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Allahabad High Court | Social, Legal and Moral Responsibility of a man to maintain his wife; Appeal dismissed

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Sunita Agarwal and Om Prakash Shukla, JJ. dismissed and appeal on the admission stage itself

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Delhi High Court injuncts myshoeshop from violating trademark rights by selling first copy shoes of NB Device mark as well as Adidas, Nike, Louis Vuitton etc

Delhi High Court: Navin Chawla, J. restrained a website myshoeshop (‘defendant 1') from selling shoes having NB Device mark (‘plaintiff').

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Madras High Court | Appointment of Archaka to be done as per Agamas

Madras High Court: The Division bench of Munishwar Nath Bhandari, CJ. and N. Mala, J. has held that the temple

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Orissa High Court | Witnesses related to the deceased would not result in their testimonies being discarded if otherwise truthful and consistent

Orissa High Court: In an appeal filed challenging the Trial court ruling, convicting the accused under Section 302 of Penal

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“PIL in service-related matters ought not to be entertained”; Allahabad High Court dismisses PIL seeking increase in retirement age of PwD

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Rajnish Kumar, JJ. dismissed a PIL which was filed by the

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Family Courts cannot restrain a Muslim man from pronouncing talaq or entering into second marriage as per personal law: Kerala High Court

Kerala High Court: In a case relating to talaq as per Muslim personal law and bigamy, A. Muhamed Mustaque, J.

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Calcutta High Court | Conduct of Parties – not a substitute for an arbitration agreement

Calcutta High Court: While deciding a review petition, Debangsu Basak, J. held that the court while exercising powers under Section

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‘A’ diary of civil & criminal proceedings cannot be obtained by filing RTI; Kerala HC upholds constitutional validity of Rule 12 of RTI (Subordinate Courts and Tribunals) Rules, 2006

Kerala High Court: In a case challenging the validity of Rule 12 of the Right to Information (Subordinate Courts and

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Punjab & Haryana High Court allows accused in matrimonial dispute to travel to Australia for employment purpose

Punjab & Haryana High Court: Suvir Sehgal, J. while dismissing the petition filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code against the

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Gujarat High Court | Acquittal cannot be upset unless reasoning by the trial court is found to be perverse; Acquittal of POCSO accused upheld

Gujarat High Court: The Division Bench of S.H. Vora and Rajendra M. Sareen, JJ. dismissed a criminal appeal which was

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Unfortunate death of 7-year-old girl by collapse of newly constructed kitchen wall in school; Orissa High Court directs compensation to the family of the deceased

Orissa High Court: In a case where a father (‘petitioner') is seeking compensation on the death of his seven-year-old daughter,

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Contents of Azan/Adhan does not infringe fundamental rights of other faith; Karnataka High Court directs State to ensure loudspeaker only in permissible decibel in the morning

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Alok Aradhe CJ., and S. Viswajith Shetty, J., held that azan or the

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Delhi High Court | NTA to reschedule CUET (UG) 2022 due to conflict in dates with CBSE Improvement exams; New dates to be issued by public notice

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by a student of class XIIth who is under a dilemma of whether

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Delhi High Court grants ad-interim injunction against Bikaner’s Madhav Namkeens having deceptively similar logo as of Pepsico’s Lays

Delhi High Court: Navin Chawla, J. passed an ad interim injunction against Bikaner's Madhav Namkeens (‘defendant') restraining them from using

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‘Orderly system’ unconstitutional: Madras High Court directs Tamil Nadu government to eradicate it completely in four months

Madras High Court: S.M. Subramaniam, J. has directed to ensure that the practice of orderly system stands eradicated in entirety

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‘No one has right to disparage the reputation of another’; Madras High Court restrains YouTuber Savukku Sankar from making defamatory remarks against TN Minister V Senthil Balaji

Madras High Court: Krishnan Ramasamy, J. has granted interim injunction against YouTuber Savukku Sankar, restraining him from making defamatory remarks

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Allahabad High Court grants 14 days imprisonment to investigating officer for violating Arnesh Kumar guidelines in contempt

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Suneet Kumar and Syed Waiz Mian, JJ. held a Police Officer guilty of

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Bombay HC| “Sudden reaction of a 19-year-old boy to the news of pregnancy, May fall short of the essential ingredients required to form the offence of abetment to suicide”

Bombay High Court: While deciding the instant bail application of a 20-year-old boy charged with abetment of suicide of a

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Delhi High Court injuncts Royal Champ from using Royal Stag/ Seagram marks; Similar label also amounts to copyright infringement; Directs Rs 20 lakh as damages

Delhi High Court: In a case where permanent injunction was sought against use of Royal Champs, a Gwalior Distilleries Private Limited product

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Delhi High Court| Muslim minor girl who has attained puberty can willfully marry without consent of her parents; POCSO charges do not stand

Similar cases are an exception to the precedent laid down in Imran v. State of Delhi, (2011) 10 SCC 192