High Courts Archives

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

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Bom HC | Threats by journalists who are reporters to publish news defaming a person amount to extortion

Bombay High Court: In an interesting case, M.G. Giratkar, J., maintained conviction of a journalist for the offence of extorting money from the

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Del HC | Statement recorded immediately after incident is more credible than the one recorded after 5 months; discharge of accused upheld

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., upheld the order of the trial court discharging the respondent who was accused of committing offences punishable

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J&K HC | No relief can be granted in the petition, which has been filed on apprehension

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Bench of Ali Mohammad Magrey, J., dismissed a petition that was filed by the petitioners on

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Del HC | Wife granted opportunity to prove additional documents not available during trial for maintenance under S. 125 CrPC

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. disposed of a petition filed in a matrimonial dispute by allowing the petitioner (wife) to prove additional

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Kar HC | Detention order challenged for supplying illegible documents – test is to determine whether detenue rendered incapable of making representation

Karnataka High Court: The Division Bench of K.N. Phaneendra and K. Somashekhar, JJ. hearing a petition in the nature of habeas corpus,

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Bom HC | Publicising domestic disputes, lodging false complaints, making frivolous allegations amount to cruelty and are grounds for divorce

Bombay High Court: In an interesting case, Vibha Kankanwadi, J. allowed an appeal filed by the husband against the order of the first

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Utt HC | Court allows compounding application considering that offence was private in nature

Uttaranchal High Court: The Bench of Manoj K. Tiwari, J. disposed of a compounding application in favour of the parties as they

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Del HC | Court is not storage of petitions filed by negligent litigants: Not permitted to blame previous counsel after 21 years for not providing case record

‘Vigilantibus, non-dermientibus, jura subveniunt’ (the law helps those who are watchful and not those who are asleep) Delhi High Court: Vinod Goel, J.,

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Kar HC | Unauthorized absence from service for a long period of time not a minor misconduct and is a ground for dismissal

Karnataka High Court: The Division Bench of L. Narayana Swamy, ACJ and P.S. Dinesh Kumar, J., allowed a writ appeal filed against

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Del HC | Recalling of material witness allowed even where accused held to have not exercised due diligence in defending themselves

Delhi High Court: Sunil Gaur, J., while putting petitioners to terms, allowed their application filed under Section 311 CrPC to recall three

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Utt HC | FIR for offences of private nature having no serious impact upon society can be quashed by High Court if parties have settled it

Uttaranchal High Court: The Bench of Manoj K. Tiwari, J. allowed a criminal miscellaneous application challenging the proceedings of the criminal case

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Gau HC | Leave encashment benefit can be extended only for maximum permissible 300 days under the rules of Gauhati University

Gauhati High Court: The Bench of Manojit Bhuyan, J. disposed of a writ petition filed for leave encashment benefit with direction to

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Pat HC | Writ petition not maintainable if liberty to file review petition is granted while dismissing appeal

Patna High Court: The Bench of Ashutosh Kumar, J. hearing a civil writ petition challenging the order passed by Division Bench of

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HP HC | Executing Courts have no authority to go beyond the judgment/decree passed by the Court

Himachal Pradesh High Court: The Bench of Sandeep Sharma, J. hearing a revision petition against an order of District Judge, held that

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Del HC | Defence of husband in a case under Domestic Violence Act struck off for non-payment of arrear of maintenance to wife

Delhi High Court: Sunil Gaur, J. allowed a petition filed by petitioner (wife) for striking off respondent’s (husband) defence in proceedings pending under