{"id":250486,"date":"2021-06-30T08:30:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T03:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=250486"},"modified":"2021-07-31T12:09:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T06:39:41","slug":"high-courts-monthly-round-up-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/06\/30\/high-courts-monthly-round-up-2\/","title":{"rendered":"High Courts Monthly Round-Up: June, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here\u2019s a short recap of what we covered under the High Court\u2019s section on the SCC Online Blog for the month of June 2021. In case, you missed out on catching up with some interesting cases, then, you have clicked on the right post to be read.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Go ahead and check out the June updates of 2021!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Allahabad High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Allahabad-High-Court-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75941 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/All-HC-Lko-Bench_4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/All-HC-Lko-Bench_4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/All-HC-Lko-Bench_4-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/All-HC-Lko-Bench_4-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/All-HC-Lko-Bench_4-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/All-HC-Lko-Bench_4-886x590.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/All-HC-Lko-Bench_4-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/All-HC-Lko-Bench_4.jpg 1329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Section 138 NI Act<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">All HC | Can complaint under S. 138 NI Act be quashed for failure to disclose date of service of notice? Court says it is a matter of evidence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12WK\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12WK<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">All HC | Can factum of disputed service of notice in S. 138 NI Act case be adjudicated under S. 482 CrPC? HC elaborates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-136I\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-136I<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Live-in Relationship<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All HC | \u2018We are not against live-in relationship\u2019; HC grants protection to couple of marriageable age<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132G\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132G<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Dowry Death<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">304-B IPC and S. 113-B of Evidence Act are decisive provisions to ascertain unnatural death as dowry death: Allahabad HC explains<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12YE\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12YE<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bombay High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74381 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC-886x590.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg 1331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>COVID-19<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bom HC | CSR, Mucormycosis and Deficit Drug Supply; HC reminds Center, \u201cthe situation is war like\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12SZ\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12SZ<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">[PM Cares Ventilators] Bom HC | \u201cWill not permit experimentation of faulty ventilators\u201d; HC warns Union Government<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12PQ\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12PQ<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bom HC | No prohibition by Center on door-to-door vaccination; HC gives Maharashtra one week time to sanction door to door vaccination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12ZT\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12ZT<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Property Suit<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bom HC | In a property suit in which decree has been passed, can a third party\u2019s intervention application claiming his right to recovery be maintainable? Read on<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-130f\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-130f<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Commercial Bid<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bom HC | Can possible case of cartelization be determined only after opening of commercial bid? HC answers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Uo\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Uo<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Matrimonial Dispute<\/u><\/span><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bom HC | Whether HC should quash an FIR arising out of matrimonial dispute on ground of same being settled amicably? Gian Singh v. State of Punjab referred<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12WP\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12WP<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Bail<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read why Bombay HC granted anticipatory bail to \u2018Constable\u2019 accused of rape and other offences | Succinct Report<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Ys\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Ys<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Amendment of Pleadings<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bom HC | In case of an application for amendment of pleadings, what would be the principal condition that Courts need to consider? Read on<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12P9\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12P9<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Calcutta High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52131 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/calcutta-court-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/calcutta-court-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/calcutta-court-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/calcutta-court-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/calcutta-court-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/calcutta-court-886x590.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/calcutta-court-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/calcutta-court.jpg 1330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Dowry<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cal HC | Is mere demand of money, property, etc. sufficient to penalise for demanding dowry? Court answers; says gifts exchanged out of love are not dowry<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-137C\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-137C<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>COVID-19<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[Mismanagement and Wastage of Medicines in Government Hospitals] Cal HC | Taxpayers money cannot be wasted; Court directs State to produce records of medicines, maintain system through IT<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1365\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1365<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Bengal Post Poll Violence<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cal HC | State from very beginning had been denying everything, the way State was proceeding in matter, did not inspire confidence; NHRC constitutes committee to examine complaints<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-134u\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-134u<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Interim Bail<\/u><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cal HC |\u00a0Interim bail to TMC leaders followed by arguments on maintainability and constitution of larger Bench<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12OO\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12OO<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Chhattisgarh High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38251 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/chattisgarh_high_court-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>COVID-19<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chh HC | Mathematical precision cannot be adhered to the percentage of jab to be provided to different categories in terms of State&#8217;s policy dated 9th May, 2021<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Z3\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Z3<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Termination of Pregnancy<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chh HC | Pregnancy which is caused by rape would presume to cause grave injury to mental