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All HC | Disputed defense of accused can’t be considered when evidence gathered by IO can’t be scrutinized by Court

Allahabad High Court: Dinesh Kumar Singh, J. quashed the application under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on the ground

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Gau HC | Mere fixing of matter for judgment on a subsequent date by itself cannot be construed as termination of trial; petition challenging summoning of witness dismissed

Gauhati High Court: Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, J. dismissed a petition against the order of the trial court whereby it had summoned the

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P&H HC | Transfer adjustments bonafide when Govt. taking step to curtail unproductive expenditure and utilize idle staff

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajan Gupta, J. dismissed the petition on the ground that order taken by the State Government cannot

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Guj HC | Knowledge of the caste enough to invoke Ss. 3(2)(v) and (v-a) of the SC/ST Act

Gujarat High Court: Umesh A. Trivedi, J. dismissed the present writ petition preferred under Section 14-A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled

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Utt HC | Compensation in a motor accident must be awarded by applying suitable multiplier by tribunal; appeal sustained

Uttaranchal High Court: Appeal against the order of Motor Accident Claim Tribunal was entertained by Alok Singh, J. where the petitioner sought

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Kar HC | Minor discrepancies in statement of witnesses, when considered in entirety can be rejected – Sentence of advocate convicted for murder of a colleague, affirmed

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of K.N. Phaneendra and H.B. Prabhakara Sastry, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by an Advocate who

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J&K HC | Statutory rules or executive orders would override an advertisement by Service Selection Board

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Ali Mohammad Magrey, J. while dismissing the present writ petition directed the respondent Service Selection Board to

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Sikkim HC | “Personal occupation” of landlord includes requirement of dependents; eviction decree confirmed in absence of special equities in favour of tenant

Sikkim High Court: Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J. confirmed a decree of eviction passed against the appellant-tenant by the District Judge on the bonafide

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Raj HC | Temporary injunction not granted when there was an irreparable loss to the party against whom it was prayed

Rajasthan High Court: Sabina, J. dismissed the appeal on the ground that party will suffer an irreparable loss if the application was

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Ori HC | Order of cancellation of license quashed by Court as principles of natural justice not followed

Orissa High Court: K.S. Jahveri, CJ and K.R. Mohapatra, J., partly allowed a writ petition on the ground that the principle of

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MP HC | Financial distress to family caused due to detention of accused in custody held to be valid condition for granting bail

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Anand Pathak, J. directed release of the applicant on bail with sureties in the instant application filed under

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Utt HC | FIR when states commission of cognizable offence, Court not to presume story of prosecution not believable in absence of any material to the contrary

Uttaranchal High Court: The instant petition was entertained by Ravindra Maithani, J. where the petitioner under Section 482 CrPC applied for quashing

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P&H HC | Courts not to interfere in decision taken by Recruitment board when qualification clearly prescribed in advertisement

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Ranjan Gupta, J. dismissed the writ petition on the ground that petitioners do not possess the requisite

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Raj HC | Respondent not to absolve itself from responsibility when interim order passed by court; payment of salary to be made till interim order continues

Rajasthan High Court: Ashok Kumar Gaur, J., allowed the application on the ground that so long the interim order was passed by

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Tri HC | Wife entitled to lead life at par the standard of husband, appeal under S. 19(1) of Family Courts Act for reducing pendente lite maintenance dismissed

Tripura High Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Karol, CJ and Arindam Lodh, J. dismissed an appeal filed under Section 19(1) of the

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Pat HC | Late submission of non-creamy layer caste certificate – not a ground for rejection of candidature

Patna High Court: Mohit Kumar Shah, J. allowed a petition seeking consideration of candidature against the Backward Caste category. Petitioner was working

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All HC | Compulsory acquisition of private land of citizens without granting any compensation – violates Articles 14 and 300-A of the Constitution

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Shashi Kant Gupta and Pankaj Bhatia, JJ. allowed a writ petition in a matter related

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MP HC | No reason to review by court if there is no error apparent on the face of record; review petition dismissed

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of S.C. Sharma and Virender Singh, JJ., dismissed the review petition on the ground that

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Kar HC | Ignorance and poverty are not sufficient reasons for belated invoking of statutory remedy

Karnataka High Court: S. Sunil Dutt Yadav, J. allowed this writ petition which was preferred to set aside the order of the

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Bom HC | Appellate Authority for GST has jurisdiction to advert to ‘new grounds’ in support of its decision, that were not raised before the Advance Ruling Authority

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of M.S. Sanklecha and M.S. Sonak, JJ. while allowing the petition filed against the order of the