Orissa High Court
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It was contended that construction of vending zone adjacent to the northern side of the boundary wall of the 2nd campus of Madhusudan Law University would cause road congestion leading to traffic problems, water logging, noise and other pollution.

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woman civil judge past govt service
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court emphasised on the necessity of women’s participation in the judiciary and said that country will greatly benefit from a judicial force that is competent, committed and most importantly, diverse.

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Bombay High Court
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The expenses incurred by the applicant, Mumbai Port, relate to the expenses for preservation of the vessels which were assets of the Company, GOL Offshore Ltd., incurred during the winding up proceedings.

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teacher appointment West Bengal Municipal Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993 was enacted in order to consolidate the laws relating to urban Municipal Affairs in West Bengal. The West Bengal Municipal Employees’ (Recruitment) Rules, 2005 was introduced by the State Government in exercise of powers conferred under Section 417 read with Section 54(4) of the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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“The scale of this deceit is symptomatic of systemic abuse, where absence is weaponised and legal safeguards are routinely undermined. These offences not only impact the personal and financial security of the victims but also have cascading effects on public trust in the real estate ecosystem, and ultimately, the economic stability of the State.”

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Rajasthan High Court
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“A girl’s health condition… should not hinder her access to education merely because that of her hemoglobin was found to be below the prescribed level because of heavy menstrual bleeding.”

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Delhi High Court
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The present petition is filed by petitioner, who provides services for packing of two-wheelers, parcels, and passenger luggage with optional door pickup and delivery at Visakhapatnam Railway Station, seeking extension of his license period for seven months.

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bail application adjourned 27 occasions
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“In matters of personal liberty, the High Courts are not expected to keep the matter pending for such a long time and do nothing, except for adjourning from time to time”.

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Delhi High Court
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“Section 330(3) of CrPC mandates the Court to carefully consider the nature of the act committed, assess the degree of the mental condition, seek medical opinion, and then, only upon being satisfied, release the accused with adequate safeguards or refer him to a designated facility equipped to provide necessary care and rehabilitation.”

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Supreme Court POCSO convict
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“This year, as the nation commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Constitution on 26th January, it was recalled that the Constitution envisioned the State as a welfare state, guaranteeing social and economic justice to all citizens. Yet, in this case, there had been a profound failure to provide both social and economic justice to the victim. The facts revealed a failure of the very concept of the welfare state.”

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National Company Law Appellate Tribunal
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The Resolution Plan has been approved by 83.46% voting share of the CoC, therefore, at the instance of Appellant, approval of Resolution Plan cannot be allowed to be questioned.”

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Bombay High Court
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Under Clause XVII of the Letters Patent, this Court has power and authority with respect to the person and estate of infants, idiots, and lunatics within the Bombay Presidency.

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Calcutta High Court
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The interaction of patent laws and ethics is an uncomfortable relationship and has always produced difficulties. In such circumstances, section 3(b) ought not to be interpreted to deal with all subjective concerns of morality, public order or health regardless of any scientific or technical evidence or any cogent reasoning.

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National Green Tribunal
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“Construction of a religious structure is the most usual mode adopted by the land mafia for grabbing public lands/public parks by making illegal encroachments and unauthorized constructions with ulterior motives by misusing faith, playing with sentiments… for serving camouflaged personal objectives.”

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Rajasthan High Court
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“A name is the first gift most of us receive from our parents. It becomes the foundation of our legal, social and emotional identity. To name someone is to recognize their presence in the world and to be nameless, in many ways, is to be invisible. Names reflect who we are and where we came from.”

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Delhi High Court
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“When individuals, driven by financial inducement or otherwise, seek to breach this trust by serving as conduits to foreign agencies, amounts to an act not only of grave criminality but of betrayal to the nation.”

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Delhi High Court
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“Burden of proof, in any enquiry or trial, keeps on shifting and the moment the averments made in the claim petition were deposed on oath by the respondent in her evidence, it was for the Management to have rebutted and disproved the same.”

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Supreme Court National Highways encroachments
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“It is the obligation of the Central Government to maintain the National Highways. The maintenance of highways includes the obligation to keep them in good condition. It also includes keeping them free of encroachments and, most importantly, providing adequate safety measures to reduce the possibility of accidents.”

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Delhi High Court
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The victim was about 16 years old at the time of the incident; and today she is about 27 years old and is making a living as a lab technician in a hospital. Her left eye is evidently fully damaged.

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permanent adjudicatory forum consumer disputes
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The essence of consumerism is embedded within the Constitution, there is absolutely no reason to fill up the Consumer fora with tenure based offices for the Staff, Members and Presidents”.

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