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All HC | 3 months time for filing application under S. 28-A of Land Acquisition Act to start from date of award passed by Reference Court and not the Appellate Court

Allahabad High Court: This petition was filed by petitioners before the Division Bench of Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal and Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,

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J&K HC | Tehsildar directed to adjudicate the matter of equal bifurcation of land between the co-sharers as per relevant rules

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The case of the petitioners before Sanjay Kumar Gupta, J. was that they had filed an application

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Guj HC | High Court exercises power under Article 226 to pass order under Gujarat Prohibition Act

Gujarat High Court: The Bench of Sonia Gokani, J. passed an order of release of the vehicle after levying certain stringent rules

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Jhar HC | ECI held empowered under Art. 324 and S. 28 of RP Act to transfer and divest ADG of Police of his duties till completion of elections

Jharkhand High Court: Ananda Sen, J. upheld an order passed by the Election Commission of India, dated 1-4-2019, whereby the petitioner — Additional

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Del HC | “Rogue websites” ordered to be blocked; “dynamic injunction” issued against “hydra headed websites” for curbing piracy

Delhi High Court: In what may probably go down as the first of its kind decision in India on the subject of anti-piracy

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Jhar HC | Responsibility of Railways administration after termination of transit, under Railways Act, 1989: Compensation for damage of goods granted

Jharkhand High Court: The Bench of Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. allowed an appeal and set aside the order passed by Tribunal for

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Bom HC | Arbitrator to strictly follow the contractual terms while determining rights and liabilities of parties, any deviation not permissible

Bombay High Court: S.C. Gupte, J. while setting aside an arbitral award for patent illegality, observed that “any forum, which adjudicates upon the rights

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Ker HC | Land grant executed under Travancore Waste Land Rules does not give grantee the right to cut ‘royal trees’

Kerala High Court: The Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque, J. allowed a civil writ petition granting a private company the right to

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Chh HC | Juvenile’s bail application maintainable only under S. 12 of JJ Act; Ss. 437 or 439 CrPC not applicable

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra, Acting C.J. and Vimla Singh Kapoor, J. has held that “the grant of

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J&K HC | Revocation of resignation not permitted when name already struck off from the rolls

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Bench of Sindhu Sharma, J. dismissed the petition for revocation of the resignation of the petitioner’s

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All HC | ‘Bench Hunting’ deprecated by Court – Petition seeking same reliefs as sought in an earlier petition, which was dismissed as withdrawn, not maintainable

Allahabad High Court: The Bench of B. Amit Sthalekar and Piyush Agrawal, JJ., dismissed a civil writ petition, seeking certain reliefs on

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P&H HC | Heavy costs imposed on petitioners as a ‘deterrent measure’ for mocking Jain monk on Twitter, even where FIR against them quashed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Bench of Arvind Singh Sangwan J., imposed the fine on Vishal Dadlani and Tehseen Poonawala of

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HP HC | Jurisdiction of First Appellate Court is wide and akin to that of trial court – can appreciate findings of fact and law and appreciate entire evidence

Himachal Pradesh High Court: The Bench of Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. allowed an appeal challenging the judgment of first appellate court whereby

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Del HC | Import of S. 9 NI Act defining ‘holder in due course’ cannot be pre-judged; petition for quashing cheque dishonour complaint dismissed

Delhi High Court: Sunil Gaur, J. dismissed a petition seeking quashing of a complaint filed under Section 138 (dishonour of cheque) of the Negotiable Instruments

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Ori HC | Possession of land taken under Land Acquisition Act cannot be restored to tenure holder even if it is not used for the purpose it was acquired for

Orissa High Court: The Bench of S. Panda and P. Patnaik, JJ., dismissed a petition filed by the petitioner for the cancellation

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Pat HC | Immoral Trafficking: Hotel owner present in room adjacent to rooms from where couples found in semi-naked condition – matter requiring complete trial

Patna High Court: The Bench of Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. dismissed a hotel owner’s petition assailing dismissal of the application for his discharge,

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Chh HC | Govt. servant cannot make Will of family pension; guiding principles regarding retiral benefits vis-a-vis testamentary disposition recapitulated

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. has held that a Government servant is not entitled to make a Will of the family

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Pat HC | Cut-off date for calculating pensionary benefits of a teacher, to be counted from the date of grant of permission for establishment of school

Patna High Court: The Three-Judge Bench of Ashwani Kumar Singh, Birendra Kumar and Anil Kumar Upadhyay, JJ. dismissed a letters patent appeal

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Del HC | Expenses of the child cannot be equally divided between parents; amount payable by husband under S. 125 CrPC towards maintenance of child increased

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. partly allowed a revision petition against the order of the trial court passed under Section 125 CrPC