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Pat HC | Nagar Parishad’s notice to street vendors directing removal of stalls from road is governed by Bihar Municipal Act, 2007

Patna High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Anjana Mishra, JJ. hearing a letters patent appeal, permitted a

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All HC | Sentence reduced considering mitigating factor of age and background of convict

Allahabad High Court: The criminal revision was filed before a Bench of Aniruddha Singh, J., against the judgment and order passed by

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Del HC | Defect of non-compliance of Section 195 CrPC cannot be cured by filling subsequent chargesheet

Delhi High Court: The Bench of Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. allowed a petition filed against order of the trial court whereby it has taken

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Raj HC | Condition of running track not relevant fact while deciding on re-examination test

Rajasthan High Court: A Bench of Alok Sharma, J., dismissed a petition filed for a re-examination of the physical test due to

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J&K HC | Further investigation under Section 173(8) CrPC allowed on ground that relevant evidences were left out

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Bench of Sanjay Kumar Gupta, J. allowed this petition seeking a direction to the official respondents

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Ker HC | Issue of right over Sabarimala Temple is matter of religious belief and practice; jurisdiction in PIL not warranted

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Hrishikesh Roy and A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, JJ. was seized of a petition structured as

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Bom HC | Power under Section 319 CrPC to array additional accused to be invoked under special circumstances

Bombay High Court: The Bench of Mangesh S. Patil, J. dismissed a revision petition filed against the order of Additional Sessions Judge rejecting

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Orissa HC | Women are exempted in the State of Orissa from payment of Court Fees

Orissa High Court: A Bench comprising of Dr A.K. Rath, J. clarified the point on exemption of paying court fees in respect

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Pat HC | Employer cannot withhold gratuity of an employee who has already been punished in departmental enquiry and has no proceeding pending against him

Patna High Court: The Division Bench comprising of A. P. Sahi, CJ and Anjana Mishra, J. allowed a civil writ petition seeking

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MP HC | No interference of Court required in auction process if account has been rightly declared NPA

Madhya Pradesh High Court: This petition was filed before a 2-Judge Bench comprising of S.C. Sharma and Virender Singh, JJ., against a

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Rajasthan HC | Arbitrator rendered unable to perform his functions effectively due to charge of excessive fee

Rajasthan High Court: A Bench of Arun Bhansali, J. terminated the mandate of an arbitrator by stating that if an arbitrator creates

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Del HC| Scope of inquiry by MM under Section 7 of Extradition Act is limited to satisfaction of prima facie case against fugitive criminal

Delhi High Court: The Bench of Mukta Gupta, J. dismissed a writ petition filed against the order-cum-inquiry report of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate

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Ker HC | Suit instituted on behalf of alleged mentally infirm person – Court obliged to enquire and follow procedure under Order XXXII Rules 12 and 15 of CPC

Kerala High Court: The Bench of A. Hariprasad, J. hearing an appeal against remand order, answered substantial questions of law in relation

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Tripura HC | Obligatory for prosecution to prove valid sanction for filing complaint under Section 500 IPC against sitting MLA

“In this case, though in the sanction order it has been recorded ‘by order’ but from that word it cannot be inferred by

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Pat HC | Criminal case quashed under inherent powers after parties amicably settle their grievance

Patna High Court: A Bench of Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. allowed the quashing of the criminal case owing to the amicable compromise between

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Madras HC | Rule of law cannot be diluted for religious institutions encroaching on public spaces

Madras High Court: A Bench of S.M. Subramaniam, J. while addressing a writ petition stated that “If a deity in a temple

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Del HC | “Landlord is the best judge of his own needs”: petition against order of Additional Rent Controller dismissed

Delhi High Court: A Bench of Anu Malhotra, J. dismissed a revision petition filed against the order Additional Rent Controller whereby the tenant’s

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Pat HC | Instituting criminal case in matters of civil nature is clear abuse of process of Court

Patna High Court: The Bench of Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. quashed a criminal complaint as its jurisdiction purely fell within the ambit of

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Ker HC | University which erroneously declared a student as passed when he in fact failed in a subject, cannot compel re-examination after a decade

Kerala High Court: A Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque, J. hearing a civil writ petition, quashed a university’s order directing its ex-student

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All HC | Decision-based on expert opinion following due procedure requires no interference of Court; PIL for protection of Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary dismissed

Allahabad High Court: A Public Interest Litigation was filed before Govind Mathur, CJ and Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, J. related to protection