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The Court opined that the applicant has a bright future and is apprehensive of the stigma of conviction that may ruin his future, therefore, it was expedient to release him on probation under the Section 4 benefit

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The Court held that no previous sanction as contemplated under S. 197 CrPC would be necessary for investigating and filing final report for offences under S. 509 IPC and S. 3 of the SC/ST Atrocities Act, except for the offences punishable under S. 506 IPC.

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Remanding the consumer dispute back to the District Consumer Commission, the Court relied on MP State Agro Industries Development Corp. Ltd v. Jahan Khan, wherein it was observed that a Court may not entertain a writ petition due to availability of an alternative remedy, but the said rule cannot be said to be of universal application.

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Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court set aside orders refusing Thackeray’s discharge in case of abetment of violence

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The Court found no substantial evidence to exercise discretion in favor of Ramesh Sippy’s inheritance claim.

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The Court found it shocking that the CGIT did not find the act of an employee slapping his supervisor without provocation to be serious, and such misconduct ought to be visited with penalty of termination.

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Recording statements at unearthly hours definitely results in deprivation of a person’s sleep, a basic human right of an individual.

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Bombay High Court dismissed an appeal of Income Tax Commissioner to disallow expenditure amounting to 94 Crore u/s 14A of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

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Bombay High Court allowed the petitioner to avail the remedy of appeal under Section 406 of MMC Act assailing the impugned assessment orders within 4 weeks, to be adjudicated by appellate authority on merits.

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A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

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Bombay High Court expressed that the identification of totally decomposed body of the deceased needs to be decided during the trial.

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Allahabad High Court said that it is not possible to hold that temporary employment for every seasonal increase in industrial activities as an unfair labour practice.

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The Court said that the transfer of the liquor licence is at the discretion of the authority concerned.

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Bombay High Court observed that if the respondent was to be indicted for his signature on loan disbursement cheque, the then President ought to have been indicted.

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The Court said that the comparison done by the Competent Court between the biological mother being a housewife and the prospective adoptive mother (single parent) being a working lady reflects a mindset of the medieval conservative concepts of a family.

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Bombay High Court observed that as the plaintiff has failed to make out a prima facie case in its favour, the aspects of the balance of convenience and irreparable loss that the plaintiff may suffer in the absence of interim reliefs, pale into insignificance.

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The Court said that extension of remand, particularly after adding new Sections constituting a serious offence, is not a bare formality.

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Shri Justice Nitin Madhukar Jamdar, Judge of Bombay High Court has been appointed as Acting Chief Justice to perform the duties of

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The Bombay High Court reasoned that “JEE Main examination is held pan India and thousands, perhaps lakhs, of students participate in the same” while refusing to interfere with the government’s policy decision.

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Bombay High Court allowed the instant application for bail while expressing concern that further detention of the applicant will bring him in the association of hardened criminals, which will be detrimental to his interest.