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Utt HC | Amicable settlement in case of a non-compoundable offence can be allowed in order to secure the ends of justice

Uttaranchal High Court: Manoj K. Tiwari, J. allowed a writ petition to quash criminal proceedings after parties compromise over a non-compoundable offence.

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Sikk HC | Maintenance under S. 125 of CrPC cannot be denied if the wife “commits adultery” but can only be denied if she is “living in adultery”

Sikkim High Court: Arup Kumar Goswami, CJ., dismissed the petition against the refusal to pay maintenance to the wife because she allegedly

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Madras HC | Order of compulsory retirement is neither a punishment nor a stigma and principles of natural justice have no role play in ordering compulsory retirement

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of R. Subbhiah and T. Krishnavalli, JJ., dismissed a writ petition filed for issuance of a

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All HC | Company has a separate legal identity from its owners; no coercive steps to be taken for recovery of dues of Ghaziabad Development Authority

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Pankaj Mithal and Vivek Agarwal, JJ. concurred that any amount already recovered by the respondents

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Bom HC | Law on double presumption of innocence in favour of accused acquitted by trial court — Reiterated

Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., while dismissing the criminal appeal filed by the State against the order of the trial court acquitting

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Ker HC | Determining eligibility of students to participate in school event, not a matter where Courts would exercise extraordinary jurisdiction

Kerala High Court: Anu Sivaraman, J. dismissed a writ petition filed by the petitioner to direct the respondents to allow her to

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Raj HC | Period of limitation for preferring an appeal against a decision of Family Court is 90 days; S. 28 of HMA, 1955, to override the Family Courts Act

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Mohammad Rafiq and Narendra Singh Dhaddha, JJ. while harmonizing the provisions contained under Section 19

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P&H HC | Court casts obligation on Home Secretary and directs State to improve living conditions of the inmates of jails in Punjab

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sharma and Harinder Singh, JJ. allowed the petition seeking a survey to

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Kar HC | Mere allegations in the death note does not amount to substantial evidence for conviction

Karnataka High Court: K.N. Phaneendra, J. allowed the criminal petition filed under Section 438 of The Code for Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking

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Jhar HC | ‘Jamabandi’, held, rightly cancelled under S. 14 of Bihar Tenant’s Holding Act as petitioner did not have possession over the land

Jharkhand High Court: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. dismissed a writ petition filed by the applicant to challenge the decision of the Deputy

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Del HC | Passport authority cannot rely on S. 6 of Passport Act for refusing to renew passport

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J., while disposing of an application, held that Section 6 of the Passport Act, 1967 has no

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Sikk HC | Prosecution’s failure to extract actual act in victim’s deposition results in alteration of conviction for rape to that under S. 354 IPC

Sikkim High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Meenakshi Madan Rai and Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, JJ., while allowing an appeal, found error

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Kar HC | Anticipatory Bail granted on the ground that there were no allegation of fraudulent transactions at relevant time

Karnataka High Court: Ashok G. Nijagannavar, J. while allowing this criminal petition directed the petitioner to appear before the Investigating Officer and

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Del HC | Violation of Authorship Rights Case | Summoning Bihar CM Nitish Kumar as plaintiff witness, held, not in interest of justice

Delhi High Court: V. Kameswara Rao, J., dismissed the present petition in respect to the appearance of Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of

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Pat HC | Non-disclosure of previous termination from same department of Intelligence Bureau is a highly sensitive piece of information, valid reason for cancellation of candidature

Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, CJ and Ashutosh Kumar, J. disposed of the writ petition since no

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Raj HC | Extension of study leave not granted despite satisfactory performance of candidate held to be unjustified

Rajasthan High Court: The Division Bench of Indrajit Mahanty, CJ and Mohammad Rafiq, J., dismissed a petition challenging an order passed by

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Gau HC | Wife who leaves matrimonial home on her own, but under compelling circumstances, is entitled to maintenance under S. 125 CrPC

Gauhati High Court: Hitesh Kumar Sarma, J., while disposing of a criminal revision petition filed against the order of the Additional Sessions Judge,

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Kar HC | Continuation of criminal proceedings against parties who have amicably settled their disputes would tantamount to abuse of process of law

Karnataka High Court: Mohammad Nawaz, J., while allowing the petition quashed the entire proceedings. This instant petition was filed under Section 482

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Ker HC | Order for dissolution of marriage upheld on finding the matrimonial relationship emotionally dead

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and T.V. Anilkumar, JJ., while dismissing the petition filed in respect to challenging

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Pat HC | Salary not to be granted for period when rejoining of services was offered by a convicted employee when he was out on bail but was not acquitted

Patna High Court: Madhuresh Prasad, J. disposed of the writ petition on the ground that the petitioner was not incarcerated when joining