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“One lapse on the part of the State is all it took to generate this litigation, impacting multitudes of job aspirants in the State of Madhya Pradesh. The lapse was the amendment of an existing service rule on 17-02-2020 which was recalled thereafter on 20-12-2021, restoring the rule to its original position, but in the interregnum that amended rule was applied to an ongoing recruitment process.”

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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Madhya Pradesh High Court held that non-inclusion of Professors/Head of the Department in selection committee amounts to violating the mandate of Madhya Pradesh Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita Avam Sanchar Vishwavidyalaya Adhiniyam, 1990.

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Jharkhand High Court
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The Court opined that radiological age of the victim has been assessed to be eighteen years and from the tenor of her cross-examination, it is apparent that she has wilfully left the house of her father and accompanied appellant to various places.

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Supreme Court
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In the previous order, Supreme Court directed for reserving some of the posts in the Executive Committee of SCBA for women members of the Bar.

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Orissa High Court
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“Mere dealing in cryptocurrency cannot be treated as illegal.

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Bombay High Court
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Section 142 of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act, 1949 empowers the Collector to close a place where any intoxicant is sold but, the exercise of such power ought to be guided by Section 135-C of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

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Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
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The Court opined that this was a clear case where based on evidence collected by the Investigating Officer, respondent may, be held responsible for the deceased’s suicide, yet it cannot be said that the suicide committed by the deceased was abetted by the respondent.

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Allahabad High Court
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“The Court set aside the impugned summoning order and the criminal proceedings against the wife under Section 494 IPC. However, the Court did not quash the criminal proceedings initiated against the wife under Sections 504, 506 IPC.”

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Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
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“In other words, a detenue may be able to make an effective representation if the details of the facts, on the basis of which conclusion is drawn by the detaining authority, are furnished to him”.

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Bombay High Court
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The committee of the Society has to remove, from the register of its members, names of persons who stand disqualified under the provisions of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960

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Leave to Remain Art. 8 European Convention on Human Rights UK SC
Case BriefsForeign Courts

In the instant case, the Court noted that the respondent’s own conduct thwarting the attempts by the Home Secretary to remove him to Belarus should be considered as a highly material factor for the purposes of the relevant proportionality analysis under Art. 8 of ECHR.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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Madhya Pradesh High Court stated that the petitioner, being an educational institution, is governed by specific laws and regulations concerning service conditions, which was not adequately considered by the Labour Court.

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Belated claims of Homebuyers in Jaypee Infratech
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“The issue of notice will not come in the way of execution or implementation of the resolution plan and the allotment of the unit to the appellant, if made, will be subject to the outcome of the present appeal.”

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Rajasthan High Court
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Rajasthan High Court held that the present case falls under the category of cases of non-application of mind by the competent authority while rejecting the application for permanent parole.

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Meghalaya High Court
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“A case involving love affair and unfortunately, the male member was made as a scapegoat to undergo imprisonment for the mistakes committed by the two. It is no doubt true that the offence under POCSO Act, 2012 has been made out to impose punishment on the accused, while the so-called victim girl is leading a happy life.”

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Allahabad High Court
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“The commission formed under Article 340 of the Constitution which was headed by G. Rohini, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, to examine the issue of sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes. It proposed a four-category formula for the equitable redistribution of the 27% quota for Other Backward Classes.”

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Centre to make necessary changes to S. 498-A
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“The Police cannot be utilised for the purpose of holding the husband at ransom so that he could be squeezed by the wife at the instigation of her parents or relatives or friends and in all cases, where wife complains of harassment or ill-treatment, Section 498-A of the IPC cannot be applied mechanically.”

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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Madhya Pradesh High Court held that under Section 375 of IPC any sexual intercourse or sexual act by the husband with his wife not below the age of fifteen years is not a rape, therefore, absence of consent of wife for unnatural act loses its importance.

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Delhi High Court
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The Court opined that it is faced with a situation where it has to balance the interest of the State and the Country on the one hand, and the longing of an accused to see his parents, who are unable to travel to Delhi.

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Madras High Court
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“The roads are carrying beyond their capacity. It can also be seen that all these routes are meddling/interfering with the elephant corridors. And In view of traffic jams, vehicles are stranded in the roads cutting across forests, the animals are worst affected. It causes irreparable damage to the environment.”

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