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4745 Days Late and No Cogent Explanation: Karnataka HC Dismisses Petition Seeking to File Written Statement in 2006 Suit

Holding that delay in filing a written statement can be condoned only in exceptional circumstances and not as a matter of routine, the Karnataka High Court dismissed a petition seeking to place a written statement on record after a delay of 4745 days.

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DNA Paternity test cannot be allowed in routine manner, can only be permitted in exceptional circumstances; Rajasthan High Court reiterates

Rajasthan High Court observed that the DNA Paternity Test requires to be conducted only in exceptional cases, and therefore, the child cannot be used as a weapon to get divorce on ground of adultery, on the strength of outcome of a DNA Paternity Test.

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Chh HC | Can an application for anticipatory bail under S. 438 CrPC be filed directly before the High Court? || Thorough Analysis

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra and Gautam Chourdiya, JJ., observed that, Application for anticipatory bail under Section 438

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Del HC | If a petition involving industrial dispute has no ‘exceptional circumstances ‘ but does have statutory remedy available, can it still be entertained by Court? HC discusses SC’s principles

Delhi High Court: J.R. Midha, J., while addressing the present petition observed the principle laid down by the Supreme Court of India with

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Raj HC | Gravity of offence cannot be a reasonable ground for denying bail to Juvenile delinquents, except under extraordinary situations

Rajasthan High Court: Manoj Kumar Garg, J. allowed bail to a juvenile who was accused of criminal offences on finding his situation