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Irretrievable breakdown of Marriage: Chh HC dissolves marriage on appeal filed by husband against trial court order

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay S. Agrawal, J., reversed the judgment of the trial court and granted divorce in an application filed by

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Use of loudspeaker in mosque is not a fundamental right: All HC

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Vivek Kumar Birla and Vikas Budhwar, JJ., held that the law has been settled, that use

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Mother Nature is a living being having legal entity? Madras HC answers

Madras High Court: Stating that the past generations have handed over the ‘Mother Earth’ to us in its pristine glory, S. Srimathy,

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MP HC | Illicit deduction of amount from the retiral dues; Directions issued to refund the amount

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari, J. allowed a writ petition which was filed assailing the legality, validity and propriety of

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All HC | Biggest jolt for any married woman that her husband is being shared by some other lady or he is going to marry some other lady: Court dismisses discharge application of husband accused of abetting suicide of wife

Allahabad High Court: Rahul Chaturvedi, J., noted that a lady soon after coming to know that her husband got married in clandestine

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How an Additional Rent Controller did not exhibit a great degree of temperance in discharge of judicial functions: Read Del HC’s insights

Delhi High Court: C. Hari Shankar, J., expressed that, Unwarranted and needless hypersensitivity is not expected of Judicial Officers, who are expected,

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Ori HC | Exercise of power involving Application under Or. 1 R. 10 of CPC is completely different from Exercise of Power under Or. 21 Rules 97, 99 & 101 of CPC; Scope of latter is much wider

Orissa High Court: Biswanath Rath, J., rejected the application being devoid of merits. The instant C.M.P. involves allowing an Application being moved

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Cal HC | None of the proceedings initiated by the department shown to have been taken to the logical end; spot memos cannot be enforced

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of T.S. Sivagnanam and Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, JJ. party allowed a writ appeal which was filed against

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Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage | Husband and wife, two pillars of family, if one gets weak or breaks, whole house crashes down: Del HC

Delhi High Court: In a matter of dissolution of marriage, the Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi, ACJ and Jasmeet Singh, J., expressed

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Kar HC issues general directions in matters relating to compromise before the Lok Adalat which are challenged by way of writ petitions

Karnataka High Court: Suraj Govindaraj, J., allowed the petition and quashed the compromise decree in the original suit filed before Principal Senior

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Person tries to commit suicide after being subjected to severe mental stress, which is a punishable offence: Is there any provision which can save her from penal provision? Ker HC decides

Kerala High Court: Expressing that, Criminal prosecution followed by conviction and imposing substantive sentences and fines on those convicted of suicidal behaviours

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Tel HC remarks several writ petitions are filed complaining about police negligence and delays during investigation; Such issues cannot be decided by invoking jurisdiction under Art. 226 of the Constitution

Telangana High Court: Lalitha Kanneganti, J., disposed of the petition with liberty to the petitioner to avail appropriate remedy. The instant writ

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Visits of sundry family members to matrimonial home, without permanency or intention to treat premises as a shared household: Would it render family members as members of shared household? Del HC elaborates

Delhi High Court: Prateek Jalan, J., addressed the issue of whether visits of sundry family members to the matrimonial home, without permanency

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Whether ‘Printing Press’ is a manufacturing process under Employees State Insurance Act? All HC answers

Allahabad High Court: Stating that the word ‘manufacturing process’ has been expansively defined under the Factories Act even to include Printing Press

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Megh HC | With serious menace of garbage piling up in one of the major towns, State administration seeks only to play the fiddle; matter receives the urgent attention at the highest quarters

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ. and W. Diengdoh, J. took up a petition on a matter pertaining

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Sikk HC | State directed to ensure immediate escalation of progress of work of repairing of NH-10; meeting called to chalk out the immediate course of action before monsoon arrival

Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench of Biswanath Somadder and Meenakshi Madan Rai, JJ. took up the PIL in order the peruse

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Does framing of charge means that accused is guilty or does it imply that accused may be guilty? Del HC elaborates

Delhi High Court: Expressing that, the revisional jurisdiction is not meant to test the waters of what might happen in the trial,

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Chh HC | Whenever substantive obligation/rights/ interests are impaired/adversely affected through any piece of subordinate legislation, then its source must be traced within express provisions in four corners of parent enactment

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sam Koshy P, J., allowed the petition and quashed the impugned orders imposing a moratorium on the establishment of

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Jhar HC | Principles of natural justice required to be followed and cannot be waived out depending upon quantum of punishment; Reiterated mandate of natural justice in blacklisting cases

Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of Ravi Ranjan, CJ and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. allowed the appeal and quashed the impugned

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Cal HC | DGP directed to initiate departmental proceedings against Police Officers; CID to take over investigation

Calcutta High Court: Rajasekhar Mantha, J. while adjudicating a case involving serious offences under Section 365, 354B and other provisions of IPC