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“If the Motive for Crime was Not a Casteist Attack, a Person Cannot Be Dragged for Offence Under SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act”: Gujarat HC

The SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 is essentially meant for protecting the members of a SC and ST from atrocity or oppression, however, it cannot be allowed to be misused.

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Temporary, seasonal or short-term employment does not amount to unfair labour practice; Allahabad High Court denies relief to workman

Allahabad High Court said that it is not possible to hold that temporary employment for every seasonal increase in industrial activities as an unfair labour practice.

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[Hate Speech] Delhi High Court sets aside order directing registration of FIR on a complaint by IAS turned social activist Harsh Mander

Delhi High Court observed that keeping in mind the sensitive nature of the allegations and the fact that no evidence of communal disharmony had come on record during the preliminary inquiry conducted by police, the Court advises that the orders for registration of the FIR filed by any community should be passed with more circumspection.

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Is Mughal Mosque near Qutub Minar a protected monument? Delhi High Court directs ASI to produce 109-year-old records

“The Managing Committee of the Waqf Board contended that the Mughal Mosque situated near Qutub Minar did not fall within the protected monuments as notified by the Archaeological Survey of India in a notification dated 24-1-2014.”

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Read why Madras High Court denied conducting fresh preliminary inquiry against Former CM Edappadi Palaniswami in Highway Tender Scam

It is almost 73 years since the Constitution of India started governing this country and the harsh reality is that the Executive has almost lost its independence and it has virtually turned into an organ merely executing whatever is said/dictated/ordered by the political party, which is in power during the relevant point of time.

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Delhi High Court dismisses plea challenging the exemption given to Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat from undergoing Asian Games selection trials

“The Writ Courts must not substitute their opinions to the opinions arrived at by the experts unless the Court is satisfied that the decision taken by the experts is perverse or illegal. The function of the Court is only to see that the decision has been arrived at in good faith and the experts have acted reasonably.”

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Delhi High Court orders Tehelka, Tarun Tejpal to pay Rs. 2 crore compensation to a Major General in a defamation suit

Delhi High Court observed that the plaintiff was a man holding the position of Major General in the Army and was a man of repute. There cannot be worse defamation and disrepute to a person of integrity and honour than a false imputation of him having demanded and then accepted bribe of Rs. 50,000.

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Burial at non-designated land contravenes TN Village Panchayats Burial Rules: Madras High Court

A person who defies the law and refuses to exhume the body cannot take umbrage in the delay of enforcing the law and make the Court ‘fait accompli’.

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Delhi High Court grants interlocutory injunction in favour of Zenith Dance Institute (P) Ltd. for its mark ‘ZENITH’

“The term ‘ZENITH’' even being a common English expression cannot be regarded as ‘publici juris’ in the context of services relating to education in dance.”

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Madhya Pradesh High Court quashes POCSO Case after assessing Prosecutrix’s decision-making capacity

Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed the impugned FIR and its subsequent criminal proceedings by the prosecutrix aged about 17 years 10 months.

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Delhi High Court declares ‘SUPREME’ red-box device mark as a ‘well-known’ trade mark for apparel and clothing

The defendant, Dhanpreet Singh Trading was restrained from seeking any statutory rights by applying for trade marks or copyrights in respect of the red-box device mark ‘SUPREME'.

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41 theft cases, 90+ years of imprisonment sentence prompts Bombay High Court to order release of prisoner

Bombay High Court perused details of all 41 cases and noted that the petitioner was apparently arrested in one case and came to be arrested in other cases on transfer warrant, pleaded guilty in all 41 cases.

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“More than one year” is sufficient time for prudent women to uncover false marriage promises: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Madhya Pradesh High Court held that held that in the present circumstances, the prosecution of the petitioner for the offences under Sections 376(2)(N), 506 and 34 of IPC will amount to abuse of process of law.

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Can Gram Panchayat obstruct mobile tower installation due to harmful radiation? Bombay High Court answers

Bombay High Court highlighted that the Gram Panchayat had already issued NOC in favour of the petitioner but passed a resolution obstructing mobile tower installation and operation based on apprehensions.

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Delhi High Court imposes costs on IIT Kanpur alumni for filing frivolous litigations against Union, State authorities, departments, trusts etc.

The present case is a classic example of frivolous and vexatious litigation, where this Court encounters incoherent and confusing stories in the name of facts and absurd reliefs. Filing such cases as the present one is doubtlessly not only frivolous and vexatious, but annoying and such a litigant must be subject to some kind of sanction.

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Can initiation of proceedings by wife for vindication of her rights considered to be mental cruelty? Madras High Court answers

When the husband had left the matrimonial home and he is residing away and there is an allegation of second marriage on the husband, the wife cannot be blamed for not taking steps to restore the conjugal rights

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Madras HC directs State to nominate Nodal officer to deal with requests for engaging law officers, and to look after professional fee claims

To assist the Nodal Officer, minimum secretarial staff shall be provided by the State Government.

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‘Family members neither baptised nor members of Church’; Bombay HC finds order against Hindu Mahar’s religious conversion “perverse, arbitrary and capricious”

The Court observed that a person gets caste by birth and remains forever unless there are circumstances indicative of the individual having embraced not only a new order but being outcasted from the original order.

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[Patent Infringement] Delhi High Court restrains Canva from making available its ‘Present and Record’ feature

Delhi High Court observed that the working of the Defendant’s ‘Present and Record’ feature when compared with the Claims would demonstrate that almost all the same steps therein are present in the Defendant’s product, thus, prima facie, establishing infringement.

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Transportation of Mortal Remains: Delhi High Court directs MEA to make accessible SOP and Guidelines for overseas Indian tourists and workers

Delhi High Court directed MEA to prominently post and make accessible the SOP and Guidelines on its website, if not already available, within one week from the date of the order.