madras high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

When funds to the tune of Rs.8154.84 Crore is available with the National CAMPA, which can be utilised , the UOI has the statutory duty, pursuant to the manifestation of the Directive Principles of State Policies, considering the extreme urgency and critical nature of the issue.

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Madras High Court said there are instances where a minor and their guardian may not be interested in proceeding further with the case and entangle themselves in a legal process. In such instances, termination of pregnancy can be made without the disclosure of the name of the minor.

partition of property
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“There is no prohibition to effect a partition otherwise than through an instrument in writing by duly complying with the requirement of law.”

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Madras High Court said that the authorities failed to consider that there are no other criminal antecedents against the petitioner and this particular crime has nothing to do with any criminal implication, as he had only exercised his fundamental right to protest by participating in the protest organized by his fellow students and it will not have any implication as to the nature of the job for which he has applied.

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“If the plea of the petitioners is accepted, it would amount to opening a Pandora box and several other similarly candidates would start knocking at the doors of this Court with the similar demand and in that case, recruitment will turn out to be a never-ending process as the examination is scheduled on 19-08-2023.”

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

“When even prisoners have fundamental rights and it has been declared by the Supreme Court that Part III of the Constitution does not stop at the prison gates, it would be ridiculous to suggest that the moment a person becomes a bank employee, he has to bid good-bye to Article 19(1)(a).”

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“When a manifest illegality by a criminal court resulting in gross failure of justice comes to the notice of the High Court, it is the bounden duty of the High Court as a Constitutional Court to set right the illegality and to ensure that public confidence in the criminal justice system is maintained.”

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The Finance Section of Pondichery University had found that from 2008 to 2016 a Professor had misappropriated the funds financed by the Government of India using fake and forged bills causing a wrongful loss to the Government of India to the tune of Rs.2.25 Crores.

madras high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Payment of a stipend is a statutory liability of the College; thus, it is not open for the College to deny the payment of the same to the students.”

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

It is quite unfortunate that the archaic beliefs that if a widow enters a temple, it will cause impurity continues to prevail in this State. Even though the reformers are attempting to break all these senseless beliefs, it continues to be practiced in some villages.

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Madras High Court rejected the argument that compensation has been already paid to the petitioner, thus the question of providing employment to the surviving daughter will not arise, as the petitioner is relying upon the provision of a Special Act.

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Because of the retrospective operation of the new pension scheme, no employer or employee would have forethought that appointments made after 01-04-2003 would not be eligible for the old pension scheme.

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Madras High Court said that the action taken by the passport officer cannot be faulted. If false particulars and false documents are given, the Passport Authority has no option but to impound the passport.

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

We are now suffering from a virtual information diarrhoea where everyone is bombarded with messages. Hence, what is exchanged as a message on social media can have a very big influence within a short time. That is the reason as to why a person must exercise social responsibility while creating or forwarding a message.

breach of contract
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court's Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1951 on breach of contract.

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Corruption is a disease that eats into the cultural, political and economic fabric of society, and destroys the functioning of vital organ

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

The purpose of a temple is to enable the devotees to worship God for peace and happiness. However, unfortunately, temple festivals are perpetuating violence, and it is only becoming a center stage for groups to show who is powerful in the particular area.

madras high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

It is almost 73 years since the Constitution of India started governing this country and the harsh reality is that the Executive has almost lost its independence and it has virtually turned into an organ merely executing whatever is said/dictated/ordered by the political party, which is in power during the relevant point of time.

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

When the husband had left the matrimonial home and he is residing away and there is an allegation of second marriage on the husband, the wife cannot be blamed for not taking steps to restore the conjugal rights