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Ker HC | Land grant executed under Travancore Waste Land Rules does not give grantee the right to cut ‘royal trees’

Kerala High Court: The Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque, J. allowed a civil writ petition granting a private company the right to

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Chh HC | Juvenile’s bail application maintainable only under S. 12 of JJ Act; Ss. 437 or 439 CrPC not applicable

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra, Acting C.J. and Vimla Singh Kapoor, J. has held that “the grant of

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J&K HC | Revocation of resignation not permitted when name already struck off from the rolls

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Bench of Sindhu Sharma, J. dismissed the petition for revocation of the resignation of the petitioner’s

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All HC | ‘Bench Hunting’ deprecated by Court – Petition seeking same reliefs as sought in an earlier petition, which was dismissed as withdrawn, not maintainable

Allahabad High Court: The Bench of B. Amit Sthalekar and Piyush Agrawal, JJ., dismissed a civil writ petition, seeking certain reliefs on

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P&H HC | Heavy costs imposed on petitioners as a ‘deterrent measure’ for mocking Jain monk on Twitter, even where FIR against them quashed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Bench of Arvind Singh Sangwan J., imposed the fine on Vishal Dadlani and Tehseen Poonawala of

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HP HC | Jurisdiction of First Appellate Court is wide and akin to that of trial court – can appreciate findings of fact and law and appreciate entire evidence

Himachal Pradesh High Court: The Bench of Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. allowed an appeal challenging the judgment of first appellate court whereby

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Del HC | Import of S. 9 NI Act defining ‘holder in due course’ cannot be pre-judged; petition for quashing cheque dishonour complaint dismissed

Delhi High Court: Sunil Gaur, J. dismissed a petition seeking quashing of a complaint filed under Section 138 (dishonour of cheque) of the Negotiable Instruments

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Ori HC | Possession of land taken under Land Acquisition Act cannot be restored to tenure holder even if it is not used for the purpose it was acquired for

Orissa High Court: The Bench of S. Panda and P. Patnaik, JJ., dismissed a petition filed by the petitioner for the cancellation

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Pat HC | Immoral Trafficking: Hotel owner present in room adjacent to rooms from where couples found in semi-naked condition – matter requiring complete trial

Patna High Court: The Bench of Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. dismissed a hotel owner’s petition assailing dismissal of the application for his discharge,

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Chh HC | Govt. servant cannot make Will of family pension; guiding principles regarding retiral benefits vis-a-vis testamentary disposition recapitulated

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. has held that a Government servant is not entitled to make a Will of the family

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Pat HC | Cut-off date for calculating pensionary benefits of a teacher, to be counted from the date of grant of permission for establishment of school

Patna High Court: The Three-Judge Bench of Ashwani Kumar Singh, Birendra Kumar and Anil Kumar Upadhyay, JJ. dismissed a letters patent appeal

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Del HC | Expenses of the child cannot be equally divided between parents; amount payable by husband under S. 125 CrPC towards maintenance of child increased

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. partly allowed a revision petition against the order of the trial court passed under Section 125 CrPC

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Chh HC | Step-son held duty bound to maintain his step-mother under Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K. Agarwal, J. imposed costs of Rs 2000 while dismissing a petition filed by a step-son for setting aside

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HP HC | Court considers plea sympathetically where copy of the order was not supplied to petitioner to be filed in appeal

Himachal Pradesh High Court: The Bench of Surya Kant, C.J. and Sandeep Sharma, J. disposed of a petition with a direction to

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P&H HC | Financial contribution for sale of property not a suggestion of benami transaction

Punjab & Haryana High Court: Appellant had prayed before the Bench of Surinder Gupta, J., that the Will made by mother of

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All HC | Land acquired for air firing/bombing range, having been illegally encroached, would not confer any right on encroachers

Allahabad High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal and Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, JJ., praying that

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Pat HC | Selection for Angan Bari Sevika based on predominance of caste, without ascertaining number of beneficiaries, defeats the purpose of ICDS Scheme

Patna High Court: The Bench of Madhuresh Prasad, J. dismissed a civil writ petition, challenging cancellation of a lady’s appointment as Angan

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Ker HC | Panayikulam SIMI Camp Case: Five persons convicted by NIA Special Court for holding secret meeting of banned outfit, acquitted by HC

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and Ashok Menon, JJ. hearing 6 criminal appeals clubbed together, acquitted five persons

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Jhar HC | A person not vigilant of his rights and who acquiesces with situation cannot claim relief that is otherwise available to vigilant man

Jharkhand High Court: The Bench of Aniruddha Bose, C.J. and B.B. Mangalmurti, J. dismissed a petition claiming arrears of pension, post retrial

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Bom HC | ‘Luxurious litigation’ by litigants wanting to ferment their ego needs to be curbed; criminal appeal dismissed with costs where complaint turned dormant

Bombay High Court: V.M. Deshpande, J. dismissed a criminal appeal and imposed costs of Rs 5000 on the appellant for filing the