Delhi High Court
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By virtue of the two impugned actions/orders, today the respondents are trying to wrongly give retrospective seniority to the other similarly situated personnel like the petitioners herein by putting them ahead of such petitioners in the already existing seniority list as on date, which, as per the settled position of law, is not permissible.

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Bombay High Court
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The Court found no substantial evidence to exercise discretion in favor of Ramesh Sippy’s inheritance claim.

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Delhi High Court
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A petition was filed challenging the circular dated 12-03-2024, issued by Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying prohibiting import, breeding and selling of twenty-four dog breeds.

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Delhi High Court
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The allegation with respect to applicants teasing the deceased in regard to the failure of his romantic relationship with applicant does not appear to be instigation which would amount to abetment of suicide in terms of Section 306 of the Penal Code, 1860.

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Allahabad High Court
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“Imposition of costs in cases of frivolous litigation is essential to maintain the integrity, efficiency, and fairness of the judicial system. By deterring abuse of the legal process, promoting judicial efficiency, and upholding the principles of fairness and justice, cost imposition serves to safeguard the rights of individuals, protect the integrity of the legal system, and bolster public confidence in the administration of justice.”

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Bombay High Court
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The Act grants 10 percent reservation to the Maratha community under the Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) category. A report of MSBCC cited ‘exceptional circumstances and extraordinary situations’ for surpassing the total reservation limit of 50 percent.

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Bombay High Court
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To avail the benefit of insurance policy of Rs.1,50,00,000/-, an innocent person was killed to portray that the accused had met with an accident and in the said accident, the car in which the accused was travelling caught fire and got burnt.

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AICTE approval case
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Supreme Court said that AICTE itself never claimed that it was dishonestly induced to grant such approvals and that essential link is altogether missing, whereby any such criminal charge of cheating can be sustained against the accused persons.

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Bombay High Court
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“For a special statute, such as the IT Act, to override the general law, such as the IPC, the ingredients of the offence under both laws must be the same. If any ingredient of an offense under the IPC is missing in the act made punishable under the special statute, the IPC will not be excluded, and it can still be resorted to.”

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guidelines for trial of deaf and mute persons
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The Supreme Court noted that the guidelines for conducting trial against persons who are deaf and mute, but otherwise of sound mind to commit a heinous offence, were not laid down by the Court.

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Madras High Court
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“Democracy is the basic principle in our constitution. Our country is the largest democratic country in the world. The sculptural inscriptions would show that democracy prevailed in our country even during the ancient times.”

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Delhi High Court
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“When no opportunity is given to deal with an argument which goes to the root of the case based on evidence which go behind the back of the party and results in a denial of justice to the prejudice of the party, the same would amount to violation of principle of natural justice.”

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Delhi High Court
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The Central Delhi Court Bar Association is recognized as the official Bar Association for the Rouse Avenue District Court Complex overriding the authority of the Bar Council of Delhi to establish such associations under the Bar Association Rules of 2019.

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Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
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The Court noted that not allowing the petitioner to attend the sporting event may cause her to lose out on further opportunities which in turn may have a deterrent effect with regard to such position being provided to the athletes in India.

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National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
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NCDRC pointed out that the State Commission’s finding that non-deployment of the airbags when the respondent’s car crashed, warranted punitive damages, was not based on any finding of fact or legal precedent.

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Bombay High Court
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The High Court held that Arun Gawli is entitled to the benefits flowing from the State Remission Policy dated 10-01-2006, which was prevailing on the date of his conviction.

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late submission of OBC certificate
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The candidate had secured 88 marks, which was more than the cut-off of 84 marks in the ‘general category’ and 82 marks in the ‘OBC category’.

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Telangana High Court
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The High Court observed that the levy of cost recovery charges, i.e., salaries payable to customs staff deployed at the Airport, is an administrative charge and is a tax and hence, it cannot be exacted from GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. without any statutory provision.

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Delhi High Court
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“The quarrel at the time of incident and matrimonial differences provides a strong motive for falsely implicating the appellant subsequently.”

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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“A sentencing policy which is unusually mild and sympathetic in its operation would have a disastrous effect on society and would do more harm than good to public confidence in the efficacy of law.”

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