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Bom HC | Appeal filed against conviction under S. 138 NI Act cannot be dismissed for non-payment of fine without going into merits of appeal

Bombay High Court: Vibha Kankanwadi, J., allowed a criminal revision application filed against the order of the Additional Sessions Judge whereby the

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Bom HC | Salutary object of Arbitration & Conciliation Act cannot be defeated by adding a claim over and above the claim squarely covered by arbitration agreement

Bombay High Court: N.J. Jamadar, J., while disposing of an interim application filed by the defendants in a commercial division summary suit,

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Chh HC | Bail cannot be granted if accusations are found to be prima facie true under S. 43(D) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra and Gautam Chourdiya, JJ. upheld the NIA Court’s order rejecting the appellant’s

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HP HC | Vesting of discretion with executive authority does not clothe it with the power to violate Constitutional provisions

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. allowed a petition pertaining to exercise of discretionary power of the Governor in the

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Bom HC | Law does not permit trial court to reconstruct a new theory of its own from residual parts of prosecution evidence to convict the accused

Bombay High Court: K.K. Sonawane, J., allowed an appeal filed against the order of the trial court whereby the appellant was convicted

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All HC | It is the duty of media to expose the government and its functionaries, for proper functioning of democratic machinery

Allahabad High Court: Dinesh Kumar Singh, J. was hearing a petition filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter

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Bom HC | Publishing the official gazette notification regarding appointment of Govt. Analyst in terms of S. 20 of Drugs & Cosmetics Act, not a mere formality

Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., dismissed a criminal appeal filed by the State against the order of the trial court whereby

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Del HC | Claim of constructive possession not tenable where dispute is pending between person so claiming and person through whom possession is claimed

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., dismissed a petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby the petitioner’s suit filed

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Ker HC | Plea for anticipatory bail rejected in view of S. 18 of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act

Kerala High Court: Shircy V., J. dismissed this petition filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The petitioner,

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Ker HC | Motor Accident Claims Tribunal directed to defer recovery proceedings and consider condonation of delay application and appeal against ex parte award

Kerala High Court: A. Muhamed Mustaque, J. disposed of the original petition, allowing the application for setting aside ex parte order and

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Bom HC | Acquittal of murder accused upheld holding his disclosure to Sub-Inspector in police station that he killed his wife as non-admissible in evidence

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of S.S. Shinde and N.B. Suryawanshi, JJ., dismissed an appeal filed by the State against the

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Ker HC | S. 75 of CPC does not include “appreciation of evidence for reporting to the court” within its ambit

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of K. Harilal and Annie John, JJ. upheld the appeal filed against the order of the

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Bom HC | Statement recorded under S. 108 of Customs Act is not reliable in isolation without corroboration by independent witness

Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., dismissed an appeal filed by the Union of India against the order of the trial court whereby

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HP HC | State’s appeal against acquittal dismissed in light of weak case of prosecution

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Anoop Chitkara, J., dismissed an appeal filed to challenge the acquittal of respondents-accused for carrying 600 bottles of

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Kar HC | SHO of police station has no authority of law unless the Jurisdictional Magistrate permits police officer to investigate the non-cognizable offence

Karnataka High Court: P.G.M. Patil, J. issued guidelines to be followed by Judicial Magistrates, for the passing of orders when the requisition

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Cal HC | Rule of Ejusdem Generis restricts interpretation only when the words of a statute are categorical in their application

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Soumen Sen and Saugata Bhattacharyya, JJ. allowed an appeal and set aside the order of

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Del HC | Conviction under S. 498-A does not automatically render the accused liable to be held guilty under S. 306 IPC

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., set aside the order of the trial court challenged by the appellant, whereby the appellant was

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Bom HC | Conviction of father implicated in suicide note of his son reversed; Drinking, by itself, can never be an abetment for a person to commit suicide

Bombay High Court: V.M. Deshpande, J. allowed an appeal against the judgment of the trial court whereby the appellant was convicted under Section

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Raj HC | Time-bound disposal of eviction application put on hold since year 2018 before Rent Tribunal directed

Rajasthan High Court: Prakash Gupta, J. allowed this writ petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India. The petitioner here

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Bom HC | S. 139 NI Act imposes evidentiary burden and not a persuasive burden; acquittal upheld where complainant failed to prove capacity to give loan

Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., dismissed a criminal appeal filed against the order of the trial court whereby it had acquitted the