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Jha HC | Meticulous appreciation of evidence not required when allegations connecting accused is available

Jharkhand High Court: B.B. Mangalmurti, J. dismissed an application for discharge of the Petitioner for allegations of demanding illegal gratifications while holding

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Utt HC | Non-disclosure of major ailments before marriage amounts to ‘cruelty’ although the aliments itself are no grounds for divorce; dissolution of marriage upheld

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, JJ. entertained an appeal by the appellant-wife under Section

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Kar HC | Bail granted when no prima facie case of commission of offence with pre-meditation made out during investigation

Karnataka High Court: Sunil Dutt Yadav, J. granted regular bail on the ground that the case of the commission of offence with

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Tri HC | “Executive Magistrates and doctors not well trained in technical aspects of recording dying declaration”: rational approach for administering justice to be recorded

Tripura High Court: A Division Bench of S. Talapatra and Arindam Lodh, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed against the decision of the Sessions

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All HC | Sex against order of nature, against the wishes of wife – a criminal offence and marital wrong amounting to cruelty, which is a ground for dissolution of marriage

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Shashi Kant Gupta and Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, JJ. affirmed the Judgment of lower court granting

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P&H HC | Party if denies agreement to sell cannot raise plea of ‘readiness and willingness’ particularly when extensions and earnest money duly proved against it

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Amit Rawal, J. dismissed an appeal against the decree of the suit for specific performance of the

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MP HC | Allegations regarding theft of EVMs must be based upon essential material to impel Court to initiate adjudication

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Sheel Nagu and G.S. Ahluwalia, JJ. entertained a writ by the way of PIL

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Pat HC | Claim for initiation of fresh acquisition proceedings not maintainable where grievance raised after 30 years of land acquisition

Patna High Court: Chakradhari Sharan, J. dismissed an application seeking initiation of fresh acquisition proceeding under Section 11 of the Right to

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Guj HC | Order granting parole to a convict with police escort, to attend his son’s marriage, held unreasonable

Gujarat High Court: Umesh A. Trivedi, J. allowed parole leave application which sought to grant of parole without a police escort. The

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Tri HC | Doctrine of Proportionate Punishment | Sentence under POCSO reduced in absence of specific evidence that accused touched private parts of prosecutrix

Tripura High Court: Arindam Lodh, J. reduced the sentence of 5 years rigorous imprisonment awarded to the appellant by the trial Judge to

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Ker HC | Sex on promise of marriage: Not an offence if alleged accused marries purported victim shortly thereafter – no misconception of fact in girl’s consent

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J. allowed the petition filed by the husband and directed the Court of Judicial Magistrate First

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Utt HC | High Court not to ordinarily permit a belated resort to extraordinary remedy under writ jurisdiction as it might cause public inconvenience and new injustices

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ and N.S. Dhanik, J. entertained a writ petition which sought mandamus against

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Bom HC | S. 16 of Commercial Courts Act to be interpreted literally; amendments brought in CPC applicable only to Commercial Disputes of a ‘Specified Value’

Bombay High Court: S.J. Kathawalla, J., addressed the review petition against its own Judgment passed in the case of Axis Bank Ltd.

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Ker HC | Proceedings in a rape case can be quashed when accused settles dispute with victim and marries her, so as to ensure better future for the victim

Kerala High Court: Alexander Thomas, J. allowed a writ petition for quashing the criminal proceedings against rape accused who later on married

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P&H HC | “Live and let live”, concludes the Court; Animals acknowledged as legal entity; New beginning for welfare laws against animals

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajiv Sharma, J. allowed a revision petition against the order of the Additional Session Judge whereby the

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Raj HC | NLU Jodhpur Regulations allowing contractual employment of teachers, struck down for being arbitrary and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of P.K. Lohra and Arun Bhansali, JJ. struck down the impugned University Service Regulations, 2001 by

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Del HC | Computer-generated ledger statement inadmissible in evidence for proving liability under S.138 NI Act, if not accompanied by certificate under S.65-B of Evidence Act

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J. dismissed a petition filed against the order of the Metropolitan Magistrate, holding that the petitioner was unable

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Cal HC | Saradha Chit Fund case | Interim protection from arrest for WB cop Rajeev Kumar; petition to be heard by regular bench on 12th June

Calcutta High Court: Protik Prakash Banerjee, J. granted interim protection from arrest to Rajeev Kumar in the Saradha Chit Fund case. The

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Utt HC | Investigating Officer pulled up for disregarding NALSA judgment, and lodging petitioner’s rape complaint as an unnatural offence under S. 377 IPC

Uttarakhand High Court: Ravindra Maithani, J. has asked the State of Uttarakhand whether an Investigating Officer, by conducting DNA tests, has the