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Madars High Court held that having obliged her husband to keep the ill-gotten income other than the known source of income, by lending her name for purchase of properties both in her name and in the name of her minor children, showing her as guardian, she is guilty of abetment under Section 109 of IPC.

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“The application for grant of a patent of addition cannot be filed earlier than the date of filing of the application for grant of patent for the main invention; it cannot be granted before grant of the patent for the main invention; the term of the patent of addition shall not exceed that of the main invention, even if granted later than the main invention”

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“Traditional treatment must also be encouraged, and it must get the same weightage as is given to allopathic treatment”

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“Merely because a crime is heinous per se may not be a sufficient reason for the imposition of the death penalty without considering the mitigating factors and other circumstance”

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Medical profession deals with life of people and any compromise on merit would have a delirious effect

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Can the age of ink be determined
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While relying on the Madras High Court’s decision, Bombay High Court opined that there was no justification to take up a futile attempt to find out the age of ink on the instrument under question.

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“A choice and will of a woman to exercise residential choice at her natal home should not be viewed through patriarchal prism to deny her the residential status there”

RSS route march
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Tamil Nadu Government had agreed before Supreme Court that it would allow RSS to hold marches in various districts across the state. Accordingly, the Court asked RSS to submit the proposed routes to the State within 3 days and the State to take a decision on the routes by 15-11-2023

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Madras High Court said that if the complaint of the petitioner turns out to be untrue or was intended to facilitate fraud being committed using the login ID of the petitioner, the assets of the petitioner shall be brought to sale.

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There will be confusion in the market, especially, in the nature of the product being Cookies, sold in the shelves of supermarkets, any ordinary customer looking at the shelf is bound to be deceived. Therefore, the product of ITC Ltd. is deceptively similar to that of Britannia.

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The impugned Act can only apply to games of chance and not games of skill. Hence, the Act in its entirety, need not be held to be ultra vires

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“‘Jai hind’ or ‘victory to India’ is the most uttered slogan in India, whether it is at the end of the school prayers by children or at the end of a speech by eminent persons”

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Madras High Court clarified that this interim arrangement would be made only to safeguard the interest of both parties; and the bank guarantee to be furnished by the respondent is kept alive, till the decision is arrived at regarding validity of the notification dated 08-05-2023.

Justice Sanjib Banerjee
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Justice Sanjib Banerjee’s journey from his early education to becoming a distinguished jurist with a legal career spanning over 3 decades and extensive tenure of 17 years as a Judge is a testament to his unwavering commitment uphold the principles of justice.

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The remedy for the petitioners is only as against the Private Company by filing necessary applications at Nigeria. However, these poor widows cannot pursue the litigations in Nigeria and therefore, there is a responsibility cast upon the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs to take appropriate action through the Embassy to redress the grievance of these petitioners.

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“The line of demarcation between diagnostic and non-diagnostic tests may not always be bright and could blur on occasion; even so, there is sufficient support both in the text and immediate context of the expression “diagnostic” in Section 3(i)”

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“The apprehensions and reluctance of the hospitals here to entertain organ transplantation between non-relatives is more due to inadequate awareness of the law on the topic. All it now requires is proper legal education on the subject for the physicians and the hospitals, and this Court expects the Govt. to take the lead in the matter.”