MP HC | Husband is liable to maintain his wife; Rs 3000 pm maintenance is not on the higher side
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Rusia, J. dismissed the revision petition and directed the applicant to pay Rs 3000 as maintenance to
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P&H HC | Not possessing essential qualification is no ground for termination of service when skill to work is upto mark
Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sharma and Harinder Singh Sidhu JJ., set aside the decision of the
Continue readingPat HC | Petition to accrue three annual increments suspended on grounds of omission of duty by petitioner
Patna High Court: Ashutosh Kumar, J. dismissed a petition by the petitioner who contested orders of stoppage of his three annual increments.
Continue readingDel HC | Court rejects suit against movie “Khandani Shafakhana”, thinks it presents golden opportunity for sexologists to approach larger cross section of society
Delhi High Court: Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J. dismissed a suit filed for refraining the makers of the movie Khandani Shafakhana from releasing the
Continue readingPat HC | State directed to reconsider order on voluntary retirement application filed by petitioner, Bihar Service Code provides unilateral withdrawal of VR before it is accepted
Patna High Court: Ashutosh Kumar, J., directed the petitioner to file a fresh representation before the Principal Secretary, Department of Health, Government of
Continue readingUtt HC | Inherent power is of wide plenitude with no statutory limitation but it has to be exercised in accord with the guideline engrafted
Uttaranchal High Court: N.S. Dhanik, J. entertained a Criminal miscellaneous application filed under Section 482 CrPC, where the petitioner had prayed for
Continue readingKer HC | Mens rea on part of accused needed to initiate a proceeding for abetment of suicide – bank official denying education loan to student cannot be said to abet her suicide
Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J. allowed a petition filed by bank official praying for quashing proceedings initiated against him for
Continue readingDel HC | Partition suit rejected under Or. 7 R. 11 CPC for want of cause of action in light of General Power of Attorney and Requisition Deed
Delhi High Court: Pratibha M. Singh, J. allowed an application under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC filed by the defendant in the subject
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AFT | Arrears of disability pension are restricted to three years prior to filing the application; delay is condoned
Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT): Justice S.V.S. Rathore (Member) and Air Marshal BBP Sinha (Member) dismissed an application by the applicant under Section
Continue readingKer HC | ‘Trust’ is an ‘obligation annexed to ownership of property’ – cannot be prosecuted under NI Act as it is neither a body corporate nor an association of individuals
Kerala High Court: B Sudheendra Kumar, J. allowed the petition and quashed the complaint and further proceedings against the petitioners which were
Continue readingPatna HC | Referring authority for industrial dispute cannot assume role of quasi-judicial body while conducting conciliation proceeding
Patna High Court: Shivaji Pandey, J. allowed the writ application to the extent that the impugned order was remanded back to the
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HP HC | Exemption for not giving prior notice under S. 80 CPC granted to petitioner as the matter was of urgent importance; prohibitory injunction granted
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Sandeep Sharma, J. contemplated the instant petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India where the
Continue readingJhar HC | Award held unreasoned in absence of discussion of material on record and further argument and pleading of parties
Jharkhand High Court: Rajesh Kumar, J. allowed the petition of the appellant hereby remanding the matter to the Tribunal for fresh adjudication.
Continue readingJ&K HC | Criminal proceedings must be instituted against people who threaten couples for marrying outside their caste
Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Dhiraj Singh Thakur, J. directed the respondents to ensure the protection of life and liberty of the
Continue readingMP HC | Convenience of wife to be considered in case of transfer of matrimonial cases; rule to be used diligently
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Rusia, J. refused to transfer the matrimonial dispute from Mandsaur to Gwalior. The applicant/wife has filed the
Continue readingP&H HC | No fresh suit can be filed once the issues have been framed and the same was not disputed by the party
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Deepak Sibal, J. dismissed the present petition as the impugned order was not defective on the ground
Continue readingKer HC | Court grants bail subject to conditions to safeguard prosecutrix-victim and witnesses
Kerala High Court: Alexander Thomas, J. disposed a bail application and granted bail by providing various requisite conditions on the petitioner for
Continue readingPat HC | Directions given to Registrar of Trade Union to decide on internal matters of the union, Court refrains from intervening
Patna High Court: Shivaji Pandey, J. disposed of the writ application with the direction that the Registrar of Trade Unions should examine
Continue readingUtt HC | Once the arbitrator applies his mind to matter before him, Court should not reappraise the matter as in appeal; Appeal dismissed
Uttaranchal High Court: Manoj K. Tiwari, J. decided the Appeal filed against the order of the District Judge in an Arbitration case.
Continue readingDel HC | Prosecution against officials of Reliance Industries under Official Secrets Act quashed in light of ‘secret’ documents already being in public domain
Delhi High Court: Sunil Gaur, J. allowed a batch of petitions filed against the trial court’s order whereby the petitioners including Group President
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