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Bom HC | Full Bench returns reference unanswered; says law re procedure to be followed by Magistrate while issuing show cause notice under S. 107 CrPC is well settled

Bombay High Court: A Full Court Bench of Pradeep Nandrajog, CJ and Revati Mohite Were and Bharati H. Dangre, JJ. returned a reference

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Utt HC | Appellate Court to interfere with discretionary power of trial court related to temporary injunctions, when the order is arbitrary or perverse

Uttaranchal High Court: A writ petition was entertained by Manoj K. Tiwari, J. where the petitioner was aggrieved by the order passed

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All HC | Court directs expeditious disposal of pending appeal filed by the petitioner, opines a preferable time-frame of 3 months

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Pradeep Kumar Singh Baghel and Piyush Agrawal, JJ., while disposing of the writ petition directed

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Ori HC | Prolong possession of property, acquired by adverse possession, shall not amount to ownership

Orissa High Court: Dr A.K. Rath, J. dismissed an appeal seeking to reverse a judgment relating to suit for declaration. In the

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Del HC | Wife’s application seeking setting aside of ex-parte decree of Judicial Separation dismissed on treating refusal to receive summons as due service

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Hima Kohli and Asha Menon, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by the appellant-wife against the order

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Bom HC | SEBI committed serious error in rejecting NDTV’s applications for condonation of delay

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Akil Kureshi and S.J. Kathawalla, JJ. addressed the petition filed by NDTV challenging orders passed

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MP HC | Employees belonging to the same grade are entitled to receive remuneration at par

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vandana Kasrekar, J., allowed a writ petition and extended the benefit of 5th pay scale to the petitioner.

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Pat HC | Maintenance denied to wife when divorce granted on grounds of adultery, pendency of appeal to set aside such divorce decree cannot be a reason to uphold order of maintenance

Patna High Court: Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. allowed the application of the petitioner to set aside the order granting maintenance to his wife

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Ori HC | Conviction of the appellant modified from S. 302 to S. 304 Part-I of Penal Code as premeditation could not be proved

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of Dr A.K. Mishra and S.K. Mishra, JJ. set aside the conviction of accused under Section

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Chh HC | Oath taken and subscribed by Judges held exempted from disclosure under S. 8(1)(j) of RTI Act; copy of oath denied to applicant

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. reversed the order of the State Information Commission whereby it had directed the Public Information Officer

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Pat HC | Continuation of employment would not create a vested right to claim renewal of such contract of employment

Patna High Court: Madhuresh Prasad, J. disposed of the writ petition on the grounds that the extending of the petitioner’s engagement would

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Jhar HC | A writ petition after issuance of notice under S. 13(4) of SARFAESI is not to be entertained; petitioner to approach Debt Recovery Tribunal

Jharkhand High Court: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., dismissed the writ petition as a writ petition after issuance of notice under Section 13

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Raj HC | Delay in filing of restoration application condoned due to missing of file to be attached by appellants within stipulated time

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sangeet Lodha and P.K. Lohra, JJ. allowed an application for restoration and condoned the delay

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Utt HC | Release on parole is a wing of reformative process and is to transform prisoner into a useful citizen

Uttaranchal High Court: Manoj Kumar K. Tiwari, J. contemplated a petition where the prisoner had sought parole from the Court citing personal

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Del HC | Acquittal of rape accused upheld where minor had misrepresented her age

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ. dismissed a criminal leave petition filed by the State challenging

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All HC | Order obtained by concealing material facts is equal to no order at all

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal and Jaspreet Singh, JJ. dismissed the special appeal as it had no

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HP HC | Contemnor discharged under S. 138 NI Act because of inability to pay the amount of compensation as already completed the duration of imprisonment

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Sandeep Sharma, J. contemplated the petition filed under Section 12 of Contempt of Courts Act, where the petitioner

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Del HC | Candidate scoring 54.95% in LL.B. allowed to appear for JAG by rounding off the marks

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar and Talwant Singh, JJ. allowed the petitioner –a law graduate — to appear for

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Raj HC | Court grants bail in view of prolonged period of imprisonment

Rajasthan High Court: P.K. Lohra, J. granted bail and suspended the sentences of the applicant passed by the District Judge. In the

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Jhar HC | Tribunal is supposed to answer any reference by considering evidence and pleading of parties, not simply by relying upon precedent

Jharkhand High Court: Rajesh Kumar, J., allowed the petition filed by the petitioner stating that the tribunal has failed to pass a