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Bom HC | Finding of fact recorded by Arbitrator which is patently illegal is open to challenge under S. 34 of A&C Act

Bombay High Court: C.V. Bhadang, J. allowed an appeal filed against the decision of the District Judge whereby he had dismissed appellant’s petition

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HP HC | Plea of contractual appointees for regularisation dismissed; Observed — Contractual appointments may not strictly follow the rule of reservation

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A civil writ petition was entertained by a Division Bench of V. Ramasubramanian, C.J. and Anoop Chitkara, JJ.

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Utt HC | Candidate aggrieved by an exorbitant fee of Medical Institute determined by Fee Regulatory Committee asked to opt other college

Uttaranchal High Court: Manoj K. Tiwari, J. contemplated a writ petition filed by the petitioners who participated in NEET undergraduate exam conducted

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NCLAT | Jet Airways -— NCLT order declaring insolvency proceedings in Netherlands as not maintainable stayed

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), New Delhi: The 3-Judge Member Bench comprising of Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya (Chairperson) and Justice A.I.S Cheema

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Del HC | Doing of act with ‘sexual intent’ is precondition to attract punishment for sexual harassment under S.12 of POCSO Act

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a petition filed by the State against the order of the trial court whereby the

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P&H HC | Legal representatives of deceased can maintain application under S. 166 of Motor Vehicles Act

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Kuldip Singh, J. modified the claim allowed by the Tribunal on the ground that the deceased was

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Raj HC | An employee cannot be transferred in the last year of his service, if the department does not have an obvious cause for the same

Rajasthan High Court: Alok Sharma, J. allowed a civil writ petition filed by a person against his transfer order. As a result

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Jhar HC | Unexplained deviation from a transfer policy and prescribed procedure renders the transfer invalid and arbitrary

Jharkhand High Court: Ananda Sen, J. allowed the writ petition of the petitioner and quashed his transfer order. The petitioner was working

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Ker HC | S. 258 CrPC can be invoked only in peculiar and unusual circumstances when no prima facie case is made out against the accused

Kerala High Court: Raja Vijayaraghavan, J. set aside the order of discharge under Section 258 CrPC, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First

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Jhar HC | Statement made in earlier depositions cannot be used to bring forth charges against an accused facing trial

Jharkhand High Court: Anil Kumar Choudhary, J. heard an interlocutory application filed under Section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

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Utt HC | Petitioner declined police protection where efficacious and alternative remedy was available

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Alok Singh and N.S. Dhanik, JJ. dismissed a writ petition filed by the 66-year-old petitioner,

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MP HC | High Court’s power of superintendence under Art. 227 not curtailed by any statute as it is a part of the basic structure

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A miscellaneous petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India was allowed by Sanjay Dwivedi, J.,

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J&K HC | Process which is not mentioned in service rules or statute governing appointment process, cannot be given effect by the Court

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Ali Mohammad Magrey, J. dismissed an appeal seeking directions for an appointment based on the subsequent waiting

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Ker HC | Photographs of husband and wife showing them happy – not a proof of happy married life or no demand for patrimony

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and N. Anil Kumar, JJ. dismissed a matrimonial appeal filed by the husband

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Cal HC | Waging War: Conviction set aside – Burden of proving charge against accused lies upon prosecution, absence whereof entitles accused to benefit of doubt

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee and Suvra Ghosh, JJ. allowed the appeal filed by two persons who were

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Bom HC | Statutory disability to prosecute accused under S. 138 of NI Act is not removed by enforcement of SICA Repeal Act

Bombay High Court: Rohit B. Deo, J. allowed a petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby it had issued process

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Kar HC | Court enunciates guidelines for disqualification of directors; demarcates boundaries, crossing which, it would be rendered bad in law

Karnataka High Court: B.V. Nagarathna, J., disposed of the petitions seeking the provisions of Sections 164(2) and 167(1)(a) and the proviso to Section