Tri HC | No-objection of all legal heirs not necessary for issuance of survival certificate
Tripura High Court: A Division Bench of Akil Kureshi, CJ and Arindam Lodh, J., allowed and disposed of an appeal filed aggrieved
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Chh HC | Laying of an Ordinance before State Legislature sub-serves the purpose of legislative control over the ordinance-making power
Chhattisgarh High Court: Goutam Bhaduri, J., while dismissing the present petition held that, Legislature has before it a full panoply of legislative powers
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Guj HC | Appeal for renewal of firearm license allowed considering the threat perception by the applicant
Gujarat High Court: A.Y. Kogje, J., allowed and disposed of an appeal challenging the order passed by the Joint Secretary, Home Department
Continue readingKer HC | Court allows disbursement of loan amount decided under an expired settlement scheme, grants extension of time for remitting the amount
Kerala High Court: Alexander Thomas, J., considered a time extension sought by the petitioner for payment of the due amount and directed
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Bom HC | Allegations of Cruelty and Harassment, in absence of specific details, would not attract ingredients of Ss. 304B and 498-A IPC
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of S.S. Shinde and V.G. Bisht, JJ., dismissed the criminal appeal on finding the trial court’s
Continue readingJ&K HC | HC does not sit in appeal over decision of detaining authority and cannot substitute its own opinion, when grounds of detention are precise & relevant
Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Tashi Rabstan J., in a matter relating to preventive detention declined to provide opinion over that of
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Guj HC | Permission to acquire firearm license for crop protection granted
Gujarat High Court: A.Y. Kogje, J., allowed and disposed of a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India aggrieved
Continue readingMad HC | Non-service of copies of plaint is not a ground for converting a summary suit filed under Or. 37 CPC into a regular suit
Madras High Court: V. Bharathidasan, J., dismissed a revision petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby the application filed by
Continue readingKer HC | Court sets aside sentence of conviction and demands payment of fine in matter of dishonour of cheque under S. 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act
Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi J., allowed a criminal revision petition in part in a matter relating to Section 138 of
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Bom HC | A fatal impulse or an ill-fated thought of the deceased cannot fray the fabric of S. 306 IPC; Acquittal of in-laws for abetting suicide of woman upheld
Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., dismissed an appeal filed against the order of the trial court whereby the respondent-accused were acquitted of
Continue readingKar HC | Assessment of permanent committee for designating Senior Advocates held to be reasonable and reliable; writ petitions filed by the members of the Bar rejected
Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka and Mohammad Nawaz, JJ., rejected the writ petitions contested by the members
Continue readingKer HC | Court grants bail due to no reported criminal antecedents of the petitioners
Kerala High Court: Shircy V, J. granted pre-arrest bail to the petitioners considering no criminal antecedents having been reported against the petitioners.
Continue readingAll HC | Trial Court has the duty to ensure that an accused gets a fair trial; and “real and effective” aid is provided to him under S. 304 of CrPC
Allahabad High Court: Rajeev Singh, J. allowed an application of revision filed for quashing an order passed by Additional Sessions Judge (POCSO
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Bom HC | Compensation granted under MV Act increased by adjusting the notional income in accordance with current value of rupee
Bombay High Court: M.G. Giratkar, J., allowed an appeal filed against the order of the Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal (“MACT”) whereby the appellants-claimants
Continue readingChh HC | Prospective accused is neither necessary nor a proper party in a writ petition seeking direction for registration of FIR and investigation into cognizable offence
Chhattisgarh High Court: A Full Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra, Rajendra Chandra Singh Samant and Gautam Chourdiya, JJ., has held that the prospective
Continue readingKer HC | Author has the legal right to protect his Intellectual Property; but cannot seek stay on release of a movie as massive financial investment is involved in it
Kerala High Court: Shircy V, J. held that an author has the legal right to protect his intellectual property even after he
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Bom HC | Decision to have special audit under S. 142(2-A) of IT Act held invalid in absence of pre-decisional hearing
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Ujjal Bhuyan and Milind N. Jadhav, JJ., dismissed an appeal filed against the order of the
Continue readingDel HC | Permission to amend written statement after plaintiff’s evidence denied in view of proviso to Order 6 Rule 17 CPC
Delhi High Court: Pratibha M. Singh, J., dismissed a petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby it had rejected the
Continue readingPat HC | Once notification of a transfer is acted upon, nothing subsists and the said notification becomes redundant for all purposes
Patna High Court: Anjana Mishra, J. allowed a civil writ application challenging the Memo No. 2164 dated 18-10-2019 issued by the Additional
Continue readingKar HC | Criminal proceedings cannot be initiated against other suspects, in the absence of main culprit
Karnataka High Court: P.G.M. Patil, J. heard a Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 appealing to quash
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