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Sainik Schools
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Selection and admission to the Sainik School are subject to fulfilling admission criteria, eligibility, rank, merit list, medical fitness, verification of original documents, and such other criteria as may be prescribed by Sainik School Society. Therefore, in the event of an unfit medical report, the Principal is mandated to click the reject button on the e-counselling portal.”

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50% marks in Superior Judicial Service Exam
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“It is open to the High Court to prescribe the criteria including cut off marks and ‘minimum marks qualification’ as has been envisaged in clause 8.4 of the notifications to assess the merit and suitability of the candidates to perform the sacrosanct duties of Judicial Officer.”

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Veera Raja Veera copyright
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“Indian classical music rarely follows a system of written notation or publication. Since ancient time, the compositions of Indian music were taught orally in the gurushishya Parampara , where knowledge was passed down through oral learning, improvisation, and repeated performance, rather than formal documentation. Hence, after explicitly declaring that fixation is not required, using fixation and performance as the determinative is against the legislation’s aim and objective.”

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Law College rejection of Hindi answer sheet
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“We do not find any reason that would outweigh the Rules of 2008 and the Circular. Moreover, the Rules of the Bar Council of India indicate that, besides English, students belonging to particular regions and States may write their answers in the regional language. For Maharashtra, the regional language is Marathi ”

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school cannot assert ownership without title deed
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“The land stated to be a playground was situated 500 meters away from the school and the fact that it was earlier used for conducting District and State Level School Sports Meets could not be used to indicate that the playground belonged to the school”

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Aadhaar details of Israeli national
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The Israeli national was not in possession of a valid passport or a valid visa to justify his stay in India as a resident, to qualify him for being granted an Aadhaar card.

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aided madrasas
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Acting on a complaint by respondent 9, the NHRC, in three separate orders directed the Director General of the U.P. Economic Offences Wing to initiate an inquiry into alleged financial and other irregularities in the management of these madrasas.

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Section 65-B certificate
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In the case at hand, the video was recorded in someone’s device and transferred to the device of the respondent who had submitted the certificate.

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Xerox copy of lost cheque admissible as secondary evidence
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“If the original document is lost or destroyed, detained by the opponent, or third person, who does not produce it before the Court or physically irrecoverable, the secondary evidence is admissible”.

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lapse on part of advocate
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The Court opined that the applicants, upon finding out the lapse by the advocate’s office in filing the written statement, were vigilant enough to contact the Advocate themselves.

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daily wage workers' service as casual
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The Court stated that the present case is a stark reminder of the systemic inequity that daily wage workers suffered often under the garb of technicalities and institutional inaction.

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plea for cancelling bail of IREO group's MD
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“Multiple fora, including the Delhi Police, Gurugram Police, and the Delhi High Court, have found him lacking locus and credibility. His petitions have been dismissed with costs, and the Bar Council of India has directed removal of his name from the Roll of Advocates.”

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Bar on anticipatory bail under SCST Act
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“The prima facie conclusion that the accused had not committed any offence under Sections 376(2)(n) and 506 IPC, automatically lead to a conclusion that they had not committed an offence under Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Act.”

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eligible assessee under S. 144C IT Act
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In the present case, there was no variation in the petitioner’s income by the order of the Transfer Pricing Officer. The petitioner contended that since no income variation was made, there was no occasion for assessing officer to pass any draft assessment order and serve it to petitioner.

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delhi riots
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The petitioner had contended that there was discrepancy in the page numbering of the case diary in which statements under Section 161 of the CrPC had been recorded thereby raising the doubt of ante-dating of the statements.

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wives as idle women
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Though her status as an Advocate was not disputed, the Court held that the wife and children were required to be maintained in law, commensurate to the standard of living of the husband/father.

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S. 21 NIA Act
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“If the accused’s plea was accepted, it would amount to usurping the jurisdiction and power vested in the Designated Authority, who had all the powers of a Civil Court under Section 31 of the UAPA for making full and fair enquiry into the matter before it.”

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wife's cerebral palsy
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Dismissal of the divorce petition by the Family Court on the grounds that the wife did not become violent and cerebral palsy only restricted body movements and was not a mental disorder, was acutely incorrect.

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Rs 1 Lakh cost on State
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“The FIR in question was registered in 2007, but the cancellation report was prepared in 2007/2009 but the same has not been presented till the intervention of this Court.”

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Biological father's consent for adoption
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‘The biological father failed to come forward to extend justifiable reasons to deny the benefit of adoption not just to the petitioner but also to the minor whose interest must be paramount.’

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