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Pat HC | Act of entering into an agreement to sell with another vendee, prior to impugned agreement would not be enough to prove fraudulent and dishonest intention under S. 415 IPC

Patna High Court: Birendra Kumar, J. allowed a petition since the entire factual position of the case, made out a case of

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Bom HC | Oral termination of workers for joining ‘Union’ held is victimisation; Matter remanded back to Industrial Court

Bombay High Court: Milind N. Jadhav, J. remanded back a matter of “Rashtriya Mul Niwasi Bahujan Karamchari Sangh” to the Industrial Court

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Ker HC | Statutory appeals filed by banks shall be considered and disposed of prior to assessment notices issued by Commissioner of Income Tax

Kerala High Court: N. Nagaresh, J. disposed of the writ petition seeking to consider and dispose of appeals by the appellant prior

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Del HC | Factum of marriage; held is a matter of trial; award of interim maintenance to wife under S. 125 CrPC upheld

Delhi High Court: Manoj Kumar Ohri, J. dismissed a revision petition filed by the petitioner challenging the order passed by the Family Court

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MP HC | Protection to be provided to husband and wife upon verification of their age, i.e. whether major or not, at the time of solemnization of marriage

Madhya Pradesh High Court: G.S. Ahluwalia, J, allowed the application granting anticipatory bail to the petitioner subject to the conditions as laid

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Chh HC | Information supplied after statutory period of delay caused penalty, to be imposed under sub-section (1) S. 20 of RTI Act

Chhattisgarh High Court: Goutam Bhaduri, J. imposed a penalty under Section 20 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 due to delay

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Del HC | Notice issued to Department of Financial Service in regard to cancellation of Certificate of Registration by Reserve Bank of India

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel, CJ and C. Hari Shankar, J. has issued a notice to Department of

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MP HC | Directions to ensure effective steps to be taken issued in light of adulteration of food, milk, and milk products

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Yadav and Vivek Agarwal, JJ. directed the State and its functionaries to take

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P&H HC | Court allows petitioner to medically terminate pregnancy post 24 weeks of gestation period as the fetus had ‘Alobar holoprosencephaly’

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Tejinder Singh Dhindsa, J. allowed a writ petition filed by the petitioner to allow her to medically

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Del HC | Final Report can be summoned by Court for its exclusive perusal only in exceptional circumstances and not as matter of routine, reiterated

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J. allowed a criminal petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation seeking to set aside the

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Kar HC | Non cross-examination of material witnesses is against the principles of audi alteram partem

Karnataka High Court: B.A. Patil, J. while allowing the appeal set aside the Judgment of the trial court with a direction to

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Pat HC | Allegations made held were omnibus as the petitioners didn’t stand to gain from any dowry received by their brother

Patna High Court: Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. disposed of the petition after making minor changes to the sentence on the grounds of the

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MP HC | Application for appointment on compassionate ground has to be considered in light of the policy which is in force on the date of consideration of application

Madhya Pradesh High Court: G.S. Ahluwalia, J., dismissed a petition after considering the facts of the case and found that the petitioner was

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HP HC | 22 year old student granted bail for offence committed under S. 21 NDPS Act as there might be a possibility for him to reform and curb his drug addiction

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J. granted bail to a 22 year old student for an offence committed under Section

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Bom HC | Mere giving an aid does not make the act of abetment of an offence, if the person who gave the aid did not know that offence was being committed or contemplated

Bombay High Court: A.M. Badar, J. addressed the present appeal challenging the Judgment and order of the trial court by setting aside

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Del HC | Evidence of hostile witness is not inadmissible altogether, Court may rely on the dependable part thereof

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Siddharth Mridul and Anu Malhotra, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed against the Judgment of the trial

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Utt HC | Maternity benefits cannot be bestowed upon govt. servant having third child, in absence of express provisions; Special Appeal allowed against declaring rule ultra vires

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, C.J. and Alok Kumar Verma, J. allowed a special appeal where the order

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Ker HC | Accused wrongfully charged of committing cheating and rape; Court grants bail in light of fabrication of facts by complainant

Kerala High Court: Alexander Thomas, J. disposed of a matter wherein a complaint was lodged against the petitioner accusing of committing rape

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Ker HC | Court allows party for remitting the arrears in payment; directs respondents are at liberty in the event of non payment

Kerala High Court: N. Nagaresh, J. disposed of a writ petition seeking to recover the amount due to be received from the

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P&H HC | Convicts cannot claim premature release as a matter of right if their cases are not squarely covered under the relevant Premature Release Policy

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Gurvinder Singh Gill, J. dismissed the petition on the grounds that the petitioner could be considered again