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Del HC | Details of listing of husband’s business on various websites held sufficient for making prima facie assessment in favour of wife for grant of maintenance under DV Act

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. allowed a petition filed by the petitioner-wife against the order of the appellate court whereby it had

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MP HC | Period of suspension for disciplinary proceedings to be treated as “no work no pay”; appeal against order sustained

Madhya Pradesh High Court: G.S. Ahluwalia, J. contemplated a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, where the petition

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P&H HC | Interim bail granted subject to the condition imposed by the Trial Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Ajay Tewari J. passed an order of the bail as the applicant was already granted with bail

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Raj HC | Damages for right of spouse to compassion and care under “loss of consortium” awarded

Rajasthan High Court: P.K. Lohra, J. allowed an appeal for enhancement of the compensation amount awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal,

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Ker HC | Any acknowledgment voluntarily signed towards some payment, attracts presumption under S. 139 of NI Act; acquittal set aside

Kerala High Court: Instant appeal was contemplated against acquittal order of the accused under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

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Pat HC | Adjudication by lower court, on a matter which is under consideration in the Supreme Court, amounts to judicial overreach

Patna High Court: A Full Bench of Hemant Kumar Srivastava, Aditya Kumar Trivedi and Ashutosh Kumar, JJ. refrained from adjudicating on the

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All HC | Supply of imported goods to and from Duty Free Shops – an inter-State supply under IGST Act as goods do not cross the customs frontier

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal and Rajnish Kumar, JJ. dismissed a PIL seeking to ensure that the

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Cal HC | ‘Divorced wife’ who hasn’t remarried held entitled to execute order granted under S.12 of DV Act; existence of ‘domestic relationship’ dispensed with

Calcutta High Court: Madhumati Mitra, J. dismissed an application filed by the petitioner to quash the order of the Additional Sessions Judge whereby

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MP HC | In absence of any offence punishable under Companies Act, Special Court doesn’t have jurisdiction to try the case which is punishable under IPC

Madhya Pradesh High Court: S.K. Awasthi, J. dismissed the petition on the ground that trial court and not Special Court are competent

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Ker HC | Frivolous PIL alleging security lapse in conduct of banking operation by SBI, dismissed

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Hrishikesh Roy, C.J. and A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J. dismissed a PIL for being frivolous

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Utt HC | Cheating and forgery held to be ‘heinous crimes’ by Court; bail rejected

Uttaranchal High Court: R. C. Khulbe, J. refused to grant a bail where the applicant was charged under Sections 420, 467, 468

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Raj HC | Encroachment over pasture land to be dealt with specialized Land Protection Cell in order to curtail large number of Public Interest Litigation applications

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Goverdhan Bardhar and Mohammad Rafiq, JJ. disposed of a Public Interest Litigation, directing the specialized

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Bom HC | Maratha Reservation [Full Report] Validity of SEBC Act providing for reservation to Maratha upheld, quantum of 16% reservation held not justifiable

“Bowed by the weight of centuries, he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground the emptiness of ages in his face

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Guj HC | Writ petition filed on the lines of SC order prohibiting plying of 15 year old petrol and 10 year old diesel vehicles in NCR

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of Anant S. Dave, ACJ. and Biren Vaishnav, J. disposed of a writ petition without going

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MP HC | ‘Crying foul to open a Pandora box in the name of fundamental rights, absurd’; order against convicts of Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Subodh Abhyankar, J. dismissed a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by the

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Pat HC | No cognizable offence disclosed in FIR though the apparent allegation of embezzlement of money held to be a legitimate ground for proceeding trial

Patna High Court: Birendra Kumar, J. dismissed a criminal miscellaneous application filed by the petitioner challenging the order of cognizance passed against

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HP HC | Releasing a second time offender on bail sends a wrong message to the society; Court denies bail

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Ajay Mohan Goel, J., dismissed a petition seeking bail as the petitioner was a second-time offender and the possibility

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Gau HC | HC has no jurisdiction under Art. 226 to transfer proceedings pending before one Foreigners’ Tribunal to another Foreigners’ Tribunal

Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Manojit Bhuyan and Manish Choudhury, JJ. dismissed a writ petition seeking transfer of proceedings from

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Megh HC | Bank Officer holds a position of trust – an act of breach of authority, therefore, amounts to misconduct

Meghalaya High Court: A Division Bench of Ajay Kumar Mittal, C.J. and H.S. Thangkhiew, J. dismissed a writ appeal filed by a

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Ker HC | Purpose for which an arrangement is entered into, is an essential ingredient to determine if the same is a mortgage or a lease

Kerala High Court: P. Somarajan, J. allowed the second appeal in a matter related to the redemption of mortgage, against the order