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Utt HC | Judgment of a Competent Court is binding inter-parties and cannot be re-agitated in collateral proceedings even if erroneous

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan and R.C. Khulbe, JJ. contemplated a writ petition, where the petitioner who was

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Ker HC | Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act: Not applicable on mere possession of sexually explicit photographs, without distribution or publication thereof

Kerala High Court: Raja Vijayaraghavan V., J. allowed a petition quashing the proceedings, invoking its inherent powers under Section 482 of the

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HP HC | Order passed by a Magistrate presiding over Juvenile Justice Board, when the Board does not meet composition criteria prescribed in JJ Act, is null and void

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. allowed a criminal revision petition filed by the State assailing the Judgment passed by Principal

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Del HC | Wife entitled to lodge FIR under S. 498-A IPC from parental place where she takes refuge even in absence of allegation of harassment at the said place

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J. dismissed a writ petition wherein the petitioner husband sought quashing of FIR registered under Section 498-A, 406 and

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Jha HC | Orders by quasi-judicial authorities must be recorded and reasoned for securing natural justice

Jharkhand High Court: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. entertained a writ petition against the rejection of application for issuance of Caste certificate to

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Utt HC | Barring an election petition for non-issue of notice to opposite party – beyond jurisdiction when prescribed authority did not frame an issue regarding S. 80 CPC

Uttaranchal High Court: Lok Pal Singh, J. dismissed a writ petition filed by a village pradhan challenging the order of District Court

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Utt HC | Ex-Servicemen Scheme benefits not conferred upon married daughter and her children, amounts to violation of Arts. 14 & 15 and gender inequality

Uttaranchal High Court: Sharad Kumar Sharma, J. allowed a writ petition which was preferred against the action of the respondent of not

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Bom HC | Not open to Probate Court to exceed its jurisdiction by enquiring into issues of title in probate proceedings

Bombay High Court: Sandeep K. Shinde, J. examined the scope of jurisdiction to be exercised by the Probate Court, and allowed an appeal

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MP HC | Son not entitled to father’s pension account if not made a nominee; rejection of RTI application upheld

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Yadav and Vivek Agarwal, JJ. entertained a writ appeal which challenged the impugned

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Ker HC | College cannot arbitrarily reject issuance of NOC to students desirous of taking admission into another college/ institute

Kerala High Court: P.V Asha, J. allowed a petition directing the respondent college to issue NOC to the students applying for transfer

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Kar HC | Age of deceased must be taken into consideration while calculating ‘loss of dependency’ for purpose of granting compensation in a motor accident

Karnataka High Court: H.T. Narendra Prasad, J. dismissed the appeal filed by an Insurance Company against the order passed by Motor Accident

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All HC | Dying Declaration: Administration of oath to the deceased before recording his declaration, does not render its credibility doubtful

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Pritinker Diwaker and Ali Zamin, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by the accused and held

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Raj HC | Grievances of advocate in relation to action taken by administration at different levels to be handled by Grievance Redressal Committee at district level

Rajasthan High Court: Sanjeev Prakash Sharma (V.J.), J. passed an order for the formation of the committee at the district level in

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Tri HC | Mere possession of counterfeit currency not sufficient to prove commission of offence punishable under S. 489-C IPC

Tripura High Court: S. Talapatra, J. allowed an appeal against the decision of the Sessions Judge whereby the appellant was convicted under Section

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Cal HC | Pregnancy beyond 20 weeks may be terminated where there is a congenital defect which would not be conducive to healthy life of child

Calcutta High Court: Protik Prakash Banerjee, J. granted direction for termination of a pregnancy of 25 plus weeks on grounds of the

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Ori HC | No ambit of writ of certiorari under Article 226 when there is neither procedural irregularity in conducting inquiry nor violation of natural justice

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S.K. Mishra and Dr A.K. Mishra, JJ., dismissed the writ petition against the judgment declining

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MP HC | Wife entitled to seek details of husband’s salary under RTI for determination of maintenance

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of S.K. Seth and Nandita Dubey, JJ. contemplated a writ appeal filed by the appellant-wife

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Kar HC | State government obliged to reimburse unaided schools for RTE children, only if there are no government or government-aided schools in neighbourhood

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of L. Narayana Swamy and P.S. Dinesh Kumar, JJ. allowed a PIL (Public Interest Litigation) to

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Ker HC | Customs officer cannot impose onerous conditions for granting bail to person accused under Customs Act – acts akin to officer-in-charge of a police station

Kerala High Court: Raja Vijayaraghavan V., J. was allowed a criminal petition filed by persons accused of smuggling gold and foreign currency,

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Bom HC | Termination of pregnancy beyond period of 20 weeks as prescribed under Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act allowed in view of fetal anomalies

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of R.M. Borde and N.J. Jamadar, JJ. allowed a petition for termination of pregnancy of the petitioner