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Bom HC | Magistrate is empowered to make order under S. 143-A of NI Act even when plea of not guilty recorded by Advocate and not by accused himself

Bombay High Court: S.S. Shinde, J. dismissed a writ petition filed against the order of the Magistrate who had directed the petitioner to

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Sikk HC | Lack of injury on genitals of victim not conclusive proof of non-commission of rape – ocular testimony of victim has greater evidentiary value vis-a-vis medical evidence

Sikkim High Court: Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J. hearing a criminal appeal filed by a person convicted of rape and sexual assault under

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HP HC | Court can’t be unmindful of development of law during pendency of litigation; Property to be governed according to amended S. 6 of Hindu Succession Act

Himachal Pradesh High Court: The instant writ is before the bench of Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. filed by the appellant who was

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Utt HC | Ombudsman directed to follow principles of natural justice when deciding fee enhancement issue of private Institute

Uttaranchal High Court: Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. entertained a writ petition related to the enhancement of fee, where the petitioner who was a

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J&K HC | Issuance of directions not prayed for, without hearing effective parties is unjust and inequitable

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Division Bench of Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Sindhu Sharma, JJ. allowed appeals accruing from a common

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Cal HC | Statutory presumption under S. 29 POCSO Act cannot be applied where prosecution fails to establish primary facts constituting the offence

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Abhijit Gangopadhyay and Joymalya Bagchi, JJ. allowed an appeal and set aside the conviction and

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P&H HC | Financial constraints of employer cannot be a ground for withholding pensionary benefits from employee

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. heard a civil writ petition stating that financial difficulty cannot be a ground to

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Pat HC | Application for voluntary retirement does not need a specific order of acceptance by authority concerned, to give legal effect to retirement of employee

Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Anjana Mishra, JJ. dismissed an appeal for voluntary retirement filed against

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Raj HC | Court grants parole without surety to convict-petitioner due to poor family financial conditions

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sandeep Mehta and Abhay Chaturvedi, JJ. accepted a writ petition for parole and directed the

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All HC | Bail granted during pendency of appeal after examining the role attributed to appellants

Allahabad High Court: Manoj Misra and Ali Zamin, JJ. granted bail on the ground that the appellant were on bail pending trial

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Sikkim HC | Court refuses to condone delay where application drafted in haphazard manner and with nary a care to detail or explanation

Sikkim High Court: A Division Bench of Vijai Kumar Bist, CJ and Meenakshi Madan Rai, J. dismissed a writ petition filed against the

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Ori HC | Admission of only some facts would not qualify defendants the right to begin first under Or. 18 R. 1 CPC

Orissa High Court: Dr A.K. Rath, J. allowed the present petition and quashed an order passed by the Additional Civil Judge (Senior

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Kar HC | Principles of natural justice upheld; Visvesvaraya University to conduct the inspection again for deciding on affiliation

Karnataka High Court: S. Sujatha, J. while preserving the right of the petitioner disposed of this petition. In the instant case, the

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P&H HC | Art. 21 being sacrosanct under Constitutional scheme to be protected regardless whether parties are of marriageable age or not

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arun Monga, J. disposed of the writ petition after issuing necessary direction to Superintendent of Police to

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Cal HC | Public remedy by way of invocation of extraordinary writ jurisdiction in a contractual matter, requires presence of a public element therein

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Abhijit Gangopadhyay and Joymalya Bagchi, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed against order dismissing a petition

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Mad HC | Art. 21 of the Constitution of India applies to all persons, citizens and non-citizens alike, including refugees and asylum seekers

Madras High Court: G.R. Swaminathan, J. while hearing a petition seeking conferment of citizenship, declined to issue mandamus for the same on

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Del HC | Application for interim maintenance filed by wife to be decided before disposing of the main case; order listing the matter for evidence quashed

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. allowed a criminal revision petition filed by the petitioner-wife against the order of the trial court listing

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Ker HC | ‘Property’ under S. 405 IPC not restricted only to movable property: Immovable property can also be the subject matter of offence of criminal breach of trust

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J. allowed a petition filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter ‘CrPC’)

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Del HC | Interim stay on Natco Pharma’s generic drug APIGAT quashed; importance of the ‘3 elements’ while granting interim injunction in pharmaceutical patent cases stressed upon

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Dr S. Muralidhar and Talwant Singh, JJ. allowed the appeal filed by Natco Pharma Ltd.

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HP HC | Court to grant further extension, when an award cannot be made even within the extended period by the Competent Authority

Himachal Pradesh High Court: The instant petition was related to Section 29-A of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 entertained by Jyotsna Rewal