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MP High Court decides not to opt for reformative methods in a brutal murder case

Madhya Pradesh High Court, Jabalpur: The High Court recently dealt with a criminal appeal preferred by the accused being aggrieved by the

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Adherence to rule of equality in public employment is a basic feature of our Constitution

High Court of Jammu and Kashmir: A Division Bench comprising of Ramalingam Sudhakar, J. and M.K. Hanjura, J. recently addressed a petition which

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Evidence of interested witnesses is to be scrutinized with care, cannot be rejected merely on the ground of being partisan evidence

High Court of Himachal Pradesh: While deciding a revision petition filed under Sections 397 and 401 of CrPC, a Single Judge Bench

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Bail is granted not because of parity in provisions, but by looking at various other factors including gravity of offences

High Court of Judicature at Madras: A Division Bench comprising of Rajiv Shakdher, J. and N. Sathish Kumar, J. addressed a petition

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Kerala HC allows application for re-enrolment of Advocate post retirement from government service

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Dama Seshadri Naidu, J. heard a petition dealing with the issue of re-enrolment

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Not much reliance can be placed on statement of complainant under S. 161 CrPC if name of the accused is missing in FIR

High Court of Himachal Pradesh: While deciding a criminal petition filed under Section 439 of CrPC, a Single Judge Bench comprising of

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Customers in a brothel house are not offenders under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956

Karnataka High Court: A criminal petition was filed under Section 482 CrPC to quash the proceedings in a criminal case filed under

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Evidence led by child witness if found reliable, can’t be dismissed merely on the ground that the same was made by a child

Uttaranchal High Court: The Court recently addressed a criminal petition in which the appellant had appealed against his conviction by trial court

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Benefit of acquittal of one accused is extendable to co-accused if the allegations are inseparable in nature

Karnataka High Court: While deciding a writ petition filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution, a Single Judge Bench comprising

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Supervisory jurisdiction of High Court under Art. 227 is limited and narrow

Allahabad High Court: The Court recently dismissed a revision petition assailing the order of Addl. District Judge noting that in supervisory jurisdiction

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Delhi HC declares Louboutin’s ‘Red Sole’ as a trademark

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Mukta Gupta, J. declared the French designer Christian Louboutin’s ‘red sole’ shoes as

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Employee holding a post, be it contractual or tenure, has no right to ask for automatic extension

Calcutta High Court: While dismissing a writ petition filed for the extension of employment period by the respondents, the Bench of Sambuddha Chakrabarti,

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Students holding degrees as private candidates through Open University Scheme allowed admission to Law courses

Karnataka High Court: While deciding a batch of writ appeals filed under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, a Division

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Kerala HC prohibits publications seeking kidney donations even if they do not establish any commercial arrangement

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of K. Vinod Chandran, J. heard a batch of writ petitions dealing with permission

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MP High Court: No alteration in date of birth allowed at the fag end of the service

High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur: The Court recently addressed a petition for altering the date of birth of petitioner from 1956

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‘Death’ must have nexus with FIR: A pre-requisite for FIR to be admissible as evidence after ‘death of first informant’

Gujarat High Court: The order being passed by J.B. Pardiwala, J., for application filed under Article 227 of the Constitution by the

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‘Prior notice’ is a necessity before impleading a person as an additional accused under S. 319 CrPC

Karnataka High Court: While deciding a criminal petition filed under Section 482 CrPC, a Single Judge Bench comprising of K.N. Phaneendra, J.

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Confidentiality is the essence of mediation proceedings

Delhi High Court: While deciding the instant review petition wherein the issue was raised that whether the either parties during the trial

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Calcutta HC issues directions for proper conduct of investigation, so that crime does not remain undetected

Calcutta High Court: A Bench comprising of Joymalya Bagchi and Rajarshi Bharadwaj, JJ. issued directions for conducting of investigation and/or trial involving cases

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Court cannot take away the right of specified statute limitation for any investigation

Calcutta High Court: The Bench of Siddhartha Chattopadhyay,J. rejected a revisional application by holding that, if a statute specifies a maximum period