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Special Magistrate has the power to hear cases pertaining to matters under the governing Act under Section 306 CrPC: Himachal Pradesh HC

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjay Karol J., dismissed the criminal revision petition to acquit the accused of

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Exemption from payment of excise duty must be followed by a reversal of 6% of the value of exempted goods or maintenance of separate account of inputs and credits

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): A Division bench comprising of C.L. Mahar (Technical) and Ajay Sharma (Judicial), Members. upheld

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Court not to interfere in writ jurisdiction where civil proceedings are pending for the same subject matter

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A petition was filed before a Single Judge Bench of Tejinder Singh Dhindsa, J. wherein extraordinary jurisdiction

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Motor Vehicles Act a code in itself; Section 24 CPC not applicable for transfer of matter thereunder: All HC

Allahabad High Court: A transfer application was filed under Section 24 of Code of Civil Procedure before a Single Judge Bench of

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Workers entitled to payment of suspension allowance during pendency of disciplinary enquiry to keep body and soul together: Bom HC

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of R.M. Savant and Nitin W. Sambre, JJ. allowed a petition filed by a suspended worker

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Compliance of Section 50 NDPS Act mandatory; plea that accused waived off right by consenting to search by raiding party not sustainable: Del HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of C. Hari Shankar, J. allowed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment of the

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Civil Court has jurisdiction to decide issues relating to cancellation of document alleged to be brought into existence by committing fraud

Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sanjay Kumar, J. set aside a trial court order abating a title suit

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Doctrine of ‘duty to consult’ indigenous people not applicable to legislative action, amounts to trespass on the legislature’s domain

Supreme Court of Canada: A Nine-Judge Bench comprising of Wagner C.J., and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Gascon, Côté, Brown, Rowe and Martin, JJ.

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IRCTC & MoR| Investigation directed in light of unfair condition in the market for sale of rail tickets in India

Competition Commission of India (CCI):The Bench comprising of Sudhir Mital, Chairperson; Augustine Peter and U.C. Nahta, Members, dealt with a case against

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Unexplained delay in sending contraband articles to the Court: A fit case for giving the accused benefit of doubt

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Annie John, J., allowed an appeal filed against the order of the trial court

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Inherent power of High Court to be exercised where allegations made in the FIR are absurd and inherently improbable

Madhya Pradesh High Court: An application was filed before a Single Judge Bench of Rajendra Kumar Srivastava, J., under Section 482 of

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MSP scheme to be interpreted so as to deny benefit on burning crop residue, Government to find long lasting solution to air pollution: NGT

National Green Tribunal (NGT): The Bench comprising of A.K Goel, Chairperson; S.P. Wangdi, Judicial Member; and Nagin Nanda, Executive Member, addressed the

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Letters of Administration under Section 228 Indian Succession Act granted on a Will proved and registered in High Court of Justice, Leeds, UK

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Jayant Nath, J. allowed a petition filed under Section 228 read with Section 276

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Rule 49(xii)(a) of the Rules made under Co-operative Societies Law declared intra vires the rule making power of Minister

Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: A 2-Judge Bench comprising of K.K. Wickremasinghe and Janak De Silva, JJ. dealt with an appeal

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Charging of registration fee beyond the authority conferred upon State under Indian Forest Act and the Rules: All HC

Allahabad High Court: Petitioner had filed this petition before a 2-Judge Bench comprising of Pankaj Mithal, and Ajit Kumar, JJ. against the

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Restraining order against 3 entities revoked, no adverse evidence in respect of violation of provisions of SEBI Act and PFUTP Regulations found

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Madhabi Puri Buch, a Whole-Time Member addressed the issue of global depository receipts issued by

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No prejudice as to remuneration when nature of work same; equal pay for equal work: Uttaranchal HC

Uttaranchal High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. directed the State to follow the rule of equity while

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Place of residence of mother to be considered while instituting a petition for guardianship of a minor child below 5 years of age

Punjab & Haryana High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Amol Rattan Singh, J., dismissed a petition filed against the order of

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No re-test under NDPS Act when the earlier test clearly defines percentage of the said drug: Kerala HC

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of P. Ubaid, J. declared that re-testing cannot be allowed if the first testing