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Pat HC | Bihar Superior Judicial Service Rules: Annual recruitment of Judges is discretionary to some extent

Patna High Court: The Bench of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Anjana Mishra, JJ. dismissed a petition challenging the age requirements for District

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Ori HC | Court should not take cognizance if the act complained of appears to have inseparable nexus with discharge of official duty

Orissa High Court: The Bench of Dr A. K. Mishra, J., allowed a petition filed to quash the order passed taking cognizance

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P&H HC | Compromise between parties renders continuation of prosecution futile, FIR quashed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of Jaishree Thakur, J., under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure

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Ker HC | Bank liable to pay contribution under Employees’ Provident Funds Act, in respect of commission paid to its deposit collectors

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of K. Surendra Mohan and A.M. Babu, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by a bank and

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Del HC | Petition to disqualify Sr. Advocate Fali S. Nariman from appearing in SC on expansive interpretation of Explanation to R. 6 of BCI Rules dismissed

Delhi High Court: A Bench of Rajendra Menon, CJ and V. Kameswar Rao, J., dismissed a petition wherein Mathews J. Nedumpara, Advocate and

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Megh HC | Editor and Publisher of Shillong Times guilty of contempt; to pay a fine of Rs 2 lakhs each or face ban

Meghalaya High Court: A Bench of Mohammad Yaqoob Mir, CJ and S.R. Sen, J. came down heavily on the Editor and the

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Pat HC | Expeditious disposal of criminal case directed where petitioner nearing superannuation

Patna High Court: The Bench of Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J., allowed the writ petition filed with a prayer of expeditious disposal on the

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Madras HC | “Liquor spoils many families and takes away precious lives; hope Govt. takes measures to bring back prohibition of 1937 to 1971”

Madras High Court: The Bench comprising of N. Kirubakaran, J., in an appeal filed against the judgment and decree of Motor Accidents

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Ker HC | Mere breach of trust or agreement will not amount to a criminal offence under S. 420 IPC

Kerala High Court: The Bench of T.V. Anil Kumar, J., while pronouncing an order quashed the criminal proceedings stating them to be

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J&K HC | Lack of medical facilities for ailing petitioner: Consideration for allowing transfer

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Bench of Ali Mohammad Magrey, J., allowed the writ petition filed seeking a direction to the

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Madras HC | Periodic transfer of public servants is required to avoid all sorts of familiarity with local public

Madras High Court: S.M. Subramanium, J., dismissed a petition filed against the transfer order of passed against the petitioner, an Assistant Executive Engineer.

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HP HC | Court allows filing appropriate proceedings on account of “technical defect”

Himachal Pradesh High Court: The Bench of Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J., allowed withdrawal of an appeal with the liberty to file a fresh

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Cal HC | Authorised signatory not to be prosecuted under S. 138 NI Act if the company not arraigned as accused

Calcutta High Court: Asha Arora, J., allowed a criminal revision petition filed against the order of conviction and sentence awarded to the petitioners

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Ker HC | Committee for Transplantation of Human Organs – authority empowered to consider issue of transplantation of human organs

Kerala High Court: The Bench of Anu Sivaraman, J. hearing a petition pertaining to kidney transplantation and donation, directed the issue to

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Gau HC | Wife granted alimony under S. 25 HMA in spite of ‘no claim agreement’ with husband

Gauhati High Court: A Bench of A.S. Bopanna, CJ and Sanjay Kumar Medhi, J. dismissed an appeal filed by the appellant-husband against family

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Tri HC | 20-weeks pregnancy of 12-year old rape victim to be terminated in response to necessity created by human emergency

Tripura High Court: S. Talapatra, J., in his own words, departed from Section 3(2)(b) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 and

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Utt HC | Court places confidence on the Ministry on its policy decision to setup petroleum retail outlets, puts locus standi itself into question

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ and N.S. Dhanik, J. dismissed an appeal while placing reliance on the Ministry

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Pat HC | Bihar Superior Judicial Service Rules: Annual recruitment of Judges is discretionary to some extent

Ori HC | Court should not take cognizance if the act complained of appears to have inseparable nexus with discharge of official duty

P&H HC | Compromise between parties renders continuation of prosecution futile, FIR quashed

Ker HC | Bank liable to pay contribution under Employees’ Provident Funds Act, in respect of commission paid to its deposit collectors

Del HC | Petition to disqualify Sr. Advocate Fali S. Nariman from appearing in SC on expansive interpretation of Explanation to R. 6 of BCI Rules dismissed

Megh HC | Editor and Publisher of Shillong Times guilty of contempt; to pay a fine of Rs 2 lakhs each or face ban

Pat HC | Expeditious disposal of criminal case directed where petitioner nearing superannuation

Madras HC | “Liquor spoils many families and takes away precious lives; hope Govt. takes measures to bring back prohibition of 1937 to 1971”

Ker HC | Mere breach of trust or agreement will not amount to a criminal offence under S. 420 IPC

J&K HC | Lack of medical facilities for ailing petitioner: Consideration for allowing transfer

Madras HC | Periodic transfer of public servants is required to avoid all sorts of familiarity with local public

HP HC | Court allows filing appropriate proceedings on account of “technical defect”

Cal HC | Authorised signatory not to be prosecuted under S. 138 NI Act if the company not arraigned as accused

Ker HC | Committee for Transplantation of Human Organs – authority empowered to consider issue of transplantation of human organs

Gau HC | Wife granted alimony under S. 25 HMA in spite of ‘no claim agreement’ with husband

Tri HC | 20-weeks pregnancy of 12-year old rape victim to be terminated in response to necessity created by human emergency

HP HC | Court gives consideration to retirement and age, abstains from ordering criminal prosecution

MP HC | Contractual post not allowed to be continued further where post abolished by Government

Ori HC | The words “other sufficient grounds” in Or. 23 R. 1(3)(b) CPC need not be restricted to only formal defects

Utt HC | Court places confidence on the Ministry on its policy decision to setup petroleum retail outlets, puts locus standi itself into question