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Since the first round of counselling had already been finalized, the Court directed that the students/candidates who had already taken admission pursuant to the first round of counselling shall not be disturbed, for further counselling, CLAT Consortium shall act on the revised/re-notified merit list.
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“This Court finds no justification to continue the indulgence granted to Rajpal Yadav earlier, especially in the case as the present one, where he himself has admitted the liability and undertaken to repay the amount.”
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“When the deceased came to know that the accused was about to marry another woman, she inquired about the same over the phone, and enraged by the query, the accused scolded the deceased and said, ‘go away and die’. The deceased feeling mentally disturbed, jumped into a well along with her daughter and committed suicide.”
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“In matters governed by beneficial legislation, the benefit of doubt should go in the person’s favour who has met with the accident. Railways could have supported its case by examining the co-passenger or guard or by leading expert evidence to show that a person falling from a moving train could not get entangled in its wheels.”
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“In case where necessary pleadings are there and no declaration is sought regarding illegitimacy of the child and the issue only relates to adultery of the wife, then in appropriate cases, a DNA test can be ordered, if there are sufficient pleadings of non-access”.
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In the case at hand, a news was telecast on News 18 Punjab/Haryana/Himachal Pradesh allegedly projecting IPS officer, Amitabh Yash, to be involved in earning illicit money from criminals.
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“When the process of adoption is completed, the adopted child becomes the legitimate child of the parents and all rights, privileges and responsibilities are bestowed on him which are attached to that relationship.”
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An FIR was filed under the Gangsters Act against 5 persons, namely Irfan Solanki and four others, alleging that they were in a gang and committing crimes.
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“To permit prosecution to proceed on the fragile footing of shared addresses and commercial proximity would amount to endorsing a standard of liability alien to criminal jurisprudence. Such an approach would not only be legally impermissible but would also have a chilling effect on legitimate business arrangements operating within shared commercial spaces.”
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Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 creates a distinct offence of sexual intercourse by deceitful means, including a false promise of marriage, and the allegations in the FIR disclose prima facie facts justifying continuation of the criminal proceedings.
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Defendant 1 had created and circulated AI-morphed content of the plaintiff including a movie titled ‘AI Love Story’
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Blanket freezing of accounts of persons who are neither accused nor suspects is arbitrary, disproportionate and violative of Articles 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution of India.
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“A mere statement that the disease of a lifestyle disorder cannot be a sufficient reason to deny the grant of Disability Pension unless the Medical Board has duly examined and recorded the particulars relevant to the individual concerned.”
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“Once, a vacancy under the reserved category does not exist, the candidate cannot be considered against the reserved category vacancy, which, in fact, does not exist.”
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“By way of judicial review, policy decisions of the State should not be interfered with unless they are grossly arbitrary or irrational as there is a need to maintain separation of powers.”
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“The impugned notice did not specify as to which of the provisions of the MMC Act was contravened for empowering the Commissioner to initiate proceedings.”
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“Where a confessional statement is otherwise excluded or is inadmissible by virtue of Sections 25 or 26 of the Evidence Act, there can be no question of such confessional statements being made admissible against another co-accused with the help of Section 30 of the Evidence Act.”
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“If a property is sold in a Court auction, after following a rigorous process aimed at discovery of the optimum price, such price, in effect, represents the price of the property at which a willing buyer was prepared to purchase the subject property.”
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“If this certificate has to be cancelled for any reason, the appellant ought to have been put on notice and an opportunity must have been given to the appellant, failing which, such cancellation will be construed as a nullity in the eye of law.”
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“Where a child is repeatedly exposed to fear or hostility towards one parent, such an environment can adversely affect the child’s welfare.”
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