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P&H HC | State’s respect for individual independent choices has to be held high

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Stating that, every citizen of the country is entitled to the protection of his life and liberty

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Kar HC | No objection from the Indian Nursing Council is not required for the purpose of University granting recognition or approval for the GNM Course

Karnataka High Court: P Krishna Bhat, J. disposed of the application with a direction to KSNC and State to consider the applications

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Can an order of interim compensation under S. 143-A NI Act, be enforced as ‘public demand’ under Bihar & Orissa Public Demands Recovery Act, 1914? Pat HC explains

Patna High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjay Karol, CJ and S. Kumar J., held that an order of payment of interim

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Tel HC | ‘slap- say sorry-forget cannot be accepted’; An apology can neither be a defence nor a justification for an act which tantamount to Contempt of Court

Telangana High Court: A Division Bench of P Naveen Rao and M G Priyadarshini, JJ. dismissed the petition and held that contempt

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Explainer | Would striking down ‘Marital Rape Exception’ create a New Offence?

In the Split verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape Exception (MRE), the Division Bench of Delhi High Court pronounced a 393-Pages Judgment,

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[ID Act] Kar HC | Labour Court has no jurisdiction to first decide the workmen’s entitlement and then proceed to compute the benefit so adjudicated; Labour Court’s power like that of the Executing Court’s power

Karnataka High Court: K.S. Mudagal, J., allowed the petition and set aside the impugned award awarding compensation as well as the silver

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Work From Home under Maternity Benefit Act can be availed only if nature of work assigned to women is possible for them to work from home: Kar HC

Karnataka High Court: Noting that the nature of work assigned to a woman cannot be carried from home, R Devdas, J., held

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Injuries found on person of deceased who was more than 6 months pregnant, but MM ignored postmortem report: Will onus be on husband to offer an explanation under S. 104 Evidence Act? Read to know

Delhi High Court: Asha Menon, J., while setting aside the conclusion of the Metropolitan Magistrate and upholding the intervention by Sessions Court

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Maternity Benefits | Do employers have a responsibility to ensure that delivering and raising a child, shall not be detrimental to female officer’s career? Ker HC explains

Kerala High Court: Addressing a matter wherein maternity benefits were not being allowed to female officers, Raja Vijayaraghavan V, JJ., expressed that

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Split Verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape| Can a Husband be labelled as a rapist? Does MRE provides impunity to offender? One says ‘Yes’, other says ‘No’ [DETAILED REPORT]

Delhi High Court: In a split verdict the Division Bench of Rajiv Shakdher and C. Hari Shankar, JJ., laid down their opinion

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Infringement of Starbucks trademark FRAPPUCCINO | Del HC awards Rs 2 lakh in damages and 9 lakh costs

Delhi High Court: In a matter wherein Starbucks trademark ‘frappuccino’ was being infringed, Jyoti Singh, J., while observing that, FRAPPUCCINO trademarks have

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Kar HC | In the absence of any declaration that the child is deserted by his biological or adoptive parents or guardians; no offence can be made out under S. 80 JJ Act

Karnataka High Court: Hemant Chandangoudar, J., allowed the petition and quashed the impugned proceedings initiated against alleged offence under Section 80 of

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Utt HC | Minor contradictions or insignificant discrepancies in the statement of a prosecutrix should not be a ground for throwing out an otherwise reliable prosecution case; appeal dismissed in POCSO matter

Uttaranchal High Court: Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, J. dismissed a criminal appeal which was filed from jail assailing the judgment and order whereby

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Dying declaration is by itself sufficient to convict an accused of accusation levelled against him provided dying declaration is found to be voluntary, truthful and hence, could inspire confidence of Court: Bom HC

Bombay High Court: While addressing a matter with regard to a husband setting ablaze his wife, the Division Bench of Sadhana S.

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If there is a delay in payment of gratuity, whether interest on delayed gratuity will be mandatory or discretionary? Guj HC decides

Gujarat High Court: Biren Vaishnav, J., reiterated that, interest on delayed payment of gratuity is mandatory and not discretionary. The petitioner had

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MP HC │ Permission to change statement before Court would be dangerous for legal system and it may be also misuse of S. 311 of CrPC; application for restatement after 2 years dismissed

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Anil Verma, J. dismissed a criminal revision filed against the impugned order whereby an application preferred by the

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Chh HC | Art. 14 of the Constitution does not envisage negative equality; Grant of study leave to employees under probation, cannot be a ground for claiming negative parity in the teeth of R. 42 (5) of Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 2010

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Arup Kumar Goswami CJ. and Rajendra Chandra Singh Samant J. dismissed the appeal and remarked

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When no offence is attributable to Company, it is not possible to attach liability on Managing Director by deeming provisions of S. 141 of the NI Act: Del HC

Delhi High Court: Asha Menon, J., held that if no offence is attributed to the company, its Directors and other persons responsible

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Statement that Kashmir is under occupation of armed forces and people of Kashmir reduced to slaves, will be protected under Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression?J&K and Ladakh HC answers

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Stating that, the intention of a person can be gathered from the words spoken or

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If wife sells out some property, in order to maintain her children, would that mean the wife will not have opportunity to claim maintenance under S. 125 CrPC? All HC explains

Allahabad High Court: Brij Raj Singh, J., while discussing the matter with regard to providing maintenance to a wife, noted that the