Mechanical acceptance of Disability Certificates
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court considered guidelines on disability certification and the requirement for MACT to ensure fairness when the disability percentage is contested.

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life sentence for father
Case BriefsHigh Courts

A ‘Police Didi’ Program enabled the victim to approach authorities, supported by her Principal and counsellor.

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parents forcing children into academic rat race
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Education = learning throughout the world, but in this part of the world, education = admission to a medical seat or engineering seat.”

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Quashment of attempt to murder FIR after settlement
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Despite the forgiveness expressed by respondent No. 2 towards the petitioner, whom she brought up as a daughter, must the Court compel the criminal proceedings to be taken to their logical conclusion?”

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Semaglutide patent infringement
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Viewed from the perspective of a person in the know, it is prima facie clear that Semaglutide would be obvious from the teachings contained in the Genius Patent and that, therefore, a credible challenge to the validity of the suit patent, under Section 64(1)(f), is made out.”

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PITNDPS detention order
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Superintendent of Police’s proposal and source report showed that the petitioner was still involved in the activities of drug trafficking and there was a live link, however, the record was to the contrary because no FIR was lodged after March 2024 till the passing of detention order.”

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S. 44 (1)(c) PMLA
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Special Court trying the predicate scheduled offence under the PC Act is also a designated Special Court under the PMLA, which is competent to try both cases, whereas the Special Court under the PMLA is not a designated Special Court under the PC Act.”

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Janeshwar Mishra Park's use for commercial activities
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Uttar Pradesh Parks, Playgrounds and Open Spaces (Preservation and Regulation) Act, 1975 not only applies to those parks, playgrounds and open spaces which were in existence prior to 1975 but even to those which have come into existence subsequently.”

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transfer of matrimonial case at final stage
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The wife stated that it would be serious prejudice to her in participating in the trial at the Kollam court centre, which was her workplace, and that the distance from her residence to Punalur, the court to which transfer was ordered, was 50 kilometres, whereas the distance from the husband’s residence to Punalur was only 40 kilometres.”

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plea of juvenility
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The prayer seeking a direction for placing the whole matter before the JJ Board under Sections 9 and 10 JJ Act could not have been rejected by the Special Judge (POCSO).”

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correspondence can form valid arbitration agreement
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It was open to the petitioner to participate in the proceedings and to prefer an application under Section 16, A&C Act to challenge the existence of the agreement, but it chose to stay away, and such conduct indicated a strategy of taking a chance by relying on purported errors to undermine an adverse award.”

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Restoration of Electricity supply to Tenant
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court directed that electricity supply to the premises be restored within seven days subject to payment of electricity charges by the petitioner.

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Bharti Pardhi
Case BriefsHigh Courts

BSP Candidate Kankar Munjare approached the High Court alleging irregularities in the vote count at Polling Station 88, prompting judicial scrutiny of the 2024 parliamentary election process in Balaghat.

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enquiry of Trial Court Judge
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Although the Trial Court might be right in obtaining spot inspection report, but that report should have been considered after recording evidence of witnesses and the trial Court should have come to a conclusion as to whether temporary injunction order was breached by any of the parties or not, but nothing of that sort has been done.”

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Delhi Excise Policy Case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The observations limited only qua the Investigating Officer are stayed, till the next date of hearing, including the direction recommending departmental action against him.”

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Ticketed event not religious ceremony
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The plaintiff was entitled to grant licences for communication to the public and public performance under Section 30, Copyright Act, and since 2014, was issuing licence as the licence-holder of the copyright.”

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Loss of love and affection compensation siblings
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Kerala High Court evaluates if siblings of a deceased accident victim are eligible for compensation under the head ‘loss of love and affection’, while also revisiting notional income, dependency calculations and conventional heads of damages.

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Bangladeshi convict premature release
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Holding that the Sentence Review Board cannot reject premature release solely on the gravity of the offence, the Delhi High Court said such decisions must consider custodial conduct, rehabilitative indicators, and other relevant factors under the 2004 Policy and Delhi Prison Rules, 2018.

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misuse of POCSO
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Madras High Court observed that cases involving consensual adolescent relationships often result in the young boy facing criminal consequences due to parental differences.

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man convicted of his wife
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It is sad commentary on our criminal justice delivery system and requires introspection and real remedial measures like increasing number of Judges, their supporting staff and infrastructure. There is not shortcut to hard work required for deciding criminal appeals. Just holding conferences and meetings can never ameliorate the situation.”

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