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Ker HC | Claim filed under MV Act withdrawn after interim award – subsequent proceedings under Workmen’s Compensation Act not barred

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of K. Harilal and Annie John, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by an insurance company against

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Del HC | Petition challenging amendments to PMLA by “Money Bills” dismissed [Reports with submissions by P. Chidambaram and Maninder Acharya]

Delhi High Court: The Bench of Rajendra Menon, CJ and V. Kameshwar Rao, J. dismissed a petition filed by Jairam Ramesh of the

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J&K HC | Appellant unable to produce any record relating to respondent’s resignation: Order passed to release his salary upheld

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Bench of Gita Mittal, CJ and Sanjeev Kumar, J. dismissed the appeal filed against the order

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Bom HC | Conviction for murder turned into grievous hurt where death occurred after injured shifted to another hospital against medical advice

Bombay High Court: The Bench of A.S. Oka and A.S. Gadkari, JJ. modified the judgment of trial court and altered the appellant’s conviction under

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Raj HC | Court allows application filed in relation to modification of order and extension of deadline for depositing Provident Fund

Rajasthan High Court: The Bench of P.K. Lohra and Manoj Kumar Garg, JJ. allowed the application which was made on behalf of

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Del HC | Injured not entitled to compensation towards future treatment or disfigurement where disability suffered is temporary

Delhi High Court: I.S. Mehta, J. dismissed an appeal filed by the claimant against an award of compensation granted in a motor accident’s

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Pat HC | Court exercising extraordinary writ jurisdiction cannot issue direction for arrest of a person only because he is named in the FIR

Patna High Court: The Bench of Ashwani Kumar Singh, J. dismissed a petition praying for the arrest of a few persons named

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Ker HC | Registrar of Cooperative Societies empowered to collect information from rural agricultural bank, and to furnish the same under RTI Act

“Transparency of information is vital in curbing corruption. The approach of the court must be to attenuate the area of secrecy as

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Madras HC | IT Department should not launch prosecution in haste since law of limitation under S. 468 CrPC is excluded

Madras High Court: The Bench of P.N. Prakash, J., in a criminal revision case preferred in respect of setting aside the order

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Gau HC | Even after paying permanent alimony to wife, husband has bounden duty to provide maintenance for befitting upbringing of child

Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumari Phukan, J., dismissed a revision petition filed by a husband against the order of the family court whereby

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Ker HC | Return of gold ornaments of wife allowed despite absence of specific details thereto, in view of husband’s contradictory statements

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and A.M.Babu, JJ. dismissed an appeal against the judgment of Family Court directing

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Jha HC | Deceased’s feet touching ground suggests hanging after murder; conviction of accused upheld

Jharkhand High Court: This criminal appeal was filed before the Bench of Ratnaker Bhengra, J., against the judgment of conviction and order

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Del HC | Specificities of date and time not necessary in divorce petition under S. 13(1)(i-a) HMA, where wife leads evidence

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of G.S. Sistani and Jyoti Singh, JJ., directed a divorce decree sheet to be drawn up in

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Guj HC | Cooperating with the investigating agency entitles accused for bail

Gujarat High Court: The Bench of Vipul M. Pancholi, J. allowed a petition seeking anticipatory bail subject to certain restrictions. In the pertinent

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Bom HC | Order of maintenance under DV Act set aside in absence of any act of domestic violence committed by husband

Bombay High Court at Goa: C.V. Bhadang, J., allowed a petition filed by the husband and quashed trial court’s order whereby it had

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Pat HC | Director of a company cannot be made to suffer rigors of criminal trial in the absence of material proving allegations against him

Patna High Court: The Bench of Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. allowed an application filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,

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P&H HC | S. 28-A of Land Acquisition Act not an adversarial form of adjudication; fair compensation to be determined for all landowners

Punjab and Haryana High Court: This writ petition was filed before the Bench of G.S. Sandhawalia, J., against the award passed by

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Cal HC | Cyber crimes on the rise | Directions issued to train and familiarise members of police force in regard to “electronic evidence”

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Manojit Mandal and Joymalya Bagchi, JJ., in the wake of rising cyber crimes in

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Pat HC | Production of additional documents allowed if the concerned party could not produce such evidence despite due diligence

Patna High Court: The Bench of Prabhat Kumar Jha, J. dismissed a petition filed against an order allowing production of additional documents.

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Madras HC | Hostility of witnesses held immaterial where sequence of events are cogent and corroborate to each other

Madras High Court: Dr G. Jayachandran, J., dismissed a criminal appeal filed by the accused who was convicted by the trial court for