Bombay High Court
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To apply Section 3061 of the Penal Code, 1860, it is expected of prosecution to demonstrate that there is live link/active role played by appellant in instigating the suicide.

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Securities and Exchange Board of India
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

The brief closure of Digwal unit or imposition of monetary penalty, in terms of the NGT Order, did not require any disclosure in terms of regulation 30(4)(i) of the LODR Regulations.

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Delhi High Court
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Regarding the difficulties regarding education of petitioner’s children, the Court stated that the Labour Court has correctly recorded that children of the petitioner being aged 6 and 4 years, no academic damage would have been caused to their career had the petitioner complied with the transfer order.

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Seat of Arbitration
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court clarified that the ‘Closest Connection Test’ for determining the seat of arbitration is no longer a viable criterion for determination. The seat of arbitration cannot be determined by formulaic and unpredictable application of choice of law rules based on abstract connecting factors to the underlying contract.

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Delhi High Court
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Contemnor who is an Advocate has made scandalous and derogatory allegations against the Judicial Officers, Judges of this Court, Police Officers, etc. Further, it is also clear from the aforesaid that the Contemnor has no respect for the Courts as also the entire judicial system itself.

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Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The petitioner’s approach in the review petition reflects a selective cherry-picking of sentences from the judgment, disregarding the comprehensive analysis of the rival contentions provided throughout. The so-called “errors” highlighted by the petitioner are not, in fact, errors, let alone errors “apparent on the face of the record.”

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arbitrator appointment
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“While applying the principles of Order 23 Rule 1 of CPC to applications under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, it must be kept in mind that it will act as a bar to only those applications which are filed subsequent to the withdrawal of a previous Section 11(6) application filed on the basis of the same cause of action.”

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DRI officers
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court noted that the 2021 decision was rendered without taking note of the relevant statutory scheme under Customs Act, 1962 and government circulars and notifications issued which empowered the officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to issue show cause notices.

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Madras High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The case in hand depicts the sorry state of affairs that prevails in society while dealing with differently abled persons. The fact that the petitioner who has 100% hearing and speech impairment from young age was able to complete the School Education and the Engineering course, shows the amount of grit and determination on his part to remain in the mainstream of the society.”

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Supreme Court
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“To assume that the minorities of the country require some ‘safe haven’ for attaining education and knowledge is wholly incorrect. The minorities of the country have not just joined the mainstream but comprise an important facet of the mainstream itself.”

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Calcutta High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The applicants failed to establish fraud or misrepresentation in the earlier proceedings and did not take adequate steps to protect their property rights.

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Delhi High Court
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The Trial Court was directed to return the passport surrendered by the accused within 2 weeks of submission of application for the same.

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Unilateral Appointment of Arbitrator
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 does not prohibit Public Sector Undertakings from empanelling potential arbitrators, however, an arbitration clause cannot mandate the other party to select its arbitrator from the panel curated by PSUs.

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Delhi High Court
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Dream 11 is a fantasy sport league is an online multi-player game where participants draft virtual teams of real players of a professional sport. These virtual drafted teams get points based on the performance of the players in actual games.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court
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“If any social media platform intends to publish the Court proceedings, that will be permissible only in the manner provided by and subject to restrictions and limitations as per Rule 11(b) of Rules of 2021 and not in any other manner.”

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AMU Verdict
Case BriefsSupreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

“To be a minority institution, it only had to be established by the minority and not necessarily be administered by the minority members. Minority institutions may wish to emphasise secular education and for that minority members are not needed in administration”

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Jharkhand High Court
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In the present case, the petitioner has helped one lady against the allegation of incumbent sitting Chief Minister, which clearly suggests that maliciously the case was registered against the petitioner and the investigation was also made with pre-occupied mind.

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money laundering S. 197
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court pointed out that there is no embargo on considering the plea of absence of sanction, after cognizance is taken by the Special Court of the offences punishable under Section 4 of the PMLA.

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Chhattisgarh High Court
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In Hinduism, the wife is regarded as the “Sahadharmini”, meaning she shares in the spiritual duties and righteousness alongside her husband. This concept underscores the wife’s essential role in fulfilling religious obligations, particularly in the performance of rituals, where her presence is indispensable.

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Bombay High Court
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Applicant along with other people, threatened the informant, a senior citizen aged about 71 years, to throw him off the train and kill him and even hit the informant on face, eyes, and stomach.

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