Guj HC | Permission to acquire firearm license for crop protection granted
Gujarat High Court: A.Y. Kogje, J., allowed and disposed of a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India aggrieved
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Mad HC | Non-service of copies of plaint is not a ground for converting a summary suit filed under Or. 37 CPC into a regular suit
Madras High Court: V. Bharathidasan, J., dismissed a revision petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby the application filed by
Continue readingKer HC | Court sets aside sentence of conviction and demands payment of fine in matter of dishonour of cheque under S. 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act
Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi J., allowed a criminal revision petition in part in a matter relating to Section 138 of
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Bom HC | A fatal impulse or an ill-fated thought of the deceased cannot fray the fabric of S. 306 IPC; Acquittal of in-laws for abetting suicide of woman upheld
Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., dismissed an appeal filed against the order of the trial court whereby the respondent-accused were acquitted of
Continue readingKar HC | Assessment of permanent committee for designating Senior Advocates held to be reasonable and reliable; writ petitions filed by the members of the Bar rejected
Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka and Mohammad Nawaz, JJ., rejected the writ petitions contested by the members
Continue readingKer HC | Court grants bail due to no reported criminal antecedents of the petitioners
Kerala High Court: Shircy V, J. granted pre-arrest bail to the petitioners considering no criminal antecedents having been reported against the petitioners.
Continue readingAll HC | Trial Court has the duty to ensure that an accused gets a fair trial; and “real and effective” aid is provided to him under S. 304 of CrPC
Allahabad High Court: Rajeev Singh, J. allowed an application of revision filed for quashing an order passed by Additional Sessions Judge (POCSO
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Bom HC | Compensation granted under MV Act increased by adjusting the notional income in accordance with current value of rupee
Bombay High Court: M.G. Giratkar, J., allowed an appeal filed against the order of the Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal (“MACT”) whereby the appellants-claimants
Continue readingChh HC | Prospective accused is neither necessary nor a proper party in a writ petition seeking direction for registration of FIR and investigation into cognizable offence
Chhattisgarh High Court: A Full Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra, Rajendra Chandra Singh Samant and Gautam Chourdiya, JJ., has held that the prospective
Continue readingKer HC | Author has the legal right to protect his Intellectual Property; but cannot seek stay on release of a movie as massive financial investment is involved in it
Kerala High Court: Shircy V, J. held that an author has the legal right to protect his intellectual property even after he
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Bom HC | Decision to have special audit under S. 142(2-A) of IT Act held invalid in absence of pre-decisional hearing
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Ujjal Bhuyan and Milind N. Jadhav, JJ., dismissed an appeal filed against the order of the
Continue readingDel HC | Permission to amend written statement after plaintiff’s evidence denied in view of proviso to Order 6 Rule 17 CPC
Delhi High Court: Pratibha M. Singh, J., dismissed a petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby it had rejected the
Continue readingPat HC | Once notification of a transfer is acted upon, nothing subsists and the said notification becomes redundant for all purposes
Patna High Court: Anjana Mishra, J. allowed a civil writ application challenging the Memo No. 2164 dated 18-10-2019 issued by the Additional
Continue readingKar HC | Criminal proceedings cannot be initiated against other suspects, in the absence of main culprit
Karnataka High Court: P.G.M. Patil, J. heard a Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 appealing to quash
Continue readingDel HC | Assessment under S. 125 CrPC relates back to the date of application; family court’s decisions granting maintenance from the date of order set aside
Delhi High Court: Manoj Kumar Ohri, J., allowed a criminal revision petition filed by the complainant-wife challenging the order of the family court
Continue readingRaj HC | Non-prescription of limitation period in a statute for making reference to a Court, does not confer unbridled power on authority to exercise the same on whims
Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sangeet Lodha and Mahendar Kumar Goyal, JJ. dismissed an appeal regarding irregularity of a suit
Continue readingDel HC | Ss. 143-147 NI Act lay down Special Code for trial, recourse to S. 482 CrPC as a substitute for initiating second revision petition denied
Delhi High Court: Rajnish Bhatnagar, J., dismissed a petition filed against the order of the Sessions Court whereby it had dismissed the review
Continue readingAll HC | Re-installing of amplifiers and loudspeakers for “Azaan” — denied; Arts. 19(1)(a) and 25 of the Constitution have to be read together
Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Pankaj Mithal and Vipin Chandra Dixit, JJ., while addressing a petition preferred by the people
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Guj HC | Two finger test violates the right of victim to privacy, physical and mental integrity and dignity; held unconstitutional
Two Finger test Held — Unconstitutional Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of J.B. Pardiwala and Bhargav D. Karia, JJ., while deciding
Continue readingKer HC | No bar to simultaneous continuance of a criminal proceeding and a civil proceeding, if the two arise from separate causes of action
Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J. dismissed a petition praying for quashing the criminal proceedings against the petitioner initiated under Section
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