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CCI | No abuse of dominant position contemplated under S. 4 of Competition Act found against Gujarat SBST

Competition Commission of India (CCI), New Delhi: Coram comprising of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairman) and U.C. Nahta and Sangeeta Verma (Members), dismissed

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All HC | Divorced daughter entitled to get benefit of compassionate appointment under Dying-in-Harness Rules

Allahabad High Court: Rajesh Singh Chauhan, J. while allowing the writ petition issued a writ in the nature of mandamus so as to

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P&H HC | Weak financial position held is not a valid ground to withhold payments in respect of the retiral benefit

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. allowed the petition for the payment of the retiral benefit on the ground

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MP HC | Admission declined to petitioner for whom impersonator appeared in PMT examination

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of S.C. Sharma and Shailendra Shukla, JJ., dismissed the writ petition filed by the petitioner

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Bom HC | No sentence imposed on accused convicted under S. 376 IPC who was a juvenile at the time of commission of offence but attained majority when convicted

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Pradeep Nandrajog, CJ and Bharati Dangre, J. disposed of clubbed appeals arising out of the

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Sikk HC | Charge under S. 376 (1) of IPC to be proved “beyond a reasonable doubt”; accused given benefit of doubt

Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Vijai Kumar Bist, CJ and Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J. partly allowed an appeal filed

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P&H HC | Interim bail made absolute in matrimonial case where no ground for detention found justified

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Gurvinder Singh Gill, J. made absolute the interim application for bail in a matrimonial case. An application

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Raj HC | Wife earning a certain amount will not absolve husband’s liability to provide maintenance under S. 24 HMA Act, 1955

Rajasthan High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Mohammad Rafiq and Narendra Singh Dhaddha, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by an aggrieved

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MP HC | Plaint filed under Or. 7 R. 11 CPC can be rejected based on grounds mentioned in Rule 11 or if the cause of action has not been disclosed

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Prakash Shrivastava, J., dismissed the revision petition filed by the respondents under Section 115 CPC where they challenged

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Chh | Husband’s appeal for grant of decree of divorce on being subjected to ‘mental cruelty’ by wife, allowed

Chhattisgarh High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Prashant Kumar Mishra and Gautam Chourdiya, JJ. allowed an appeal to grant a decree

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Utt HC | Non-filing of affidavit along with the application under S. 156(3) of CrPC held to be a curable defect

Uttaranchal High Court: Sharad Kumar Sharma, J. contemplated a criminal revision petition, where the main question which had to be decided was

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NHRC notice to Uttar Pradesh Govt. over reported serving of salt and rotis instead of wholesome nutritious food in Mid Day Meal

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that a video of children being served

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Bom HC | Director who resigned before issuing of cheques held not liable under S. 138 r/w S. 141 of NI Act for dishonour thereof

Bombay High Court: S.S. Shinde, J. allowed a criminal application filed against the order of the Magistrate whereby he rejected the application filed

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All HC | Indiscriminate use of loud speakers condemned. Noise pollution to be controlled.

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Pradeep Kumar Singh Baghel and Pankaj Bhatia, JJ. addressed the grievance with respect to

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SAT | Appellant fined for executing fake trades and creating artificial volume through illiquid Stock Options to the tune of 54.68% of the total market volume in BSE

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): A Division Bench of Justice Tarun Agarwala, (Presiding Officer) and Dr C.K.G. Nair (Member), upheld the order passed by

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P&H HC | Bail granted as a right with the condition to comply with the order of payment of arrears of maintenance within stipulated time

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Gurvinder Singh Gill, J. allowed the petition for the anticipatory bail with the condition to comply with

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MP HC | Petitioner claiming to have no source of personal income is liable to maintain his wife if he has interest in agricultural lands of joint family

Madhya Pradesh High Court: S.K. Awasthi, J., dismissed the petition filed by the petitioner under Section 482 CrPC for quashing the maintenance

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TDSAT | IDBI Bank found guilty of violation of S. 43-A IT Act; held, corporate entity dealing with personal sensitive information/data has obligation without any exception

Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT): The Coram of Justice Shiva Kirti Singh (Chairperson) and A.K. Bhargava (Member) while disallowing this

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HP HC | Courts must have due regard to nature and gravity of the crime when dealing with compounding of offence through inherent powers

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Vivek Singh Thakur, J. contemplated a petition filed under Section 482 of CrPC, where the petitioner arrived at

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Del HC | Reopening of assessment based on a change of opinion by Assessing Officer held vitiated in law as it does not satisfy legal requirement of S. 147 ITA

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar and Talwant Singh, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by the Revenue against the order