orissa high court
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“Demand for dowry should be the continuing cause for the death of the married women. Cruelty can be mental, or it can be physical. Every instance of cruelty and related harassment has a different impact on the mind of a woman.”

orissa high court
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“The act of keeping the petitioner’s promotion recommendation in sealed cover without even once subjecting it to review, is nothing but adding insult to an injury”.

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Since anticipatory bail as well as transit anticipatory bail are intrinsically linked to personal liberty under Article 21 of Constitution, it would be necessary to give a constitutional imprimatur to the evolving provision of transit anticipatory bail.

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Supreme Court warned against forum shopping and clarified that accused cannot travel to any other State, solely for filing bail pleas without clear reasons.

allahabad high court
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Allahabad High Court opined that the reasoning of the order dated 05-11-2019, that there is no ‘cutting’ or ‘overwriting’ in the petitioner’s service book, does not close all avenues of inquiry.

delhi high court
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“Respondent has used utter derogatory language for the Single Judge bench to the extent of saying that the Single Judge is a ‘thief’ and he has full proof of the same.”

orissa high court
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“Murder was committed in the convict’s house, and he attempted to burn the entire house along with the dead bodies in the dead of night which pointed fingers towards the convict alone and the same was strengthened by his post occurrence conduct”.

orissa high court
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The Archeological Survey of India has suggested that the status of the inner portion of the Ratna Bhandar could also be assessed through laser scanning and the repair could be taken up during Rath Yatra.

meghalaya high court
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The accused person required special consideration to get proper treatment or to recuperate from her suffering in an environment congenial to her.

orissa high court
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The tests laid down in Ajay Hasia v. Khalid Mujib Sehravardi, (1981) 1 SCC 722 were not fulfilled, hence, the Association is not ‘State’ within Article 12.

orissa high court
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“A toll-free telephone number and committed phone number shall be included in the display so that whenever or wherever a threat of sexual harassment is perceived by a woman, the same can be immediately reported to for seeking protection”.

gujarat high court
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The Convict was released on regular bail on 29-09-2020, however, the jail authorities did not open the E-mail containing the bail order.

gujarat high court
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“The preliminary assessment is not a trial or just a simple routine task, but an exercise to assess the child’s capacity to commit and understand the consequences of the alleged crime. It decides the fate of the child in conflict with the law”.

gujarat high court
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“JJ Board and the Children’s Court to conduct the preliminary assessment into heinous offences in a very meticulous way with the psychological evaluation, taking the assistance of experienced psychologist and medical specialist”.

gujarat high court
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The circumstances and the witness statements proved the husband’s complicity in killing wife beyond reasonable doubt.

orissa high court
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“Every association has a right to protest against the act of the State Government within the meaning of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution of India. But if it exceeds the limits in the name of protest, the same cannot be covered under the protective umbrella of the fundamental rights as enshrined under the Constitution”.

gujarat high court
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Vera Samadhan Yojana-2019 is a benevolent scheme floated by the State for the assessees to see that principal amount of tax is recovered on waiver of interest and penalty, if any, so as to reduce the future litigation.

orissa high court
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“The crime committed may be cruel or ruthless but the evidence on record has to be evaluated dispassionately and objectively to see whether the accused is responsible for the said crime or he is innocent”.

orissa high court
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“Illegal confinement is a pre-condition to issue a writ of habeas corpus, it cannot be issued in respect of any and every missing person”.

gujarat high court
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“माता के समान कोई छाया नहीं, कोई आश्रय नहीं, कोई सुरक्षा नहीं। इस विश्व में माता के समान कोई जीवनदाता नहीं।”