Garbage Processing Plant Pune Municipal Corporation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In 2019, Sus Road Baner Vikas Manch, preferred an application before the NGT, Western Zone, seeking to restrain Noble Exchange Environment Solution from operating the GPP, since the same had been established without following the procedure prescribed by law.

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Madras High Court
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If the power is given to do a certain thing in a certain way, the thing must be done in that way.

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Delhi High Court
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A mother is sought to be prosecuted for delay in reporting of sexual offences on a child by her own husband, despite the fact that the mother herself was allegedly subject to severe abuse, sexual and otherwise, in her matrimonial home.

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Bombay High Court
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The Court remanded the matter back to the Children’s Court, directed the Sessions Court/POCSO Court to handover the charge sheet to the Children’s Court and the case registered before the Children’s Court was thus restored.

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Rajasthan High Court
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“The absence of any progress, despite the charge sheet being filed in 2014, raises serious concerns about the administration of justice. Such delay undermines the legal principle that justice delayed is justice denied.”

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Gujarat High Court
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In the case at hand, no settlement was arrived at between the parties and the matter was disposed of in the Lok Adalat by exercising the power under Section 256 of CrPC.

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Rajasthan High Court
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The Court held that the petitioner’s case is not covered by the expression “proceedings in respect of an offence alleged to have been committed by the applicant are pending before a criminal Court in India”.

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bulldozer action
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“The said direction would not be applicable if there is an unauthorized structure in any public place and also to cases where there is an order for demolition made by a Court.”

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CESTAT
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All the activities rendered by the appellant are undertaken during hosting the cricket matches alone and if there were no cricket matches played, then all these services become irrelevant.

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Search under Section 30(1) of PNDT Act 1994
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Pointing out that if the law requires a particular thing to be done in a particular manner, the same shall be done in that manner only, the Court held that decision to authorise search must be a decision of the Appropriate Authority as a whole.

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National Company Law Tribunal
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NCLT held that the Resolution Professional followed the principles of Natural Justice and considered relevant documents, therefore, the Personal Insolvency Resolution Process should be initiated.

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Karnataka High Court
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On 5-9-2017, Gauri Lankesh, a journalist and a progressive thinker, was found dead in her house. Suspecting foul play, her sister filed an FIR against unknown persons.

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Delhi High Court
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It is not necessary for a registered owner of a trademark to proceed against all entities using similar marks in order to proceed against any one of them. There may be a myriad reasons why a proprietor of a registered trademark may refrain from proceeding against entities that it considers are using infringing marks.

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FSI Compensation
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“A duty is cast on the State to pay compensation to the land losers as otherwise there would be a breach of Article 300-A of the Constitution.”

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Himachal Pradesh High Court
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No doubt, offence alleged to have been committed by the petitioner-accused is of heinous nature, but guilt, if any, of the petitioner is yet to be established on record by leading cogent and convincing evidence.

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Madras High Court
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“Failure in complying with the Tamil Nadu Suspension of Sentence Rules, 1982 regarding adherence of time limit contemplated is to be construed as lapse, dereliction of duty or negligence, as the case may be and appropriate disciplinary actions are to be initiated against the Officials, who all are responsible for such misconduct”

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Himachal Pradesh High Court
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Election petition discloses all material facts as are required to be disclosed in law. No material fact upon which the petitioner relies, be it positive or negative, has been concealed in the petition. Law does not obligate the petitioner to project respondent’s case in his petition.

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Karnataka High Court
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Considering the contention to read down R. 2(b)(ii) of Karnataka Civil Services (Appointment on Compassionate Grounds) (Amendment) Rules, 2021, the Court pointed out that who all can lay a claim for compassionate appointment, is a matter of public policy that falls within the domain of the lawmaker, and Courts being the legislature’s coordinate branch, cannot run a race of opinions.

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Delhi High Court
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‘The right to a fair hearing encompasses not only the opportunity to be heard but also the right to know the reasons for any adverse decision.’

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Delhi High Court
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The petitioner who is aspiring to join the Indian Air Force as a Pilot, having applied for the said post pursuant to the advertisement issued on 17-05-2023.

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