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Raj HC dealt with whether husband can be absolved from his duty to pay interim maintenance if there is delay of 30+ years in filing application

Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta, J., dismissed the petition. The facts of the case are such that the petitioner and the respondent,

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Utt HC | Right to freedom, as granted under the Constitution is not an absolute right; Court rejects bail in Hate Speech matter

Uttaranchal High Court: Ravindra Maithani, J., rejected a bail application which was filed by the applicant who was in judicial custody under

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Utt HC | There have to be very substantial and compelling reasons for setting aside a judgment of acquittal; petition dismissed

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of S.K. Mishra and A.K. Verma, JJ., dismissed the appeal for acquittal considering it to be

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Del HC dismisses appeal filed by Indiabulls Housing Finance in Zee Entertainment – Sony Pictures Scheme of Arrangement

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J., addressed an appeal under Section 37(2)(b) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 against the

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P&H HC | Answer to the question on ‘fundamental rights vis-a-vis judicial review’ considered as ‘National Confusion’ as different interpretation possible

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajbir Sehrawat. J., contemplated and answered the interesting question asked in the recruitment test on which the

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If an aspirant has not completed her 10th and 12th standard from State of Maharashtra, can she still be covered under State Quota of Maharashtra for M.B.B.S? Bom HC explains

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of S.V. Gangapurwala and S.G. Dige, JJ., addressed a matter wherein an aspirant of M.B.B.S Course

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Corruption is a termite in every system; a root cause of all problems but has to be put to account: All HC

Allahabad High Court: While expressing that medical and legal fields are more a service than a profession especially the stream of oncology

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Cal HC | Parties to agreement of sale consciously changing their relationship cannot seek relief on the basis of previously established relationship

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Soumen Sen and Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, JJ., dismissed an appeal concerned with a breach of

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Raj HC rejected the request for supply of rejoinder in absence of specific allegations in the petition; Directed to file a properly constituted petition

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Manindra Mohan Shrivastava CJ and Madan Gopal Vyas J. disposed of the petition and rejected

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P&H HC | Schools succeeded in hoodwinking CBSE, however, no fault can be attributed to the students; direction for issuance of class 12th result

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Sudhir Mittal, J. allowed the writ petitions filed against the action of the Central Board of Secondary

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Wife leaves matrimonial home and never returns after several requests and legal notice under S. 9 of HMA, alleges husband of several cruelties without any evidence: Would it amount to desertion and cruelty by wife? Del HC answers

Delhi High Court: Noting the separation of 12 years between the husband and wife, the Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet

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Raj HC | In absence of any factual foundation to show whether a particular entity is State or not, writ jurisdiction not maintainable

Rajasthan High Court: Mahendar Kumar Goyal J. dismissed the petition being not maintainable against a private entity. The instant petition was filed

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Megh HC | Lower Courts to deal with entire process expeditiously after receipt of the application under S. 151 read with Or. 20 R. 6-A CPC

Meghalaya High Court: H.S. Thangkhiew, J. while hearing a revision application allowed the same and directed the lower court to deal with

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Right of residence under DV Act is exclusive to and isolated from any right that may arise under S. 9 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: Del HC

Delhi High Court: Chandra Dhari Singh, J., addressed a matter wherein the right of residence was claimed by the wife. In the

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MP HC | Technical objections cannot come in way of custody; Court allows 16-year-old to choose to live with father

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Subodh Abhyankar and Satyendra Kumar Singh, JJ., dismissed an appeal which was filed being

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P&H HC | Cooling off period under S. 13-B (2) HMA directory and not mandatory, court must waive off statutory period where marriage is irreconcilable

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajbir Sehrawat, J., allowed the instant revision petition, filed against the order of Family Court, where the

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Guj HC | Court allows writ furnishing the GSTR – 6 return for recording and distributing the ISD credit

Gujarat High Court: The Division bench of J.B. Pardiwala and Nisha M. Thakore, JJ., allowed the petition in a matter related to

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Law on Theft | Daughter-in-law thrown out of matrimonial home and accused of removal of letters from possession of matrimonial home: Whether Del HC will find her guilty under S. 380 IPC or not? Read detailed report

Delhi High Court: Chandra Dhari Singh, J., noted that instant dispute has arisen out of matrimonial discord between two people which had

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SC-ST Act is prospective or retrospective? Kar HC quashes criminal proceedings for offences committed in the year 1975

Karnataka High Court: Krishna S Dixit J. quashes the criminal proceedings as the SC-ST act is not retrospective in nature. The petitioners