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P&H HC | Recording joint-consent memo of co-accused persons under S. 50 NDPS Act even though at separate time held serious lapse in investigation

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arvind Singh Sagwan J. allowed the present application and ordered a departmental inquiry against the officers on

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HP HC | Disconnecting electricity of tenant held unreasonable where landlord found hell-bent to show him the door of the Court

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. entertained a petition filed by a landlord against the order passed by the Rent

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MP HC | Court directed to plant five saplings and produce photographic evidence of the same as criteria for bail application

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Anand Pathak, J., allowed a bail application provided the appellant would plant five saplings (either fruit-bearing trees or

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Ker HC | Contractual employees would have no right to continuance or to challenge their termination after the period of contract is over

Kerala High Court: Anu Sivaraman, J. contemplated a writ petition where the several petitioners worked in different posts in the District Child

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Del HC | Permissible period for filing chargesheet for offence punishable under S. 409 IPC is 90 days and not 60 days — Clarified

Delhi High Court: Manoj Kumar Ohri, J. allowed a criminal petition filed under Section 482 read with Section 439(2) CrPC and set aside

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NCDRC | Jet Airways directed to compensate a passenger with Rs 1 lakh on failing to intimate the change in scheduled time

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi (NCDRC): Justice V.K. Jain, Presiding Member, directed Jet Airways India Limited to pay a sum

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P&H HC | Wife’s convenience must be seen before deciding transfer application in matrimonial cases

Punjab and Haryana High Court: H.S. Madaan, J. allowed the transfer application for the convenience of the wife in the divorce petition.

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NCLAT | Order of NCLT admitting S. 9 IBC application against ‘Sahara Q Shop’ upheld

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Chairperson and Justice A.I.S. Cheema, Member (Judicial) and Kanthi Narahari, Member (Technical), dismissed

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NLIU, Bhopal organised a seminar on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 on August 17, 2019

Reported by Vivek Badkur

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Bom HC | Excessive compensation awarded by MACT in light of deceased pursuing M.Com and taking into consideration an imaginary figure in respect of salary — Modified

Bombay High Court: Vibha Kankanwadi, J. partly modified the award granted by Motor Accident Claims Tribunal on being challenged. The trail of

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ITAT | Scholarship expenditure incurred by Sr. Advocate Harish Salve held is revenue expenditure incurred for promoting his professional profile, and thus allowable under S. 37(1) ITA

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT): A Bench of Amit Shukla, Judicial Member and Prashant Maharishi, Accountant Member, allowed an income tax appeal filed

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P&H HC | Amount of compensation for motor accident claim to be calculated according to minimum wage prevalent in the State

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Ritu Bahri, J. allowed the petition and modified the award according to the prevalent rate in accordance

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HP HC | “Silence amounts to acceptance”; Held, long period of silence and inaction on the part of petitioner amounts to acquiescence and estoppel

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. contemplated a writ petition where the relief sought by the petitioner was ‘that the

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Kar HC | ‘Nurses’ cannot be categorized as ‘medical practitioners’ under Karnataka Medical Registration Act

Karnataka High Court: B. Veerappa, J. allowed a petition filed by two nurses for quashing of an order whereby they were held

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Del HC | Discrepancy of not filing “leave to defend” under Or. 37 R. 3(5) in response to summary suit could be ignored in interest of justice

Delhi High court: Vibhu Bhkaru, J. dismissed a revision petition filed under Section 115 CPC impugning an order passed by the Additional District

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P&H HC | No discrimination between grant of revisional pay scale when State had already decided to equate pay scale of certain post

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sharma and Harinder Singh Sindhu, JJ. dismissed the writ petition on the

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MP HC | Non-filing of certificate under S. 65-B of Evidence Act on an earlier occasion can be excused if it is filed at a later stage during trial

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Rajeev Kumar Dubey, J., upheld the decision of the Trial Court and rejected a petition filed under Section

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Utt HC | ‘Comprehensive policy’ covers liability of insurer for payment of compensation in cases of car accidents; such claims are not barred by S. 167 of MV Act

Uttaranchal High Court: Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. remanded a matter pertaining to the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal and directed them to decide on

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HP HC | S. 311 CrPC not limited only for benefit of accused; Held, Court is not barred to summon witness merely because evidence supports prosecution case

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Anoop Chitkara, J. entertained a criminal revision petition filed under Section 482 CrPC for quashing of the order

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P&H HC | Bail granted on grounds of parity with co-accused and investigation qua applicant already completed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Manoj Bajaj, J., allowed a regular bail application on the ground that the co-accused was also on