Naresh Mhaske's 2024 Lok Sabha victory
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bombay High Court concluded that Naresh Ganpat Mhaske was not legally obligated to disclose a conviction for a criminal offence, especially when such conviction had not resulted in imprisonment for one year or more. Consequently, the Court found that the election petition did not disclose a valid cause of action.

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Abhishek Bachchan Personality Rights
Case BriefsHigh Courts

This order is in line with the 9-9-2025 order favoring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who had filed a similar petition seeking identical reliefs.

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Alimony not intended to penalize husband or wife
Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘This Court treats it very seriously and condemns the conduct of the husband as on one hand, he has shown his bona fide intent to take care of his two daughters, who are aged about seventeen and twelve years respectively but on the other hand he did not disclose his income in figure.’

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MBA students debarment
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court noted that showing remorse or seeking forgiveness is no ground for being sympathetic to students using Unfair Means if the punishment imposed is proportionate to the alleged misconduct. However, rustication would have been appropriate.

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woman aware of marital status not exploited
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It cannot be held that the complainant had been compelled into a sexual relationship on the false pretext of marriage, particularly when she herself continued to meet the petitioner and maintain sexual relations with him even after becoming aware that he had contracted another marriage”

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additional evidence in appeal
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The case was pending before the Magistrate for almost 10 years, but during that entire period, the petitioner did not make any effort to examine the allottee as a witness. This clearly showed lack of due diligence by the petitioner during the trial before the Magistrate.

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Insulting National Flag
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Any person who is directly or indirectly involved in maligning the image of our country (India) and the National flag in any manner is hazardous to society, hence such persons are not liable for any sympathetic consideration.”

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Brij Bhushan's letters
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The journalists stated that summoning order is an unreasoned order as all the aspects of the case including the relevant law has not been considered while passing the same by the Magistrate concerned.

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Investigation against Shah Rukh
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Actors Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone are Brand Ambassadors of the Hyundai having no connection with the sale of vehicle in question and do not deal with affairs of Company of consumer complaints for repairing of manufacturing defects.

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Bail not cancelled for exemption from hearing dates
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Instead of cancelling the bail on account of his non-appearance, the Court ought to have exempted his personal appearance with a direction to appear on the next date when the case was adjourned for arguments on the application under Section 239 CrPC and the punitive order of cancellation of bail could, thus, have been avoided.”

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Domicile-Based Reservation
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The petitioner contended that the Chhattisgarh Medical Post Graduate Admission Rules, 2021, worked in a way that would amount to 100 per cent reservation to candidates who got MBBS degree from Chhattisgarh or belonged to Chhattisgarh.

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Collateral relatives FIR in matrimonial disputes
Case BriefsHigh Courts

It is well known that in complaints of these kinds sometimes even neighbours or match-makers are indicted and as such to hold that this kind of FIR were to be accepted, to exclude any person from public employment, would be a travesty of justice.

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Swatantrata Sainik Pension
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Union of India had rejected the claim over unsustainable reasons despite being reminded time and again, by law, of their obligations and their pronouncements for the faith of the freedom fighters.”

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Dilapidated Police Quarters
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The news report stated that the Police quarters, which were 34 years old, were dilapidated, however, no action had been taken for the affected families.

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kin-relative bail surety condition
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Bail is the rule, but jail is the exception and an accused should be presumed to be innocent until proven guilty at the trial.”

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Pune serial blast
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The prosecution had examined only 27 witnesses by 11-8-2025 out of 170 witnesses cited by it. Thus, the possibility of concluding of the trial in the near future appeared remote while the accused had already served more than a decade in prison.”

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Nominee doesn't receive benefits in own capacity
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Merely because a person has been made a nominee, he would not receive the benefits in his own personal and individual capacity, but he would receive it as a trustee with liability to return the amount to those in whose favour the law creates a beneficial interest. The nominee will be governed by the law of succession.”

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demand notice by District Mining Officer
Case BriefsHigh Courts

If the administrative authority is calling upon the party concerned to explain the accusation of commission of any irregularity, then if the explanation is furnished, it is a bounded duty of the administrative authority to take decision on consideration of such explanation.

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insurance claim by TATA AIG to widow
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court stated that IIFL and TATA AIG entered into internal business arrangement where IIFL, virtually acted as an insurance agent of TATA AIG while selling the policy to its borrower. The present case does not involve voluntary application by the insured for insurance policy.

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