Allahabad High Court
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“The commission formed under Article 340 of the Constitution which was headed by G. Rohini, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, to examine the issue of sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes. It proposed a four-category formula for the equitable redistribution of the 27% quota for Other Backward Classes.”

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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Madhya Pradesh High Court held that under Section 375 of IPC any sexual intercourse or sexual act by the husband with his wife not below the age of fifteen years is not a rape, therefore, absence of consent of wife for unnatural act loses its importance.

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Delhi High Court
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The Court opined that it is faced with a situation where it has to balance the interest of the State and the Country on the one hand, and the longing of an accused to see his parents, who are unable to travel to Delhi.

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Madras High Court
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“The roads are carrying beyond their capacity. It can also be seen that all these routes are meddling/interfering with the elephant corridors. And In view of traffic jams, vehicles are stranded in the roads cutting across forests, the animals are worst affected. It causes irreparable damage to the environment.”

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Orissa High Court
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The petitioner underwent sterilization when State promoted the Green Card Scheme, whereby, having two-children or fewer was promoted, through various incentives like providing landed properties, reservation of seats in higher education for those two children.

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Allahabad High Court
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“If such influence whether for monetary reason or under threat or coercion, if can be exercised over police and prison authorities so effectively who are basically enforcers of law then it can be well imagined how Abbas Ansari can effectively garner power to influence any witness or to persuade him to change his stand and this aspect if seen in light of the fact that the evidence is yet to commence”

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Delhi High Court
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Delhi Building and other Construction Workers Welfare Board is duty-bound to extend benefits to building workers in line with the provisions of the Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996, which is a social welfare legislation.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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The Court warned petitioner’s counsel to exercise a tad more caution in future legal escapades as it would not want to inadvertently summon anymore ghostly clients or find us entangled in a legal mess of supernatural proportions.

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Delhi High Court
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MSMED Act is a beneficial legislation for Micro Small & Medium Enterprises and provides that a buyer can also raise counter claims before the statutory arbitrator under the MSMED Act. Moreover, the scope of the Act as stated therein is to the extent that even if there is an agreement for arbitration between the parties, the MSMED Act will have overriding effect.

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Allahabad High Court
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“Magistrate had issued summons without meeting the requirement of Section 202 CrPC., even though the applicants were residing outside the territorial jurisdiction of the Trial Court.”

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Delhi High Court
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The Court opined that all nine contracts are related to same project and if it is accepted that there is an Arbitration Clause only in five contracts, then parties will have to be relegated to civil proceedings, which will lead to multiplicity of disputes, delay in adjudication and possibility of conflicting rulings.

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Allahabad High Court
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“Section 178 U.P. Motor Vehicles Rules, 1998 does not contemplate or empowers State to ban registration of new vehicles. Thus, the impugned restriction is beyond the scope of Rule 178 and hence, unsustainable.”

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Gujarat High Court
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The instant petition was filed at the verge of commencement of the admission process in the schools in the State and seems to be a result of pre-empting the whole issue.

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Bombay High Court
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To attract the charge of Section 306 of the Penal Code, the prosecution must establish incitement, instigation, aiding, or abetment to commit suicide.

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Delhi High Court
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“When consumers encounter different products with similar branding in the same retail context, the risk of assuming a common source or affiliation increases.”

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Karnataka High Court
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The Court quashed proceedings for abetment of suicide initiated against the husband who told a Priest of Church “to go hang himself” for having an illicit affair with his wife.

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Allahabad High Court
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“Instances of this kind pose a serious challenge to the very functioning of the judicial system and the incident has to be viewed seriously”

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Bombay High Court
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Due to the horrendous nature of crime committed by the applicant, the victim, a 17-year-old child, turned into a nymphomaniac.

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Madras High Court
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The petitioner was retired from service by superannuation and hence, the employer – employee relationship between the petitioner and the University had come to an end and hence, the University holds no Authority to re-fix the salary and the consequential benefits of the petitioner.

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Delhi High Court
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During the analysis on National Cyber Reporting Portal, ten complaints are found, in which innocent people are cheated by the same accused persons through the same modus operandi.

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