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Kerala High Court confirms pre-arrest bail order to Civic Chandran; Expunged ‘provocative dress’ remark of Kozhikode Sessions Court

Kerala High Court: In a criminal miscellaneous petition filed to set aside the order granting pre-arrest bail by the Sessions

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‘Not planned but committed in sudden spur of the moment’; Bombay High Court reduces father-brother’s LI to 10 years RI for killing girl’s lover

Bombay High Court : In an appeal filed questioning the legality of Judgment and convicting both Appellants i.e. a father

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Telangana High Court | No basis for Look Out Circular to continue once the chargesheet is filed and notice is issued under S. 41 of CrPC

Telangana High Court: While allowing the instant petition preferred by the petitioner against the Look Out Circular (‘LOC') issued by

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Infirmities pointed out by the convict need reconsideration ; Delhi High Court grants bail to accused convicted of rape of woman he met on Tinder

Delhi High Court: In an application under Section 389 read with Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC)

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Karnataka HC declines to indulge into the alleged mismanagement in FKCCI; says that the Federation is not an “instrumentality of the State” under Art. 12

Karnataka High Court: While deciding the instant writ petition wherein an elected member of Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce

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Madras High Court| Transgender persons seeking admissions to be placed in special category; Minimal number of Transgender persons in State not a valid excuse

Madras High Court directed the State to treat a transgender person seeking admission in Nursing College as a special candidate in light of Supreme Court’s 2014 NALSA verdict

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Allahabad High Court grants bail to accused in a POCSO case, as prosecutrix has delivered his child and was willing to marry him

Allahabad High Court: In a bail application under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) filed by the

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[T-series v Tata] Delhi High Court record settlement between TATA motors and T-series for not using ‘T-series’ marks on Tata automobiles

Delhi High Court: In a suit filed by Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited, seeking permanent injunction restraining infringement, passing off,

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Delhi High Court quashes confiscation proceedings against Satyender Jain under Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988

Delhi High Court: In a batch of petitions filed assailing proceedings initiated by the respondent- State under the Prohibition of

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Kerala High Court | ‘Solemnisation of marriage’ is the consideration for registering marriages under the Kerala Registration of Marriages Rules and not ‘religion of the parties’

Kerala High Court: In a writ petition filed being aggrieved by the refusal of registration of marriage by the Registrar

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Madras High Court initiates suo motu writ petition to examine the mitigating circumstances resulting in commission of suicide inside the Court premises

Madras High Court: In the suicide case inside the premises of the Madras High Court, S.M. /Subramaniam, J. has observed that the

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[Mumbai Monsoon] Bombay High Court endorses adoption of holistic approach by concerned authorities regarding potholes and bad road conditions in the city

Bombay High Court: In a petition filed regarding resurfacing of potholes with the onslaught of monsoon and there being no

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Delhi High Court| Interpretation of an arbitration clause must be predicated upon a construction of the contract as a whole, and no particular word or phrase should be unduly emphasized to negate the clause of its true meaning

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by Panasonic India Private Limited (petitioner) seeking appointment of an arbitrator to adjudicate disputes which

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Rajasthan High Court directs State to consider compassionate appointment for son born from second wife of the deceased

Rajasthan High Court: In a case filed by the second wife (petitioner 1) of deceased who was a class IV

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Himachal Pradesh High Court | Person cannot be branded as ‘Suspect’ in Final Report in absence of incriminating material

“When in the course of investigation, the Investigating Officer has not found anything incriminating against someone, then reflecting him or her as a ‘suspect’ in the Investigation Report, is not acceptable in law, as the word ‘suspect’ undoubtedly casts a stigma on such a person.”

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“Disruption of investigation should not constitute the stifling of investigation”; Punjab and Haryana High Court quashes investigation again Kumar Vishwas

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding the instant petition against the FIR wherein allegations of violation of several penal

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Allahabad High Court | Muslim wife cannot be compelled by Court to live with her husband against her wishes while second marriage of the husband subsists

Allahabad High Court: In an appeal filed under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 for setting aside the

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No need to satisfy PMLA’s twin bail condition if the accused is sick and infirm; Delhi High Court grants bail

Delhi High Court: In a case filed seeking bail for an accused being involved in an alleged bank loan scam

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Karnataka HC issues guidelines for proper furnishing of surety for bail and prevention of fake sureties

Karnataka High Court: While deciding the instant matter arising out of a fake surety for bail which had been created

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Advocates must exercise discretion while annexing objectionable photographs of parties with the petition; Bombay HC imposes cost of Rs 25000 on the advocate

Bombay High Court: In a case where the Court came across highly objectionable photographs annexed by the counsel for the