health of the pregnant woman; Right to make reproductive choices is a dimension of \u2018personal liberty\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1393\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1393<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Right to Speedy Trial<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Can writ under Art. 226 Constitution of India be filed for grant of compensation under public law for infringement of fundamental right? Chh HC answers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-136a\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-136a<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Delhi High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-76391 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Delhi-HC-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Trademark Infringement<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Del HC | Usage of domain names identical\/deceptively similar to \u2018BAJAJ FINANCE\u2019 or \u2018BAJAJ FINSERV\u2019 would amount to infringement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Nz\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Nz<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Del HC | &#8220;Singh + Singh&#8221; prima facie deceptively similar to &#8220;Singh &amp; Singh&#8221;: HC grants interim relief to law firm in trademark infringement case<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12SQ\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12SQ<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Passing Off<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Del HC | Interim relief against passing off. Is identical placement of colours and other features in label of product being passed off enough? HC decides<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12NG\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12NG<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Maintenance<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Del HC | Can magazine covers be sufficient evidence to explain that wife who is a model can sustain herself? HC addresses while deciding a Maintenance matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12NX\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12NX<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Del HC | Whether woman is party to adultery\/bigamy so as to refuse relief under DV Act is a matter of trial: HC refuses to quash lower court orders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/scenps-adultery\">https:\/\/wp.me\/scenps-adultery<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Delhi HC decides that Father\u2019s obligation to maintain a child cannot end once he\/she turns 18 years of age. Read why<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-134d\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-134d<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Arbitration <\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Del HC | Does non-payment of stamp duty on a commercial contract invalidates arbitration agreement? Explained<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12R8\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12R8<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Del HC | Can sole arbitrator&#8217;s appointment be disputed if he was consultant\/advisor to one of the parties to dispute? Court examines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-133T\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-133T<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Del HC adverts to scope of judicial review of an arbitral award; Wades through bunch of pleas including violation of Part 1, CPC and insurance against breakage during transit, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-138F\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-138F<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>5G Technology<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colossal Harm by rolling out of 5G Technology: Delhi HC dismisses suit for defective plaint, filed for gaining publicity; Imposes costs of Rs 20 lakhs<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12RC\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12RC<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Delhi Riots<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Del HC | Crucial aspects of &#8216;Terrorist Act&#8217; and Right to Protest | Everything about Asif Iqbal Bail Order<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132M\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132M<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Devangana &amp; Natasha v. State | Pivotal Findings in State against Devangana Kalita &amp; Natasha Narwal [Succinct Report]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132J\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132J<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Infringement<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Del HC | Telegram to take down infringing contents to cinematograph film \u2018MAADATHY\u2019 on receiving a request from Plaintiff<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/scenps-maadathy\">https:\/\/wp.me\/scenps-maadathy<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Section 139 NI Act<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Del HC | Can mere ipse dixit and statement in defence under S. 313 CrPC rebut presumption cast under S. 139 NI Act? Read on<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-138W\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-138W<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Gauhati High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-214877 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Gauhati-HC-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>COVID-19<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gau HC | Violence against Doctors; HC directs State to take immediate actions if any medical practitioner is manhandled or abused<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-130k\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-130k<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gau HC | Verify availability of separate rooms before directing home Isolation; HC directs State<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12OY\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12OY<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gau HC | Court directs ration be provided to struggling sex workers and their families who have been identified; further asks AIDS societies to identify the rest and give relief<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12N7\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12N7<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Himachal Pradesh High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-222108 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Himachal-HC_2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">HP HC | Can an application for addition\/ alteration of charges be made by State at the stage when the matter is fixed for arguments? Court explains<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-133p\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-133p<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>COVID-19<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Decentralized opening of Primary Health Care centers into ICU hospitals with beds &amp; oxygen facilities is of paramount importance; Himachal Pradesh HC directs State to take steps<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Pl\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Pl<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Jammu and Kashmir High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28081 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/JK-High-Court-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>COVID-19<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">J&amp;K HC | Kins of persons dying of Covid-19 can view face and perform last rites of deceased; HC declines to handover dead bodies to the family<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Xn\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Xn<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Bail Application<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">J&amp;K HC | \u201cHeinous offence against serving Law Officer\u201d; HC rejects bail application of convicts who killed Dy. AG, Ajit Singh Dogra<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Sj\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Sj<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Jharkhand High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-48541 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Jharkhand-High-Court-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Judicial Review<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jha HC | Jharkhand Public Service Commission is a constitutional body, but its actions and decisions are not immune from judicial