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Cal HC | Making statement of accused under S. 108 of Customs Act the foundation of offence under Wild Life (Protection) Act is against principles of law

Calcutta High Court: Tirthankar Ghosh, J., reversed the order of the trial court (as confirmed by the first appellate court) whereby the petitioner

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MP HC | Employee should not be transferred during the mid-academic session, unless administrative exigency requires

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vandana Kasrekar, J., stayed the operation of the impugned order and directed the respondents to decide the representation

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Bom HC explains “abetment by instigation” while acquitting in-laws of offences punishable under Ss. 306 and 498-A IPC

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

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Cal HC | State to remove from all Govt. portals and facebook pages of govt. institutions and departments the publications that are Anti-CAA and NRC

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, CJ and Arijit Banerjee, J., directed the State to remove from all

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P&H HC | Compassionate appointment not to be provided to the dependents when a claim was made after attaining age of majority but application had become time barred

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Ritu Bahri, J. partly allowed the petition with the directions that the petitioner was entitled to compensation

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Ker HC | It is not proper for a HC to exercise its jurisdiction under Art. 227 of Constitution of India even before a petitioner had approached appropriate court below in that regard

Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi J., dismissed the original petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution where the petitioner prayed

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Bom HC | No restriction on power of Sessions Judge to remand the accused in judicial custody for a particular period

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of S.S. Shinde and N.B. Suryawanshi, JJ., dismissed a petition whereby the petitioners sought their release by

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HP HC | S. 361 CrPC mandates court to record special reasons for not dealing with the accused under provisions of Probation of Offenders Act

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Anoop Chitkara, J. upheld the decision of the first appellate court in the present case where the court

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Ker HC | Court orders Maintenance Tribunal to reconsider the case and elicit truth by inquisitorial approach under MWPSC Act

Kerala High Court: A. Muhamed Mustaque, J. dismissed a petition challenging the order of Appellate Authority under Maintenance and Welfare of Parents

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Bom HC | S. 143-A NI Act not available where complaint filed before the provision came into force, restated

Bombay High Court: Vibha Kankanwadi, J., dismissed a writ petition filed against the order of the Sessions Judge whereby he had reversed the

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All HC | In case a public servant has retired, there is no necessity to seek prior prosecution sanction for prosecuting him

Allahabad High Court: Dinesh Kumar Singh, J. dismissed the revision petition on the ground that the impugned order did not suffer from

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Bom HC | Permissive possession different from adverse possession; Cause of action arises to plaintiff only when defendant sets up adverse title

Bombay High Court: S.C. Gupte, J., dismissed a second appeal filed against the orders of courts below where the suit filed by the

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P&H HC | Police officer has all pervasive powers to arrest a person during investigation, without any assistance from Magistrate or Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajbir Sehrawat, J., addressed the petition filed under Sections 482 and 483 of CrPC for quashing of FIR

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Kar HC | Petition for dissolution of marriage transferred on grounds of financial difficulty to wife and being detrimental to interest of child

Karnataka High Court: K.S. Mudagal, J. while allowing this petition, directed the withdrawal and transferring of the petition for dissolution of marriage

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Ker HC | Bail granted in absence of allegations of an overt act against the accused who was a member of unlawful assembly

Kerala High Court: Raja Vijayaraghavan V., J. allowed this bail application registered under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

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HP HC | Judicial discretion to admit petitioner on bail, in the event of arrest, exercised

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J., addressed a bail application for release of the petitioner arrested under Sections 420, 467,

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MP HC | Sole reason of delay in lodging FIR, by itself, is not a ground to quash the FIR

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Rajeev Kumaar Dubey, J., addressed a petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for

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Ker HC | Bail granted to applicants because of delay in filing final report after completion of investigation

Kerala High Court: Raja Vijayaraghavan V., J. allowed this application of bail filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,

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Bom HC | The day on which accused refused to accept the demand notice is to be excluded while counting the 15 days period contemplated under S. 138(c) NI Act

Bombay High Court: Vibha Kankanwadi, J., while allowing a writ petition, quashed a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881,

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Madras HC | No laws or regulations forbearing unmarried persons of opposite sex to occupy hotel rooms as guests

“Occupation of hotel room by an unmarried couple, will not attract a criminal offence” Unmarried couples sharing hotel room doesn’t attract criminal