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Jharkhand High Court directs State to provide disabled friendly infrastructure in Courts, Judicial or Quasi-Judicial Forums

Jharkhand High Court highlighted the specific provisions under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 backing all the aforesaid facilities in all public places.

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Revealing CBI’s enquiry report will impede the investigation process, thus exempted from disclosure under RTI Act, 2005: Delhi High Court

“This Court is of the opinion that the information that is being sought by the petitioner would impede the investigation conducted by the CBI involving a large-scale fraud, including many accused.”

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‘Murder of wife and 3 daughters including an infant is barbaric’; Orissa HC upholds life imprisonment

“Murder was committed in the convict’s house, and he attempted to burn the entire house along with the dead bodies in the dead of night which pointed fingers towards the convict alone and the same was strengthened by his post occurrence conduct”.

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‘Nature of employment will not decide maternity benefits’: Delhi HC grants maternity benefits to contractual employee whose contract ended during pregnancy

“Mere creation of the welfare legislation is not enough. A duty is cast upon the State and the subjects of the Act, to uphold the integrity, objective and the provisions of the legislation in its true letter and spirit.”

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‘Staff nurses working on contract basis cannot be denied adequate compensation as is being received by regular staff’: Delhi High Court directs AIIMS to pay wages along with dearness allowance

“Nurses working in hospitals provide a very valuable humanitarian service. It will be a travesty of justice if such people are denied adequate compensation for their services as they were entitled to.”

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“Life Imprisonment for remainder of natural life a more humane substitute to address recidivism concerns”; Calcutta HC commutes Death Sentence in Rape and Murder case

Calcutta High Court held that the Trial Court erred in awarding death penalty with reference to gravity of the offence alone.

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College authorities must issue NOC for Transfer Requests; Suitability not their Domain: Calcutta High Court

The petitioner’s request for transfer of service for personal reasons deemed justified on humanitarian grounds under the principles of ‘Natural Justice’.

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West Bengal post-Panchayat Polls violence | Calcutta High Court directs investigating officer to expedite investigation

Calcutta High Court noted that upon its intervention, the investigating agency had taken appropriate steps in the investigation, including the arrest of some accused and the issuance of warrants against the absconding ones.

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[Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023] Delhi HC suggests Select Committee to replace “shall” with “may” and “bail or bail bond” with “personal bond with or without surety”

“It is observed that in Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the word “shall” means “it is mandatory for the accused to furnish bail bond with surety”.”

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Explained| Madras High Court verdict on scope of Sections 3(d) and 3(e) of Patents Act, 1970

Madras High Court viewed that there is nothing in the text or context of Section 3(d) which supports the interpretation that enhancement of known efficacy of the substance should be restricted to engineering or prospecting variants of phytase with inherently greater enzymatic activity over the reference phytase.

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“No violation of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Building Rules, 2009”; Calcutta High Court refuses to quash sanctioned building plan

Calcutta High Court examined the Building Rules and found that the construction was within the permissible limits of FAR and height after the land was gifted to Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

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Calcutta High Court dismisses challenge to appointment of Fair Price Shop dealer on meeting of all eligibility criteria

Calcutta High Court observed that the Courts should refrain from interfering in the grant of contracts or licenses unless there is clear arbitrariness or malafide conduct.

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Know why Bombay High Court granted bail to alleged Sanatan Sanstha member in UAPA Case

The accused was in custody for the past 5 years, and the prosecution intended to examine almost 417 witnesses, while only 4 witnesses were examined by then.

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Do not file petitions without prior communication or representation to the relevant State Authorities: Delhi High Court

A court-monitored investigation is a significant measure, typically invoked when there is a palpable sense of governmental neglect or oversight. It is not a mechanism to be employed routinely or without just cause.

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Calcutta High Court grants permission to hold peaceful ‘Religious Jalsha’ subject to maintenance of certain norms

Calcutta High Court directed respondent authorities to maintain a sharp vigilant presence at the event to ensure the preservation of peace.

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Delhi High Court directs Rs 50,000 as compensation to be drawn from salaries of errant policemen for illegal detention for half an hour

A punishment of censure which is not likely to have any effect on the career of the police officers will not be a sufficient deterrent to the officer. The censure should be of such nature that other officers too must not emulate such actions in future.

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Delhi High Court directs CIC to provide details of contract entered by UIDAI with external organsations for handling grievance redressal

Transparency forms the core of good governance, and promotes efficiency and effectiveness in the functioning of the government

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Doctrine of Estoppel by Election inapplicable when Section 79 of the RERA Act clearly ousts civil courts’ jurisdiction: Calcutta High Court

Calcutta High Court opined that there was no contract between the parties due to the lack of a meeting of minds, therefore, the Specific Relief Act, 1963 cannot be invoked.

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Anganwari helper post| Calcutta High Court upholds merit-based appointment of candidate belonging to Scheduled Caste community against unreserved vacancy

As per West Bengal’s reservation policy, unreserved vacancies could be filled by meritorious reserved category candidates without adjusting them against reserved category vacancies.

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‘Easy for sellers to proliferate images and dupe customers’; Delhi HC grants injunction to Tibra Collection, a seller on Meesho, against its garments copyright infringement

“While E-Commerce provide new platforms for small designers and businesses, the same ought not to be misused for the purposes of imitating and producing look alike products thereby violating any intellectual property rights.”