review<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12UL\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12UL<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Family Pension<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jhar HC | Is the second wife of an ex-employee entitled to family pension? Court answers in light of instant facts<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Z8\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Z8<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Warrant of Arrest<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jhar HC | Parameters of warrant of arrest and S. 82 CrPC have not been complied as time and place has not been indicated<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1368\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1368<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Parity in Pay<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jhar HC | Employees of Telco Recreation Club cannot claim parity in pay with employees of Telco Ltd.; HC quashes Labour Court\u2019s order<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/scenps-employer\">https:\/\/wp.me\/scenps-employer<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Writ Petition<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jhar HC | Practice of filing a writ petition Art. 226 of the Constitution of India because a person has a grievance that his FIR has not been registered by the police must be discouraged<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/scenps-fir\">https:\/\/wp.me\/scenps-fir<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Sexual Assault <\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jhar HC | \u201cIs the police taking side by not bringing victim in witness box?\u201d HC comes down heavily on authorities for discrepancies in sexual assault case, warns authorities of contempt proceeding<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1398\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1398<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Karnataka High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109081 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_3499-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>COVID-19<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kar HC | 1\/3rd of beneficiaries who have completed six weeks will get second dose of COVAXIN and remaining two-third will not get it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/scenps-covaxin\">https:\/\/wp.me\/scenps-covaxin<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kar HC | Treatment of Mucormycosis including administration of Amphotericin injection is free of cost and the entire cost will be borne by the State Government in public hospitals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-139x\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-139x<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>NLSIU | Institutions of Eminence status<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kar HC | NLSIU is free to make an application seeking declaration as \u2018Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities\u2019 under UGC in terms of UGC Regulations, 2017<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Pi\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Pi<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Common Charge-Sheet<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kar HC | IO filed common charge-sheet for various crimes registered in different Police Stations; Amalgamation of final reports in respect of different FIRs held to be impermissible<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12XZ\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12XZ<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Medical Treatment<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kar HC | Persons with disabilities are entitled to priority in medical treatment in light of S. 25 of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12TH\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12TH<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Right to Marry a Minor<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kar HC | Merely because second marriage is permissible in Mohammedan law it does not mean that right to marry a minor girl accrues; Bail denied inspite victim gave \u2018no objection\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1341\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1341<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Default Bail<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kar HC | \u2018Default bail\u2019 granted under S. 167 (2) CrPC in case of non-compliance of notice under S. 43-D of UAPA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132E\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132E<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>All India AYUSH &#8211; Post Graduate Entrance Test<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kar HC | Students admitted to the academic year 2017-18 permitted to continue and complete their respective Post Graduate courses in Ayurveda<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-138r\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-138r<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Kerala High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39882 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/KeralaHC-e1521442636157-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>COVID-19<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ker HC | Read why HC granted pre-arrest bail to the police officer accused of manhandling a doctor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1390\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1390<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ker HC | Homeopathy doctors can prescribe adjuvant medicine for Covid-19; HC upholds right to practice of Homeopathic practitioners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Uy\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Uy<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>GST<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ker HC | GST on petrol and diesel; HC seeks Centre\u2019s take on inclusion of petrol and diesel under the GST regime<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-138t\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-138t<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Mid-Day Meal<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ker HC | Dairy farm shutdown and exclusion of chicken\/meat from Mid-day Meal; HC stays two controversial orders of Lakshadweep Administration<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-136A\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-136A<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Lakshadweep Regulations<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ker HC | Draft stipulations are premature, cannot be assailed through PIL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132C\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132C<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ker HC | Government should be eager to consider public suggestion; HC grants liberty to raise objections\/suggestions even after expiry of outer time limit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Rs\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Rs<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ker HC | \u201cProtestors shall not be deprived of access to justice\u201d; HC directs release of detained Lakshadweep protestors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12P4\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12P4<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Plea of Guilt<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ker HC | A monosyllabic \u201cyes\u201d does not amount to plea of guilty; HC issues detailed guidelines to be followed before convicting on plea of guilt<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-131W\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-131W<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Triple Murder<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ker HC | Nature of offence ought to have cautioned the Investigating Officer to subject her to psychiatric evaluation; HC extends benefit of doubt to woman accused of triple murder<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12ZV\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12ZV<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Corruption<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ker HC | Complaint cannot be entertained in corruption cases where the FIR based on the same facts has already been quashed on merit<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Z6\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Z6<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Campaigns and Protests<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ker HC | Footpaths are not for campaigns and protests; HC asks State to explain steps taken to avoid