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Each instance of sex determination undermines value of female life, endangers pregnant women to unsafe medical procedures: Delhi High Court

“Beyond the immediate family, such acts corrode social conscience, and strike at the hope of a society to be free from discrimination. If such practices are allowed to continue, it would send a message that human life has little value.”

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Return of Mahar can be shown by parties’ statements and not merely through Khula Nama: Kerala High Court

“When the factum of an attempt of reconciliation and the absence of Mahar with the wife being prima facie established, there was no reason to doubt, or to find error in the views and holdings of the Family Court.”

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‘Article 21 encompasses right to observe one’s religious duties’: Delhi High Court grants custody parole in UAPA case

“The purpose of custody parole is to allow a prisoner to attend to pressing humanitarian or personal obligations such as funerals, last rites, or significant family functions, under strict supervision of the authorities. It is a temporary measure, humane in character, that ensures a balance between the interests of justice and human dignity.”

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Friendship gives no license to rape, confine and beat mercilessly: Delhi High Court denies anticipatory bail in POCSO case

“She was under trauma and a sense of shame that had precluded her from disclosing anything to her parents and the police, as evidenced from her statement that she did not want to be medically examined in presence of her parents or inform the police about it, while her parents were present.”

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‘Arbitral awards by lay arbitrators tested for substantial correctness, but natural justice remains non-negotiable’; Madras HC sets aside award passed by family elders

The Court was dealing with a case where the arbitrators forming part of the Arbitral Tribunal are not only lay persons, but are also, the family elders, who consented to resolve the dispute between two brothers considering the overall interest of the family and its business.

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Bank cannot unilaterally deduct money from pension account of retired employee acting as loan guarantor: Orissa High Court

“A unilateral debit from a customer’s account, especially when it consists of pension money, is an extreme step. The petitioner was entitled to at least a notice or demand, and an opportunity to be heard on why the sum was being taken.”

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Karnataka High Court rules against disclosure of passport details under RTI citing right to privacy and personal danger

“The exemption under Section 8 of the RTI Act is available to information which would impede the process of investigation or apprehension or prosecution of offenders.”

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False allegation of alcoholism against husband, compromising his social position as public servant is cruelty: Madhya Pradesh HC

“A persistent resolved attitude of respondent-wife to see that her husband is ridiculed and humiliated in his social circle as an alcoholic is definitely a serious affair.”

Photograph of place of occurrence of rape

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Photograph of place of occurrence revealing impossibility of rape is relevant to the trial proceedings: Kerala High Court

“In a prosecution for the offence of rape, the building or the place where the sexual intercourse between the offender and the survivor took place, was one of the facts which constituted the state of things under which the occasion or cause of rape happened.”

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‘Minimal force used to maintain discipline not an offence’; Kerala HC quashes case against School teacher for beating students with cane

“When a parent entrusts a child to a teacher, he on his behalf impliedly consents the teacher to exercise such authority over the student. When a student does not behave properly or act according to the rules of a school, and if the teacher gives him a corporal punishment for improving his character and conduct, the court has to ascertain whether the said act of the teacher was bona fide or not.”

insurer not necessary party in medical negligence

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Andhra Pradesh High Court| Insurer not a necessary or proper party in medical negligence consumer complaints; impleadment rejected

The petitioner, along with other doctors from Yashoda Hospitals, was arrayed as an opposite party before the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Guntur. The complainant alleged medical negligence and deficiency in service during treatment at the hospital.

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Denial of liquor quota to retired CISF Officers from CAPF canteens while granting it to other CAPF Officers is discriminatory: Kerala High Court

“All the wings of CAPFs discharge duties which can be described as sensitive in view of the national security requirements, and it cannot be said that CISF personnel require a different yardstick in the matter of security and discipline.”

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OBC man forced to wash another’s feet & drink water| MP HC asks State why accused were detained under NSA without official communication via signed Court order

The Court directed the District Magistrate and SP to file affidavits explaining what material was placed before them and what was the basis to appreciate it before passing orders of detention on 14-10-2025 itself.

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Bombay HC grants ex-parte injunction to Skechers in trade mark and copyright dispute over counterfeit goods

“The Court Receiver was directed to visit and search all premises of the defendants, forcibly breaking open locks if necessary and taking police assistance where required to seize and seal all offending goods.”

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Merely because judgment was reserved earlier, Judge cannot be forced to pronounce it if need for further assistance is felt: Delhi High Court

“When a judicial officer is of the mind that judgment cannot be pronounced on the material available on record and further assistance is required for certain clarifications, it becomes a matter of being put up open for hearing in the Court.”

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‘Conviction more than shocking’: Uttaranchal High Court suspends POCSO conviction; grants bail after victim pleads for accused’s liberty

“This is not a case of insufficient evidence, but a case of no evidence at all.”

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Madras HC quashes chargesheet against retired district judge in 24-year-old allegation; Cites 4-year limit on disciplinary proceedings against retired officials

“The embargo that the departmental proceedings shall not be initiated in respect of any event which took place more than four years before such institution of chargesheet hits at the root of the respondent.”

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Bombay HC calls for verification reform in Slum Schemes amid fraudulent entitlement claims using forged documents

“The petitioner has patently made false statement, including the assertion that she is residing at the mercy of her parents. On the contrary, she claims to be a Doctor by profession and has encroached upon land in a prime locality.”

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‘Organising cock fights violates animal cruelty law; Cultural status cannot be conferred in Tamil Nadu’: Madras HC dismisses plea seeking permission for event

“A writ of mandamus can be issued only to enforce a legal right or a legal duty. The petitioner has no legal right. On the other hand, the statute expressly prohibits an animal fight event organised by human beings.”

Unsaid words likely to promote religious enmity

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Explained| Why Allahabad High Court ruled that even “unsaid words” in WhatsApp message are likely to promote enmity, hatred between religious communities

“These unsaid words in the message, prima facie, would outrage religious feelings of a class of citizens hailing from a particular community, who would think that they are being targeted because of belonging to a particular religious community.”