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Ker HC | Post of Lokayukta is an independent statutory post and by no stretch of imagination, can it come under the purview of ’employment under the Government’

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of S. Manikumar, CJ and Shaji P. Chaly, J. while dismissing a petition seeking a writ

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Guj HC | Employed woman permitted to appear for All India Bar Examination; Directions issued to the Bar Council of Gujarat

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of Vikram Nath, CJ and J.B. Padiwala, J., allowed a petition which was filed praying to

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Why did Madras HC Judge refuse to recuse from an Illegal Mining Case? Read an all-inclusive report

Madras High Court: B. Pugalendhi, J., while refusing to recuse from the present case reminded himself of the harsh criticism of Justice V.R.

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HP HC | Non-joinder of proper parties cannot be said to be a formal defect to seek liberty under Or. XXIII, R. 1(3) read with S. 151 CPC rather can be cured by filing impleadment/amendment of plaint

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Sandeep Sharma J., upheld the impugned judgment and dismissed the petition. The facts, in a nutshell, are that

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Jhar HC | Pensionary Benefits granted only when served against a permanent or substantive post and salary being paid out of public exchequer irrespective of duration served; R. 58 of Jharkhand Pensions Rules applied

Jharkhand High Court: Deepak Roshan J., upheld the impugned judgment and dismissed the petition stating that the petitioner failed to show any

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Kar HC | Discussing the legal proposition in the offence committed under S.153A IPC, Court rejects the application for quashing of FIR exercising Inherent powers

Karnataka High Court: B.A. Patil, J., dismissing the present petition, observed, “Taking into consideration the peculiar facts and circumstances under which the

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Madras HC | “Officials getting salaries in first week every month not conscious to cost of adjudicatory delays”: HC while directing provisional release of confiscated goods

Madras High Court: G.R. Swaminathan, J., directed the confiscated goods to be released on a provisional basis noting the delay on the part

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Madras HC | Is an illegitimate child entitled to maintenance under S. 125 CrPC? HC reiterates legal position

Madras High Court: B. Pugalendhi, J., while addressing an issue observed and reiterated the established position of the Supreme Court that, under Section

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Del HC | Notice issued to NADA on athlete’s petition challenging Art. 7.3.1(f) of NADA Rules, 2015

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan, J. addressed the grievance of international athletes who challenged

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J&K HC | ‘Subjective satisfaction of a detaining authority to detain a person is not open to objective assessment by a Courtʼ; Writ Petition dismissed

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Tashi Rabstan, J., while dismissing a criminal writ petition seeking to challenge the grounds preferred for detention,

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Utt HC | Fundamental rule of law is that no decision can be given without the opportunity of being heard; Court allows appeal

Uttaranchal High Court: Lok Pal Singh, J., allowed a writ petition which was filed in the nature of the certiorari, seeking quashing

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Kar HC | Whether pleadings in trial amount to ‘publication’ in a suit for defamation; Court discusses nuances to S. 500 IPC

Karnataka High Court: H.B. Prabhakara Sastry, J., while allowing the criminal revision in part, remarked that, if the accused seeks to take

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Bom HC | Will giving money to another for consuming drugs mean “financing” or “harbouring” as envisaged under S. 27 A of NDPS Act? Read HC’s verdict granting bail to Rhea Chakraborty

Bombay High Court: Sarang Kotwal, J., while addressing the bail application filed by Actor Rhea Chakraborty in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case,

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Madras HC | Once permanent maintenance is received under S. 20 DV Act, yet due to change in circumstances if alteration in maintenance is required, what approach should be resorted? HC elucidates

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and P. Rajamanickam, JJ., addressed an appeal with regard to seeking interim maintenance when

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Jhar HC | Abscondence alone may not be a determinative factor to infer guilt under S. 302 IPC but when medical evidence discloses homicidal death abscondence becomes a relevant fact

Jharkhand High Court: Shree Chandrashekhar J., upheld the impugned judgment and dismissed the appeal being devoid of merits. The case at hand

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Ker HC | Court discusses legal position where special enactment overrides general enactment; petition dismissed

Kerala High Court: P. Somarajan, while dismissing a plea for quashing of FIR against parallel charges under Penal Code, 1860 and other

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Del HC | Does Rule 35 of SCBA Rules apply to suspension/termination of status of a member of SCBA as an office-bearer of its Association? HC explains in view of Ashoka Arora, Secy. SCBA’s removal

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., refused to stay the suspension of Ashok Arora from the post of Secretary, Supreme Court Bar Association

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Bom HC diverges from Madras & Karnataka HC’s view on whether MACT has jurisdiction over personal accident claims or not: Read the proposition

Bombay High Court: S.M. Modak, J., examined the jurisdiction of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in regard to claim made by the insured/owner

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Kar HC | Government cannot act in a whimsical fashion, deviating from the prescribed service rules

Karnataka High Court: Krishna S. Dixit and P.N. Desai, JJ., while allowing a writ petition by a civil servant, observes, “Government being