Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The yardstick to be applied in cases where the appointment sought relates to a Law Enforcement Agency, ought to be much more stringent than those applied to a routine vacancy.”

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

The tests laid down in Ajay Hasia v. Khalid Mujib Sehravardi, (1981) 1 SCC 722 were not fulfilled, hence, the Association is not ‘State’ within Article 12.

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Based on facts, the Supreme Court said that gunshots fired indiscriminately could be said to be a criminal act done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all.

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the case at hand, the husband’s contradictory statements about his employment and dependency on others for income created doubt about his actual income, led to affirmation of maintenance order.

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Merely because the condition imposed by the Court as per law is causing inconvenience to the petitioner, it can neither become a ground for deletion of the condition nor it can be said that the same amounts to violation of her fundamental right to travel abroad.

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The prosecution failed to establish the misbranding of the “Red Label Natural Care Tea” beyond a reasonable doubt as the report of the public analyst, was not adequately proven.

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“The child has not only been totally alienated, but has also been used as a weapon against the father. Nothing can be more painful for a parent to see the child drifting away and being totally against the father.”

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“The person who works in any field if his right hand suffered deformity that will definitely affect inconvenience, hardship, discomfort, frustration and mental stress in his life.”

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“The satisfaction of the authorities based on conduct must precede action for prevention based on subjective satisfaction.”

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repealed provisions of FERA
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“A Statute cannot be interpreted in such a manner that any provision thereof is rendered otiose.”

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The World Cup matches form an important and integral part of the events over which the ICC exercises rights which have been licensed to Star India Private Limited. An injunction is called for in the present matter as these are one-day international matches and any delay in blocking the rogue websites would, result in considerable pecuniary loss and result in irreparable violation of the Broadcast reproduction rights.

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“Section 34 confers power on the court to set aside an award, the power could be exercised to set aside any or all such awards, whether composite, interim, final or additional”

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The different eligibility conditions prescribed by different institutions under the same Board are not comprehensible as it keeps out large number of eligible candidates.”

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claim under employees compensation act 1923
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Supreme Court settled that the legislative intent was not there to exclude its members or their heirs from the benefits of compensation payable under the 1923 Act or the 1989 Act.

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

“As per Clause 31.16 of Letter of Intent between parties, place of arbitration was Faridabad (Haryana), which will be chosen as the seat, since seat has not been separately named and there are no other contrary indicia to show that place of arbitration is not intended to be seat of arbitration.”

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The Calcutta High Court deleted the name of one of the claimants who had passed away, and condoned the delay in filing the appeal.

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“A toll-free telephone number and committed phone number shall be included in the display so that whenever or wherever a threat of sexual harassment is perceived by a woman, the same can be immediately reported to for seeking protection”.

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The Court is not meant to act as a Court of first appeal and cannot supplant its view over that of the Arbitral Tribunal.

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vacancy from selected candidate's resignation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

A candidate who had secured the merit rank in 2007 in higher judicial service recruitment examination was seeking appointment to the post, alleging that the post cannot be kept vacant in arbitrary manner once a selected candidate resigns from post.

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In the instant matter of cheque bounce, on the date of presentation of the cheque, the company which allegedly issued the cheque was no more existence.

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