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“No Anticipatory bail when Investigating Officer does not intend to arrest”; Madhya Pradesh High Court directs cooperation in Investigation

Madhya Pradesh High Court warned the appellants of consequences, including contempt of court, for non-compliance with the directions.

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Calcutta High Court invokes Force Majeure in sand mining lease dispute; grants extension of lease

Calcutta High Court opined that the Assistant Secretary wrongly rejected the petitioners’ request based on irrelevant considerations, ordering an extension of the lease for the lost period.

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‘Poor financial condition of State and lack of instructions from higher authority is not a ground to deny pension benefits’: Manipur HC

“Pension is not a bounty from the state authority to the retired employee, it is compensation for the past service rendered by the employee. It cannot be withheld without assigning any reason”.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court upholds bank’s right to recover excess payment in pension recovery dispute

Madhya Pradesh High Court noted that the petitioner did not dispute her liability to refund the commuted portion in instalments, as per her undertaking.

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Employee cannot be penalized for employer’s failure to deposit TDS: Delhi High Court

“If petitioner is able to obtain any amount of money towards tax deducted from his income at source for Assessment Years 2009-10, 2011-12 and 2012- 13 from his employer, the same shall be deposited by him with the revenue.”

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Madhya Pradesh High Court grants Maternity Leave to Contractual Employee in miscarriage case; says Contract doesn’t restrict the same

The instant matter was remitted to the respondents for a fresh decision on the petitioner’s maternity leave, with a directive to comply within a specified timeframe.

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Deprivation of livelihood violates Article 21 of Constitution; employer must circumspect before taking away livelihood on stigmatic grounds: Rajasthan High Court

“Even otherwise, trite law it is in service jurisprudence that a stigmatic order passed on ground of alleged misconduct cannot be sustained unless a proper enquiry in accordance with law has been conducted.”

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Inside Madras High Court’s verdict in 1997 Disproportionate Assets case against former Minister of labour welfare A.M. Paramasivam and his wife

Madars High Court held that having obliged her husband to keep the ill-gotten income other than the known source of income, by lending her name for purchase of properties both in her name and in the name of her minor children, showing her as guardian, she is guilty of abetment under Section 109 of IPC.

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Delhi High Court allows Mankind Pharma Limited to run modified advertisement on DMF Quality APIs with disclaimer

Delhi High Court directed Mankind Pharma Limited to run a modified advertisement i.e., original advertisement with the disclaimer that DMF is not mandated under Indian law and is not a quality norm for products in India.

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Whether expression “any application for grant of a patent for an invention” in S. 39 (1) applies to a patent of addition? Madras HC answers

“The application for grant of a patent of addition cannot be filed earlier than the date of filing of the application for grant of patent for the main invention; it cannot be granted before grant of the patent for the main invention; the term of the patent of addition shall not exceed that of the main invention, even if granted later than the main invention”

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Calcutta High Court affirms right to seek de-requisition; directs Collector to issue formal order of de-requisition

The Calcutta High Court establishes the legal consequences of a court order setting aside requisition and its impact on subsequent attempts to acquire or lease the land.

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Calcutta High Court affirms Director’s liability under Section 32 of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947; directs compliance of compensation order

The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 “is a beneficial legislation, for the benefit of the workmen and not paying the compensation since 2007 is clearly an abuse of the process of law.”

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‘Welfare of child is of prime consideration’: Delhi High Court rejects father’s application to move his seven-year-old child to different school

“If the intent of the appellant is to get the child admitted in Venkateshwar International School, Dwarka, the said school has a branch in Rohini and the respondent is agreeable if the appellant can ensure the admission of the minor child in the said school at Rohini.”

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‘Deceptively similar to Sun Pharma’s mark ABZORB’; Delhi HC restrains Protriton Products LLP from using mark ‘ABBZORB’ in relation to health supplements

“Even if two device marks are visually completely dissimilar, and if their textual components are deceptively similar to each other, then visual dissimilarities between marks, owing to “added matter”, pale into insignificance, where infringement is concerned.”

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Delhi High Court dismisses India-Pakistan ‘Super Basmati’ Rice Dispute for non-prosecution

“Basmati has also been registered as a geographical indication under the provisions of the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 in India.”

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Beyond individual victims: Delhi High Court refuses to set aside order convicting man for offence u/s 6 of POCSO; says such crimes “cause ripples through society”

“In discussions surrounding the empowerment of women, education is rightly recognized as a fundamental pillar. However, when such incidents occur that force a girl to abandon her studies, the very notion of empowerment is compromised and society at large bears the consequences.”

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Calcutta High Court upholds conviction under Section 304 IPC with modified sentencing in light of post-remission release

Calcutta High Court found no loopholes in the trial court’s analysis of the evidence, concluding that the appellant’s guilt under Section 304 IPC was proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Calcutta High Court quashes Disciplinary proceeding against Visva-Bharati University’s Professor over alleged failure to address student agitation

Calcutta High Court observed that there exists lack of correlation between evidence and charges, failure to address the petitioner’s defense, and overlooking crucial factors.

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Calcutta High Court directs Police to allow public meeting to raise issues of public importance, ensuring safety and security

The Calcutta High Court emphasised the need for a level playing field for all organizations, including political entities, in exercising the right to assemble and hold a public meeting.

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Delhi High Court quashes charges against public servant for lack of sanction under S. 197 CrPC

The individual against whom the allegations are made, ought to be a ‘Public Servant’ whose appointing authority is the Central Government or the State Government to entitle him to the protection under section 197 CrPC and not to every public servant.