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Delay in raising industrial dispute is not a ground for rejection of claim

Himachal Pradesh High Court: While deciding on the issue of rejection of claim on the ground of inordinate delay and laches in

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Mere Criticism is not Seditious

Bombay High Court: In a major relief to cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, a bench comprising of Mohit Shah, CJ and N.M. Jamdar,

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“Look out circular” issued against Priya Pillai, quashed

Delhi High Court: While quashing the “Look out circular”(LOC) issued against Miss Priya Parameswaran Pillai (Petitioner), a civil right activists who works

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Government’s decision to deny advertisement to an accredited newspaper on the ground of political consideration is “bad in law”

Calcutta High Court: On a petition filed by Ganashakti, an accredited newspaper, which was denied Government advertisements on the ground that it

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Concern expressed over callous attitude of Police in dealing with honour killing cases

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Expressing concern over the rising number of “honour killing” cases in the States of Punjab and Haryana

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Sections 85 (2) (b) and 85 (3) (a) of Trade Marks Act, 1999 declared unconstitutional

Madras High Court: In a petition filed for the scrutiny of Section 85 of Trade Marks Act, 1999 dealing with the qualification

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Petition concerning constitution of National Court of Appeal dismissed

Madras High Court: While dismissing a petition with regard to the setting up of National Court of Appeal as suggested by the

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Upper age limit of 20 years prescribed by Dr. RMLNLU for appearing in CLAT-15 is quashed by Court

Allahabad High Court: Allowing a writ petition by a bunch of law students for quashing the notice/advertisement issued by “Dr. Ram Manohar

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Implementation of beef ban stayed till publication in Official Gazette

Bombay High Court: Granting interim relief to beef traders, a division bench comprising of VM Kanade and AR Joshi, JJ stayed their

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Interpretation of word ‘sasuralwale’ to include ‘husband’ in case of dowry death

Chhattisgarh High Court: While holding that the word ‘sasuralwale’ includes husband and relatives of husband normally residing under same roof, a bench

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Adults have the liberty to choose their partners for marriage according to their will

Kerala High Court: In a yet another case, where young couple were receiving threats after the disclosure of their love and intention

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Live in relationships comes under the purview of Section 376 IPC

Delhi High Court: While dismissing the public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to keep the cases of live-in-relationships out of the purview of

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CLAT organisers directed to accept the applications of aspirants who have crossed the prescribed age limit

Rajasthan High Court: In a PIL filed by the first year students of NLSIU, Bangalore, where it was prayed that several students

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Punishment under Section 494 IPC for bigamy is applicable on all citizens whether they are Hindu/ Muslim/Christian

Kerala High Court: On a petition filed by a public spirited person before this Court challenging that the provisions of Section 494

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Guidelines issued to the State Government to control the spread of “Swine flu”

Allahabad High Court: Speaking on the unsatisfactory state of affairs relating to prevention and medical treatment available for “Swine Flu” which has

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Death penalty to the accused confirmed for raping and killing a 13 year old girl

Bombay High Court: In a recent judgment, a bench comprising of VK Tahilramani and IK Jain, JJ has confirmed the death penalty

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Person responsible for posting objectionable comments on social networking site set at liberty

Chhattisgarh High Court: In a yet another case related to posting of objectionable comments on the social networking site, a division bench

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Court upheld 10 years imprisonment awarded to the accused for committing rape, on the sole testimony of 5 years old victim

Delhi High Court: In an another horrifying incident of rape, where a 5 year old girl was subjected to rape by the

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Governor’s order to grant pardon to a convict of life term is not illegal

Chhattisgarh High Court: Dealing as to whether a convict who is undergoing an imprisonment of life term can be released from jail