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PIL filed seeking permit for gypsum mining in the districts Shriganganagar and Haumangarh; Raj HC observes citizen does not have any vested right to carry on mining operations, absolute right lies with State

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Farjand Ali J and Sandeep Mehta JJ. directed that as and when the gypsum mining

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Appointment of Teachers| Can obtaining a degree in one branch of a subject be considered equivalent to obtaining degree in the subject as a whole? SC answers

Supreme Court: In the case where the Court was posed with the question as to whether the degrees obtained by the respective

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Short duration of marriage cannot be the only ground to disallow organ transplant by spouse; writ petition allowed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Raj Mohan Singh, J., contemplated the present petition and ruled that a short duration of marriage is

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Past pregnancy can be determined on account of permanent changes in the body of a woman: Bom HC

Bombay High Court: While addressing a matter, wherein the accused who was a doctor charged for raping a minor stated that there

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Guj HC | Court directs reinstatement of employee alleged of corruption charges; termination order quashed

Gujarat High Court: Biren Vaishnav, J. allowed a petition which was filed challenging the order of termination passed by the respondent –

Case Briefs Supreme Court

It’s time for the University to put an end to ‘Yuddh Kand’ and allow appellant to move from ‘Karm Kand’ to ‘Karm Phal Kand’: Supreme Court

“The entire controversy appears to have arisen as a result of the tug of war in the year 2006 between the then Chancellor and the then Vice Chancellor, making the appellant a victim in the line of fire. Unfortunately, the High Court omitted to take note of all this.”

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Tri HC | Offence under S. 8 of the POCSO Act not been established beyond reasonable doubt; Court acquits man of POCSO charges

Tripura High Court: Arindam Lodh, J. partly allowed an appeal which was filed against the judgment and order of conviction whereby and

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Child marriages will have to be stopped and no person can be allowed to take advantage of any such situation: Bom HC

Bombay High Court: Vibha Kankanwadi, J., expressed that Child marriages are hazardous to the social fabric of this Country. The applicant was

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MP HC | Mental cruelty inflicted by the wife over her husband through her conduct a valid ground for divorce; Court allows appeal

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Sheel Nagu and Anand Pathak, JJ., allowed an appeal which was preferred under Section

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Bom HC | Non-custodial parent cannot be deprived of his right to spend quality time and enjoy company of children

Bombay High Court: Anuja Prabhudessai, J., expressed that the children also have the right to love and affection from both parents as

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No offence made out under POA Act against bank officials who misplaced the house documents and title deeds of a claimant as FIR does not show wilful Negligence by a public servant

Andhra Pradesh High Court: C Praveen Kumar, J. allowed the petition and quashed the FIR in Crime No.294 of 2013 of II

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Guj HC | First step of turning him into a hardcore criminal will be sending him behind bars; Court allows bail

Gujarat High Court: A.S. Supehia, J. allowed a bail application in connection with FIR filed for the offences under Sections 363, 366,

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Person accused of defrauding Government: Will Del HC grant bail to the accused? Read on

Delhi High Court: Prateek Jalan, J., grants bail to a person who was alleged to cause fraudulent transactions and loss to the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

No right to keep goods and wares at hawking place overnight; Supreme Court dismisses plea of hawker of Sarojini Nagar market

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Justice M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ., affirmed the decision of Delhi High Court wherein the

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Cocoon of protection, afforded by a bail order insulates suspect and he could thwart interrogation reducing it to futile rituals: Del HC

Delhi High Court: Asha Menon, J., expressed that, personal liberty is a very precious fundamental right and it should be curtailed only

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Cal HC | Lady IPS Officer directed to investigate in the recent matter of 4 rape cases in the villages

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Prakash Shrivastava, CJ. and Rajarshi Bharadwaj, J. took up a petition and directed Damayanti Sen,

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Every partner is liable, jointly with all other partners and also severally for all acts of firm done while he is a partner: Is it true? Bom HC answers

Bombay High Court: Expressing that, a firm is not a legal entity, N.J. Jamadar, J., held that a partnership firm is only

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Scope of examination under S. 11 of A&C Act is confined to existence of arbitration agreement or does it extend to adjudicating nature of contract as well? Del HC addresses

Delhi High Court: Vibhu Bakhru, J., held that whether claims are barred by limitation is a mixed question of fact and law

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Kar HC | Customers caught in brothel cannot be prosecuted for immoral trafficking under Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956

Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna J. allowed the criminal petition and quashed the proceedings in Crime No.347/2021 pending before the 32nd Additional

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Forum Shopping and Power of High Court u/s 482 CrPC; Supreme Court tells when to convert a civil complaint into criminal case

“Forum shopping has been termed as disreputable practice by the courts and has no sanction and paramountcy in law.”