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Del HC | Writ petition filed by Officer of Indian Army for quashing FIR held not maintainable as substantial part of alleged offence occurred in Nagaland

Delhi High Court: Vibhu Bakhru, J. dismissed a writ petition filed by a serving officer of the Indian Army seeking to quash an

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Pat HC | Casual drafting and vagueness in relief sought to lead to dismissal of original application, Court finds no reason to enter into the merits of the case

Patna High Court: The Division Judge Bench comprising of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, CJ and Ashutosh Kumar, J. disposed of the petition on

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Pat HC | Tribunal’s decision of denying employment on grounds of petitioner’s involvement in criminal cases upheld

Patna High Court:The DivisionBench comprising of A.P Sahi, CJ and Ashutosh Kumar, J. dismissed the writ petition on the grounds that the

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Raj HC | Court allows application for suspension of sentences; held, mere possession of a harmful weapon does not indicate perpetrator

Rajasthan High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Sandeep Mehta and Abhay Chaturvedi, JJ. allowed an application of suspension of the sentence

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Del HC | Authorities directed to allow late filing of GST TRAN-1 Form to a dealer who missed the same due to maze of compliance due dates

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar and Talwant Singh, JJ. allowed a writ petition filed by a car dealer who

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Utt HC | Art. 226 not ordinarily extends to issuing a mandamus to legislature to make a law; Writ dismissed as Election Commission has plenary power to adjudicate

Uttaranchal High Court: A writ petition was contemplated by Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ and Alok Kumar Verma, J. where the petitioner sought a

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Bom HC | High Court upheld the decision of trial court in light of no evidence to hold the charge of “cruelty” under S. 498-A IPC

Bombay High Court: Sandeep K. Shinde, J. dismissed an appeal filed by the State against the order of acquittal by the trial

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Del HC | Objections under S. 47 CPC cannot be filed by signature of the Advocate alone, signature of client necessary

Delhi High Court: Pratibha M. Singh, J. dismissed a petition filed against the order whereby the objections filed on behalf of the petitioner

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Bom HC | Bhima-Koregaon – Gautam Navlakha’s plea to quash the FIR filed against him, dismissed

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Ranjit More and Bharati H. Dangre, JJ. addressed a petition filed by Gautam Navlakha

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Jhar HC | Strict proof of legal marriage as required under civil law is unnecessary to prove offence under S. 498-A IPC

Jharkhand High Court: Amitav K. Gupta, J. disposed of the writ petition holding that for the purpose of Section 498-A Penal Code,

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Kar HC | Lawful recreational activities like playing games do not contravene the provisions of Karnataka Police Act, 1963

Karnataka High Court: Alok Aradhe, J. while disposing of this petition made clear that this order would not come in the way

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HP HC | Freedom of an individual is of utmost importance and cannot be curtailed for indefinite period; Bail granted under NDPS Act

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Sandeep Sharma, J. contemplated a bail application filed under Section 439 of CrPC where the applicant was charged

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Del HC | Non-possession of valid driving license by itself is no reason for not granting compensation if accident proved to be caused by rash and negligent driving of offender

Delhi High Court: Najmi Waziri, J. dismissed an appeal filed by the insurer against the award of compensation made by the Motor Accident

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Del HC | Restrainment order passed against makers of movie ‘Dream Girl’ from using the song ‘Dhagala Lagli’ during pendency of copyright violation suit

Delhi High Court: Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J. while addressing a suit filed in respect to exploitation of copyrighted works i.e. the sound

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All HC | License to run Fair Price Shop restored where enquiry was not conducted as per Government Orders and charges were dealt without application of mind

Allahabad High Court: Siddhartha Varma, J. while allowing this petition restored the licence of the petitioner to run the Fair Price Shop.

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Raj HC | Court dismisses an application to reappear in exam; held, reappearance in Board exam only for increasing marks in same subjects and not new subjects

Rajasthan High Court: Sangeet Lodha, J. dismissed a writ petition seeking directions to the Board of Secondary Education to permit him to

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Utt HC | Law provides a remedy at two stages, one before authority concerned and later before appellate authority, both must be fair and in compliance with the norms of natural justice

Uttaranchal High Court: Sudhanshu Dhulia, J., contemplated a petition presented before him by the petitioner who was a member of Waqf Board

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J&K HC | Two MP’s given permission to meet Dr Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah, President and Vice-President of J&K National Conference; followed by some conditions

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Sanjeev Kumar, J. while hearing a petition filed by Members of Parliament in respect to seeking permission

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Telangana HC | Considering any delays in payment of disputed tax amount, the appeal must be decided on merits

Telangana High Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Kumar and Kunuru Lakshman, JJ. allowed the writ petition of the company who was

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HP HC | In the case of composite negligence, apportionment of compensation between two tortfeasors vis-a-vis the plaintiff is not permissible; Claim under tort set aside

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. contemplated an appeal where the appellant was aggrieved by the judgment and decree passed