Gujarat High Court
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In July 2017, on account of uncontrolled floods in the State of Gujarat, crops of the farmers were completely destroyed. These farmers are registered under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and were entitled to compensation but payments have not yet been made to them.

written agreement not necessary for mubaraat
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“When parties to the Muslim marriage come to an agreement to mutually dissolve their Nikah, they are at liberty to do so, and by virtue of this mutual agreement (Mubaraat), the Nikah stands dissolved.”

2002 post Godhra riots case
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The present case is of year 2005, the judgment was delivered on 29-5-2006 and now it has been more than 19 years which has passed. Therefore, it will not be in the interest of the accused to remit or remand the matter to the Trial Court from the stage of recording the supplementary statement of the accused concerned under Section 313 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973.

compulsory retirement of district judge
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“The satisfaction and the recommendation of the Administrative Committee, Standing Committee and Full Court of the High Court cannot be interfered with unless it is tainted with patent illegality, breach of procedure causing prejudice to the judicial officer, or disproportionate measure.”

IELTS Scam magistrate decide summary report
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“The ‘B’ Summary report, prepared by the Deputy S.P. in relation to irregularities committed in qualifying the IELTS exam, did not include the handwriting expert’s opinion and was challenged by the State in the Sessions Court.”

Additional Senior Civil Judge reinstated
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The Court emphasised that if the Courts were to initiate disciplinary proceedings against a judicial officer based on a judicial order passed by him, there should have been strong grounds to suspect officer’s bona fides and the order itself should have been actuated by malice, bias or illegality.

adoption before 15 years
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“No case is made out by the petitioners that a custom or usage is applicable to them which permitted adoption of a person who has attained the age of 15 years.”

acquittal in SCST Atrocities case
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“In an acquittal appeal if other view is possible, then also, the appellate court cannot merely substitute its view by reversing the acquittal into conviction, unless the findings of the trial Court are perverse, palpably wrong, manifestly erroneous or demonstrably unsustainable.”

1 lakh fine for relieving on virtual hearing
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In the present case, the video clip showed a man on the toilet, relieving himself, while attending virtual court proceedings

doppler device PCPNDT Act
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There is a conspicuous absence of any material evidence indicating that the petitioner carried out or attempted to carry out any diagnostic technique/procedure falling within the scope of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994.

Justice Aravind Kumar
Know thy Judge

Prior to his elevation to the Supreme Court, as Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court, Justice Aravind Kumar, initiated steps to tackle pendency of cases and initiated conversion of roadways buses into schools for poor children.

petty family quarrel dowry harassment
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“To prove the offence of dowry death, it must be shown that there was cruelty and harassment within 7 years of marriage and that it was meted out for or in connection with, demand for dowry”.

Asaram Bapu
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The Rajasthan High Court had granted interim bail to Asharam Bapu till 31-03-2025 solely on humanitarian grounds for medical treatment, subject to conditions as set by the Supreme Court.

Silence till advanced pregnancy proves consent
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The Court noted that there were repeated incidents of accused and victim, being involved in sexual intercourse. However, the victim never informed any of her family members that the accused trespassed into her house and raped her. Even when she became pregnant, she did not disclose the incident to her family members.

senior advocate drinking from beer mug
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In the present case, the video clip showed a Senior Advocate talking on his phone and drinking from a beer mug while attending virtual court proceedings.

electricity board duty wire trees
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In the present case, the live wires were hanging and had come near to the ground while touching the trees. Thereafter, due to negligence on the part of the board, the Respondent 2’s son died untimely.

money for husband's bail not dowry
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It was not the prosecution’s case that any demand for dowry or any valuable security or other property was made by the accused. Rather, it was an admitted case that the only demand was to arrange Rs 50,000 to meet the legal expenses for applying bail of the husband and her father-in-law, who were in judicial custody.

insufficiently stamped sale deed
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The respondents submitted that the sale deed in question had been retained by the Registrar due to insufficiency of stamp and was thus, not in their possession.

dying person false statement
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The prosecution’s case was mainly with respect to the dying declaration of the deceased woman to the medical officer who treated the woman. However, the trial court observed that the dying declaration was a cyclostyled document, and the endorsement of the doctor was taken later.

Delay in curing registry defects
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The Court noted that the registry did not follow the procedure prescribed in the GHC Rules for movement of the papers from the registry to the competent Court, thus there was no occasion for consideration by the Court concerned as to whether the respondents were entitled to condonation of delay in removal of office objections.