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Vendors have no vested or legal right to continue to be nominated for Town Vending Committees in perpetuity; Government well within its right to reconstitute the Town Vending Committees: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court stated that the Government had a right to reconstitute the Town Vending Committees and the vendors did not possess any fundamental or legal right to be nominated for membership of these Town Vending Committees.

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Delhi High Court upholds ICAI’s suo motu power to initiate disciplinary proceedings under S 21 of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949

“Section 21 does empower the Institute to proceed suo motu and unhindered by the absence of a written complaint or allegation that may be submitted. A written complaint or allegation in writing cannot, in any manner, be understood to be a pre-requisite or a sine qua non for the initiation of action under Section 21.”

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Bar under Section 33(5) of POCSO Act is not absolute; Kerala High Court allows recalling of child witness for examination for the just decision of the case

Kerala High Court held that child witness can be recalled for examination; bar under Section 33(5) of POCSO Act is not absolute.

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Delhi High Court | All Paramilitary personnel entitled to grant of HRA irrespective of rank

The Delhi High Court held that every personnel in the paramilitary forces should be entitled to the benefit of House Rent Allowance (HRA), irrespective of the rank as per their entitlement

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Whether electro-magnetic radiation from a mobile tower would cause irreparable harm to children with disabilities? Bombay HC answers in negative

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of M. S. Sonak and Bharat P. Deshpande, JJ., quashed the impugned order of

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[Mangrove Deforestation] Bombay HC allows felling of about 22,000 mangrove trees for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project

Bombay High Court: In a matter relating to India’s first bullet train project, which has received criticism from environmental activists

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Andhra Pradesh High Court explains scope of the residuary provision provided under Article 113 of the Limitation Act

When a case falls under any specific provision of law, their residuary clauses cannot be resorted to and the parties cannot seek shelter under the residuary provision under Article 113 of the Limitation Act, 1963.

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Kerala High Court | Courts should carefully analyse cases while dealing with pre-arrest bail pleas under SC/ST Act

It is shocking, rather a mind-blowing fact that many innocent persons are victims of false implication under the SC/ST Act

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[Pilibhit encounter 1991] Allahabad High Court commutes life sentence of 43 police personnel to seven years' rigorous imprisonment

“It is not the duty of the police officers to kill the accused merely because he/she is a dreaded criminal. Undoubtedly, the police must arrest the accused and put them up for trial”.

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All Hydro Power Projects across the State must comply with directions in ‘Zangpo Sherpa case’ in letter and spirit; Sikkim High Court condemns GATI’s careless attitude, resulting in death of two innocent boys

“Should every Hydro Power Project get away with token compensation for loss of life despite standing directions of the highest Court of the State to take precautions, utter chaos would abound on account of their carelessness, which would be unaccountable. It must be borne in mind that human life is as precious, regardless of the geography of the area”

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Delhi High Court grants interim injunction in favour of WhiteHat Education Technology in a trade mark infringement suit for its mark ‘WhiteHat Jr’

The Delhi High Court held that the marks ‘WhiteHat Jr’ and ‘WhiteHat Sr’ were deceptively similar and therefore, restrained the defendants from using any trade mark, trade name and domain name which would amount to infringement of plaintiff’s mark ‘WhiteHat Jr’.

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Characterising it as ‘sketchy’ and ‘non-speaking’, Rajasthan High Court sets aside the order of the Joint Commissioner, GST

It suffered from non-application of mind and was in violation of mandatory requirement of section 75 (6) of the CGST Act.

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Jharkhand High Court | A married woman cannot invoke section 376(2)(n) of the IPC on the pretext of false promise of marriage

Jharkhand High court held that amarried woman cannot invoke section 376(2)(n) of the IPC, after establishing a relationship with man other than her husband

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Madras High Court directs Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, to get sensitization programmes conducted for police force regarding the rights of persons with disabilities

Upon learning that the police had violated the human rights of a physically challenged person, Madras High Court gave directions to police officials to sensitize police force regarding rights of persons with disabilities and ensure proper functioning of CCTV cameras in all police stations.

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Allahabad High Court denies bail to two members of Popular Front of India accused of planning an attack on different Hindu Religious Organisation

Ansad Badruddin and Firoz Khan, members of PFI were denied bail by Allahabad High Court, as various contraband articles were recovered from their possession, including a diary disclosing their aim and object of fighting against Hindu religious organisations and to promote the ideology of PFI.

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Loss of human life should not be permitted merely at the altar of technicalities; Punjab and Haryana High Court allows Swap Transplantation of kidneys

Punjab and Haryana High Court deemed mother-in-law as near relative and allowed swap transplantation of kidneys.

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ECI is free to proceed in the Shiv Sena Election Symbol dispute; Delhi High Court refuses to entertain the appeal seeking to quash ECI restraint order

Delhi High Court: In the instant appeal filed challenging the order and judgment of a Single Judge bench which refused

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Delhi High Court stays CCI’s order for recovery of Rs. 223.48 crore from MakeMyTrip Private Limited

The Delhi High Court stayed the recovery of a Rs. 223.48 crore penalty imposed by Competition Commission of India (CCI) on MakeMyTrip (P) Ltd. for abuse of its dominant position.

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Delhi High Court grants permanent injunction to Microsoft Corporation and awards damages of Rs. 20 lakhs in a 12-year-old copyright infringement suit

Microsoft filed the present suit for permanent injunction against the defendants restraining them from directly or indirectly reproducing/storing/installing and/or using pirated/unlicensed software programmes, thereby infringing the copyright in the plaintiffs’ computer programmes/software titles.

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Does Civil Court have jurisdiction to determine title of shares issued ‘fraudulently’? Calcutta High Court examines

Calcutta High Court | Krishna Rao, J., held that under Companies Act, 2013, Civil Courts have jurisdiction to enquire into