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J&K HC | Preventive detention order when accused already in custody cuts down the roots of State Act affecting the course of legal procedure; detention order quashed

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: In this petition filed before Rashid Ali Dar, J., an order passed by District Magistrate, Baramulla was

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Del HC | Presumption under S. 114-A of Evidence Act to be attracted only when facts of sexual intercourse is proved

Delhi High Court: A Bench of Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by the prosecutrix under Section 372 CrPC

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MP HC | No mandate in Flag Code that National Flag should be hoisted on all days on public buildings

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of S.K. Seth, CJ and Vijay Kumar Shukla, J. dismissed a petition seeking orders for

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Kar HC | Denial of compassionate appointment to child born out of second marriage – deeply offensive to Constitutional guarantee against discrimination

Karnataka High Court: R. Devdas, J. allowed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of Constitution of India, and quashed the

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MP HC | No orders passed in PIL as municipal corpn. undertook satisfactory measures to manage stray animals and allied problems

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of S.C. Sharma and Virendra Singh, JJ. contemplated a petition by way of Public Interest

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Utt HC | Furnishing information beyond the mandate amounts to denial of information by officer under RTI Act

Uttaranchal High Court: Alok Singh, J. dismissed a writ petition filed by Sahak Nagar Adhikari, who was Public Information Officer under Right

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HP HC | FIR in non-compoundable offences pertaining to matrimonial disputes can be quashed if the parties have settled dispute amicably

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J. allowed a petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

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Ker HC | Minority Commission doesn’t have jurisdiction to pass order directing issuance of revenue documents to individual member of community

Kerala High Court: A. Muhamed Mustaque, J. set aside an order given by the Minority Commission whereby Tahsildar and Village Officer were

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Del HC | Conviction under POCSO set aside where Amicus Curiae found to make no serious efforts to defend the accused

Delhi High Court: In view of the failure of justice on account of lack of effective cross-examination of prosecution witnesses, Sanjeev Sachdeva,

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Guj HC | PUBG Ban | Rajkot Police Commissioner lifts ban on PUBG after High Court orders filing of affidavit in a PIL filed by Law student

Gujarat High Court: A Bench of Anant S. Dave, Acting CJ and Biren Vaishnav, J. disposed of a public interest litigation that challenged

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Del HC | Appeal against order granting maintenance to wife cannot be dismissed solely for husband’s failure to deposit arrears of maintenance

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. allowed a revision petition and set aside the order of the Appellate Court whereby it had dismissed

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Pat HC | Petition seeking publication of results of an unaffiliated college not maintainable – Relief on humanitarian grounds held contrary to law

Patna High Court: Mohit Kumar Shah, J. refused to grant relief to petitioner on humanitarian grounds contrary to the law. Petitioner, a

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Utt HC | Problem of vacant posts not related to transfers; State’s fault for not taking necessary steps forthwith to fill up vacancies

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, C.J. and Alok Singh, J. contemplated an application by the State Government seeking

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Bom HC | Conviction on basis of dying declaration to be only after strict scrutiny as accused has no opportunity to cross-examine deceased

Bombay High Court: A Bench of B.P. Dharmadhikari and Prakash D. Naik, JJ. allowed a criminal appeal and set aside the decision of

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Manipur HC | Mere dismissal of earlier suit which was not decided on merits would not attract ‘res judicata’

Manipur High Court: Kh. Nobin Singh, J. allowed civil revision petition questioning the validity and correctness of the order passed by the

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Tri HC | Delayed payment of die-in-harness compensation, paid as an alternative to compassionate appointment, ordered to be paid with interest

Tripura High Court: S. Talapatra, J. allowed a writ petition challenging a memorandum for a compassionate appointment being rejected and non-payment of

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J&K HC | Suspension does not tantamount to punishment, compliance with principles of natural justice held not necessary

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Sanjeev Kumar, J. dismissed a petition challenging an order suspending petitioner and ordering an enquiry into his

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Guj HC | Authorities obliged to release vehicle seized for illegal mining, if alleged owner is ready to comply with the conditions

Gujarat High Court: A.Y. Kogje, J. passed an order of release of a vehicle involved in transporting mineral / illegal mining after

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Kar HC | Evidence not to be re-appreciated at revisional stage if lower courts return concurrent findings

Karnataka High Court: K. Natarajan, J. upheld the decision of the lower courts against the offence under Section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act,

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MP HC | Awry interpretation of relevant provisions by Authority forms basis of quashing of orders

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Rusia, J. allowed a petition seeking the issue of Custom Broker License and eventually quashed orders of