Test for Rejection of Election Petitions
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court must examine whether the petition, even if taken as unopposed and all averments are accepted as true, would entitle the petitioner to a favourable verdict; if not, it discloses no cause of action.

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The Pioneer trademark infringement
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The publication of the newspaper is a coordinated and layered process involving editing, designing, visual creation and compilation.

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Legal research not sufficient cause for condoning delay
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“While considering an application for condonation of delay, the party seeking such indulgence is required to place before the Court a cogent and satisfactory explanation covering the entire period of delay, preferably explaining the delay day-to-day or at least stage-wise.”

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Long Pending Compassionate Appointment Plea
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“An order which is bad in the beginning, cannot be validated by any additional ground brought out later. The appellants cannot be allowed to raise a completely new ground to justify their action.”

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Father gets custody of child placed in orphanage
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The child stated that he was not being properly looked after while staying with his grandmother, and that he was not provided adequate food, particularly in the mornings and that his only substantial meal was the lunch provided at school. However, the father, his sister, and the child’s grandfather extended assurance for the child’s future welfare.”

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Second marriage contracted by Muslim male
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“A second marriage contracted by a Muslim male during the lifetime of his first wife is not treated as void merely on the ground that the first marriage is still subsisting.”

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Rs. 22 lakh cash-for-job & fake PhD degree scam
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The allegations are very serious in nature and disclose a very chilling trend in society, where the common man has developed a perception that anything can be done by the payment of a bribe.”

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anticipatory bail SC ST act
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Courts in exercise of criminal jurisdiction to consider a bail plea cannot embark upon a ‘mini trial’ to resolve factual disputes, and therefore, whether the word ‘chinal’ was caste-based, gender-specific, or a religious symbol could only be decided during a full-dressed trial and cannot be considered in a bail plea.”

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BNSS 2023 cognizance interpretation
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The host and owner of the InControversial podcast had filed a petition for quashing of proceedings under a criminal defamation complaint.

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multiple life sentences to run concurrently not consecutively
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court emphasised that while multiple life sentences may be imposed, they cannot run consecutively but operate simultaneously, so that remission in one does not ipso facto apply to others.

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Expulsion of student over peaceful protest
Case BriefsHigh Courts

A university that accepts only obedience and discourages protests and criticism would fail in its broader educational role.

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Right to be considered for promotion fundamental right
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Delay in convening the Departmental Promotion Committee not only causes financial loss to the concerned officers on account of delayed promotion to the next higher grade, but also adversely impacts their future career progression, as it correspondingly postpones their eligibility for further advancement.”

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Illegal encroachment of gram sabha land by mosque
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“With regard to the imposition of penalty, this Court is of the view that there was no material to link the petitioners to either the construction or the occupation of the mosque the same cannot be sustained and is accordingly set aside.”

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consensual relationship case involving minors
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The minor victim admitted in her statement that she was engaged in physical relations with the minor boy, which was consensual.

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investigate honey-trap gang
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If offences like these are permitted to continue, it would become difficult to live in a decent world.”

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Property Owner Guilty of Trespass
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Offences such as criminal trespass and house trespass are offences against possession and not against ownership. Therefore, even a true owner cannot, under the guise of ownership, unlawfully enter premises in the lawful possession of another with the intent to commit an offence.”

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breach of undertaking in domestic dispute
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The applicant-husband first agreed in Court to compensate the complainant-wife for the stridhan, but backed out later

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Insurance claim fake driving licence
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court held that insurance claim cannot be repudiated merely because driving licence was in booklet form prior to smart card conversion deadline.

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mental health facilities in bihar
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Mental health is an integral component of the right to life Under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.”

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Presumption in dowry death cases
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The trial court failed to note that only when the prosecution proves the foundational facts and there is evidence to show that cruelty was meted out to the deceased in respect of demand of dowry soon before death, the presumption under Section 113-B of the Evidence Act would arise.”

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