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Dismissal of latecomer Judge upheld, enquiry not essential to discharge probationer

Bombay High Court: Dismissing an appeal against the order of a probation committee, a Bench comprising of RM Savant and SV Kotwal,

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Under Section 125 CrPC, it is to be seen whether husband neglected the wife and refused to maintain her

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of K.N. Phaneendra, J., dismissed a petition preferred against the Order passed by the

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Injunction against the use of trademark vacated in light of bona fide use of surname

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of L. Narayana Swamy, J. dismissed a miscellaneous first appeal while vacating the injunction

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Recognition of Madrassa has nothing to do with provincialisation of services of its employees

Gauhati High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Ajit Singh, C.J., addressed an intra court appeal in regard to the provincialisation

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Collector directed to exercise discretion under Section 14B of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act

Bombay High Court: A writ petition filed against the decision of the Collector was allowed holding that the Collector ought to have

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Petitioner allowed to participate in recruitment process to fulfill mandate of free basic education

Allahabad High Court: The Single Judge Bench of Ashwani Kumar Mishra, J. allowed a writ appeal and directed the respondents to allow

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Petition to re-evaluate Bihar Public Service Commission Common Combined Competitive Exam (Mains) answer scripts rejected

Patna High Court: The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) conducts the CCCE to fill a number of state government positions. The notification

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Bail denied in light of suppression of facts

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of H.B. Prabhakara Sastry, J. decided a criminal petition filed under Section 439 of

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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