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Covid Immunization| Kerala HC directs Center to formulate policy for identifying & compensating deaths due to after-effects of Covid-19 vaccination

Kerala High Court: In a significant case where a widow whose husband died due to adverse effects of Covid-29 immunization had approached

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Madras High Court restrains media to publish or broadcast identities of the victims and witnesses of the ‘Pollachi sexual abuse case’

Madras High Court: In a case relating to a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for directing the media

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Tripura High Court | Section 311 CrPC cannot be used to fill up the lacuna but re-examination can be done to meet the ends of justice

Tripura High Court: In a case relating to a revision petition filed by the State, challenging the order of the

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Chhattisgarh High Court | Customary divorce reduced into writing followed by separation would be a valid divorce when custom is proved ancient

Chhattisgarh High Court: In a case related to an appeal filed against the decision of the family Court, whereby an

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Calcutta High Court stays ED’s Provisional attachment order against the Corporate Debtor before commencement of CIRP

Calcutta High Court | While awarding the injunction, Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J. restrained the Enforcement Directorate from giving effect to the impugned order

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J&K and Ladakh HC| Number of acts not to be determined for detention of an individual, but impact of the act(s) [Preventive Detention]

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Moksha Khajuria Kazmi, J. dismissed a petition which was filed assailing the detention

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Delhi High Court | Mere signing documents in English does not mean the detenue has a working knowledge of English; detention order set aside

Signing in English and understanding English are two different things and it cannot be said that if one signs in English, therefore he has full understanding of the language. In other order, the ability to write one’s signature in English does not translate to having a working understanding of the language.

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Delhi High Court restrains rogue websites from streaming ‘Brahmastra Part One: Shiva’ in any manner, on any platform

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by producers’ (‘plaintiff') of the film ‘Brahmastra Part One: Shiva' seeking permanent injunction

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Allahabad High Court| Arya Samaj Certificates not enough to prove legality of marriage; Petition of habeas corpus dismissed

Allahabad High Court: Saurabh Shyam Shamshery, J. dismissed a habeas corpus petition holding that the certificates issued by Arya Samaj

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Bombay High Court| Mere seeds and leaves of a cannabis plant, cannot be included in the definition of Ganja

Bombay High Court: While deciding the instant application for anticipatory bail wherein the Court deliberated on what constitutes ‘Ganja' as

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Alarmed by trial and conviction of a person with an unsound mind, Meghalaya High Court stresses on quality of free legal aid

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ. and W. Diengdoh, J. was alarmed by the present criminal

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Calcutta High Court | “AMUL” being a well-known trademark deserves a broader scope of protection – even against non-competing goods or services

“The trademark “AMUL” symbolizes a movement among Indian Rural Community towards prosperity and Indian public perceives the trademark “AMUL” having association of connection with the plaintiffs and no other. It is a combination of all the foregoing factors that had culminated into the trademark “AMUL” being recognized as well-known trademark and, therefore, deserves a broader scope of protection against unauthorized use on non-competing goods or services.”

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Madras High Court reduces sentence of Kattai Raja to imprisonment for life; Case does not fall under the ‘rarest of rare doctrine’

Madras High Court: In a case related to a reference made by the Additional District and Sessions Judge under S.

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Why wait at Court’s corridor for prioritized hearing, when you can invoke the right to extra-judicial divorce? Kerala High Court tells a Muslim woman seeking divorce

Kerala High Court: In a divorce case where the Family Court had refused to hear the case on priority for early disposal,

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Grant of interim bail does not obviate regular bail; Delhi High Court denies bail to UP Police official and RPF constable for committing murder of LIC agent

Delhi High Court: In an application filed by the applicant who is a UP Police official, charged under Section 302,

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Delhi High Court directs Government to ensure strict compliance of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Rules, 2020 while transporting camels for Independence/Republic Day celebrations

Delhi High Court: In a PIL filed by Scouts and Guides for Animals and Birds ‘(petitioner'), a registered Trust represented

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Chhattisgarh High Court sets aside compensation granted to a woman upon failure of the Laparoscopic Tubectomy operation

Chhattisgarh High Court: In an appeal filed challenging the impugned judgment passed by the lower court, wherein the court awarded Rs 51,000

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Allahabad High Court grants relief to woman highlighting no stipulation regarding the time difference between the first and second child for availing maternity benefits

Allahabad High Court: Alok Mathur, J. allowed a writ petition which was filed by the petitioner working as Lecturer (Hindi)

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Calcutta High Court | ‘Indian values being eroded with adoption of western culture’ – Court orders daughter to pay maintenance and provide accommodation to parents

“…with globalization and with all modern technology we find drastic change in socio economic conditions and Indian values being eroded with adoption of the western culture and western tradition.”

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Delhi High Court restrains company selling keychains and baggage tags having VISTARA marks online; Raises security concerns and directs damages of Rs 20 lakh

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by Tata Sia Airlines (‘plaintiff') seeking decree of permanent injunction against company selling