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Sikk HC | Unwelcome “sexual advances” by a Teacher; Person using criminal force upon a woman with intention or knowledge that her modesty would be outraged should be punished

Sikkim High Court: A Division Bench of Meenakshi Madan Rai and Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, JJ., while addressing a case of offence under Section 354

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J&K HC | Due to outbreak of Coronavirus all Indian Nationals including children to be evacuated from Iran; Emergency conditions in Iran

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Division Bench of Gita Mittal, CJ and Rajesh Bindal, J., while addressing a representation with regard to

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Jhar HC | Expiration of road permit due to unforeseen circumstances while carrying goods will amount to no road permit; no relief granted

Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of H.C Mishra and Deepak Roshan JJ., dismissed the present writ application as it had no

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Bom HC | Act of pouring kerosene on the person of deceased and setting her on fire amounts to culpable homicide amounting to murder

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of S.M. Gavhane and T.V. Nalawade, JJ., while partially allowing the appeal, held that, “…with regard to

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HP HC | Mere transfer of vehicle would not absolve the registered owner of his liability to third person; S. 50 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 needs to be satisfied

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. held that the order of the Tribunal was devoid of any fault on the

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Ker HC | Court decides it would be premature to quash an FIR since investigation is still pending; directs investigating officer to consider factors put forth by petitioner

Kerala High Court: Ashok Menon, J., disposed of a criminal miscellaneous application since the matter was under investigation and at an early

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Jhar HC | Regular bail granted considering the length of judicial custody

Jharkhand High Court: Rajesh Shankar J., held that the petitioner was in judicial custody for more than a year; hence he is

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Utt HC | No coercive action during investigation against rape-accused where prima facie consent of complainant found

Uttaranchal High Court: Alok Kumar Verma, J., allowed a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the impugned

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Ker HC | Judicial Officer who completed age of 58 ½ years cannot be recommended by Supreme Court Collegium as a Judge

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of K. Vinod Chandran and V.G. Arun, JJ., addressed an appeal by one of the senior-most

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HP HC | Pre-trial incarceration needs justification depending upon nature and term of offence

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Anoop Chitkara, J. granted anticipatory bail to the petitioners and observed that the Court is under constitutional obligation

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J&K HC | Court refrains from making prima facie decision when the facts and evidence of the matter is incomplete

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Ali Mohammad Magrey J., dismissed a petition under Section 561A of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking

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Jhar HC | An order must be passed after providing reasons and discussing the case of the parties

Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. quashed an order passed by the Divisional Commissioner, Palamau Division for lack of reasonable opportunity

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Bom HC | Family members should not be dragged without specific evidence against them, otherwise, S. 498-A IPC is unfortunately misused as a weapon

Delay in lodging a complaint cannot be used as a ritualistic formula for doubting prosecution case Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., addressed

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HP HC | Bail is the norm, jail exception, object of bail is neither punitive nor preventative

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Sandeep Sharma J. dismissed both writ petitions filed by the petitioners stating that the freedom of an individual

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Ori HC | Writ petition not maintainable if petitioner has approached court with unclean hands or has suppressed material facts

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. Panda, ACJ and S.K. Sahoo, J. did not entertain the writ petition because the

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Cal HC | Availability of Passport is not a mandatory requirement while applying for Citizenship, if genuine reasons provided

Calcutta High Court: Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, J., while addressing a petition regarding the citizenship of a person, held that, “An application has to

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Ori HC | Decision taken on land under Schedule Area must be in the direction of securing rights of citizens as guaranteed under the Constitution

Orissa High Court: D. Dash J. dismissed the petition on the ground that State being the owner of the land under Scheduled

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Chh HC | Officers of FCI other than Board of Directors are not empowered to alienate any part of FCI land; A body corporate is a legal entity but it has neither a living mind nor voice

Chhattisgarh High Court: Goutam Bhaduri, J., while allowing the petition and quashing the order issued by the State of Chhattisgarh held that,

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HP HC | Members of judicial service having a combined experience of seven years as lawyer and member of Judiciary are not eligible to apply for direct recruitment as a District Judge

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of L. Narayana Swamy, CJ and Jyotsna Rewal Dua J. dismissed both writ petitions filed

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Bom HC | Malafide intention and Clandestine motive to seduce someone into having a sexual relationship will fall in the ambit of S. 376(2)(n) of IPC

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Sunil B. Shukre and Madhav J. Jamdar, JJ., dismissed the criminal application filed with regard