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Bound to protect Constitutional Rights of women, Calcutta High Court regularises domestic violence application filed by minor

The Court held that application filed by minor under Section 12 of Domestic Violence Act cannot be dismissed on the grounds of maintainability especially when she had attained majority before the date of final order.

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Delhi High Court strikes down R. 14(2)(b) of Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Rules, 1998 being ultra vires the provisions of S. 11 Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996

Delhi High Court: In a petition filed challenging the vires of Rule 14 of Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare

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Allahabad High Court dismisses appeal against acquittal order in Babri Masjid Demolition Case

Allahabad High Court: In an appeal against the judgment passed by the Special Judge acquitting the accused persons in Babri

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Denial of Appointment held unjustified; Punjab & Haryana High Court directs State to issue a letter of appointment within a period of 8 weeks

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While allowing the instant petition, preferred by the petitioner against the impugned order dated 19-01-2017

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“Minor child interested in staying with natural parents only”; Telangana High Court directs Child Welfare Committee to handover the custody of minor child to natural parents, giving visitation rights to foster parents

Telangana High Court: While deciding a case, wherein, a writ of habeas corpus was filed seeking to direct the respondents

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Madras High Court | Once UAPA charges quashed, accused cannot be denied bail on ground that criminal conspiracy under Section 120-B IPC attracts the offence punishable under the provisions of UAPA

Madras High Court: In an appeal against the order passed by the Special Court rejecting the appellant’s bail, the division

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Interim moratorium under S. 96 IBC in respect of one of the guarantors would not ipso facto apply against a co-guarantor; Delhi HC stays suit in view of bar under S.96 IBC

Delhi High Court: In two separate suits filed seeking recovery of amount from the defendants, being ex- promoters and personal guarantors of

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Madras High Court| Scope of Article 338 of the Constitution cannot be expanded for interfering with the routine administrative affairs of the employer, governed under the service rules

Madras High Court: In a writ petition filed by Life Insurance Corporation of India (‘LIC’) against the order passed by

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Telangana High Court | Objecting husband from taking care of his parents would amount to cruelty and consequently lead to divorce by the Family Court

Telangana High Court: In a case where the offences alleged against the petitioners under Section 498-A of the Penal Code,

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FIR against a 9-year-old boy for causing unintentional accident by cycle; Bombay High Court quashes FIR and directs State to pay Rs 25000 to family

Bombay High Court: In a case filed by the mother of a 9-year-old minor boy, seeking quashing of the FIR

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“Section 219 CrPC directory in nature”; Kerala High Court upholds order for dismissing accused’s application for joint trial

Kerala High Court: In a criminal miscellaneous petition challenging the order passed by the Sessions Court, wherein the Court dismissed

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“Glorification of an accused can never be in the interest of society as well as the justice dispensation system”; Madhya Pradesh High Court cancels bail of the man projecting himself as warrior after his release from jail

Madhya Pradesh High Court | While deciding an application filed for cancellation of bail of the accused who booked for

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Orissa High Court| Sanction must be issued under Section 197 of CrPC for taking cognizance on having ‘reasonable nexus’ with official duty

Orissa High Court: In a criminal miscellaneous petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘Code’) challenging the

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Gujarat High Court | Notice for appointment of arbitrator cannot be rejected on ground of vague material particulars

Gujarat High Court: While deciding the instant petition, Aravind Kumar, C.J., said that the prayer for appointment of an arbitrator

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Delhi High Court| Right of default bail is extinguished the moment charge sheet is filed within the period prescribed

Any irregularity or illegality in the remand order is not a statutorily sanctioned reason for grant of default bail

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Madras High Court set aside detention order passed by District Magistrate, due to undue and unexplained delay of 14 days in considering representation

Madras High Court: In a habeas corpus petition filed calling for the records pertaining to the order of detention passed

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Madras High Court| School Teachers cannot be blamed for suicide committed by students, without sufficient evidence

Madras High Court: In a suicide case by a 17-year-old school boy, filed against the headmaster S.M. Subramaniam, J. has held that

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Orissa High Court issues contempt notice to the President of Tangi Bar Association for abusing a Judicial Magistrate

Orissa High Court: The division bench comprising of S. Talapatra and S.K. Panigrahi, JJ. directed for the issue of notice

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Sufficient material for framing charges against Senthil Balaji in cash-for-job scam; Madras High Court upholds trial court’s order

Madras High Court: In a criminal revision petition filed by Tamil Nadu electricity minister V. Senthil Balaji to set aside

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Muslim wife can terminate marriage even without the will of the husband, by invoking ‘Khula’; Kerala High Court upholds

Kerala High Court: In a review petition arising from an appeal filed by the husband challenging a divorce decree granted to a