encroachment of pedestrians\u2019 right to footpath<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Xp\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Xp<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Cruelty<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ker HC | Malevolent intention is not essential to cruelty; HC grants divorce on the ground of cruelty for making false allegation of impotency<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Sl\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Sl<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Scholarship<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ker HC | Can State sub-classify minority communities for extending scholarship benefits? HC holds scheme of granting 80% minority scholarship to Muslims cannot legally sustain<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12N9\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12N9<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>OBC-NCL Certificate<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rejection of candidature for belated submission of OBC-NCL certificate illegal; Kerala HC directs to reconsider candidature of woman who failed to submit certificate on time due to pregnancy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12TF\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12TF<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Madras High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27451 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/madras-high-court1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Dissolution of Marriage<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Madras HC | 12 long years of proceedings, but no appearance of wife. Assault on husband&#8217;s vital body part, not denied. Can her appeal against dissolution of marriage be still accepted? Read on<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Om\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Om<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Defamation<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Toon Controversy | Cartoonist wanting to express anger, cannot be construed as defamation: Madras HC quashes criminal case against cartoonist, says cannot teach ethics to people<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12T8\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12T8<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Domestic Violence Act<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Proceedings under Domestic Violence Act, whether criminal or civil, will challenge to them be maintainable under Art. 227 of Constitution? Madras HC answers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Y4\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Y4<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>LGBTQIA+<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Madras HC Judge &#8220;removes Lordship&#8217;s hat&#8221; for framing guidelines for proper recognition of LGBTQIA+ rights, acknowledges &#8220;gurus&#8221; for pulling him out of darkness of ignorance: Read detailed case report<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12TA\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12TA<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Motor Accident Claim<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Madras HC | In motor accident claims, can tribunal deduct certain percentage from compensation because rider had a learner&#8217;s license? Court answers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1325\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1325<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Child Pornography<\/u><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Viewing \u2018Child Pornography\u2019 is an offence? Is there a distinction between a one-time consumer of \u2018child pornography\u2019 and someone who distributes and transmits it on a digital domain? Imperative Decision<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-131O\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-131O<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Advocates<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Madras HC | Is there any mechanism to take action against members of legal fraternity for their misbehaviour with officials on duty? Bar council of Tamil Nadu to respond<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-130U\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-130U<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Significance of \u2018suo motu\u2019 action under S. 35 of Advocates Act | Synoptic report of Madras HC decision on power and mechanism of Bar Council to take action against erring Advocates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-133H\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-133H<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Contempt of Court<\/u><\/span><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Madras HC | Sons turning turtle after giving undertaking to vacate their father&#8217;s premises is Contempt of Court: Read synopsis of Court&#8217;s opinion<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-130Q\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-130Q<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Madhya Pradesh High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-248437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Madhya-Pradesh-High-Court-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-77481 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/MP-high-court1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Sensitivity of Judges<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MP HC | Judge ought to have seen the sensitivity of the matter; Strict compliance of S. 309 of CrPC directed to Trial Courts<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-139e\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-139e<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Bail<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MP HC | Bail denied to juvenile in Rape Case; Court questions lawmakers conscience, How many more Nirbhayas\u2019 sacrifice would be required?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1396\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1396<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Advocates<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MP HC | Whether Advocates who appear on behalf of agencies like CBI, ED etc. before HC and lower Courts, appointed by process of consultation with HC, in terms of S. 24(1) and 24(4) of CrPC? Court seeks clarification from State<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-136o\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-136o<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Unlawful Detention<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MP HC | Police comes up with the argument that the CCTV cameras are dysfunctional in order to cover up instances of unlawful detention; Court demands explanations<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132k\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132k<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Doctors<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Striking doctors have completely forgotten the solemn oath taken by them; MP HC declares strike illegal<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12SL\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12SL<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Meghalaya High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36201 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Meghalaya-High-court-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>COVID-19 Vaccination<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Megh HC | Whether vaccination can at all be made mandatory and whether such mandatory action can adversely affect the right of a citizen to earn his\/her livelihood? Court answers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-137x\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-137x<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Orissa High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44841 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/orissa-high-court-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Public Servant<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Can writ under Art. 226 of Constitution be enforced if any duty or obligation falling upon a public servant out of a contract entered into by him as such public servant? Orissa HC discusses<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Oz\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Oz<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Disputes Questions of Facts<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ori HC | Where disputed questions of facts are involved, a petition under Art. 226 of Constitution is not a proper remedy; Leading of evidence and examination and cross-examination of witnesses required<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Ou\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Ou<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Affidavit<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ori HC | Is the common practice of advocate\u2019s clerk swearing an affidavit permissible in law? Is there an exception, if yes, upto what extent?