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Advocates are officers of Court and deserve same respect and dignity as is being given to Judicial and Presiding Officers of Courts: J&K and Ladakh HC

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Sanjay Dhar, J., expressed that, there may be stray incidents where the advocates have resorted

Case Briefs Supreme Court

2006 Meerut Fire Tragedy| Organizers held guilty! 60:40 liability to compensate victims fixed on Organizers & State: SC

Supreme Court: In the 2006 Meerut fire case, the bench of Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has held the Organizers responsible

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Daughters also entitled for getting equal share in the property inherited by their parents; Court reiterates and allows appeal deciding validity of will

Chhattisgarh High Court: Narendra Kumar Vyas, J. allowed an appeal filed by the defendants setting aside the judgment and decree by the

Case Briefs High Courts

Can promise to marry a married woman be legally enforceable wherein she voluntarily formed sexual relations with a man? Ker HC explains

Kerala High Court: Dr Kauser Edappagath, J., addressed a matter wherein a married woman voluntarily had sex with her former lover. In

Case Briefs High Courts

Ill-treatment meted out to respondent-mother, expelled from her own house, allegations of mental, physical and social abuse; Raj HC directs petitioner-son to vacate the house with his family

Rajasthan High Court: Sameer Jain J. dismissed the petition and refused to interfere with the impugned order. Factual Background The facts of

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Minor seeks maintenance but issue of her paternity is in question: Will J&K and Ladakh HC grant maintenance amidst the dispute? Read full report

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Srinagar: Sanjay Dhar, J., addressed a matter with regard to providing maintenance to a minor

Case Briefs High Courts

Red Bull v. Sting | Injunction application against Pepsico’s tagline “STIMULATES MIND ENERGIZES BODY”: Whether Pepsi has committed infringement? Del HC decides

Delhi High Court: Amit Bansal, J., observed that the taglines of ‘Red Bull’ and ‘Sting’ are descriptive and laudatory in nature. Interim

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Sikk HC | Directions issued for tracing out the missing children in the State; CCTV’s installed in police stations

Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench of Biswanath Somadder, CJ. and Meenakshi Madan Rai, J. issued certain directions in the matter of

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Are Coparcenary rights taken away by Hindu Succession Act? Madras HC throws light

Madras High Court: N. Anand Venkatesh, J., addressed a matter with regard to coparcenary rights of sons and daughters. Plaintiff had sought

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Husband suspects paternity of child; Supreme Court allows DNA test while granting conditional compensation of 30 lakhs to wife if suspicion proves to be wrong

Supreme Court: In a case where the husband had disputed paternity of child on suspicion, though the Division Bench comprising of Indira

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC considers whether any difference exists between a case where default is committed and prosecution immediately launched and where prosecution is deferred till cheque presented again gets dishonored for second or successive time?

Orissa High Court: R K Pattnaik, J. dismissed the petition and held that the ground on which the petition is raised is

Case Briefs High Courts

Constitutional Validity of S. 29A of Consumer Protection Act | Whether absence of President of State Commission or District Forum for reasons beyond control is sufficient for striking down S. 29A as unconstitutional? Bom HC decides

Bombay High Court: Stating that, the Courts cannot examine the constitutional validity if a situation created by impugned legislation is irremediable, the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained| Does ad hoc payment made pursuant to the interim order of the Court form part of wages?

Supreme Court: The bench of Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian*, JJ has held that an ad hoc payment made to the workers

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Lawyer-client relationship is a fiduciary one; any act which is detrimental to legal rights of clients’ needs to be punished

Bombay High Court: Stating that it is the duty of every Advocate to uphold professional integrity so that citizens can legally secure

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC quotes “The Vajpayee led NDA–Government was toppled for want of one vote” and Benjamin Franklin while deciding a case of a returning candidate whose election was set aside

“…A right to elect, fundamental though it is to democracy, is, anomalously enough, neither a fundamental right nor a Common Law Right.

Case Briefs District Court

Man allegedly cheats woman by suppressing material fact of him being homosexual: Will Thane Court grant him bail? Read

Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Thane: Noting the fact that a man suppressed the material fact of his private life before marriage

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether a natural guardian having executed sale-deed of property of a minor in favour of a third party and thereafter repurchased part of it, can be prosecuted for offences under Ss. 420, 467, 468, 471 of IPC that too, after more than 35 years from date of attaining majority by minor? Bom HC discusses

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of V.M. Deshpande and Amit Borkar, JJ., expressed that a transaction by a natural guardian of

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Whether dishonour of cheques could have only given a cause of action to register an FIR for an offence under S. 420 IPC? MP HC answers

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Atul Sreedharan, J. allowed a petition which was filed for quashing of Crime which was registered for an

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Lapse of a long period in deciding appeal cannot be a ground to award disproportionate and inadequate punishment: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah* and BV Nagarathna, JJ has held that merely because a long period has lapsed by

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC reiterated “Right to Procreation survives during incarceration” and “is traceable and squarely falls within the ambit of Article 21 of our Constitution; Parole granted

Rajasthan High Court: The Division Bench of Farjand Ali and Sandeep Mehta, JJ. allowed the petition and granted parole after considering the