Gauhati High Court
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The foreigner had been arrested in 2020 and convicted in 2021 for entering into India without any valid travel document. However, despite completing his sentence his detention continued.

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Senior Advocate Designation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The point-based process deserves deletion in exercise of powers reserved in paragraph 74 of Indira Jaising-1. When we do this, it will not amount to a review or recall of the decisions. After finding that the point-based assessment is not workable, we will be failing in our duty if we fail to do what we are expected to do.”

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Allahabad High Court
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“It goes without saying that as per Official notification dated 25-08-1993 relaxation under Section 6 (2) (f) of the Passport Act, 1967 applies to only those persons who produce orders from the Court concerned permitting them to depart India, otherwise, the rigour of refusing issuance of passport would follow consequently”

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Bombay High Court
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Around December 2021, when the applicant decided to go public by floating an IPO that the defendant commenced use of the name METBRANDS and until that time, the defendant was operating and offering goods and services under the name ‘METRENDS’.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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“The armed forces… reflecting integrity, industry, discipline, sacrifice, selflessness, character, honour and indomitable courage… has been targeted by Mr. Vijay Shah who has used the language of the gutters against Col. Sofia Quraishi.”

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Misuse of Section 498A IPC
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The term “cruelty” is subject to rather cruel misuse by the parties, and cannot be established simpliciter without specific instances, to say the least. The tendency of roping these sections, without mentioning any specific dates, time or incident, weakens the case of the prosecutions, and casts serious suspicion on the viability of the version of a Complainant.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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On 01-05-2025, allegedly, Punjab forcibly took control of the operations and management of the Bhakhra Nangal Dam and Lohand Control Room Water Regulation Offices by deploying a large number of police personnel with the ultimate object of forcibly preventing the Bhakra Beas Management Board from releasing water to Haryana.

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Delhi High Court
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Special Public Prosecutor submitted that there are 194 intercepted calls, revealing incriminating conversation involving the petitioner in negotiations and distribution of illegal gains. Thus, a larger conspiracy is to be unearthed, for which the custodial interrogation is needed.

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Delhi High Court
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The Courts should exercise restraint in the grant of pre-arrest bail in NDPS cases, however, in the absence of any direct recovery from the applicants and considering that the investigation is already complete, no purpose would be served by subjecting the applicants to incarceration.

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Employees' Compensation Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“A careful reading of the provisions clearly demonstrates that if more than one injury is caused in the same accident the amount of compensation payable under the Act shall be aggregated, but not to the extent of such aggregation exceeding the amount which would have been payable if permanent total disablement had resulted from the injuries.”

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Himachal Pradesh High Court
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The Court directed the Doctor to deposit the bond money to the authorities since he had signed a bond stating that he would serve the State for 7 years upon the completion of his education, failing which he would have to deposit the default amount of Rs. 60 Lakhs with interest.

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Allahabad High Court
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Allahabad High Court directed the standing counsel to file a counter affidavit within four weeks. A rejoinder affidavit, if any, was permitted to be filed within two weeks thereafter.

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Dismissal of suit
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court was considering an appeal appeal against an order of the High Court dismissing the suit while considering an application for an injunction.

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Bombay High Court
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“To prove an offence under Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, a particular community shall be targeted, or a particular member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe shall be targeted.”

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14-year-old murder case acquittal
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In this 14-year-old cold-blooded case, the deceased was hacked to death in front of his own son. During the trial, 71 out of 87 witnesses turned hostile including the relevant ones, thereby leading to the collapse of the prosecution case before Trial Court.

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Section 319 CrPC
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“If the allegations are true, telling a physically challenged man that he and his family should die, and doing so in the immediate aftermath of a grievous acid attack, is not banter. Sensitivity to the social context, where honour and shame weigh heavily, was called for. The offence, no doubt, will have to be established at the trial.”

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Rajasthan High Court
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“Process of law should not be allowed to be misused by a litigant to satisfy his personal grudges and oblique considerations to settle personal scores.”

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Bombay High Court
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Clause 11.3 of the UGC Regulations, 2018 castes an obligation on the institution concerned to issue a confirmation order to the incumbent within 45 days of completion of the probation period after following the due process of verification of satisfactory performance.

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Gujarat High Court
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The Court noted that Narayan attempted to bribe government officials and had a poor conduct in jail due to which he was punished several times. Additionally, cases had been registered against his disciples for threatening or assaulting the witnesses.

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Delhi High Court
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In the present case, a social media influencer-Defendant 3, was the owner of Instagram handle “@hustlewithhritik”, and uploaded the reel titled “Never Use Dettol in your Skin” featuring the offending portion of the impugned podcast.

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