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Madras High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Law of Limitation| Exercise of power of discretion if made excessively, it would defeat the purpose and object of law of limitation; Courts not to travel beyond permissible extent

Madras High Court: Expressing that, Power of discretion is to be exercised to mitigate the injustice if any occurred to the litigants,

Published on April 2, 2022April 8, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Whether husband is entitled to claim alimony under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955? Bom HC decides

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J., held that provision of maintenance/permanent alimony being a beneficial provision for the indigent spouse, Section 25

Published on April 2, 2022April 8, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Whether an award passed under S. 34(4) of the A&C Act is a fresh award for the purpose of S. 34 of the Act? Del HC answers

Delhi High Court: Vibhu Bakhru, J., allowed an amendment application seeking amendment of a petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration

Published on April 2, 2022April 2, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

P&H HC | S. 65-B (4) of the Evidence Act does not mention the stage of furnishing the certificate for admissibility; Court directs to give voice sample

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Avneesh Jhingan, J., entertained a petition under Section 482 CrPC where the petitioner was aggrieved by the

Published on April 2, 2022April 8, 2022By Editor_4
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High Court Round UpLegal RoundUp

112 Reports from 22 High Courts: Hijab Ban, Son’s Right on Parent’s Property, Right of Putative Father, Live-in Relationships and more| March RoundUp 2022

112 significant Reports from 22 High Courts   Allahabad High Court  Right to Reputation People using cyberspace to vent out anger and

Published on April 2, 2022April 5, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Forcing buyers to purchase insurance policies?  Even if dealers offer to sell insurance policies to customers, customers may yet have option to buy such policies from alternative channels: CCI

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The Coram of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Members) addressed a

Published on March 30, 2022April 1, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Can unmarried daughters claim expenses of marriage from their parents under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956? Chh HC addresses

Chhattisgarh High Court: While stating that, in Indian society, normally expenses are required to be incurred for pre-marriage and also at the

Published on March 30, 2022April 8, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Madras High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Every Advocate is a Court officer and part & parcel of justice delivery system: Madras HC found a Govt. Advocate demanding bribes at the cost of justice

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of K. Kalyanasundaram and R. Hemalatha, JJ., expressed that, the Government advocate being the representative of

Published on March 29, 2022April 1, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Does ‘Private Copying’ exception under Copyright Directive applies to storage in the cloud of a copy of a protected work for private purposes? ECJ explains

European Court of Justice, Second Chamber: The Bench of A. Arabadjiev, President of the First Chamber, acting as President of the Second

Published on March 26, 2022March 26, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Appointments & TransfersNews

Two New Judges appointed to Delhi High Court

President appoints (i) Smt. Poonam A. Bamba and (ii) Ms. Swarana Kanta Sharma, to be Judges of the Delhi High Court, in

Published on March 24, 2022March 24, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Appointments & TransfersNews

Two Additional Judges appointed to Madras High Court

President appoints (i) Ms. Nidumolu Mala, and (ii) Shri S. Sounthar, to be Additional Judges of the Madras High Court, for a

Published on March 24, 2022March 24, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Legal RoundUpWatch Now

Devika Sharma in Ep. 53 of Weekly Rewind brings in legal stories: Unlicensed transport aggregators to Spanking back of a woman without her consent & more

 Supreme Court Updates Issue of accommodation in a Domestic Violence dispute between husband and wife shall not affect landlord’s right to get

Published on March 23, 2022March 23, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

HP HC | Minor girl students raped and subjected to penetrative sexual assault by their teacher: Sanctity of Teacher-Student relationship polluted

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Polluting the sanctity of the relationship of the teacher and students, a teacher committed rape and penetrative sexual

Published on March 23, 2022March 23, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

If a person conceals facts about pre-existing fatal disease at the time of taking insurance, would it be a breach of insurance contract? NCDRC explains

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): The Coram of Dinesh Singh (Presiding Member) and Karuna Nand Bajpayee (Member) upheld the decision of

Published on March 14, 2022March 25, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Appointments & TransfersNews

Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava to be the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan HC on retirement of Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi

President appoints Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, senior-most Judge of the Rajasthan High Court, to perform the duties of the office of

Published on March 4, 2022March 4, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Hot Off The PressNews

Delhi High Court refrains Advocates, Litigants, Staff members, Police & CRPF from feeding stray animals within Court complex

Delhi High Court issues a circular that, it has come to notice that some of the Advocates/Litigants/Staff/Police & CRPF Personnel are still

Published on March 1, 2022February 28, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Adoptive Father of a minor girl seeks issuance of her passport with details of adoptive parents so that she could write her TOEFL examination: Here’s what Del HC directed

Delhi High Court: V. Kameswar Rao, J., addressed a matter wherein a minor child was not able to apply for a passport

Published on February 24, 2022March 4, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Power under Article 227 of Constitution of India cannot be exercised to upset conclusions, howsoever erroneous they may be, unless there was something grossly wrong or unjust: Del HC

Delhi High Court: Asha Menon, J., while expressing the scope of power under Article 227 of the Constitution of India dismissed the

Published on February 23, 2022March 4, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

If husband and wife get their marriage registered under Special Marriage Act & under Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 as well, would this require them to get nullity of marriage under both Acts or one? Court decides

Parsi Chief Matrimonial Court, Bombay: G.S. Kulkarni, J., expressed that, there is no provision under legislations, that if a marriage between the

Published on February 23, 2022March 4, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

P&H HC | State of Punjab which was known as one of the prosperous States is now at the brink of drug-trafficking

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Expressing that, State of Punjab which was known as one of the prosperous States is now at

Published on February 23, 2022March 4, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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