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Delhi High Court orders takedown of fake sites offering jobs at Zepto; Grants interim injunction in trade mark dispute

The defendants were operating several websites and applications to trick the general public into believing that they were representatives/associates of Zepto and so as to scam them into paying for fake job opportunities with Zepto

Congress MLA's plea against BJP MLA's defection

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Madhya Pradesh HC rejects plea of Congress MLA Umang Singhar against Speaker’s inaction on BJP MLA Nirmla Sapre’s defection

“Umang Singhar has failed to establish that a legal right claimed by him has prima facie been infringed or is threatened to be infringed by the respondents within the territorial limits of this Bench.”

quashes law allowing Panchayat member term in office

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‘Creates confusion, absurdity and anomaly’; Manipur High Court quashes law allowing Panchayat members to continue in office beyond 5 years

The amendment in Section 22(3) of Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 created dual governing bodies for the same office by extending the tenure of Panchayat members to an indefinite period, when elections cannot be held within time.

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‘TNPPDL Act doesn’t cover private land’; Madras HC quashes charges in Mahatma Gandhi statue damage incident at school

“The Trial Court, shall not act like a post master that receives the final report from the Police and blindly proceed to frame charges on the premise that the final report would be perfect in all respects.”

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‘City should not be brought to a standstill’: Bombay HC directs Maratha reservation protestors to vacate streets

The Court questioned whether these protesters would clean up the streets, vacate them, go back home and let peace and let the tranquility prevail in Mumbai, so that the common man can lead a normal life?

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Court can implead husband’s paramour and seek mobile location of spouse in adultery cases: Delhi High Court

By allowing production of documents directly pertinent to the issues in dispute, the Court ensured the wife’s access to necessary evidence, while avoiding unnecessary intrusion into unrelated financial matters. Such a calibrated approach aligns with the principle of proportionality and prevents the discovery process from becoming a fishing expedition.

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Bombay High Court dismisses Jagruk Nagrik Sanghatana’s PIL alleging health hazards from telecommunication (mobile) towers

The Court further noted that the new statutory framework under Telecommunications Act, 2023 and Telecommunications (Right of Way) Rules, 2024, now governs the installation, operation and maintenance of telecommunication towers.

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Can Section 91 CrPC be invoked to compel an accused to produce incriminating material? Calcutta High Court examines

The Court observed that issuance of summons to produce a document against a person asking him to produce a document does not ipso facto makes the said person as a witness however, it would be highly unjust if the word ‘person’ used in Section 91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is presumed to include an accused.

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‘Stigma of rape should not be on the victim but the perpetrator’; Delhi HC refuses to quash FIR in POCSO case; Imposes Rs 10,000 as costs

“There has to be paradigm shift in societal mindset by attaching stigma to the accused and not to the girl who underwent the horrid suffering by way of rape.”

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‘No longer in times when discrimination can be made between male and female’; Delhi High Court directs woman’s appointment to vacant IAF post

The distinction between male and female has, in the present time, been reduced to nothing more than a chance chromosomal circumstance, and ascribing, to it, any greater relevance would be illogical as well as anachronistic.

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‘Centre should have granted relief, rather than raising objection for delay’: P&H HC dismisses plea challenging war injury pension to 1971 Indo-Pak war soldier

The solider was not aware of the benefit of war injury pension, but the petitioners very well knew that the solider suffered an injury in war and is entitled to such benefit but still did not grant the said benefit and rather expected such solider to revert back, to claim the said benefit.

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‘Jethani not part of same family unless residence and kitchen are shared’; Allahabad HC quashes order cancelling Anganbari Worker’s appointment

Allahabad HC directed the District Programme Officer to reinstate the petitioner as Anganbari Worker to discharge her duties and to pay her salary month by month.

Habeas Corpus not substitute in custody disputes

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‘Writ of Habeas Corpus not substitute for meticulous determination of custody disputes’: P&H HC refrains from imposing costs on mother

‘The extraordinary jurisdiction of a writ Court should be invoked when the foundational jurisdictional fact of child being in illegal custody is demonstrably established or such exercise of jurisdiction is warranted by welfare of the child.’

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‘Lack of seriousness by Railways’; Chhattisgarh HC takes suo motu cognizance of lack of financial assistance to electrocuted contract worker

Noting the Union’s plea for some time to respond, the Court opined that such a plea reflected a lack of seriousness on the part of the Railways, particularly when the victim was admitted in hospital and struggling for his life.

special treatment of VIPs at Mahakaleshwar Mandir

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‘Writ Court can’t decide who is VIP, it’s competent authority’s discretion’; MP HC rejects plea against special treatment given to VIPs at Mahakaleshwar Mandir

“On a particular day, looking to the status of the person, the Collector shall be the competent authority to treat him as a VIP for the purpose of offering water to the deity. There is no permanent list or protocol published by the Managing Committee of the VIP persons.”

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Delhi High Court suspends trial Court judge, initiates disciplinary proceedings

Justice Sanjeev Kumar has been placed in suspension following a disciplinary proceeding.

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The Hindu and ETV Bharat Contempt case dropped: J&K and Ladakh HC cautions media against scandalizing judiciary

“Any news, in respect of Courts and its working, made with a motive of degrading the judicial institution or lowering its prestige in the eyes of general public, eroded the public trust in the Courts and must be viewed as an ill-motivated interference in the administration of justice.”

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Andhra Pradesh HC directs Police to facilitate Viswa Hindu Parishad to carry out Vinayaka (Ganpati) procession on requested route

The Court suggested the Police to install cameras on the route on which the procession had to be carried on in order to keep an eye on trouble mongers.

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“Bail is the rule and jail the exception”: Delhi High Court grants bail in cheating case citing 9-month custody and lack of incriminating evidence

Delhi High Court observed that one of the primary objects of bail was to secure the presence of the accused during trial. The accused has been in custody since 7-11-2024, has cooperated throughout the investigation, and there is nothing to suggest that he would abscond, interfere with evidence, or influence witnesses.

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Former IPS Officer Amitabh Thakur challenges constitutionality of Section 16 CEC Act 2023, before Allahabad High Court

Section 16 provides immunity to the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners from being prosecuted for any act, thing or word, committed, done or spoken by him when, or in the course of acting or purporting to act in the discharge of his official duty/ function.