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1347\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1347<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Anticipatory Bail<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ori HC | Anticipatory bail rejected due to petitioner being a journalist\/influential person having political connections; Offence being economic offence, custodial interrogation demanded<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-133n\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-133n<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Rule of Attribution<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do \u201crule of attribution\u201d which is relevant to the functioning of a limited company be applied in the case of organizational structure like Railways? Orissa HC answers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Yc\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Yc<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Rights of a Lessee<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ori HC | Rights of a lessee in a Khasmahal land are similar to those of owner of a private land; Interest in such land is both hereditary and transferable<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12TP\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12TP<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Promotion<\/u><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ori HC |\u00a0An officer who substantially holds a lower post merely to discharge the duties of a higher post cannot be treated as a promotion; Only eligible for a \u2018charge allowance\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12SV\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12SV<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Decongest Prisons<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Decongest prisons, upgrade other State buildings to meet prison requirements; Orissa HC asks for a detailed plan from State<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Pu\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Pu<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Patna High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34451 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/patna-high-court-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Sensitization of Judicial Officers<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pat HC | Sensitize judicial officers towards Child rights; HC urges Chief Justice<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Z1\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Z1<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Appointment of Doctors<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pat HC | &#8220;Health Department is severely deficient in terms of manpower&#8221;; HC directs State to be flexible regarding maximum age limit of 37 years in appointing doctors<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1349\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1349<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>COVID-19<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pat HC | We are not just fighting a pandemic; we are fighting an infodemic; HC slams Bihar government over reluctance to put credible stats of Covid deaths in public domain<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1337\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1337<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Punjab and Haryana High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31071 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/panjab_and_hariyana_high_court-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Live-in Relationship<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">P&amp;H HC | Inaction to legitimately end matrimonial alliance from wife before entering into live-in-relationship is incongruous<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1344\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1344<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Police Encounter<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">P&amp;H HC | Dead body kept at home for 9 days due to rejection by family to cremate; HC directs second post-mortem in gangster Jai Pal Bhullar\u2019s alleged police encounter after SC&#8217;s intervention<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1366\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-1366<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Legal Guardian<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">P&amp;H HC | Husband is legal guardian of his minor Hindu wife; HC quashes kidnapping case against husband<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12TK\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12TK<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Custody<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">P&amp;H HC | Extra-marital affair cannot lead to conclusion that woman would not be a good mother; HC grants custody of 4-year-old to the mother<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12PO\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12PO<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Divorce<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">P&amp;H HC | 6 months wait is uncalled for; HC waives 6 months\u2019 requirement, grants divorce to couple entrapped in an irretrievably broken marriage<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12T1\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12T1<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>COVID-19<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">P&amp;H HC | \u201cExtreme technicality highly deplorable\u201d; HC holds denial of permission to import ventilators is against interest of the patients<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Oe\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Oe<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">P&amp;H HC | Set Uniform rates for RAT and RT-PCR tests in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh; HC directs States<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Nd\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12Nd<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sikkim High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-134171 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/High-Court-of-Sikkim-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Judicial Services<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sikk HC | \u2018Honourable acquittal\u2019, \u2018acquittal giving benefit of doubt\u2019 raises and rests presumption-Difference demerits a candidate of merit |\u00a0 No room for error in judicial services<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132q\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132q<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Telangana High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-138911 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/AP-TELANGANA-HC-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Section 498-A IPC<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tel HC | Can cousin of a husband who was accused of offence under S. 498-A IPC be also roped in on grounds of instigating and supporting husband? Read on<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12WS\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12WS<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tripura High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44191 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Tripura-High-Court-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>COVID-19<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tri HC | Disproportionate distribution of vaccines in age group where there is a severe shortage, needs to be addressed by the State<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12SX\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-12SX<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Uttaranchal High Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40921 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/uttrakhandHC-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>COVID-19<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Utt HC | Covid 19 infection, vaccination and precautions in the prisons; Court issues directions, forms committee<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132h\">https:\/\/wp.me\/pcenps-132h<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a short recap of what we covered under the High Court\u2019s section on the SCC Online Blog for the month of 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