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Acid attack cases sow the seeds of fear and insecurity in society; Court’s role in granting or denying bail significant: Delhi High Court

“A heinous crime such as acid attack on a woman in broad daylight, in a thickly populated area can evoke strong emotions in the society in addition to inflicting grave psychological trauma to the victim.”

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Karnataka HC permits legal representation to an hexagenerian facing departmental enquiry despite company Rules stating otherwise

The Court was of the view that a 63-year-old employee, who is to face a departmental enquiry along with the criminal trial becomes “tongue tied” and therefore he would require the assistance of a Legal Practitioner.

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Inside Gujarat High Court Verdict on why parents forcing children below age of 3 years to go to pre-school is an illegal act

“National Education Policy, 2020 regards the age of below six years as the age of ‘early childhood care and education’ and there are studies showing that 85 percent of a child’s cumulative brain development occurs prior to the age of six”.

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Acrimonious relationship between parents, no ground to deny an attempt at re-establishing bond between mother and child: Delhi High Court

“The Family Court is not to act as an adjudicatory forum alone but is also to act as a facilitator to secure settlement of disputes. The Family Court ought to adopt a different approach from that adopted in ordinary civil proceedings.”

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Madras High Court asks Chief Minister MK Stalin to decide about continuance of Senthil Balaji as a Minister

Madras High Court remarked that Senthil Balaji’s continuation in the cabinet without portfolio will serve no purpose and do not augur well with the Principles of Constitutional ethos on goodness, good governance and purity in administration.

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POCSO| Testimony of child witness can be relied upon in sexual assault cases if trustworthy and unblemished: Calcutta High Court

“In cases involving child witnesses, the Court should consider the child’s age, competency, and demeanor and may uphold a conviction even in the absence of other corroborating witnesses if the victim’s testimony is deemed reliable.”

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Delhi High Court grants permanent injunction to Monster Energy Co. for its ‘MONSTER’ mark

“The mere insertion of figure above the word in the defendant’s mark does not mitigate the fact of infringement or of the defendant consciously seeking to pass off its products as those of the plaintiff.”

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Complaints which are not substantiated by evidence, and remain unproved are acts of cruelty: Delhi High Court upholds the divorce decree

“Thus, while looking at acts of mental cruelty, the court must look at the married life as a whole and not merely a few isolated incidents.”

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‘Courts cannot be used as marriage facilitators’; Delhi High Court denies anticipatory bail to man accused of raping woman on pretext of marriage

“The Courts cannot be used as a forum for pressurizing the accused to get married to the victim or be denied bail, or by the accused for obtaining bail by asking the complainant to appear before the Court and state that he was ready to get married to her.”

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Delhi HC grants permanent injunction to Mattel Inc. for ‘Rainforest Family’ characters and word mark ‘KICK AND PLAY’ for its baby gym products

“The plaintiff’s baby gym product is quite a distinctive product which is designed in a particular form along with depiction of characters which are known loosely as a ‘Rainforest Family’ characters.”

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Cruelty and Dowry Death | ‘Rare and exceptional case’ prompts Bombay High Court to stay conviction of mother-in-law

Bombay High Court expressed that it was persuaded to stay her conviction due to the fact that she was employed as a sweeper and had to provide for basic needs of her grandchildren.

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Calcutta High Court temporarily postpones judgment delivery in Teacher-Recruitment scam case; directs production of printed documents

The instant matter revolves around a petition filed by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee for quashing the criminal case registered against him in relation to Teacher-Recruitment Scam case.

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Relevance of the documents sought under Order VII Rule 2 of CPC should be stated in the affidavit: Andhra Pradesh High Court upholds Order dismissing application

“It is not stated in the affidavit as to how the documents are relevant to the suit except stating that, the documents are important and crucial documents to prove that the promissory note suit is a rank forged and materially altered.”

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Treating ‘HARPIC DRAIN XPERT’ similar to ‘XPERT’ would be stretching the principle of similarity to an unreasonable extent: Delhi High Court upholds registration

“To hold that a customer would be confused, because the word ‘XPERT’ forms the second part of the second word of the impugned mark, would be consigning reality to oblivion.”

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Madras HC directs Principal Sessions Court to hear V Senthil Balaji’s bail plea in money laundering case; Set aside transfer of case to MP/MLA Court

“Since the territorial jurisdiction of the present case is in Chennai only, therefore Chennai being one of the jurisdictional area under the notification issued by the Central Government, which comes under the jurisdiction of the PDSJ, Chennai, naturally the said case has to be tried in the said Court”

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Whether a person fighting against militancy can be considered a ‘freedom fighter’ under Swantantrata Sainik Samman Yojna? J&K and Ladakh HC answers

The Court answering the question in negative stated that eligibility under the scheme requires for the person to have participated in the National Freedom Struggle.

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Allahabad HC directs Chief Secretary to issue circular to State Departments to expeditiously complete all formalities for releasing post retiral dues

“The respondents being “State” under Article 12 of the Constitution of India, its officers are public functionaries. Under our Constitution, sovereignty vests in the people. Every limb of constitutional machinery, therefore, is obliged to be people oriented. Public authorities acting in violation of constitutional or statutory provisions oppressively are accountable for their behavior”

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School kids row thermocol rafts to cross snake infested Jayakwadi backwaters; Bombay High Court takes suo motu cognizance

Bombay High Court took note of news report published by Times of India in Sunday Times, Aurangabad Edition titled as “Kids row thermocol rafts with makeshift oars to cross Jayakwadi backwaters, attend school”.

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Patna HC reads down the words “with approval of” as “in consultation with” for appointment of teachers; saves constitutionality of Section 57A(5) of Bihar State Universities Act, 1976

“The rule of reading down a provision of the Act is a rule of harmonious construction used in order to save such provision from being declared unconstitutional.”

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“A death in custody is a slur on a civilised State and completely unacceptable”; Meghalaya HC fixes quantum of compensation for custodial deaths

“The next and kin of the deceased prisoner will be entitled to a sum of Rs.15 lakh if the victim was below 30 years of age; a sum of Rs.12 lakh if the victim was below the age of 45 years but above the age of 30 years and, a sum of Rs.10 lakh if the victim was above 45 years of age, as on the date of death”.