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Megh HC | Cutting of trees/ considerable heritage for expansion of road project; Court constitutes High Powered Committee

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Biswanath Somadder, CJ. and H.S. Thangkhiew, J., took up a Public Intrest Litigation which was

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[Lakshadweep] Ker HC | Demolition of Traditional Coastal Communities’ dwellings; HC stays impugned notice of Lakshadweep Administration

Kerala High Court: Raja Vihayaraghavan V., J., stayed the Lakshadweep Administration’s notice with regard to demolition of dwellings of Traditional Coastal Communities.

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Bom HC | Whether adoption can be restricted only to children in conflict with law, or in need of care and protection, or who are orphaned, abandoned or surrendered under provisions of JJ Act and Adoption Regulations? Elaborate report

Bombay High Court: Manish Pitale, J., while stressing upon the concept of adoption expressed that: The practice of adoption has been prevalent

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Del HC | Are trademark disputes arbitrable? Court interprets S. 8 of Arbitration Act; differentiates between rights emanating from Trademark Act and Trademark Agreement

Delhi High Court: Jayant Nath, J., observed that the assignment of the trademark is by a contract and not by a statutory

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Kar HC | Persons only in ‘domestic relationship’ as per S. 2 of Domestic Violence Act, 2005 can be made as respondent under S. 12 of DV Act

Karnataka High Court: Sreenivas Harish Kumar, J., allowed the petition and directed that there cannot be any proceedings against the petitioner under

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Ker HC | Does false accusation of unchastity amount to cruelty? Can it be the ground for divorce? HC answers

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque and Kauser Edappagath, JJ., held that unsubstantiated allegation of unchastity against wife

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Madras HC | A person can be a silent carrier of COVID-19 on not taking vaccine: Can Right to Refuse Vaccine in such circumstances be exercised? Read HC’s opinion

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, J., expressed that vaccinating oneself may not only be

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Advocate addressing Court while riding a scooter: Allahabad HC declines to hear matter

Allahabad High Court: Division Bench of Manoj Kumar Gupta and Syed Aftab Husain Rizvi, JJ., while addressing a matter declined to hear the

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Madras HC | Cheque returned with endorsement “drawers signature differs”. If complainant fails to prove accused was not stranger, can he still be prosecuted under S. 138 NI Act? Court answers

Madras High Court: P. Velmurugan, J., addressed a matter revolving around the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. A

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Gau HC | Priority vaccination for persons with disabilities; HC issues directives to Arunachal Pradesh Government

Gauhati High Court: Nani Tagia, J., issued directions to the State government to provide priority vaccinations for persons with disabilities. The petitioner,

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Telangana HC | In what conditions a complaint of bigamy filed by wife is maintainable when another complaint under S. 498-A IPC is already pending? Court discusses

Telangana High Court: K. Lakshman, J., refused to quash a subsequent complaint filed by the wife against her husband (and others), where

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Megh HC | Grant of bail entirely within the discretion of Judge; Bail denied, directions issued to provide online facilities for gang rape accused to attend classes

Meghalaya High Court: W. Diengdoh, J., dismissed an application filed by the Petitioner with a prayer for grant of bail on behalf

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Utt HC | Re-opening Char Dham Yatra would lead to inviting a calamity, Kumbh 2021 example of poor implementation of SOP; HC directs live streaming of ceremonies carried out at Shrines

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ. and Alok Kumar Verma, J., decided on the series of petitions

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Bom HC on Cruelty & Desertion | Wife wishing to stay abroad. Is that an act of selfishness? Can it be ground of divorce? Court answers

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Ujjal Bhuyan and Prithviraj K. Chauhan, JJ., held that wife wishing to stay abroad with

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Kar HC | Treatment of Mucormycosis including administration of Amphotericin injection is free of cost and the entire cost will be borne by the State Government in public hospitals

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Chief Justice Abhay S Oka and Aravind Kumar J. gave a slew of directions regarding

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MP HC | Judge ought to have seen the sensitivity of the matter; Strict compliance of S. 309 of CrPC directed to Trial Courts

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Subodh Abhyankar, J., dismissed the fourth bail application which was filed by the petitioner under Section 439 of

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Jhar HC | “Is the police taking side by not bringing victim in witness box?” HC comes down heavily on authorities for discrepancies in sexual assault case, warns authorities of contempt proceeding

Jharkhand High Court: Ananda Sen, J., slammed police authorities for tainted investigation and laxity in a sexual assault case. While warning the

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MP HC | Bail denied to juvenile in Rape Case; Court questions lawmakers conscience, How many more Nirbhayas’ sacrifice would be required?

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Subodh Abhyankar, J., dismissed a Criminal Revision filed by the petitioner under Section 102 of the Juvenile Justice

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Chh HC | Pregnancy which is caused by rape would presume to cause grave injury to mental health of the pregnant woman; Right to make reproductive choices is a dimension of ‘personal liberty’

Chhattisgarh High Court: Goutam Bhaduri, J., allowed the petition and directed termination of pregnancy. The instant petition was filed seeking termination of

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[Violence against doctors] Ker HC | Read why HC granted pre-arrest bail to the police officer accused of manhandling a doctor

Kerala High Court: K.Haripal, J., granted bail to the Police Officer accused of manhandling a doctor and subjecting him to violence. The