Justice Siddharth Mridul retirement
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Justice Siddharth Mridul started his legal career in 1986 from Delhi High Court and for 37 years served his parent High Court in the capacity of an Advocate and then a Judge. In October 2023, Justice Mridul took charge as the 7th Chief Justice of Manipur High Court.

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The said handbook can include the details of the way the requests have to be made and the details of the Nodal Officers of these platforms. In case any training is required, the Commissioner of Police may also call for meeting with the platforms and hold training sessions for Police Officials.

High Court Weekly Roundup
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A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

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It was evident that the present issue exceeded simple seepage or dampness. An ordinary person cannot be expected to detect structural defects in their balcony. Notably, the Flat Resident Association has repeatedly alerted the DDA of poor construction quality and substandard materials, but their concerns were consistently ignored.

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The remarks mentioned in the Copyright Registration Certificate is that the artistic work shall not be used in relation to any goods or services and the copyright in artistic work should not subsist if the work was applied to an industrial process and reproduced more than fifty times.

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The Court cannot overlook that a mere affidavit, lacking the force of a formal order, was relied upon to deny fundamental privileges under OCI status. To proceed on such tenuous grounds, without proper procedural fairness, would set a concerning precedent, one that risks eroding the unique rights granted under the Citizenship Act.

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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.

Justice Sanjiv Khanna takes oath
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On 11-11-2024, President of India administered the oath of office to Justice Sanjiv Khanna who was elevated to the Supreme Court as Judge on 18-1-2019 and is due to retire on 13-5-2025, which means he will have a tenure of 6 months as Chief Justice of India.

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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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The infringers were restrained from using Skechers’ trade mark and artistic works or any other trade mark or artistic work identical or similar to Skechers, till the next date of hearing.

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‘The law is clear that custody of an accused can be sought even after filing of a chargesheet or complaint.’

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‘If Delhi wants to be a world class city — we all must behave like world class citizens and the civic agencies must become more proactive in setting world class ethics.’

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‘The Legislature recognized that while strict procedural compliance is fundamental to maintain fairness in assessment process, an inflexible adherence to procedure could inadvertently lead to administrative bottlenecks and a surge in litigation.’

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The petitioner claimed to be the Prime Minister of a trans-national government of Tamil Eelam and the impact of allowing such a person to intervene in UAPA proceedings, not being a member of the LTTE or an office bearer of the LTTE, is far reaching.

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‘As per the ‘clean slate’ principle — to get a fresh breath, the successful Resolution Applicant is permitted to proceed in resurrecting the ‘on-going concern’ and no surprise claims are flung upon it, lest the effort of revitalizing and restarting the Corporate Debtor are wasted.’

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‘The Medical Board Proceedings acknowledged that the posting of the army personnel involved severe/exceptional stress and strain’

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‘If the non-signatory’s actions align with the signatories, it could reasonably lead the signatories to believe that the non-signatory was a veritable party to the contract containing the arbitration clause.’

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‘The Standing Order issued by the Director General, CRPF makes it evident that medical category SHAPE-I is an essential condition for promotion of all combatised personnel in all groups, ranks, and cadres in the Central Armed Police Forces.’

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‘It was undisputed that the respondents would be entitled to the benefit of Note 1 below Rule 7(4) of Schedule II to the Indian Revenue Service Rules, 2015.’

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It is not a case where the wife is helpless or there is any endeavour to leave her on the road by taking away the roof from her head. The wife herself is an educated woman, who did her MBA and is also employed.