Bombay High Court
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No justification was offered for inordinate and insensitive delay and not paying any compensation for almost 36 years. Such conduct amounts to virtual expropriation of a citizen’s property without the authority of law and without paying any compensation and violates Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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The petitioner’s wife informed the Court that she had left the petitioner’s house in 2006 due to his merciless beatings of her and their sons and the petitioner is fully aware of the reasons for her departure.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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In the competitive examinations, the candidates work hard and make their best efforts to secure good marks. Therefore, only because of the date of issuance of degree/certificate, they should not be denied appointment as these were only procedural delays/lapses.

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Rajasthan High Court
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The Court directed that the petitioner’s parole will be cancelled if he is involved in any offence or if any report of misconduct is lodged against him during the parole period.

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Bombay High Court
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Though petitioner’s parents have supported her sister’s decision to stay with Respondent 1 and his daughters due to her state of depression after losing her husband and daughter in the accident, this cannot be a consideration for this Court to consider that petitioner’s sister is the biological mother of petitioner’s daughters merely because she is the egg donor.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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“Possibility cannot be ruled out, as per the prevalent practice, persons involved in mining or excavation stone etc. tend to expand the area of operation and in that spree, licensee tends to excavate the sand or other minerals beyond the prescribed limit.”

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Telangana High Court
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The taxpayer is nowhere distinguished between NRIs and Indian Citizens. The notice issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 must comply with the requirement of the Scheme whether or not the taxpayer is NRI/Indian Citizen.

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Delhi High Court
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The direction for taking down the impugned video was necessary since India Today was unable to state whether or not Rajdeep Sardesai had been authorized to use the impugned video.

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Calcutta High Court
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To constitute an offence under Section 306 of the Penal Code, there should be instances of abetment under Section 107.

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Madras High Court
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“Madras High Court said that, in the instant case, the prosecution has not been able to establish that there indeed was a crime. In fact, there is an abuse of judicial process when the victim set a criminal law in motion, perhaps with a false FIR”

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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The petitioners challenged the impugned orders detailing them for training in a dummy team to participate in the police band.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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The State Tiger Strike Force recovered a nylon bag which contained 49 bones, 14 nails, and 31 mustache hairs of a tiger from applicant 1.

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Calcutta High Court
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The petitioner, a victim of an acid attack perpetrated by her husband in 2011, was initially awarded ₹7,00,000 as compensation by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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Madhya Pradesh High Court upheld orders restraining the petitioners from raising construction on the disputed land.

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Himachal Pradesh High Court
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In the present case, the FIR refers to the notice dated 25-04-2022, which reads that the petitioner conveyed the first communication of Talaq by pronouncing the word ‘Talaq’. It nowhere mentions that the Talaq had become irrevocable, or it had the effect of instantaneous divorce.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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The Court scheduled the matter for 16-10-2024, with directions to NIC Team to submit the concept note with further developments.

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Delhi High Court
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The word ‘he’ in Section 3 of the POCSO Act could not be given a restrictive meaning to say that it referred only to a ‘male’.

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Bombay High Court
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Several defamatory statements were made against Malabar Gold Ltd. by Respondent 1 on his YouTube channel titled “Marunadan Malayali”.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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“After realizing that the Court may not pass a favourable order, if an attempt is made by a Lawyer to seek adjournment, then it is a glaring example of Bench hunting.”

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Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
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“Right to fair trial, presumption of innocence unless proven guilty and proof by the prosecution of its case beyond any reasonable doubt are the fundamentals of our criminal jurisprudence.”

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