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Jhar HC | Statement made in earlier depositions cannot be used to bring forth charges against an accused facing trial

Jharkhand High Court: Anil Kumar Choudhary, J. heard an interlocutory application filed under Section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

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Utt HC | Petitioner declined police protection where efficacious and alternative remedy was available

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Alok Singh and N.S. Dhanik, JJ. dismissed a writ petition filed by the 66-year-old petitioner,

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MP HC | High Court’s power of superintendence under Art. 227 not curtailed by any statute as it is a part of the basic structure

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A miscellaneous petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India was allowed by Sanjay Dwivedi, J.,

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J&K HC | Process which is not mentioned in service rules or statute governing appointment process, cannot be given effect by the Court

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Ali Mohammad Magrey, J. dismissed an appeal seeking directions for an appointment based on the subsequent waiting

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Ker HC | Photographs of husband and wife showing them happy – not a proof of happy married life or no demand for patrimony

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and N. Anil Kumar, JJ. dismissed a matrimonial appeal filed by the husband

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Cal HC | Waging War: Conviction set aside – Burden of proving charge against accused lies upon prosecution, absence whereof entitles accused to benefit of doubt

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee and Suvra Ghosh, JJ. allowed the appeal filed by two persons who were

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Bom HC | Statutory disability to prosecute accused under S. 138 of NI Act is not removed by enforcement of SICA Repeal Act

Bombay High Court: Rohit B. Deo, J. allowed a petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby it had issued process

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Kar HC | Court enunciates guidelines for disqualification of directors; demarcates boundaries, crossing which, it would be rendered bad in law

Karnataka High Court: B.V. Nagarathna, J., disposed of the petitions seeking the provisions of Sections 164(2) and 167(1)(a) and the proviso to Section

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Jha HC | Special leave to file acquittal appeal cannot be granted where there is no perversity of facts and law

Jharkhand High Court: Anil Kumar Choudhary, J. disposed of an interlocutory application filed under Section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure,

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P&H HC | No illegality in quashing proceedings under S. 482 CrPC if parties enter into a settlement and there is no chance of conviction

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Hari Pal Verma, J. quashed the criminal proceeding as there was a compromise signed between the parties.

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Kar HC | Right to regularisation of person on purely contractual basis depends on express or implied terms of appointment

Karnataka High Court: P.B. Bajanthri J., dismissed the petition for regularisation of the service on the ground that statutory rule recognizing such

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All HC | Right to shelter is a fundamental right, a right to all infrastructure necessary to live and develop as human being

Allahabad High Court: Surya Prakash Kesarwani, J. dismissed the present “PIL” while imposing an exemplary cost on the petitioner for abusing the

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Del HC | S. 19(1) of JJ Act held mandatory; however, non-compliance by Children’s Court held curable irregularity

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. declined to quash criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner even while holding that Section 19(1) of the

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Raj HC | Insurer directed to first compensate the claimants and thereafter recover the same from the insured party

Rajasthan High Court: P.K. Lohra J., in an appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 upheld the decision of

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HP HC | Insurer shall not be exonerated from payment of compensation in case of vehicle not bearing permanent registration certificate

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J., partly allowed an appeal and declared that insurance company does not have the right

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All HC | Order upheld on application of test of due diligence for an application under Or. 6 R. 17 CPC

Allahabad High Court: Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, J. dismissed the revision petition on the ground that the revisionist was not able to show

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Jhar HC | S. 2 of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 not a penal provision – conviction thereunder not sustainable in law

Jharkhand High Court: Anil Kumar Choudhary, J. disposed of a revision petition, filed against the judgment of the trial court, whereby the

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Ori HC | Criminal cases involving offences of civil nature may be quashed where parties have reached settlement

Orissa High Court: Dr A.K. Mishra J., allowed a criminal miscellaneous appeal to quash an on-going proceeding and also a cognizance order

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Raj HC | Punishment of Life Imprisonment set aside under SC/ST Act; “offence was not to sexually assault a member of ‘SC Community’ but to satisfy carnal desires”

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sandeep Mehta and Abhay Chaturvedi, JJ. contemplated an appeal where the appellant had been convicted

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MP HC | Uploading filthy language in the name of God on Facebook, results into malicious act with intention to outrage religious feelings; bail granted

Madhya Pradesh High Court: S.A. Dharmadhikari, J. granted bail under Section 439 CrPC, where the applicant was charged for ‘Deliberate and malicious