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Prosecution case quashed on finding no scientific material to show that liquid consumed was ‘liquor’: Kerala HC

Kerala High Court: The Single Judge Bench comprising of P. Ubaid J., addressed a petition seeking quashing of the prosecution under Section

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Calcutta HC issues directions as ‘standard operating procedure’ for investigation and prosecution of crime

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ravi Krishan Kapur and Joymalya Bagchi JJ., issued directions in a case involving commercial

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Punishment awarded in the case of ‘drunken driving’ under Section 185 MV Act for repeated offence, upheld: Hyderabad HC

Hyderabad High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of P.Keshava Rao J., decided in a criminal revision case that drunken driving is

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Authorities cannot insist on disclosure of father’s name for the purpose of child’s ‘Birth Certificate’: Madras HC

Madras High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of M.S. Ramesh, J. addressing a Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the

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Criminal case compounded as the offence alleged was not ‘stricto sensu’ against the State

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A criminal revision petition filed under Section 320 read with Section 482 CrPC for compounding the criminal case

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Mere severance of relation or separation without desertion not sufficient ground for divorce

Chhattisgarh High Court: An appeal filed challenging the decision of the District Judge whereby he dismissed appellant’s petition filed under Section 13

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Judicial time consumed set at naught, YouTube to pay Rs 50,000 per hearing as costs

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Nazmi Waziri, J. while dismissing an appeal as withdrawn, directed YouTube LLC to

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Murder convict acquitted in light of his suffering from ‘Paranoid Schizophrenia’

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of B.R. Gavai and Sarang V. Kotwal, JJ. allowed an appeal filed against the order

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Estimation of husband’s income is permissible while granting maintenance pendente lite under Section 24 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench comprising of M.M.S. Bedi and Anupinder Singh Grewal, JJ. allowed an application filed by

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NEET UG 2018 | Merit cannot be defeated on technical grounds: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Siddharth Mridul J., addressed a petition concerning a NEET UG, 2018 candidate, aggrieved

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Penalty under Section 271(1)(c) of Income Tax Act is not automatic, intentional wrongdoing by the assessee has to be established

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ravindra Bhat and A.K. Chawla, JJ. dismissed Revenue’s appeal holding that Income Tax Appellate

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Condonation of delay rejected due to ‘lackadaisical approach’ of the applicant

Sikkim High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Meenakshi Madan Rai, Acting CJ. dismissed an application for condonation of 115 days’

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Clear mens rea to commit the offence is a sine qua non for conviction under Section 306 IPC

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of P.N. Deshmukh and M.G. Giratkar, JJ. allowed an application for quashing an FIR lodged

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Presumption of innocence is a fundamental postulate of criminal jurisprudence

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sandeep Sharma, J. allowed a petition filed under Section 438 CrPC holding

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A private person has no locus to pursue an application under Section 311 CrPC

Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Ashwini Kumar Singh, J. dismissed an application filed under Section 482 CrPC against

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Payment of entire amount of maintenance awarded before filing an appeal thereagainst is not mandatory

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Vipin Sanghi and P.S. Teji, JJ. dismissed the petition filed by the wife against

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Ocular evidence is to be disbelieved where the medical evidence rules out possibility of it being true

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Rajendra Kumar Srivastava and S.K. Gangele, JJ. allowed the appeal and acquitted the

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Gauhati HC advices petitioner to file complaint against the ‘erring lawyer’

Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ujjal Bhuyan and Rumi Kumari Phukan, JJ. allowed a writ petition seeking to quash

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Retiree has a right to get retiral benefits within a reasonable period of three months

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Jaspal Singh, J. directed the State to compensate the petitioner by

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Entire animal kingdom declared ‘living persons’; citizens ‘persons in loco parentis’: Uttaranchal HC

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Rajiv Sharma and Lok Pal Singh, JJ. while deciding a pro bono publico petition,