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“An amending statute cannot be read in a manner to take away, alter, abrogate, impair or extinguish vested rights acquired under existing laws, or create a new obligation, impose a new duty or attach a new disability, in respect of transactions already past”

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The Good Samaritan law states that a person who chooses to take steps to aid a person a distress should not be harassed for showing kindness and if in the process the Good Samaritan suffers some injury or fatal consequence, the law must come to his rescue.

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The present PIL was filed by the petitioner based on two news reports, had there been some due diligence exercised and research done on the part of the petitioner, it would have been apparent that the issues raised by the petitioner in the instant PIL had already been addressed through relevant statutes, rules and notifications.

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Justice Alok Aradhe was sworn in as Chief Justice of Telangana High Court on 23-07-2023 by the Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. He succeeded Justice Ujjal Bhuyan who has been elevated as a Judge in the Supreme Court of India. Justice Aradhe has formerly served as Judge in Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh High Courts.

Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
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“Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa in a claim for damages while dismissing the appeal unanimously held that a Hyster 250 forklift is not a motor vehicle as defined under the Road Accident Fund Act, 1996.”

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    Supreme Court: In a case raising questions on the Constitutional validity of sub-sections (7) and (8) of Section 4 [introduced

Bombay High Court
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    Bombay High Court : In an appeal filed against the judgment and award dated 20-11-2009 passed by the Motor Accident

Calcutta High Court
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Calcutta High Court: Moushumi Bhattacharya, J. took cognizance of a petition which was filed praying for quashing an order passed by the

Bombay High Court
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Bombay High Court: S.G. Mehare, J. allowed an appeal against the order passed by the Commissioner for Workmen’s Compensation and Judge Labour

Karnataka High Court
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Karnataka High Court: K.S. Mudagal, J., allowed the petition and set aside the impugned award awarding compensation as well as the silver

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Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Manindra Mohan Srivastava, CJ and Madan Gopal Vyas, J., dismissed the petition and directed the

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82 reports on High Court Judgments to read from February 2022. Allahabad High Court  Bail  22-year-old woman, burnt and buried due to

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Rajasthan High Court: Birendra Kumar J. allowed the appeal and enhanced the award considering the settled guidelines in the subsequent judgments to

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Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of S.G Pandit and Anant Ramanath Hegde, JJ. allowed the appeal and modified the impugned order

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Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Mohan Lal, JJ., directed the Union

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Supreme Court: With an aim to curtail the pendency before the High Courts and for speedy disposal of the appeals concerning payment

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Supreme Court: Reminding the Courts that the Motor Vehicles Act is in the nature of social welfare legislation and its provisions make

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Karnataka High Court: Ashok S. Kinagi J., allowed the appeal and applied the pay and recover principle fastening the liability on the

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
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National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): C. Vishwanath (Presiding Member), held that since the Insurance Company itself insured the complainant’s vehicle and the

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Chattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of P. R. Ramchandra Menon and Parth Prateem Sahu JJ., allowed the appeal partly and modified