Raj HC | Petitioner to approach school authority in matter relating to posting before coming to Court
Rajasthan High Court: The Bench of Arun Bhansali, J., disposed of a petition with the direction to the petitioner to approach the
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Del HC | Mere bickering doesn’t constitute offence under Ss. 304-B and 498-A IPC; in laws living in separate house discharged
Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., allowed a petition filed by in-laws of the deceased (wife) against the order of the trial court
Continue readingMadras HC | Writ petition challenging Sale Certificate issued in proceedings under SARFAESI Act not maintainable
Madras High Court: A Bench of V.K.Tahilramani, CJ and M. Duraiswamy, J. dismissed a writ petition filed under Article 226 seeking to quash
Continue readingJha HC | Mere absence of a ticket with the deceased will not negative claim of being a bonafide passenger, Court reiterates
Jharkhand High Court: The Bench of Dr S.N. Pathak, J., allowed a petition assailing the order and judgment passed by learned Railway
Continue readingPat HC | Bihar Superior Judicial Service Rules: Annual recruitment of Judges is discretionary to some extent
Patna High Court: The Bench of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Anjana Mishra, JJ. dismissed a petition challenging the age requirements for District
Continue readingOri HC | Court should not take cognizance if the act complained of appears to have inseparable nexus with discharge of official duty
Orissa High Court: The Bench of Dr A. K. Mishra, J., allowed a petition filed to quash the order passed taking cognizance
Continue readingP&H HC | Compromise between parties renders continuation of prosecution futile, FIR quashed
Punjab and Haryana High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of Jaishree Thakur, J., under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure
Continue readingKer HC | Bank liable to pay contribution under Employees’ Provident Funds Act, in respect of commission paid to its deposit collectors
Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of K. Surendra Mohan and A.M. Babu, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by a bank and
Continue readingDel HC | Petition to disqualify Sr. Advocate Fali S. Nariman from appearing in SC on expansive interpretation of Explanation to R. 6 of BCI Rules dismissed
Delhi High Court: A Bench of Rajendra Menon, CJ and V. Kameswar Rao, J., dismissed a petition wherein Mathews J. Nedumpara, Advocate and
Continue readingMegh HC | Editor and Publisher of Shillong Times guilty of contempt; to pay a fine of Rs 2 lakhs each or face ban
Meghalaya High Court: A Bench of Mohammad Yaqoob Mir, CJ and S.R. Sen, J. came down heavily on the Editor and the
Continue readingPat HC | Expeditious disposal of criminal case directed where petitioner nearing superannuation
Patna High Court: The Bench of Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J., allowed the writ petition filed with a prayer of expeditious disposal on the
Continue readingMadras HC | “Liquor spoils many families and takes away precious lives; hope Govt. takes measures to bring back prohibition of 1937 to 1971”
Madras High Court: The Bench comprising of N. Kirubakaran, J., in an appeal filed against the judgment and decree of Motor Accidents
Continue readingKer HC | Mere breach of trust or agreement will not amount to a criminal offence under S. 420 IPC
Kerala High Court: The Bench of T.V. Anil Kumar, J., while pronouncing an order quashed the criminal proceedings stating them to be
Continue readingJ&K HC | Lack of medical facilities for ailing petitioner: Consideration for allowing transfer
Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Bench of Ali Mohammad Magrey, J., allowed the writ petition filed seeking a direction to the
Continue readingMadras HC | Periodic transfer of public servants is required to avoid all sorts of familiarity with local public
Madras High Court: S.M. Subramanium, J., dismissed a petition filed against the transfer order of passed against the petitioner, an Assistant Executive Engineer.
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HP HC | Court allows filing appropriate proceedings on account of “technical defect”
Himachal Pradesh High Court: The Bench of Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J., allowed withdrawal of an appeal with the liberty to file a fresh
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Cal HC | Authorised signatory not to be prosecuted under S. 138 NI Act if the company not arraigned as accused
Calcutta High Court: Asha Arora, J., allowed a criminal revision petition filed against the order of conviction and sentence awarded to the petitioners
Continue readingKer HC | Committee for Transplantation of Human Organs – authority empowered to consider issue of transplantation of human organs
Kerala High Court: The Bench of Anu Sivaraman, J. hearing a petition pertaining to kidney transplantation and donation, directed the issue to
Continue readingGau HC | Wife granted alimony under S. 25 HMA in spite of ‘no claim agreement’ with husband
Gauhati High Court: A Bench of A.S. Bopanna, CJ and Sanjay Kumar Medhi, J. dismissed an appeal filed by the appellant-husband against family
Continue readingTri HC | 20-weeks pregnancy of 12-year old rape victim to be terminated in response to necessity created by human emergency
Tripura High Court: S. Talapatra, J., in his own words, departed from Section 3(2)(b) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 and
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