Court opined that there was no detailed report of the assessment made, no document was enclosed along with the report of conducting assessment, procedure adopted, factors assessed, mode of assessment, evaluation of child based on the stages of assessment.

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Delhi High Court
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The Delhi High Court opined that tendering authority has the power to determine the terms on which tender will be given, unless the terms are not arbitrary and discriminating, the Court cannot scrutinize them.

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Delhi High Court
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The Delhi High Court directed the respondents to consider releasing petitioner’s terminal benefits by taking into account the higher salary which he was drawing during the 14 years when he was working as a Research Officer.

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Kerala High Court
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“Request for the addition of the charge under section 370 IPC, as it stood prior to 2013, cannot be made at the instance of the prosecution. An addition of charge has to be done by the Court based upon its own satisfaction and not at the behest of any of the parties to the trial”

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Delhi High Court
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It is wholly insufficient to proceed to make an addition on the basis that CBIC is an apex body and information provided by it cannot be doubted, without even analyzing such information.

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Delhi High Court
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“The Defendants have entirely imitated Plaintiff No. 1’s registered trademarks, replicating all aspects such as font of the letters, design of the logo, color scheme, size, style, and placement of letter and the taglines. Both the marks are also used for identical services.”

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Delhi High Court
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The Delhi High Court says that the seat of the arbitration is to be determined based on arbitral proceedings and not with cause of action for underlying disputes.

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Rajasthan High Court
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“Courts should not hesitate in quashing the criminal proceedings which are essentially arising out of civil or commercial disputes between the two parties.”

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Delhi High Court
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‘Victim would have thought that she would find monastery in the lap of her father, instead, he turned out to be a monster.’

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Delhi High Court
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Termination of Franchise Agreement will revoke respondent authorization to operate the franchise outlet, as well as obligating the respondent to cease the use of petitioner’s trademark.

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Delhi High Court
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The Petitioner is accused of a very serious offence of impersonation. It is the allegation that somebody else appeared on his behalf to take Foreign Medical Graduate Exam (FMGE).

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Allahabad High Court
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Allahabad High Court directed the Chief Secretary of UP to confirm whether Dowry Prohibition Officers had been appointed as required by law, in the absence of which the State Government was directed to justify such non-compliance

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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Madhya Pradesh High Court noted that the Motor Vehicle Tribunal applied the principle of pay and recover based on the driver of the offending vehicle not having a valid and effective driving license at the time of the accident.

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Delhi High Court
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The Court was prima facie satisfied that Amaris Flagship’s impugned “Shield-It Necklace” is visually and structurally similar, with similar colour combinations and placement of elements/ ornamentation, to Bulgari S.P.A.’s “Serpenti Ocean Treasure Necklace”.

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Andhra Pradesh High Court
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Election Commission of India (‘ECI’) submitted that the elections have already been notified and are in progress and therefore, the issue that has been raised by the petitioner in the present petition could be considered for the elections whenever they are conducted in future.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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Madhya Pradesh High Court asserted that “permitting for carrying out the pregnancy of a woman who is not in a position to manage herself will be creating great problems to her in future life.”

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Uttaranchal High Court
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FIR is not an encyclopedia which must disclose all facts and details relating to the offence reported and mere information is sufficient for investigation.

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