delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Director of Shakti Shalini Shelter Home is directed to provide counselling session to the missing person. It is further directed that parents of missing person shall also be counselled to prepare them to accept their child’s wishes.”

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translation of charge sheet
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court clarified that if the accused and his advocate are non- conversant with the language, the question of providing translation may arise because the accused must get a fair opportunity to defend himself by understanding the material against him in the charge sheet.

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maternity benefits
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The expression “discharge” is of wide import, and it would include “discharge on conclusion of the contractual period”.”

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calcutta high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Calcutta High Court set aside impugned order due to the lack of evidence for subletting and the non-maintainability of the suit.

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grant of remission
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“If the view of the Presiding Judge, based on the judicial record, is mechanically followed, then the discretion of the executive empowered with execution of the sentence, would be denuded of its content”.

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dying declaration
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“It is just not enough for the court to say that the dying declaration is reliable, as the accused is named in the dying declaration as the assailant.”

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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“ It is ironic that the petitioner being appointed with the Juvenile Justice Board, is hired to protect the interest and welfare of the children who may be suffering at the hands of criminal justice system, however, is not able to secure the benefits that are necessary for the best interest and welfare of her own child.”

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bombay high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bombay High Court expressed that even in the absence of Ankiti Bose's name being specifically referred in the said article when the defendant had admitted her status as the co-founder of Zilingo.

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uttaranchal high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Court, 1973 makes it clear that the liability to maintain a minor child is on “any person”, and this denotes not only a male but a female gender and it cannot be said that ‘a person' can only qualify father and not the mother.”

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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“District Court, Karnal where the first petition was filed pertaining to the Agreement in question alone shall have jurisdiction over the arbitral proceedings and all subsequent applications arising out of the Licence Agreement. No other Court can entertain any subsequent application.

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patna high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The intention is not to give benefits based on caste, but to identify communities with the caste as an indicator of the larger group of individuals; who will require measures for their social, economic and educational upliftment, to ensure an equal status and decent living conditions, within the society.”

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allahabad high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Allahabad High Court said that Development Authority is only in possession of part of the land and the scheme for proposed ‘New Kanpur City’ as of now is not viable.

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calcutta high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The single-judge bench had directed the Distribution Company to adopt the multiplier method used in assessing compensation in Motor Accident Claim Cases while issuing compensation in the present matter.

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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

A pre-deposit does not partake the character of a tax or duty. Those are sums which are deposited by an assessed solely for the purposes of pursuing the remedy of appeal.

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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“This Court opines that the present writ petition raises serious constitutional and administrative issues and requests the Attorney General for India to assist this Court as amicus curiae on the next date of hearing.”

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calcutta high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

While prohibiting the appellants from participating in tenders, the Calcutta High Court admitted the present appeal for further consideration and deliberation.

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dissenting opinion in arbitration
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Dissenting opinion of arbitrators might provide useful clues during procedural issues, which forms a critical part when the hearings are challenged”.

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punjab and haryana high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Punjab and Haryana High Court supported Sukhbir Singh Badal's claim of case being bereft of substance after joint reference to all the sections in the FIR.

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dismiss execution petition
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“If this is allowed to happen, every judgment-debtor who is in possession of the immoveable property till the decree is passed, shall hand over possession to a third party to defeat the decree-holder's right and entitlement to enjoy the fruits of litigation and this may continue indefinitely and no decree for immovable property can be executed.”

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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The appellant's mark ‘DATAPAQ' has been registered in a large number of countries and the appellant has a number of marks ending with ‘PAQ '. Thus, the mark is consistent with the series of marks being used by the appellant.”

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