Bombay High Court
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“Investigation cannot be permitted to linger on for years, keeping the investors in the lurch, not knowing what is the outcome of the case.”

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Orissa High Court
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The State Officials/police personnel have been directed to strictly follow the SOP formulated by the State Government on ‘Arrest of and Interaction with Members of Armed Forces in Police Stations’, and to circulate the same in Odia language to all the police stations and the police outposts of the State.

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Gujarat High Court
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“In the CID raid, it was discovered that Bhupendrasinh had created several firms and opened bank accounts in their names, but only two of the firms were registered. He had also issued cheques worth Rs 62 Lakhs in the name of his driver.”

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Delhi High Court
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Wipro Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. had registered its well-known trade mark “WIPRO” and its formative trade marks in various classes under the Trade Marks Act, 1999.

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Andhra Pradesh High Court
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For the purpose of awarding compensation, there should be the causal relationship between the use of the motor vehicle and the accident resulting in death or permanent disablement, but the same is not required to be direct and proximate.

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Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
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“Even a single day’s delay in grant of bail to a person who is otherwise entitled to it amounts to violation of his fundamental right to life and liberty.”

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Bombay High Court
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“Such inter se discrimination between resignation simplicitor (on health grounds) and resignation for joining another CPSE, even though a similar Scheme is not available, in fact is clearly discriminatory, and has no nexus with the object sought to be achieved.”

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Orissa High Court
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“The role of a writ court to interfere with the discretionary power of the appointing authority is necessarily limited. This discretion, however, must be exercised judiciously, with due regard to the principles of fairness, proportionality, and the objectives of public service. The authority retains the prerogative to evaluate a candidate’s fitness/ including instances of prior criminal antecedents or suppression of information.”

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Reliance Infratel Financial Creditors
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Noting that hypothecation means the process of using an asset as collateral for a loan. It acts as a protection to the lender when the borrower does not repay the loan, the Supreme Court highlighted that the name of the document is not a decisive factor. Only because the title of the document contains the word hypothecation, it cannot be concluded that guarantee is not a part of this document.

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Kerala High Court
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Disaster Management Act mandates the State Government to take necessary measures for disaster management, which includes both immediate relief and long-term recovery efforts.

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Sikkim High Court
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The Governor’s failure to consult the Commission as envisaged in Rule 10 of Sikkim Government Servants’ (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1985, while passing the order modifying the penalty, alone would not change the nature of the case.

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Jharkhand High Court
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‘Liberty of a citizen of the country must be kept at the highest pedestal and there must be impeccable evidence to curtail the same.’

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OREAT
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OREAT held that completion certificates issued by registered architects or engineers as permitted by BDA as per Section 20 of the ODA Act in respect of projects completed prior to the commencement of the RERA Act would not be invalid as that would render all the projects in Odisha, which have received completion certificates from the registered architects or engineers in the pre-RERA period, ongoing, on the date of commencement of the RERA Act and consequently require their registration.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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The Court ensured that participation in the examination would not interfere with the petitioners’ existing rights.

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Delhi High Court
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The continuous acts of infringement by Movie World Visual Media Private Limited are resulting in serious reputational loss and undermining the economic interest of Saregama India Limited vis-a-vis other licensees who have acquired proper license for valuable consideration of Saregama’s copyrighted works.

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Conditioned gift
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“Although Section 127 of TPA permits an onerous gift but a gift which is conditioned upon perpetual rendering of services without any remuneration would amount to a “begar” or forced labour, even slavery and therefore it is not just wrong or illegal but even unconstitutional, being violative of fundamental rights of the donees.”

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Kerala High Court
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‘Pappanji’ typically refers to a large effigy, often constructed as part of local New Year or cultural celebrations in Kerala, particularly in places like Kochi. The effigy, often representing an exaggerated figure or caricature, is burned as a symbolic gesture to mark the end of the old year and to usher in the new one.

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Kerala High Court
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“It merits notice that the phraseology used in Section 273B of the IT Act is such that no penalty can be imposed on an assessee under Section 271B for breach of the provisions, if he proves that there was ‘reasonable cause’ for the said failure.”

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CESTAT
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The assessee-appellant contended that they acted on principal-to-principal with both the customers (shipper) and the shipping line/airline. A freight forwarder may act as principal and raise invoice to the exporter on his own account, providing transportation of goods and is not acting as “intermediary”.

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Orissa High Court
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The Court relied on Vidya Drolia v. Durga Trading Corpn., (2019) 20 SCC 406., wherein it was held that a claim for infringement of copyright against a particular person is arbitrable, though in some manner the arbitrator would examine the right to copyright, a right in rem.

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