Delhi High Court
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The direction given by the Sole Arbitrator to exclude the period from 31-03-2015 to 31-03-2017 for calculation of pre-litigation interest was contrary to the express terms in the Agreement made between the parties.

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Orissa High Court
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“While the guideline aims to protect judicial officers from unwarranted harassment, it does not eliminate the possibility of addressing genuine issues faced by individuals or communities due to the actions of a judicial officer. The High Court retains the responsibility to ascertain the authenticity of the complaints and take appropriate action based on verified facts.”

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Supreme Court
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Supreme Court clarified that if there is any attempt by the parties to obstruct the revenue authorities or the local police from complying with our directions, suitable action will be taken against them.

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detention orders under COFEPOSA
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The question of law which revolved around right of making representation being seriously jeopardized as detenus were supplied with various documents as parts of relied upon documents (‘RUDs’) which are illegible, incomplete and not readable violating Article 22 (5) of the Constitution of India read with Section 3 (3) of COFEPOSA Act, was kept open.

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Chhattisgarh High Court
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If the Government servant has been terminated without adhering to Article 311 of the Constitution, then in such a case the provisions cannot be interpreted in favour of the State to deprive the employee of his legitimate claim.

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Madras High Court
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“We are not restricting Thirukural to Tamil Nadu alone but at the same time, we do not want to open the Pandoras box, that will lead to complete chaos. Hence, we are not entertaining the Writ Petition.”

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Privity of Contract
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Delhi Court dismissed suit filed seeking recovery of money paid for an Australia Tour for 63 people cancelled due to COVID-19 Lockdown citing lack of privity of contract.

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cause of delay condonation of delay plea supreme court
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If negligence can be attributed to the appellant, then necessarily the delay which has not been condoned by the Tribunal and affirmed by the High Court deserves to be accepted. However, if no fault can be laid at the doors of the appellant and cause shown is sufficient then we are of the view that both the Tribunal and the High Court were in error in not adopting a liberal approach”.

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Bombay High Court
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As petitioner filed reply to the show cause notice and had already questioned the appointment of KPMG as Forensic Auditor and the Report, he is free to pursue the matter before SEBI in accordance with law.

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Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
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“Communication means imparting to the petitioner sufficient and effective knowledge of the facts and circumstances on which the order of detention is passed and such communication in such language which the petitioner understands.”

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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The reason for the cancellation of the petitioner’s result was “failure in biometric” whereas the respondent-board admitted that the petitioner had allergic/fungal infection in his hands. Such reasoning given by the respondent-board is absolutely unsustainable and rather obnoxious in nature.

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Delhi High Court
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V. Vijaya Sai Reddy was a sitting member of Rajya Sabha and the baseless allegations made in the impugned videos and posts had the potential of adversely affecting his political career and reputation which had been built carefully over the years.

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Allahabad High Court
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The proceedings under S. 33 of Stamp Act will be initiated and not under S. 47-A if gift deed requires for payment of stamp duty.

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Bombay High Court
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No justification was offered for inordinate and insensitive delay and not paying any compensation for almost 36 years. Such conduct amounts to virtual expropriation of a citizen’s property without the authority of law and without paying any compensation and violates Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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The petitioner’s wife informed the Court that she had left the petitioner’s house in 2006 due to his merciless beatings of her and their sons and the petitioner is fully aware of the reasons for her departure.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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In the competitive examinations, the candidates work hard and make their best efforts to secure good marks. Therefore, only because of the date of issuance of degree/certificate, they should not be denied appointment as these were only procedural delays/lapses.

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Rajasthan High Court
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The Court directed that the petitioner’s parole will be cancelled if he is involved in any offence or if any report of misconduct is lodged against him during the parole period.

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Bombay High Court
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Though petitioner’s parents have supported her sister’s decision to stay with Respondent 1 and his daughters due to her state of depression after losing her husband and daughter in the accident, this cannot be a consideration for this Court to consider that petitioner’s sister is the biological mother of petitioner’s daughters merely because she is the egg donor.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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“Possibility cannot be ruled out, as per the prevalent practice, persons involved in mining or excavation stone etc. tend to expand the area of operation and in that spree, licensee tends to excavate the sand or other minerals beyond the prescribed limit.”

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Telangana High Court
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The taxpayer is nowhere distinguished between NRIs and Indian Citizens. The notice issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 must comply with the requirement of the Scheme whether or not the taxpayer is NRI/Indian Citizen.

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