P&H HC | Mere apprehension of creating law and order problem not a ground for cancellation of parole
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Kuldip Singh, J. quashed the order of the lower court on the ground that there was no
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Ori HC | Accused cannot be convicted based on circumstantial evidence until and unless guilt is proved beyond reasonable doubt
Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S.K. Mishra and A.K. Mishra, JJ. set aside a lower court’s decision of convicting the
Continue readingJhar HC | Past service of the petitioner shall be taken into consideration for calculating his retiral benefits
Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi J., allowed the petition and held that past service of the petitioner shall be taken into
Continue readingKer HC | Efforts of wife to maintain herself after desertion is no ground to deny payment of maintenance
Kerala High Court: Alexander Thomas, J. while hearing a revision petition, remitted a matrimonial case to the Family Court, Kalpetta for consideration
Continue readingDel HC | Summons issued under S. 138 NI Act quashed in absence of necessary averments in the complaint
Delhi High Court: Sunil Gaur, J. allowed a petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby it had passed summoning orders
Continue readingUtt HC | DM held competent authority for taking cognizance of ‘offence’ under S. 14-A of U.P. Industrial Dispute Act
Uttaranchal High Court: Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. entertained a writ petition where the petitioner, a workman was aggrieved by the order of the
Continue readingPat HC | Prosecution based on statement of co-accused not substantiated by evidence, would amount to abuse of process of Court
Patna High Court: Birendra Kumar, J. allowed the application to quash the proceedings against the petitioner as it was an abuse of
Continue readingPat HC | Duty of Judicial Magistrate to apply his mind before criminal prosecution is initiated reiterated
Patna High Court: Birendra Kumar, J. allowed the application to quash criminal proceedings against the petitioner as the whole criminal prosecution against
Continue readingUtt HC | Mandamus can’t be issued upon legislature to amend Schedule I of CrPC; Power of Magistrate to commit case to Sessions Court under S. 323 declared sufficient
Uttaranchal High Court: The instant writ petition was entertained by a Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, C.J. and Alok Kumar Verma, J.,
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Bom HC | Question whether complaint under S. 138 NI Act filed within limitation period is to be considered at trial; quashing of issue of process denied
Bombay High Court: S.S Shinde, J. dismissed a criminal application filed against the order of a Judicial Magistrate thereby issuing process against the
Continue readingKer HC | Service of notice of demand for the cheque amount is condition precedent for filing a complaint about offence under S. 138 of NI Act
Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J. dismissed a petition seeking to quash a complaint filed under Section 142 of the Negotiable
Continue readingRaj HC | Court expresses discontent over State Govt’s inaction of allocating funds for public park; directs authorities for development with immediate effect
Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Vinit Kumar Mathur and Sangeet Lodha, JJ. disposed of a writ petition and directed the
Continue readingMad HC | Third Party has no locus standi to prosecute criminal proceedings; petition by a forum in regard of judicial death of prisoner dismissed
Madras High Court: N. Anand Venkatesh, J. dismissed a petition filed by Prisoners Right Forum against the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate
Continue readingKar HC | Trade licence is necessary for storage and distribution of ‘Auto LPG’ since said business activity is hazardous and likely to cause nuisance
Karnataka High Court: S. Sunil Dutt Yadav, J. heard a writ petition which dealt with granting of trade licence on the basis
Continue readingKer HC | Members and Chairman of CAT not entitled to pension benefits available to HC Judges
Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of V. Chitambaresh and Ashok Menon, JJ. dismissed a writ appeal that was filed by a
Continue readingP&H HC | Money decree set aside in absence of evidence to be established actual loss occurred to the plaintiff
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Augustine George Masih, J. upheld the decision of the lower court as there was no evidence on
Continue readingRaj HC | Division Bench set aside order of Single Judge restraining NRI students for admission in Medical Colleges
Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Mohammad Rafiq and Narendra Singh Dhaddha, JJ., set aside an impugned order passed by the
Continue readingKar HC | Petitioner failed to avail opportunity of personal hearing under S. 122-A of Customs Act, granted liberty to avail statutory remedy under the Act
Karnataka High Court: S. Sujatha, J. while disposing of this writ petition gave liberty to the petitioners to avail statutory remedy available
Continue readingUtt HC | Petition against quantum of penalty imposed by State Pollution Control Board dismissed as a matter still pending before NGT
Uttaranchal High Court: Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. contemplated a writ petition where the residents of village Danpur in Rudrapur moved a petition before
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HP HC | Provision to ‘issue a Commission to make local investigation’ is not a tool to create evidence in favor of parties; order made under Or. 26 R. 9 set aside
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Ajay Mohan Goel, J. entertained a writ petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, where
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