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Blacklisting for 3 years from participating in tender reduced to 18 months on balancing of circumstances: Madhya Pradesh HC

Madhya Pradesh High Court: This petition was filed before a Single Judge Bench of Atul Sreedharan, J., against the order passed by

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‘Right to begin’ under Order 18 Rule 1 CPC can be given to defendant under certain circumstances

Orissa High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of A.K. Rath, J., dismissed the petition under Article 227 of the Constitution which

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Absence of eye witnesses on record shall be weighed above circumstantial evidence presented before the Court

Patna High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ajay Kumar Tripathi and Vinod Kumar Sinha, JJ. declared that there were no reasons

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Gujarat State Waqf Board directed to consider removing encroachments from ‘Kabrastan’ as per Section 54 of the Waqf Act, 1995

Gujarat High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Vipul M. Pancholi, J. directed the respondents to look into the directions prayed

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FIR under Section 498-A IPC against mother-in-law and sisters-in-law quashed for being abuse of process of law

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of P.N. Deshmukh and Swapna Joshi, JJ. partly allowed an application filed under Section 482

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Authorities instructed to act with sensitivity by providing immediate access to emergency facilities to poor people

Tripura High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Sanjay Karol, CJ and Arindam Lodh, J. instructed the respondent against the insensitivity shown

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Court cannot suggest for ‘alternative witness’ assuming original witness may not be readily available

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of R.K. Gauba, J. directed partial retrial of a case while disposing of an appeal filed

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Families cannot be removed from BPL list on ground of admitting their children in private school

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Sanjay Karol, ACJ and Ajay Mohan Goel, J. declared that studying in private

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‘Child prodigy’ allowed to take part in counselling for BAMS course even when age criteria prescribed in prospectus not fulfilled

Madras High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of T. Raja, J. disposed of a writ petition by allowing a ‘child prodigy’

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Non-aggrieved party has no reason to question the acts wherein he did not suffer as a consequence thereof: Uttaranchal HC

Uttaranchal High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. dismissed a petition finding no anomaly in the matter. The

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Kerala HC gives detailed directions, appoints ‘Team of Observers’ to check unlawful activity and police excess in Sabarimala

“Peaceful darsan is of paramount importance” Kerala High Court: A Division Bench comprising of P.R. Ramachandra Menon and N. Anil Kumar, JJ.

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Replacing a daily wage worker with another worker without any justification: An act vexed with arbitrariness and unreasonableness

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjeev Kumar, J., allowed a writ petition filed by the petitioner seeking

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Claim for lack of time wherein a candidate contending for the post of a constable was required to run 5 km in 25 min was declared baseless by the Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Arun Bhansali, J. dismissed a plea against the grant of inadequate time to

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Recovery Proceedings| Primary forum (DRT) being in Ernakulam, Kerala HC has supervisory jurisdiction over DRAT, Chennai

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Dama Seshadri Naidu, J. while hearing an original petition in a debt recovery

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Court demands State’s assurance as to the safe custody of children handed over to guardians by State-owned ashrams: Uttaranchal HC

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ. and Alok Singh, J. directed the respondent to make sure that

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Sinister act of wife seeking remedy through PIL to foster personal vendetta against husband not in public interest: Karnataka HC

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Dinesh Maheshwari, CJ and S. Sujatha, JJ. dismissed a PIL and condemned the act

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Conjugal Visit– Parole granted to life convict |Man is a social animal, he needs a family as well as a society to live in|

Madras High Court: A Division Bench comprising of C.T. Selvam and S. Ramathilagam, JJ. ordered parole of two weeks to a life-convict in

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Blacklisting for 3 years from participating in tender reduced to 18 months on balancing of circumstances: Madhya Pradesh HC

‘Right to begin’ under Order 18 Rule 1 CPC can be given to defendant under certain circumstances

Absence of eye witnesses on record shall be weighed above circumstantial evidence presented before the Court

Gujarat State Waqf Board directed to consider removing encroachments from ‘Kabrastan’ as per Section 54 of the Waqf Act, 1995

FIR under Section 498-A IPC against mother-in-law and sisters-in-law quashed for being abuse of process of law

Authorities instructed to act with sensitivity by providing immediate access to emergency facilities to poor people

Court cannot suggest for ‘alternative witness’ assuming original witness may not be readily available

Families cannot be removed from BPL list on ground of admitting their children in private school

‘Child prodigy’ allowed to take part in counselling for BAMS course even when age criteria prescribed in prospectus not fulfilled

Non-aggrieved party has no reason to question the acts wherein he did not suffer as a consequence thereof: Uttaranchal HC

Kerala HC gives detailed directions, appoints ‘Team of Observers’ to check unlawful activity and police excess in Sabarimala

Replacing a daily wage worker with another worker without any justification: An act vexed with arbitrariness and unreasonableness

Claim for lack of time wherein a candidate contending for the post of a constable was required to run 5 km in 25 min was declared baseless by the Rajasthan HC

Recovery Proceedings| Primary forum (DRT) being in Ernakulam, Kerala HC has supervisory jurisdiction over DRAT, Chennai

Court demands State’s assurance as to the safe custody of children handed over to guardians by State-owned ashrams: Uttaranchal HC

Sinister act of wife seeking remedy through PIL to foster personal vendetta against husband not in public interest: Karnataka HC

Conjugal Visit– Parole granted to life convict |Man is a social animal, he needs a family as well as a society to live in|

Delayed and unclear FIR renders the allegations vague and nebulous: Himachal Pradesh HC

Mustard oil does not come under the ambit of ‘agricultural produce’ and thus Cess cannot be levied on it: Gauhati HC

Scope of interference by a writ court in decision of a lower forum — limited to the extent of assessing