Madhya Pradesh High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Section 131 of the Income Tax Act allows the income tax authority to investigate and inquire about property, cash, or valuables obtained during an investigation by other law enforcement agencies, even if no income tax case was pending and the authority can conduct an inquiry to ensure that the appropriate income tax has been paid on the possessions.”

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Truth and Reconciliation
Case BriefsSupreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

Calling for a collective understanding of the human rights violations perpetrated both by State and non-State actors, against the people of Kashmir, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul recommended the setting up of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Spa services have a requirement for high quality, best hygiene, safety/security of customers and if unauthorized use of plaintiff’s mark ‘ANGSANA’ is permitted to be used, the same will result in severe erosion of its goodwill.”

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chhattisgarh high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“For the wrong decision taken by a man of weak or frail mentality, another person cannot be blamed as having abetted his committing suicide.”

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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The present case confronts the situation where the father of the minor child had fortunately found his daughter who came back to the fold of his lawful guardianship, but not without facing hardships and stress as he did not know the progress of the case.

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punjab and haryana high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The High Court balanced the right to privacy of police officials with the accused’s right to a fair trial, emphasizing that accessing electronic records crucial for defence did not compromise the former unduly.“

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bombay high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bombay High Court was of the view that “continuation of criminal proceedings against the petitioner would be tantamount to abuse of process of law.”

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patna high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Appellate Authority had allowed the appeal in the case of a different assessee, who had been carrying on the very same work of solid waste disposal in the very same Municipality.”

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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“NewsClick’s plea of financial stringency based on its balance-sheet inspires no confidence as according to the Assessing Officer the accounts have not been properly maintained.”

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Article 370-3
Case BriefsSupreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

The piece delves into Chief Justice DY Chandrachud’s deep analysis of the history of Jammu and Kashmir, how the State did not possess ‘sovereignty’ and temporary status of Article 370 and validity of the Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Act, 2019.

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madras high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Be it in infringement or passing off actions, or in the context of an application for registration and objections being raised on relative grounds – the visual, phonetic and structural similarity between the later and earlier marks will, as in all cases, play a significant role.”

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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Defendants’ act of adopting mark which is structurally and visually nearly identical to that of plaintiff along with a trade dress which is also imitative of that of plaintiff, indicates that defendants have strained every nerve to come as close to plaintiff as possible.”

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Case BriefsSupreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

“The concept of separability or severability of an arbitration agreement from the underlying contract is a legal fiction which acknowledges the separate nature of an arbitration agreement. The separate nature of the arbitration agreement from the underlying contract is one of the cornerstones of arbitration law”

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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Yashoda Super Speciality Hospital & Heart Institute happens to be one of the leading hospitals in Ghaziabad.

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Case BriefsForeign Courts

The Court termed this case to be highly unusual one that draws attention to matters of wider importance and touches the reputation of arbitration as a dispute resolution process.

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calcutta high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Calcutta High Court held that the petitioners, having failed to satisfy the appointing authority, could not claim a right to appointment.

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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Experience has shown that any culture or practice that is ingrained in the society is bound to face some apprehension and resistance by the society when systemic changes are made to it. But with passage of time, it becomes a tool of social change.”

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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Defendants are free to use trade mark “BURGER EMPEROR”/and other “BURGER EMPEROR”/ formative marks and logo/device .”

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madras high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The relationship between the government and the Law Officer is purely a professional relationship and not that of a master and servant

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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Good Samaritan law states that a person who chooses to take steps to aid a person a distress should not be harassed for showing kindness and if in the process the Good Samaritan suffers some injury or fatal consequence, the law must come to his rescue.

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