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Advertisement for late Jagjit Singh “live in concert” held misleading and in breach of intellectual property & privacy rights

Delhi High Court: Chitra Jagjit Singh, wife of ghazal maestro late Jagjit Singh moved the application in High Court against the organiser-defendants

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IPRS forthwith restrained from granting any licence/receiving licence fee in respect of Chitra Singh & Jagjit Singh’s works

Delhi High Court: The issue in contention was the Jagjit Singh concert being organised by Defendants 2 and 3 in New Delhi

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Widow of the deceased employee, only on account of her subsequent remarriage, cannot be precluded from receiving compensation so determined by the Commissioner

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Deciding on an appeal wherein the issue arose as to whether in the absence of lodging of any claim,

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All civil disputes are, by definition, arbitrable except those that are specifically excluded

Bombay High Court: The present Notice of Motion is the Defendant No. 1’s Application under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation

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State Government directed to pay compensation in case of detention even after order of release

Chhattisgarh High Court: The Bench of Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. awarded a compensation of Rs 50,000 each to the petitioners, who were

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Obscene act in private place will be no offence

Bombay High Court: Quashing an FIR against men who were arrested from a party, a bench comprising of Naresh H Patil and

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Mental Health Centres directed not to place patients with suicidal/behavioural problems in the nude in solitary confinement

Kerala High Court: Observing that the right to life is the right to live with dignity which applies equally to those of

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Directions issued to the Tamil Nadu Government to create Special Cells to tackle the growing menace of honour killings in the State

Madras High Court: Raising concerns over the rising cases of honour killing, the Bench of V. Ramasubramanian, J., issued directions in order

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‘Rule of law’ cannot be administered if Courts are boycotted and prevented from functioning properly

Tripura High Court: Taking suo motu cognizance of the disturbances created by the respondent by not allowing the Additional and District Sessions

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Accused cannot be subjected to narcoanalysis, polygraph and BEAP tests against his will & consent

Chhattisgarh High Court: Deciding the question as to the legal permissibility of narcoanalysis, polygraph test (lie detector) and BEAP (Brain Electrical Activation

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Contracting second marriage without the permission of the Central Government even if permissible under the personal law, amounts to misconduct

Tripura High Court– Deciding on a writ petition directed against the order of a court of inquiry whereby the petitioner had been

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No Rebate/Remission for Stamp duty paid in another State in case of Scheme of Arrangement

Bombay High Court: While discussing the scheme of stamp duty pertaining to the chargeability of instruments, the Court held that in case

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Directions issued to all Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal to be strictly implemented from 1.08.2016

Madras High Court– Disposing of an appeal wherein the quantum of compensation awarded by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, (Subordinate Judge) was

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Practitioners of Indian Systems of Medicine cannot prescribe allopathic medicines

Delhi High Court: While discussing the plea filed by Delhi Medical Association the Court put an end to the age old debate

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Government directed to ensure effective implementation of National Health Mission by opening blood banks and free medicine counter in every district

Sikkim High Court: While exercising its civil extra ordinary jurisdiction, the Court entertained a writ petition seeking effective implementation of the National

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Subsequent purchaser can be allowed to be impleaded as a party

Patna High Court:Challenging the order of the lower court rejecting the impleadment of the petitioner as a party in terms of Order

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Delhi State Government directed to grant admission to children of HIV affected couple in government school

Delhi High Court: While dealing with a matter related to a writ petition filed by a couple suffering from HIV positive, the

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Prescribing dress code for devotees is akin to imposition of personal values over the society by way of judgments, therefore impermissible

Madras High Court: Dismissing and disapproving the order laid down by the Single Judge Bench in Rasu v. The Superintendent of Police,

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Resort to strong arm tactics to recover loans strongly deprecated as unethical & opposed to public policy

Kerala High Court: While considering an appeal filed by a recovery agent against a nationalised bank for payment of commission towards a

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Selection of candidate does not clothe with him the right to public employment

Delhi High Court: While disposing of an appeal relating to faults in the recruitment process the Court held that, the selection of