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Kar HC | Municipal elections: Repetition of reservation in any ward for any category – anti-thesis of rotation principle envisaged under Article 243-T of Constitution

Karnataka High Court: The Bench of S. Sunil Dutt Yadav, J. allowed a civil writ petition challenging State’s notification dated 10-08-2018 which

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Bom HC | 2011 Mumbai Blasts | Court refuses to discharge Hawala Operator who transferred money to Yasin Bhatkal

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Sarang V. Kotwal and Indrajit Mohanty, JJ. upheld the order of the trial court whereby it

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Pat HC | Bihar Hindu Religious Trust Act: Mahant appointing his grandson as trustee of Math – not illegal

Patna High Court: The Bench of Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J. dismissed a civil writ petition challenging the appointment of Mahant of a

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Ker HC | No pre-meditation, no criminal antecedents – death penalty of man accused of rape and murder turned into life imprisonment

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and P. Somarajan, JJ. was hearing a death reference tagged along with a

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MP HC | Order in excess of powers under Section 39(1)(a) of M.P. Panchayat Raj Avam Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam is illegal

Madhya Pradesh High Court: This case was filed before a Bench of Rohit Arya, J., where petitioner who was a sarpanch was

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All HC | ‘Make roads cattle free’; Meerut and Varanasi municipalities directed to remove and rehabilitate stray cattles

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Chandra Dhari Singh, J. gave a series of directions in an

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Tripura HC | Suspension order quashed for non-compliance of Rule 10(6) and (7) of Central Civil services (CCA) Rules

Tripura High Court: The Bench Arindam Lodh, J. set aside petitioner’s suspension order in view of Rule 10(6) and (7) of the Central

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MP HC| Court has no jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India if alternate remedies available

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Petitioner had filed this petition before a Bench of Subodh Abhyankar, J., under Article 226 of the Constitution

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All HC | No Court can stop release of money required for getting self-employed

Allahabad High Court: This petition was filed before a Bench of Sunita Agarwal, J., directed against the orders passed by Additional District

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Ker HC | Petition of former judge dismissed holding Shetty Commission’s recommendation for increment not applicable to District Judges

Kerala High Court: The Bench of P.V. Asha, J. was seized of civil writ petition where the issues were: (i) whether the

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Bom HC | Conviction under S. 380 IPC upheld on basis of presumption under Illustration (a) of S. 114 of Evidence Act

Bombay High Court: The Bench of M.G. Giratkar, J. dismissed a revision petition against the judgment of Judicial Magistrate (First Class) whereby the

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Pat HC| Execution of new agreement by employee whose termination of service set aside, benefits available to him under previous agreement not obliterated

Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Madhuresh Prasad, J. allowed a civil writ petition filed by an employee seeking direction

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Guj HC | Bail granted on ground of bald allegations in FIR

Gujarat High Court: The Bench of A.Y. Kogje, J., allowed the application for bail sought under Section 439 of the Code of

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Del HC | Acquittal of rape accused upheld in light of concealment and exaggeration in prosecutrix testimony

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Sangita Dhingra Sehgal and Siddharth Mridul, JJ. dismissed a petition against trial court’s order acquitting the

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All HC | Suspension of employee incarcerating in jail revoked on grant of bail

Allahabad High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of Ashwani Kumar Mishra, J. against the order passed by the State

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P&H HC | Transfer Petition under Section 9 of Hindu Marriage Act allowed in light of socio-economic difficulties faced by wife

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Bench of H.S. Madaan, J., allowed an application seeking transfer of Petition under Section 9 of

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Chh HC | Offerings made by worshippers to deity not property of priests

Chhattisgarh High Court: The Bench of Goutam Bhaduri, J. declared that the priests had no right to claim from the offerings that

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MP HC | Unfounded political allegations cannot be settled in a Court of law

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of S.K. Seth, CJ and Vijay Kumar Shukla, J. declared that a publicity maneuvered petition

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Del HC | Wife not entitled to maintenance under Section 125 CrPC for period prior to grant of divorce if decree passed on ground of desertion

Delhi High Court: The Bench of Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. disposed of a petition holding that the petitioner (wife) was not entitled to maintenance

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Pat HC | Employee’s application for transfer of cadre filed 13 years after reorganization of State, cannot be considered in absence of a government order

Patna High Court: A Bench of Madhuresh Prasad, J. dismissed a civil writ petition filed by a government employee seeking transfer of