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Extracting household work by trained uniformed Police personnel in the residences of the higher Police officials; Madras High Court calls it ‘colonial’ and slap on Constitution and democracy

Madras High Court: S M Subramaniam, J. observing that it is painful to pen down that the colonial slavery system

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[Benami Property] Madras High Court | Writ shall not be entertained against a mere show cause notice; Upholds order of Deputy Commissioner, IT

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of R. Mahadevan and Sathya Narayana Prasad, JJ. approved the orders of the Deputy

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Tripura High Court directs TSECL to pay all the cumulative dues to employee who suffered accident while discharging duty

Tripura High Court: Arindam Lodh, J. allowed a writ petition issuing directions to the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited to pay all

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Calcutta High Court stays investigation in the matter of artist posting intimate image of Lord Krishna and Radha on Facebook

Calcutta High Court: Shampa Sarkar, J. stayed the investigation in a matter which came up over an artist’s Facebook post containing intimate

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[POCSO]Pulling down pants of kid forcefully as a punishment measure; Karnataka High Court denies relief u/s 482 CrPC to the female teacher

“Spare the rod and spoil the child” has metamorphosed into “spare the rod and teach the child”

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Bombay High Court grants bail to Nigerian national who spent 2 years in jail on NDPS charges due to a typing error in forensic report; asks State to come up with compensation proposal

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J. directed to release a Nigerian National on bail who was arrested in 2020 under the Narcotic

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Madras High Court quashes Family Court’s direction for medical examination to ascertain female impotency due to hormonal imbalance and irregular periods; says, it damages self esteem

Madras High Court: In a case where husband (‘respondent’) filed for annulment of marriage alleging suppression by wife regarding her hormonal imbalance

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Rape on the pretext of marriage| Madhya Pradesh High Court astonished by social differentiation still being created on caste-creed basis; denies bail to differently abled person apprehending tampering of witness

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Agarwal, J. dismissed a bail application of an applicant who was in custody since 29-06-2022 for the

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Gujarat High Court │ Students of Diploma in Pharmacy Course can’t be denied registration as Pharmacists on Council’s failure to approve medical stores for training

Gujarat High Court: A.S. Supehia, J. allowed the writ petitions filed by D. Pharm students aggrieved by their non-registration as Pharmacist under

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Meghalaya High Court quashes POCSO charges against man accused of having ‘Consensual Sex’ with minor wife

“It would be an injustice to separate or to divide a well knitted family unit.”

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Jharkhand High Court | Liability cannot be fastened upon the company for delay in TDS when it had taken steps within time but the same was not credited in the account of the Central Government

Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. allowed a criminal miscellaneous petition quashing the entire criminal proceeding including the order

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‘Kite Flying part of culture and heritage’; Delhi High Court denies complete ban on kite flying but directs to comply directions already in place against use of Chinese Maanjha

Delhi High Court: In a PIL filed seeking to impose a complete ban on flying kites, a Division Bench of

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Can’t let the roads of Kerala be a killing field; Kerala HC issues directions to NHAI and District Collectors to ensure the roads are craters & potholes free

“The speed limits on most of our roads are in the vicinity of 70 to 90 km. But many of them cannot even handle traffic that moves over 20 or 30 km. This is compounded when it rains and when the potholes are not visible, as in the case of the hapless victim we are dealing with.”

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Gujarat High Court | ‘Occupier’ of the land cannot be denied electricity connection only because land is in dispute

Gujarat High Court: A.S. Supehia, J. has allowed a writ petition which was filed after the respondent authorities denied to

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Chhattisgarh High Court declares election null and void for non-disclosure of criminal antecedents, including acquittal in criminal case

Chhattisgarh High Court: In a case where an election was declared null and void on the grounds of non-disclosure of

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Calcutta High Court | Chairman of District Primary School Council does not have the authority or jurisdiction to issue transfer order

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Subrata Talukdar and Krishna Rao, JJ. has allowed an appeal filed against the

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Rajasthan High Court | No appeal can be preferred challenging the issuance of an arms license in favour of any person under S. 18 Arms Act, 1959

Rajasthan High Court: Vijay Bishnoi, J. held the appeal filed by District Magistrate before Divisional Commissioner under Section 18 of Arms Act,

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Bombay High Court alarmed by long pendency of POCSO cases; Principal judge to submit causes for delay and unequal distribution of cases

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J. while hearing a bail application of a man accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old in

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Unable to justify reasons for cancellation of NOC by College Commissionerate twice before Court; Rajasthan High Court quashes order being violative of principles of natural justice

Rajasthan High Court: In a case where NOC was cancelled by Commissioner, Commissionerate College Education and Technical Education Department, (‘Respondent 2′) granted

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“Digitalisation is bridging the gap between the courts and the litigant”; Allahabad High Court rejects transfer application citing alternative of video conference facility

Allahabad High Court: Vikram D. Chauhan, J. took cognizance of transfer application which was filed for the transfer of the case under