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The Court observed that the conduct of the accused, being a stranger, approaching the victim at night while she was returning from a common washroom, and catching hold of her hand without her consent, would certainly amount to use of criminal force.
Since the term of the Assembly had already expired and fresh elections w held in 2025, the election petition had become infructuous.
The Court clarified that at the present stage it was not conducting a final hearing, because if the petitioner was not provisionally permitted to appear in JEE Advanced 2026 to be conducted on 17 May 2026, the petition would become infructuous.
“The jurisprudential basis for the State being the prosecuting agency in criminal offences is to prevent a criminal prosecution from descending into an exercise in vengeance, where the victim goes baying-for-the-blood of the offender; and to maintain objectivity, neutrality, fairness and a sense of proportion in prosecution of an offender.”
The Court opined that it was not appropriate for the defendants to carry out any campaign, whether defamatory or otherwise, in Plaintiff 3’s name.
The Court directed that the petitioner’s husband action and his consent in opting for IVF treatment be treated to be sufficient compliance for the purposes of Section 22, ART Act.
“The general principle for award of damages is that the innocent party has to be put in the same position as it would have been, if not for the infringement.”
The principal issue is whether the respondents are barred from initiating a fresh tender for empanelment of local chemists for a future period during the subsistence of existing contracts.
Recognising the plaintiffs’ right to protect their goodwill and trademark against a coordinated online campaign, the Court issued interim injunction in favour of them
Unfilled vacancies do not entitle non-selected candidate to appointment where cut-off and 10% waitlist rule duly applied
“A party cannot be permitted to ‘blow hot-blow cold’, ‘fast and loose’ or ‘approbate and reprobate’. Where one knowingly accepts the benefits of a contract, or conveyance, or of an order, he is estopped from denying the validity of, or the binding effect of such contract, or conveyance, or order upon himself.”
The case highlights the continuing challenges faced by adult couples who choose to marry against family wishes.
It is a settled principle of service law that payment of salary and attendant monetary benefits is ordinarily premised upon actual discharge of duties.
Minor differences and addition of house mark cannot outweigh phonetic and structural similarity between competing marks.
‘Since the petitioners are both Indian national citizens, they are well and truly entitled to the protection as available to them in the form of the guarantees and fundamental right(s), enshrined under Article(s) 19 and 21 of the Constitution.’
In cases of mixed material, only the actual content of the flowering or fruiting tops is relevant for determining the quantity of ganja, and not the entire bulk weight.
The publication of the newspaper is a coordinated and layered process involving editing, designing, visual creation and compilation.
“While considering an application for condonation of delay, the party seeking such indulgence is required to place before the Court a cogent and satisfactory explanation covering the entire period of delay, preferably explaining the delay day-to-day or at least stage-wise.”
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had reconstituted the 3-member inquiry committee to investigate the allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma.