Calcutta High Court
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The State has, in derogation of West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993 and the law declared under Article 141 of the Constitution, decided who would be the surveying and data collecting authority for the Commission. The Commission has been reduced to a handmaiden and or a compulsively obedient pet by the State.

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Tripura High Court
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The anganwadi centres are the creation of the Intensive Child Development Services Scheme, launched in 1975 to address the issues of health, nutrition, and education needs of children and each anganwadi centre is managed by one anganwadi worker and one anganwadi helper to implement the Scheme.

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Bombay High Court
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The Bombay High Court held that leave encashment is akin to a salary, which is a property, and depriving a person of his property without any valid statutory provision would violate Article 300-A of the Constitution.

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Delhi High Court
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The Delhi High Court says that being a government employee, the appellant cannot be permitted to be free by merely contending that the accounts, though in his name, were being managed by the co-accused.

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Bombay High Court
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The Court referred to MAT’s finding that the petitioners were empowered to terminate the services of a probationer in case of misconduct, provided that such misconduct is proved after an opportunity of being heard is availed to the respondent. However, the same was not followed by the petitioners.

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Himachal Pradesh High Court
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“Failure on the part of a government hospital to provide the timely medical treatment to a person in need of such treatment results violation of his right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution, as has been done in the instant case.”

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Delhi High Court
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Since the parties to disputes were closely related to each other and the dispute between parties was amicably settled, instead of imposing the costs upon the petitioner, he is directed to plant 30 saplings of trees.

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Sikkim High Court
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The Court discussed the difference between a gratuitous passenger travelling in a private vehicle that met with an accident, and the deceased wife of the insured in the instant case who was held to be covered as a “third party”. The distinction proved to be elemental in granting “just compensation” to the appellants.

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Delhi High Court
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The Court found it fit to grant a Dynamic+ injunction to keep up with the hydra-headed nature of the infringement actions of the websites.

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Sikkim High Court
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The Court held that Glenmark Pharma should have followed the prescribed procedure while seeking the grant of budgetary support, and not work out a different procedure for the authorities to follow.

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Rajasthan High Court
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Even if it is presumed that the petitioner has performed Nata marriage, then also there is no proof that the same was done by following the marriage ceremonies required by the personal law governing the parties or by following the essential ceremonies for a Nata marriage.

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Bombay High Court
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The delay in completing the analysis may have resulted in salt samples getting deteriorated because of exposure to heat, light, moisture, etc which may have resulted in deteriorating its standard and thus it became substandard, as Iodized Salt can lose its iodine due to the environmental factors.

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Allahabad High Court
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“When a Coordinate Bench issues a judgment on a particular legal issue, that judgment becomes binding precedent for subsequent cases involving a similar issue before another Coordinate Bench”

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Delhi High Court
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“If the engines are not returned and properly serviced, TWC Aviation Capital Ltd. would suffer irreparable harm, as this could cause irreversible damage to the engines.”

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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The Court opined that is important to acknowledge that individuals vary in their sensitivity and temperament. It is not solely the feelings of the deceased that would matter, but most importantly, the intention behind the act of the accused would also have to be discerned.

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Delhi High Court
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The petitioner’s daughter is a child belonging to DG in the SC category within the meaning of Section 2(e) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (“the RTE Act”) and is, therefore, entitled to free, compulsory and elementary education till its completion under Section 12(c) of the RTE Act.

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Allahabad High Court
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“Although no institution can confer a diploma or degree in Electro Homeopathy, however, as there is no ban, the petitioners can always practice Electro Homeopathy as an alternative therapy within the parameters of order passed by the Union.”

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Gauhati High Court
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The High Court directed the State to follow a uniform marks allocation process for the appointment of constables under AISF and reconsider the case of candidates having prior experience as home guards and SPOs.

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Delhi High Court
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Delhi High Court stated that since the legislature in its wisdom has elected to impose this duty on the manufacturer and the pharmacist, we do not find any ground for issuing a direction as prayed for in this PIL as it would amount to judicial legislation.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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MP High Court asserted that while physical cruelty ceased after leaving the matrimonial house, the psychological impact of separation and the trauma induced by dowry demands persisted.

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