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Sikk HC | Impleadment of party allowed where necessary to hear him before issuing writ of prohibition

Sikkim High Court: The Bench of Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J. allowed an impleadment through the present petition. The petitioner in the present

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Manipur HC | Conviction on criminal charge doesn’t automatically entail dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of Government servant concerned

Manipur High Court: A Bench of Lanusungkum Jamir, J. set aside petitioner’s suspension order and held him to be entitled to full

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J&K HC | Petition for additional pleas rejected as nothing new pleaded in written statement

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Bench of Sanjeev Kumar, J. dismissed a petition filed against the order of a Subordinate Civil

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Madras HC | Relief to Indonesian spa therapist booked under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act; Police rebuked for colourable exercise of power

“Urgent need to get out of the preconditioned mind of the majority who unfortunately see Spas and Massage Centres as brothel houses.”

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Del HC | Nominee on BoG of School of Planning and Architecture under 2014 Act has to be a “Member of Council of Architecture”

“Principles of interpretation of statute, it is trite, are not straight-jacketed, and are fundamentally fluid in nature, requiring to be moulded in

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Ker HC | Further investigation ordered as prior investigation not proper by IO

Kerala High Court: A Bench comprising of K. Abraham Mathew, J. allowed further investigation to the petitioner as the prior investigation was

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J&K HC | Court cannot pass a general direction without determining main issues in question

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Division Bench of Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Sindhu Sharma, JJ. dismissed an order passed by the

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Del HC | FIR under Section 498-A IPC quashed in light of divorce and settlement between parties

Delhi High Court: The Bench of Sunil Gaur, J. quashed an FIR filed against the petitioners for offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 406

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All HC | Appointment of petitioner not to be treated as fresh appointment for purposes of determining qualification when he has been in service uninterrupted

Allahabad High Court: The Bench of Ashwani Kumar Mishra, J. declared that employment cannot be denied to petitioner when it was previously

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Bom HC | HC cannot exercise jurisdiction equivalent to SC under Artice 142 to enhance compensation in MV claims

Bombay High Court: The Bench of Sunil K. Kotwal, J. dismissed an appeal while modifying the award passed by the Motor Accident

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J&K HC | Premature transfer which is in public interest or interest of administration is allowed

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sindhu Sharma, J., dismissed the petition seeking relief against the order of

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Pat HC | When order is violative of principles of natural justice, plea of alternative remedy would not bar exercise of jurisdiction under Article 226

Patna High Court: The Bench of Madhuresh Prasad, J., allowed the writ petition which was filed against the act of arbitrary stoppage

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MP HC | Appointment to the post of District Judge (Entry-Level) cancelled; criminal charges pending

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The 2-Judge Bench comprising of S.K. Seth, CJ and Vijay Kumar Shukla, J. gave an order in pursuance

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Gau HC | Suspension order declared unsustainable due to the absence of “Memorandum of Charges”

Gauhati High Court: The Bench comprising of Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, J. while pronouncing an order in regard to the issue of

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Ker HC | Women employees serving on contractual basis cannot be denied maternity benefits

Kerala High Court: The Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque, J. disposed of a petition by stating that maternity benefits cannot be denied

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Del HC | Day on which money was transferred to be excluded while computing period of limitation for filing recovery proceedings

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Vinod Goel, J. dismissed a petition against the order of District and Sessions Judge,

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Not giving admission to male candidate because all other candidates living in hostel are women is a misplaced apprehension: Manipur HC

Manipur High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ramalingam Sudhakar, CJ and Kh. Nobin Singh, J. dismissed an appeal filed by the State

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NEET-UG, 2018| Candidate awarded compensatory marks in lieu of error in translation of questions

Calcutta High Court: The Bench of Arindam Sinha, J. disposed of a petition by awarding 20 compensatory marks to the petitioner for

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Defamation| By mere levelling of allegation without any substance, presumption cannot be drawn that it was in discharge of public duty: Chhattisgarh HC

Chhattisgarh High Court: The Bench comprising of Goutam Bhaduri, J. allowed an appeal concerning the defamatory publication made against two doctors in

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Legal representatives of judgment-debtor liable to satisfy decree passed against him in terms of Section 50 CPC

Bombay High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of C.V. Bhadang, J. held that the petitioners in the present writ petition was liable