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Anticipatory bail granted in light of petitioner being a first time offender

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of B. Sudheendra Kumar, J. decided a bail application, wherein the petitioner was granted

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Maximum period of 90 days to file a written statement as prescribed under CPC is to be extended only in exceptional cases

Hyderabad High Court: A revision petition filed against the order of the Principal Junior Civil Judge whereby he rejected the I.A filed

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Illegal detention of a corpus is a sine qua non for issuance of writ of habeas corpus

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A writ of habeas corpus filed for producing the wife of Petitioner 2 was dismissed by a Division

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Nothing other than “death sentence” is the punishment for gruesome murder of a child only to satisfy lust

Madhya Pradesh High Court: While dismissing the appeals filed in regard to the commitment of heinous crime of gang rape and murder,

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Government is entitled to regulate advertisement of condoms

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench comprising of G.K. Vyas and G.R. Moolchandani, JJ. declined to quash the Advisory issued by the

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Petitioner cannot escape liability to pay ‘requisite travelling expenditure’ even if respondent travels by air

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Raghvendra S. Chauhan, J. decided a writ petition filed under Articles 226 and

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Appeal dismissed on finding no basis for interfering with the order given by DIG, CRPF

Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Ajay Kumar Tripathi and Nilu Agrawal, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed for the wrong exercise

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Delay in disposal of cases cannot be solely attributed to one advocate

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Vineet Kothari, J. decided a batch of writ petitions filed under Articles 226

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Witnesses turning hostile common in criminal cases is not a ground for letting accused go scot free in presence of other supporting evidence

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising of Sunil Gaur and Pratibha M. Singh JJ., dismissed an

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Gujarat HC issues notice to Union & State Govt over constitutionality of National & State GST Appellate Tribunals

Gujarat High Court: The Court heard a petition filed by two Chartered Accountants, challenging the constitutionality of the National and State/ Regional

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Police Manual is a registered government publication

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ranjit More and Sadhana S. Jadhav, JJ. held that Police Manual is a government

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Bail granted in light of ‘love’ between accused and victim

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sreenivas Harish Kumar, J. decided a criminal petition, wherein the Court released the

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Criminal proceedings quashed in light of effective mediation exercise between parties

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of P. Somarajan, J. decided an application filed under Section 482 CrPC, wherein the

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Provisions of Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 applied for forfeiture of earnest money deposit for auction of movable and immovable property

Calcutta High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Debangsu Basak, J. decided a writ petition in which the forfeiture of earnest

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Anticipatory bail granted in light of petitioner being a first time offender

Maximum period of 90 days to file a written statement as prescribed under CPC is to be extended only in exceptional cases

Illegal detention of a corpus is a sine qua non for issuance of writ of habeas corpus

Nothing other than “death sentence” is the punishment for gruesome murder of a child only to satisfy lust

Government is entitled to regulate advertisement of condoms

Petitioner cannot escape liability to pay ‘requisite travelling expenditure’ even if respondent travels by air

Appeal dismissed on finding no basis for interfering with the order given by DIG, CRPF

Delay in disposal of cases cannot be solely attributed to one advocate

Witnesses turning hostile common in criminal cases is not a ground for letting accused go scot free in presence of other supporting evidence

Gujarat HC issues notice to Union & State Govt over constitutionality of National & State GST Appellate Tribunals

Police Manual is a registered government publication

Bail granted in light of ‘love’ between accused and victim

Criminal proceedings quashed in light of effective mediation exercise between parties

Provisions of Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 applied for forfeiture of earnest money deposit for auction of movable and immovable property

An accused doesn’t have a right to prove his innocence at the stage of framing of charges

Purpose of framing issues is to enable parties to lead evidence so as to prove or disprove facts

Consideration for grant of parole is whether prisoner is likely to relapse into crime if released

Sections 25 and 26 of Evidence Act must be strictly construed

Govt which is to provide reservation under Article 15(4) is also entitled to provide the percentage thereof

Criteria for cancellation of bail are entirely different from criteria for refusal of bail