High Courts Archives

Court suggests Law Commission to include ‘Irretrievable breakdown of marriage’ in Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act as grounds of divorce

Allahabad High Court: The bench of Pramod Kumar Srivastava, J. held that granting divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage

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Persons convicted for cow slaughter directed to pay Rs. 9000/- each for hurting the religious sentiments of people at large

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Deciding a revision petition filed against the judgment passed by the trial court which held the petitioners

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Technical and procedural arguments cannot be allowed to come in the way of substantial justice

Delhi High Court: While dismissing a writ petition that challenged a Central Information Commission order, a single-judge bench of Manmohan, J., held

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Identity of victim/prosecutrix in sexual assault cases should not be disclosed in judgment

Delhi High Court: The Single Judge Bench of S.P. Garg, J cautioned the lower court Judges that the identity of the victim

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Life insurance claim cannot be denied on the ground that patient refused treatment

Punjab and Haryana High Court: An appeal was filed by the Oriental Insurance Company challenging the order of the lower court which had

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Extraordinary delay in payment of retiral dues held harsh & unconstitutional

Allahabad High Court: Coming down heavily on the State Government for not paying the GPF (General Pension Fund) amount for more than

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Narco analysis test is always to be in the aid of investigation and cannot be accepted as an evidence of a particular fact

Gujarat High Court– Allowing a plea by applicants to undergo lie detector test or narco analysis test, G.B. Shah J, agreed with

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No rebate for Stamp Duty to be paid in another State in case of scheme of arrangement

Bombay High Court: Deciding a case on amalgamation between two companies the Reliance Industries Limited and Reliance Petroleum Limited, Jamnagar the bench

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Dismissal of woman from service for unknowingly marrying a married colleague is too harsh and disproportionate a punishment

Allahabad High Court: Deciding a petition where a woman police constable was dismissed from service and deprived of all consequential benefits for

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Excellence in sports cannot be scientifically ascertained and necessarily entails discretion

Delhi High Court: A Single Bench of Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J., while relying upon Punjabi University v. Union of India, 2011 SCC

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Conviction modified from Section 302 IPC to Section 304 (II) IPC for the accused who raped an 8 year old girl(deceased)

Calcutta High Court: While dealing with a death reference the Court cancelled the death sentence

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All Government buildings in the State to have Rainwater Harvesting Structures, ordered

Jharkhand High Court: While hearing a PIL seeking cleaning of water bodies and reservoirs to deal with the water crisis across the

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Requirement of father’s name of applicant not mandatory for issuing passport, mother’s name sufficient

Delhi High Court: Allowing the petition wherein the petitioner had sought reissuance of her daughter’s passport without insisting upon the father’s name

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State Government directed to set up State Coordination Committee in order to decide granting benefit of child care leave

Bombay High Court: While deciding a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution

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Annual income of parents for admission of their wards under RTE fixed at Rs 2.5 lakh for OBC, SBC

Rajasthan High Court: While disposing off a public interest litigation filed by Abhyutthanam Society for ensuring effective implementation of the Right of

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Appeal against decree in partition suit languishing for 30 years, heard by 75 Judges, termed unfortunate

Delhi High Court: Disposing of an appeal filed in 1985 against a judgment and decree in a partition suit, the Court observed

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State Government directed to provide financial assistance to Rajasthan Agriculture University for payment of pension as 25 retired employees died due to non-payment of pension

Rajasthan High Court: The Court while disposing off a writ petition filed by Pensioners’ Welfare Samiti of the Swami Keshvanand Rajasthan Agricultural

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Report of Probation officer to be called before granting probation under Section 4(2) of Probation of Offenders Act

Bombay High Court: Deciding an appeal against the sentence awarded by the trial court on ground of its inadequacy, a single judge

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Ban sought on “celebratory firing”, notice issued on PIL

Delhi High Court: A public interest litigation has been filed by a poor tea vendor praying for a ban on “celebratory firing”