temporary employee entitled to maternity benefits
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Every woman shall be entitled to maternity benefit at the rate of her average daily wage for the period of her actual absence, including the day of her delivery as well as the days immediately preceding and following her delivery.”

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Bombay High shocked at unsafe childbirth
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Government is bound to give good health facilities to the citizens and it should reach to every citizen.”

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Saharanpur Violence Case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court stated that considering that Chandrashekhar is a sitting MLA and the alleged offences were allegedly committed by his party workers, the argument that there might be a larger conspiracy could not be ruled out.

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Gifts received from parental home not source of income
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The claim for maintenance must be assessed with reference to her present earning capacity and ability to sustain herself in the standard of living she was accustomed to during her marriage, and not on the financial status of her natal family.”

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mere recovery of tainted money insufficient for conviction
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Offences under the PC Act require strict proof of twin elements of demand and acceptance and mere recovery of tainted currency or existence of electronic recordings, without reliable proof of demand, is insufficient to convict unless accompanied by credible proof of demand.”

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Kanjurmarg Dumping
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It cannot be a situation that the right to life guaranteed under Article 21, is being violated by such pollution as generated from the said dumping ground.”

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Licence fee on sky signs regulatory
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The control and regulation of sky-signs and hoardings in the modern times is a significant challenge for the municipal bodies who are caught between a balance to be brought about by such high technological advancements.”

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EPF Scheme international workers
Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘The classification between the Indian and foreign employee is based on the economic duress which is caused to the Indian employees, if they are mandated to contribute to the fund/scheme irrespective of quantum of salary they draw, which is absent in case of the foreign employees for the reason that they come to India for employment for shorter period of 2 to 5 years.”

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visually impaired Forest Department employee
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The measure of a compassionate State is not how it treats the strong, but how it uplifts those whom circumstance has made vulnerable.”

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one-liner acquittal
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It is not expected from a Judicial Officer of the Appellate Court to pass such a short, cryptic and non-speaking order without going into the merits of the case, discussing the evidence, and testing the reasoning given by the Trial Court.”

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Divorced Muslim woman maintenance
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“To raise the presumption of a valid marriage for Section 125 of CrPC based on cohabitation, the couple must be qualified to marry and not be within the prohibited degrees of marriage.”

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Depository liabile for broker misuse
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“This is not a one-off case of failure on the part of BRH as Depository Participant but involved 9493 of its clients having credit balance of securities in their demat accounts.”

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Right to privacy of students
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If it is intended to be a voluntary act, appropriate provisions clearly specifying such fact ought to have been incorporated in the form by providing option to the parents to refuse to submit their consent or to opt out of it entirely.”

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OBC-NCL certificate
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“To cancel the candidature of otherwise eligible candidates, on sole grounds of issuance date, deprives the petitioners of their fundamental rights under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and actually runs contrary to the object sought to be achieved by providing reservations in public employment”

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lawyer accused of portraying Judicial Magistrate
Case BriefsHigh Courts

When the lawyer failed in allegedly threatening the police officers, he drove away from the spot against their instructions.

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Arbitral Tribunal cannot lift corporate veil
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Arbitrator went wrong in applying the doctrine of lifting the corporate veil/ determining another entity as the alter ego and fastening the liability on the petitioner.”

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FEDEX trademark
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Where explanation for adoption of the mark is not honest and there are two different versions with different reasons and which reasons themselves are not proved, such explanation should be disregarded on the principle that things speaks for themselves.”

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Shani Shingnapur Temple Trust
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The executive cannot invoke the purpose of the Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan Trust (Shingnapur) Act, 2018 to justify a procedure that the Act itself does not permit.”

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Disputes after settlement agreement arbitrable
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Execution of a full and final settlement may not preclude a party from taking recourse to arbitration if a dispute arises from the settlement itself”

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Kavin Honour Killing
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In grave offences like honour killing, bail is a carefully guarded exception, balancing liberty with justice and societal order. Judicial vigilance and societal awareness are crucial in eradicating the heinous crime.”

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