Conflicting opinions on victim’s right to appeal; matter referred to a larger Bench
Allahabad High Court: Whether the victim in a criminal complaint case against the acquittal order can prefer appeal before the Sessions Judge or
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Even non-reportable judgments can be obtained and published on internet
Gujarat High Court: The Single Bench of R.M. Chhaya, J. has held that a third-party can obtain a copy of even non-reportable judgments,
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Bombay HC grants interim relief to Fair Price shopkeepers for non-collection of Adhar Data, says no document indicates that its part of their duty
Bombay High Court: In a letter dated 21st November, 2016, Tahsildar, Miraj of Sangli district had ordered all the Fair Price Shops
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Framing rules for EWS quota under RTE Act entirely a policy decision, Bombay HC refuses to interfere
Bombay High Court: The Court dealt with a Public Interest Litigation challenging the State Government Resolution of 10th January, 2017. By this resolution,
Continue readingMitigating circumstances must be considered to ascertain the sentence of convict
Delhi High Court: The Court recently in a Criminal Appeal considered the mitigating circumstances to award an appropriate sentence to the accused-appellant. The
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Sindoor And Mangalsutra does not validate a marriage under Hindu Marriage Act
Bombay High Court: Hearing an appeal, a Division Bench comprising of BP Dharmadhikari and Swapna Joshi, JJ held that simply performing two
Continue readingNo regularisation can be claimed if service-span is less than three years
Delhi High Court: In a writ petition under Article 226 before the Delhi High Court, the petitioner sought the relief of continuation as
Continue readingUttar Pradesh PSC’s memorandum increasing reservation for OBC candidates held illegal, State Govt. directed to make reservation based on correct quantifiable data
Allahabad High Court: UP Public Service Commission had issued an advertisement dated 22.10.2013 inviting applications for 6628 vacancies of Subordinate Agriculture Services,
Continue readingProceedings on the same matter in criminal court and departmental enquiry can continue simultaneously
Madhya Pradesh High Court: The petitioner was working as the sub-inspector and it had been alleged that he went into the house of
Continue readingInform debtor before commencing with auction sale of his security, Allahabad HC quashes DRAT order
Allahabad High Court: The petitioner before the Court appealed against the order of Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal. The petitioner was serving in Punjab
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Cooperative Societies are covered under the ambit of RTI Act
Bombay High Court: Jalgaon Jillha Urban Cooperative Banks Association Ltd., Credit Societies and other financial institutions registered under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act
Continue readingOne can’t claim promotion only for the reason that juniors to him have been promoted
Delhi High Court: The petitioner filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking the relief that he is entitled to promotion for
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Consider the strata of society the accused comes from before awarding death sentence and constituting a case as rarest of rare: Calcutta High Court
Calcutta High Court: The Court recently had to decide on a death reference under Section 366 CrPC against the order of conviction
Continue readingMP High Court ordered a Bank to preserve old currency notes, for the same could be evidence in Bribery case
Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Court while dealing with a bribery case ordered the Nationalised Bank concerned to preserve the demonetised currency notes
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Framing rules for EWS quota under RTE Act entirely a policy decision, Bombay HC refuses to interfere
Bombay High Court: The Court dealt with a Public Interest Litigation challenging the State Government Resolution of 10th January, 2017. By this
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Section 8(3) of the Representation of the People Act to be interpreted purposively
Bombay High Court: In a recent case, an application for stay on his conviction by Sessions Court, Pune under Sections 304 and 34
Continue readingRape charges cannot be quashed on mere retraction of prosecutrix’s statement
Delhi High Court: While disposing of a petition filed under Section 482 CrPC, the Single Bench of S.P. Garg, J. held that if
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Bombay HC grants bail to man accused of raping his adoptive daughter, says the victim had abnormal sexual instincts
Bombay High Court: In this case before the High Court, victim was adopted when she was 9 years old by the accused
Continue readingProceedings under Section 174-A IPC can’t be initiated unless accused is declared as proclaimed offender by competent court
Delhi High Court: The Court dealt with an important question of law in criminal proceedings in a case, where the process under
Continue readingStay on CIC order directing payment of compensation for extra detention
Delhi High Court: The Single Bench of Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. has stayed the order of Central Information Commission, whereby, it has directed the
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