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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

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Madras HC | Whether women marrying life convicts are examined by SCW or NCW to ascertain as to whether willingness of marriage has been obtained from women? Court examines

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of N. Kirubakaran and P. Velmurugan, JJ., while addressing the present petition observed that, Court fails to

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[Intellectual Property] Bom HC | “Party moving for injunction at eleventh hour must be prepared to face consequences”:Court while refusing to restrain Zee from using “Plex” in new channel

Bombay High Court: G.S. Patel, J., refused to pass an interim injunction restraining Zee Entertainment from using the word “Plex” in its new

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Ker HC | No writ of mandamus can be issued to direct the legislature to enact any law; Court upholds validity of State Commission for SC/ST Act

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of S. Manikumar and Shaji P. Chaly, JJ., while deciding the Constitutional validity of the Kerala

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Jhar HC | Loan by financial institutions is in the nature of ‘public money’; Writ Petition not maintainable as alternative remedy available under S. 17 of SARFAESI Act if aggrieved due to action taken by ‘State’ under S. 13/14 of the Act

Jharkhand High Court: Rajesh Shankar, J. dismissed the petition on grounds of non-maintainability. The facts of the case are such that the

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AP HC | Under what conditions can ban for granting bail continue for an offence under NDPS Act? HC reiterates SC’s position in light of S. 37 NDPS Act

Andhra Pradesh High Court: M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J., addressed a petition while reiterating the Supreme Court’s position in regard to Section 37 of

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Madras HC | Can an advocate be made criminally liable under S. 500 IPC who acts as per the instructions of his or her client? HC explains proposition

Madras High Court: G.K. Ilathiraiyan, J., observed that, Section 500 of the Penal Code, 1860 cannot be attracted wherein an advocate acts professionally

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Raj HC | Petitioner not vigilant enough to seek his remedy, Court rejects Stay application

Rajasthan High Court: Arun Bhansali, J., rejected a stay application that was filed aggrieved by the order of the Director, Mines demanding

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J&K HC | Parity cannot be the sole ground for granting bail, however, desirability of consistency may; Court allows bail application

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Javed Iqbal Wani, J., while allowing the instant bail application, made significant observations pertaining with conditions to

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All HC | A question of fact cannot be adjudicated by High Court under S. 482 CrPC; application dismissed denying relief to applicant

Allahabad High Court: While deciding an application for quashing the charge sheet, Om Prakash-VII, J., disposed of the same finding it difficult

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HP HC | “Synergy of law with technology is the next big thing”; Stringent conditions laid down while granting bail to ‘foreign nationals’ and securing their presence during trial in light of Art. 21 of Constitution

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Anoop Chitkara, J., granted bail to the undertrial Nigerian national subject to very stringent conditions. The facts of

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Guj HC | ”Truth is the motto and object of every investigation, let no stone be left unturned”; Court reminds CID [Vadodara Custodial Death]

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of Sonia Gokani and N.V. Anjaria, JJ., on 28-09-2020 during the proceedings of the Vadodara Custodial

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Hathras Gang-Rape | “Shocked by reports of events that led to victim’s cremation”, All HC orders registration of Suo Motu PIL

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Rajan Roy and Jaspreet Singh, JJ., while taking suo motu cognizance of an extremely sensitive and

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Bom HC | Does Family Court has jurisdiction to entertain an application for relief under Ss. 18 to 22 of the D.V. Act? Read what Court held

Bombay High Court: C.V. Bhadang, J., addressed an application regarding the transfer of Criminal Miscellaneous Application regarding the dissolution of marriage on

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MP HC | Court declined to interfere in the posting of an employee; remarked that High Court is not an appellate authority for such grievances

Madhya Pradesh High Court: G.S. Ahluwalia, J., dismissed the petition finding no ground for interference in the impugned order. The petitioner has