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Amendments that are consequential and do not change the nature of suit, can be allowed at any stage of the suit before the delivery of judgment

Patna High Court: A Single judge bench comprising of Prabhat Kumar Jha, J. while hearing a civil miscellaneous petition held that when

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Section 106 Evidence Act not a substitute for the burden of proof which rests on prosecution; murder accused acquitted holding prosecution case based on presumption: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of S.S. Shinde and A.S. Gadkari, JJ., allowed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment

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“Open, mutual and current account” exists only when there are shifting balances; cash payment simpliciter held not to extend limitation under Section 18, 19 limitation Act: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Valmiki Mehta, J., dismissed a regular first appeal filed under Section 96 of

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Successor-in-title held not to get supervening testamentary rights; person signing as witness not a signatory to document: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of G.S. Patel, J. held a testamentary petition seeking Letters of Administration as entirely

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Improvisation of story by witnesses raises serious doubt on prosecution case; conviction of rape modified; sentence reduced for young first time offender: Tripura HC

Tripura High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Arindam Lodh, J. partly allowed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment of the

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Report filed under Order 7, Rule 14 of Civil Procedure Code, accepted as evidence; impugned order affirmed

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sureshwar Thakur, J., dismissed this petition where an application for production of

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Change of ‘venue’ different from change of ‘seat’ of Arbitration; exercise of jurisdiction under Section 34 A&C Act declined for ‘seat’ being at London: Del HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Navin Chawla, J., declined to exercise jurisdiction in entertaining a petition filed under Section

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Live-in relationship of a lesbian couple is not violative of any law and is not a crime

Kerala High Court: A Division bench comprising of C.K. Abdul Rehim and R. Narayana Pisharadi, JJ. while hearing a habeas corpus petition

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State policy appointing government school teachers on the basis of merit upheld; Students have a right to be taught by meritorious teachers under RTE Act

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of CJ Hemant Gupta and Vijay Kumar Shukla, J. while hearing a batch of

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Supervisory jurisdiction of High Court under Article 227 confined to examining if the lower court has proceeded within its jurisdiction

Karnataka High Court: A Single judge bench comprising of H.G. Ramesh, J. while hearing a civil writ petition against an interlocutory order

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Arbitration clause non-assignable; held, does not devolve on company being separate entity from proprietorship firm: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Pratibha M. Singh, J. allowed an appeal filed by the Government of NCT

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Matter pending investigation for 12 years — Police directed not to arrest accused till completion thereof: Allahabad HC

Allahabad High Court: A petition was filed before a Division Bench comprising of Ramesh Sinha and Dinesh Kumar Singh, JJ., for quashing

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Student not to be deprived of fruits of labour because of unavoidable medical concerns; order granting gold medal upheld: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Hima Kohli and Rekha Palli, JJ., maintained the decision of a Single Judge in

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Criminal proceedings quashed in light of amicable settlement between the parties: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court: A Division Judge Bench comprising of Ranjit More and Bharati H. Dangre, JJ., quashed the criminal proceedings for the

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Kerala HC Full Bench overrules 3-Judge Bench: Absence of fitness certificate to vehicle is a fundamental breach by insured; entitles insurer with right to recovery

Kerala High Court: A Full Bench of Kerala High Court comprising of CJ Hrishikesh Roy P.R. Ramachandra Menon, A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, Anil

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A decision is an authority for what it actually decides: final awards passed, under the Land Acquisition Act, not be reopened casually

Jharkhand High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Shree Chandrashekhar, J., dismissed writ petitions filed against the order of the trial judge,

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NEET qualification not mandatory for admission to AYUSH (UG) courses: Patna High Court

Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J., allowed the application which challenged press communiqué issued by