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If Banks have to survive, borrowers must exist and not mere borrowers but productive borrowers: Del HC on whether borrowers have protection against arbitrary disposal of properties mortgaged to banks at low prices? [In-depth Report]

Delhi High Court: Asha Menon, J., expressed that, The Banks seek collaterals and security to prevent losses to themselves. It is, but

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Del HC | Will the rights of a prior user override those of subsequent user even though it had been accorded registration of its trademark? All-Inclusive Report on Trademark Infringement of ‘Rajdhani’

Delhi High Court: Jayant Nath, J., did a comprehensive analysis of the matter involving trademark infringement. Legacy of Rajdhani Plaintiff had originally

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Megh HC | State not to insist on production of Aadhaar Card as the only proof of identity for vaccination

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Biswanath Somadder, CJ. and H.S. Thangkhiew, J. heard a PIL which was filed with two

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Kar HC granted maternity leave to senior resident doctor employed on contract basis who was denied the same by Joint Director, ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Kalaburagi

Karnataka High Court: Nataraj Rangaswamy, J., allowed the petition and granted maternity leave by setting aside the impugned order. The facts of

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Chh HC | The principle of ‘No Work No Pay’ would not be applicable where the rule expressly direct otherwise; Matter remitted back to consider grant of full pay and allowances

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K Agrawal, J., allowed the writ petition and remitted the matter to the appellate authority to consider the

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P&H HC | Huge recovery of contraband drug, failure to register FIR under NDPS Act; HC senses attempt to protect the offender by the authority; hands over the case to CBI

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arvind Singh Sangwan, J., came down heavily on State Authorities for discrepancies in investigation of the NDPS

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Pat HC | Victim’s Right to appeal; Is there a right conferred on victim to appeal for enhancement of sentence? HC answers

Patna High Court: The Division Bench of Ashwani Kumar Singh snd Arvind Srivastava, JJ., reiterated that a victim has no right to

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Ori HC | “India will be free when the women feel safe to walk in the streets of India in the midnight”; Conviction upheld under S. 341 IPC and S. 4 of POCSO Act

Orissa High Court: S. K. Sahoo, J., dismissed the petition being devoid of merits and upheld the conviction passed in the impugned

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Wife commits suicide after speaking to husband on mobile phone, husband suspicioned to have instigated wife| Read whether Del HC grants bail to husband

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., decided a bail matter wherein the husband suspicioned to have instigated the wife to commit suicide.

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J&K and Ladakh HC | Would refusal to repay loan amount to abetment of suicide? HC answers

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: While dealing with the intriguing question regarding criminal liability of a debtor of abetment of

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Bank Guarantee: Can these be encashed during their validity period? Read Del HC’s opinion on furnishing of bank guarantees

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Manmohan and Navin Chawla, JJ. while addressing a matter expressed that no judicial finding is

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Chh HC | Can writ court decide whether Nazul property (lease hold lands) be dedicated for waqf? HC observes

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra and Rajani Dubey JJ. disposed of the petition holding that Public Interest

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Bom HC | No decision on divorce petition, yet wife creates matrimonial profile expressing will for second marriage. Can this be a ground for divorce?

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of A.S. Chandurkar and G.A. Sanap, JJ. addressed whether prior to the decision on divorce petition,

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Astrology v. Science | Can Courts direct citizens to stop believing in astrology? Read Madras HC’s opinion

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and P.D. Audikesavalu addressed a matter wherein direction was sought to widely

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Guj HC | Distinction between ‘the law and order’ and ‘the public order’ needs to be kept in mind; Court decides in matter of detention under Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020

Gujarat High Court: Paresh Upadhyay, J., allowed petitions which were filed against the order passed by the District Magistrate whereby the petitioners

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Sikk HC | Sole testimony of a deaf and dumb woman, unable to answer questions not reliable enough to convict rape accused; Court dismisses petition

Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench of Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, CJ. and Meenakshi Madan Rai, J., dismissed a criminal leave petition which

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[Tikri Border Rape] P&H HC | Evidences point towards complicity of the accused; HC rejects plea for anticipatory bail

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajesh Bhardwaj, J., denied anticipatory bail to the petitioner, a member of Kisan Union Delegation who was

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J&K and Ladakh HC | Can FIR containing allegations which set police in motion, be quashed at threshold stage? HC answers

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Ali Mohammad Magrey, J., held that FIR under Section 482 of CrPC cannot be quashed

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HP HC | Victim of sexual offence cannot have any locus standi to approach Court for quashing FIR registered for the sexual assault alleged

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Anoop Chitkara, J. dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The factual matrix of the case is such

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Ker HC | CGST registration; HC dismisses petition challenging cancellation registration on observing undue delay and carelessness on part of petitioner

Kerala High Court: A.M. Badar, J., dismissed the petition challenging cancellation of CGST registration observing that the petitioner had remedy of challenging