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Utt HC | Providing unlimited electricity to employees deemed to be abuse of authority by Power Corpn.; audit ordered

Uttaranchal High Court: A Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, C.J. and Alok Kumar Verma, J. issued directions to the Government of Uttarakhand and

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Cal HC | A mother is entitled to claim relief under Domestic Violence Act against his son; law on “aggrieved person” under DV Act restated

Calcutta High Court: Madhumati Mitra, J., dismissed an application filed against the order of the Sessions Judge whereby he upheld the order passed

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J&K HC | Order found to be beyond the scope of contempt jurisdiction when contempt petition had arisen out of an ad-interim order which was observatory in nature

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: A Division Bench of Ali Mohammad Magrey and Dhiraj Singh Thakur, JJ. disposed of the appeal after

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Bom HC | Stray sentences appearing in disclosure memo given by accused under S. 27 of Evidence Act cannot be pressed into service by him in defence

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of B.P. Dharmadhikari and Sandeep K. Shinde, JJ., dismissed an appeal filed against the order of the

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Sikk HC | Injured victim’s testimony is more reliable than injured witness; Judgment of Sessions Judge in case under S. 307 IPC, upheld

Sikkim High Court: Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J., upheld the decision passed by the Sessions Judge while rejecting the present appeal filed. In

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All HC | Date of birth in an Aadhaar Card not conclusive

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Manoj Misra and Virendra Kumar Srivastava, JJ. clarified that no protection shall be given and

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P&H HC | No right to be admitted to rolls of Bar Council if requisite minimum percentage of marks not obtained in LL.B course

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajiv Narain Raina, J. dismissed a petition in oral judgment challenging Section 7 of Legal Education Rules,

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Del HC | S. 138 NI Act; EPF society facilitating purchase of houses on behalf of its members held not liable for dishonour of cheques issued to the builder

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J., allowed a petition wherein directions were sought for quashing the complaint case filed against the petitioner

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Kar HC | Commissioner for Workmen’s Compensation committed an error of law in applying provisions of “Workmen’s Compensation Act” — a repealed Act

Karnataka High Court: The Division Bench of Alok Aradhe and P.G.M. Patil, JJ. while allowing the appeal set aside the award of

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Bom HC | Illegal search is violation of fundamental right to privacy, State directed to pay compensation; law on Ss. 165 & 166 CrPC explained

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of T.V. Nalawade and S.M. Gavhane, JJ., partly allowed the present petition while explaining the

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P&H HC | Date of eligibility is synonymous to the date of appointment for a particular post

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Augustine George Masih, J. disposed of the present petition on grounds of it being infructuous. The Petitioner

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Raj HC | Appeal against interim order directing charges to be paid for conversion of land use dismissed where Single Judge already examined all contentious issues

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Mohammad Rafiq and Goverdhan Bardhar, JJ. dismissed this appeal and upheld the judgment of learned

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Del HC | S. 372 CrPC does not entitle the victim to file an appeal against inadequate sentence restated

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ., held that the appeal filed by the complainant (father of

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HP HC | Vacant seats can be occupied without appearing for NEET with minimum eligibility; Court issues directions

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of L. Narayana Swamy, CJ and Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J., allowed the application to fill

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Del HC | Govt. of NCT of Delhi directed to provide drinking water in Government schools

Delhi High Court: The Divison Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and C. Hari Shankar, J. directed the Government of NCT of Delhi to

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Ker HC | Court refers to Communist Party of India (Maoist) as an “undisputed banned terrorist organisation under first schedule to Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act”; bail application rejected

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of A. Hariprasad and N. Anil Kumar, JJ. dismissed the appeals filed by the appellants by

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All HC | Applicant languishing in jail since 2018 granted bail since it was impossible to expedite the matter considering heavy workload in trial courts

Allahabad High Court: Aniruddha Singh, J. allowed the application filed by the applicant for the grant of bail where an FIR was

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Bom HC | Stamp duty cannot be avoided on arbitration agreement, even if the rest of the contract is executed outside state

Bombay High Court: G.S.Patel, J., held that an arbitration agreement must be stamped in the state where the arbitration is to take place,

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Del HC | Landlord entitled for judgment on admissions in a suit for ejectment where tenant unequivocally admits the ingredients to be established by the landlord

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., allowed a petition that challenged the impugned order whereby petitioner’s application under Order 12 Rule 6 CPC

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P&H HC | 80-year-old sexual offence accused granted bail as complainant’s inability to produce medical report creates “serious doubt about her veracity”

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Hari Pal Verma, J. allowed the petition filed by the petitioner by granting him bail under Section