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Court not to go into merits of averments at the time of admission of application for amendment of witness statement: Del HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Jayant Nath, J. allowed an application under Order 6 Rule 17 CPC seeking amendment

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Order punishing government employee quashed in light of disciplinary authority’s violation of principle of audi alteram partem

Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J. quashed an office order issued against a delinquent employee

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Animus deserendi is opposite of intention to resume cohabitation, post-separation conduct also to be counted: Bom HC

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of A.A. Sayed and S.C. Gupte, JJ. allowed an appeal filed against the judgment of the

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Parties to a suit must stand on their own legs and prove their specific stand

Jharkhand High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Shree Chandrashekhar, J., dismissed a writ petition filed against the order of the

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Jail inmates who could not get bail for want of legal aid shall be provided the same with immediate effect: Himachal Pradesh HC

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Surya Kant, CJ. and Ajay Mohan Goel, J. disposed of a writ petition

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If an error committed by any authority is timely rectified by it, then no irregularity or illegality can be attributed to it

Orissa High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Dr B.R. Sarangi, J., dismissed a writ petition filed against the notification which had

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Sabarimala| Activist denied anticipatory bail holding her Facebook posts to have the propensity of wounding religious feelings of Ayyappa devotees

Kerala High Court: A Single judge bench comprising of Sunil Thomas, J. dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of activist Rehna Fathima who

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Benefit of any doubt in age of victim to go to accused; age to be taken on higher side of range: Del HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a revision petition filed against the judgment of the trial

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Once appointment has been accepted on a compassionate ground then a consequent demand for a change of position is not available: Chhattisgarh HC

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ajay Kumar Tripathi, CJ. and Parth Prateem Sahu, J. declared that being an informed

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When the only material placed on record was the FIR then inference would be conclusively drawn from the contents of the same: Karnataka HC

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of K.N. Phaneendra, J. declared that apart from FIR if there was an absence

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Sentencing, though discretionary power of Courts, should be proportionate to gravity of the offence

Allahabad High Court: The appellant had filed this jail appeal before a Division Judge Bench comprising of Sudhir Agarwal and Om Prakash-VII,

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An FIR can be quashed only in order to prevent abuse of process of law or to secure the ends of justice

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjay Kumar Gupta, J., dismissed a petition filed under Section 561-A of

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Filing of more than three nomination papers by a candidate in election is not a substantial defect warranting rejection of his nomination: Kerala HC

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of P. Somarajan, J. held that submission of more than three nomination papers by

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Authority empowered to hear a matter under a statutory provision cannot delegate it to another officer if the said provision does not provide for delegation of powers

Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Shivaji Pandey, J. in a civil writ petition held that when an authority

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Promotion cannot be claimed as a matter of right, rather only consideration for promotion to a particular post can be asserted as a right

Jharkhand High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Pramath Patnaik, J., dismissed a writ petition filed by the petitioner, whereby he sought

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Determination of age of the suit property is of no consequence in a title suit praying for injunctive relief: Karnataka HC

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of S.G. Pandit, J. while hearing a petition praying for appointment of Court Commissioner,

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Conviction of an accused based primarily on the testimony of victim, who had not seen him committing the offence, deserves to be set aside

Orissa High Court: A Single Judge Bench of A.K. Sahoo, J., allowed an appeal filed against the order of the trial court,

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Section 110 of the Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 does not vest Gram Kutchery with jurisdiction to decide complicated issues of law and title: Patna HC

Patna High Court: A Division bench comprising of Dr Ravi Ranjan and Madhuresh Prasad, JJ. while hearing a civil writ petition quashed

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Direction requiring advance submission of cross-examination questionnaire under the POCSO Act procedurally improper as it defeats the accused’s right to fair trial

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sunil Thomas, J. set aside the order of Sessions Judge requiring advance submission

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False dowry case filed by daughter-in-law against mother-in-law amounts to abuse of process of the court; FIR against mother-in-law quashed: Karnataka HC

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of K.S Mudagal, J. slammed a daughter-in-law for filing a false case of dowry