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Section 34 of the Arbitration Act is a clear and unequivocal embodiment of the Legislature‘s intent to balance the competing facets of arbitration, I.e., on one hand, while courts are enjoined to follow the minimalist intervention route, it would clearly be a travesty of justice if they were to fail to intervene where circumstances warrant, and demand corrective measures being adopted.

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“No citizen in this country should feel that due to his physical or mental disability, justice is not done to him either due to lack of material infrastructure or moral, ethical, sensitive and understanding by the judicial system.”

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“Accuracy and reliability of an Artificial Intelligence (‘AI') generated data is still in the grey area. At best the tool could be utilized for a preliminary understanding or for preliminary research and nothing more.”

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“The Director of Shakti Shalini Shelter Home is directed to provide counselling session to the missing person. It is further directed that parents of missing person shall also be counselled to prepare them to accept their child’s wishes.”

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“The expression “discharge” is of wide import, and it would include “discharge on conclusion of the contractual period”.”

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“ It is ironic that the petitioner being appointed with the Juvenile Justice Board, is hired to protect the interest and welfare of the children who may be suffering at the hands of criminal justice system, however, is not able to secure the benefits that are necessary for the best interest and welfare of her own child.”

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“District Court, Karnal where the first petition was filed pertaining to the Agreement in question alone shall have jurisdiction over the arbitral proceedings and all subsequent applications arising out of the Licence Agreement. No other Court can entertain any subsequent application.

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“This Court opines that the present writ petition raises serious constitutional and administrative issues and requests the Attorney General for India to assist this Court as amicus curiae on the next date of hearing.”

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“The appellant's mark ‘DATAPAQ' has been registered in a large number of countries and the appellant has a number of marks ending with ‘PAQ '. Thus, the mark is consistent with the series of marks being used by the appellant.”

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“The interest awarded for that period could not have been subjected to a further levy of interest running through the period during which proceedings remained pending before the tribunal.”

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Settlement of non-compoundable offences through mediated settlement agreements is not permissible. Even otherwise, to permit the accused and complainant to compromise an offence on payment of money, in session triable serious criminal cases which attracts punishment up to life, cannot be subject matter of mediated settlement agreements.

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“The defendant is selling honeycomb panels to the Ministry of Defence since 2012 and containers of the defendant cannot be sold without the panel, considering the purpose for which containers are stated to be needed, that too by the Ministry of Defence.”

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The case relates as to how the statutory mandate under Section 11(13) of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 which aims at expeditious disposal of petitions under Section 11 of the Act, is harmonized with the obligation imposed vide the judgment N.N. Global Mercantile (P) Ltd. v. Indo Unique Flame Ltd, (2023) 7 SCC 1, to act in tune with the statutory dictate of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899.

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Importation of gold is a prohibited item within the meaning of Section 2(33) of Customs Act, and that redemption in case of importation of gold that is brought into India illegally in the form of ‘smuggling' does not entitle the owner or importer for automatic release/redemption of such item.

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“The fundamental right to freedom of speech has to be counterbalanced with the right of reputation of an individual. Good reputation is an element of personal security and is protected by the Constitution equally with the right to enjoyment of life, liberty and property and is a necessary element in regard to Right to Life.”

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“The scope of writ jurisdiction cannot be allowed to trounce the statutory obligation, on the stratagem of efficacious alternate remedy.”

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Delhi High Court directed the MCD to ensure strict compliance with the statutory provisions under the Environmental laws and conclude action initiated by them against the violating units, units that are functional in non-industrial areas and are violating the norms laid down by Delhi Pollution Control Committee within a period of 4 months.

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“A third-party app such as Google Pay obtains approval from National Payments Corporation of India (‘NPCI’) for operating on the UPI platform and RBI has issued the Certificate of Authorisation to the NPCI to operate various retail payment systems in India including UPI.”

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The challenge lies in harnessing the potential of rainwater harvesting systems and aligning sewer, drainage, and water storage systems to maximize the efficiency of rainwater utilization, regardless of the nature of the precipitation—be it excessive or intermittent.