Madras High Court
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Madras High Court viewed that the Union must confirm that the process has been commenced with a clean slate to receive suggestions and objections regarding the proposal to ban the import of ferocious dogs.

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appeal as an indigent for enhanced compensation
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The Court allowed the ‘indigent woman’ to file an appeal as an ‘indigent person’, as her indigency was not extinguished by the compensation awarded, for she did not actually receive the money at the time of filing the appeal.

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Sikkim High Court
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Sikkim High Court opined that the prosecution’s case was established beyond all reasonable doubt following which they found no reason to differ from the findings of the Trial Court

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Sikkim High Court
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The Court noted that the appellant had accepted the award of all other claims except the one disputed, therefore they could not seek the setting aside of only the disputed claims as it would amount to seeking modification of the Award.

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Delhi High Court
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Upon reviewing the photographs, it remained uncertain whether the wife is indeed depicted, as suggested by the husband’s counsel on charges of adultery. Given the prevalence of deepfakes, the husband will need to substantiate this claim with concrete evidence before the Family Court.

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Delhi High Court
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Keeping in view the rules of natural justice, fair trial and criminal jurisprudence, the accused will be entitled to supply of those additional documents which may be filed against the co-accused with whom he has been alleged to have conspired with and as stated above, to additionally address arguments on charge on the basis of such additional material directly involving his role in the conspiracy.

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Patna High Court
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The Court opined that both the contract teachers and the guest teachers are discharging same duties as they are teaching students in schools and thus, there is no difference between the contract teachers and the guest teachers.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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Petitioner stated that he had not filed any such or similar petition for quashing before the present Court or the Supreme Court. However, the Court noted that the petitioner had earlier filed the present petition on 01-04-2024 and the present petition was filed on 17-05-2024.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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The Court stated that applicant’s inclusion of specific dress details not related to the actual incident suggests an intent to attribute the incident to a particular group, potentially inciting enmity and disrupting harmony.

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Cases Reported in HCC
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(2023) 2 HCC (Bom) Labour Law — Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — S. 25-O (2) — Closure of Undertaking — Whether contractual

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Bombay High Court
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The petitioners submitted that the film “Hamare Baarah” portrays lives of married Muslim women to have no independent rights as individuals in society owing to “Aayat 223”, a verse in the Quran which in his view is entirely wrong and a misreading of the verse.

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Delhi High Court
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The clear ineligibility to any unilateral appointment is set out in Section 12 of the Arbitration Act read with the Seventh Schedule of the Act. After the 2015 Amendment to the Act came into effect, any unilateral appointment would be contrary to the law.

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Calcutta High Court
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“Instances of post-poll violence are not unprecedented in this State. After the last Bidhan Sabha election, the entire nation witnessed unprecedented post-poll violence within the State.”

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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The MP High Court provided compensation of Rs 50 lakh under Mukhyamantri COVID -19 Yoddha Kalyan Yojna and also imposed a cost of Rs. 1 lakh for unnecessary harassment.

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Sikkim High Court
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Relying on UN Krishnamurthy v. AM Krishnamurthy, the Court stated that the appellant failed to indicate willingness to perform their part of the transaction, as they neither showed nor proved the availability of sufficient funds required to make the payments per the contract

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Madras High Court
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“The function of the Bar Council is to ensure that the livelihood of these lawyers is protected by fixing minimum stipend to be paid in the event of engaging the services of the junior lawyers, who have enrolled.”

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Allahabad High Court
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“In the light of law laid down by the Courts, change of counsel cannot be a ground to file amendment application bypassing the rigorous conditions of due diligence. In fact, to meet out any mistake, no advantage can be given to litigant due to change of counsel.”

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Bail to PFI Members
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“We are conscious of the legal position that we should be we are slow in interfering with the order when the bail has been granted by the High Court, however it is equally well settled that if such order of granting bail is found to be illegal and perverse, it must be set aside.”

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Karnataka High Court
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The murder convict’s wife filed the petition seeking parole for her husband on the ground that they got married on 11-04-2023 and that she was deprived of her right of progeny.

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Delhi High Court
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When the Court suggested it was not inclined to entertain the writ petition due to territorial jurisdiction, the petitioner’s counsel sought permission to withdraw the petitions. The Court granted this request, allowing the petitioner to take appropriate legal steps.

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