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Guj HC | Goods seized by Customs Authority can be released after imposing fine and subjecting the party concerned to certain conditions

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of Harsha Devani and Bhargav D. Karia, JJ. partially allowed a stay order for the release

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Utt HC | Ex-parte interim injunction: Satisfaction for prima facie case, balance of convenience and irreparable loss must be recorded before grant thereof

Uttaranchal High Court: Lok Pal Singh, J. allowed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution for quashing the

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Ori HC | Amendment in the pleadings cannot be refused merely because of some mistake, negligence, inadvertence or even infraction of rules of procedure

Orissa High Court: Dr A.K. Rath, J. allowed the petition for amendment filed by Corporation Bank, represented through Chief Manager of its Bhubaneswar

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Del HC | Court approves of road map prepared by Delhi Police for online reporting of missing persons: hopes that time-frames shall be duly complied with

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ. appreciated the Delhi Police for the alacrity with which it

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P&H HC | Court fee should be refunded although the dispute settled without recourse to S. 89 CPC

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Lisa Gill, J. allowed the application for the refund of the fees on the ground that the

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Ker HC | Adverse economic situation is a ground under unforeseen circumstances; petition allowed for making monthly payments instead of lump sum amount

Kerala High Court: Shaji P. Chaly, J. allowed the writ petition for the payment of the balance outstanding amount on the ground

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Raj HC | License cannot be issued for driving any kind of vehicle to illiterate person as he is virtually a menace for pedestrians

Rajasthan High Court: Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, J. while deciding a petition stated that “Motor Vehicle Rules are required to be framed not

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HP HC | Courts must follow a humane and justice oriented approach when there is no inordinate delay, and opposite party can be monetarily compensated

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Ajay Mohan Goel, J. allowed a petition for setting aside the order of dismissal of a civil suit,

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Chh HC | Advocate acting professionally as per instructions of client can’t be prosecuted for offence of defamation under S. 500 IPC

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. held that the continuation of criminal proceedings for the offence of defamation against an advocate who

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Ker HC | No Court to render provisions of a Statute redundant or nugatory in absence of challenge to the same

Kerala High Court: Devan Ramachandran, J. contemplated a writ, where the question discussed was ‘can the office bearer of the Managing Committee

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J&K HC | Unending period for launching remedy may lead to an unending uncertainty and consequential anarchy; application for condonation of delay rejected

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Sanjay Kumar Gupta, J. rejected an application for seeking condonation of delay in the filing review petition.

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Utt HC | Bar on Class-IV employee for engaging an Advocate as defence representative in a disciplinary proceeding

Uttaranchal High Court: Manoj K. Tiwari, J. contemplated a writ petition filed against the impugned order, where the request of the petitioner

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Ker HC | No pre-arrest bail for offence against the minor girl; even if custodial interrogation of applicant unwarranted

Kerala High Court: Raja Vijajayaraghavan, J. rejected an application for pre-arrest bail on the ground that victim was a minor girl. An

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Megh HC | Justice S.R. Sen’s “Hindu Rashtra” judgment set aside for being offensive to secular fabric of country, legally flawed

Meghalaya High Court: A Division Bench of Mohammad Yaqoob Mir, CJ and H.S. Thangkhiew, J. set aside the controversial judgment passed last

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Del HC | Charges under Ss. 306 and 498-A IPC are independent of each-other; discharge under one does not ipso facto amount to acquittal for another

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a criminal revision petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby charge under Section

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Bom HC | It is onerous duty on litigant to prosecute complaint diligently; costs imposed on complainant for failure to serve non-applicants

Bombay High Court: V.M. Deshpande, J. dismissed an appeal filed against the order of the trial judge whereby he rejected the appellant’s application

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Utt HC | Physically assaulting husband’s mother also amounts to ‘mental cruelty’ and is a legitimate ground for divorce

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and R.C. Khube, JJ. entertained an appeal filed against the impugned judgment and

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HP HC | When two reasonable conclusions are possible, the Appellate Court should not disturb the acquittal recorded by trial court

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J. dismissed a petition finding no merit in the appeal as when two reasonable conclusions are

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All HC | Couple accused of murder – sentenced to death by Sessions Court, acquitted for prosecution’s failure to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Sinha and Dinesh Kumar Singh-I, JJ. allowed the appeal filed by a couple accused

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Cal HC | The words “any person or authority” used in Article 226 of the Constitution not confined only to statutory authorities and instrumentalities of State

Calcutta High Court: Sahidullah Munshi, J. allowed a writ petition assigned before the Court on the request for reference by the Single