P&H HC | Court upholds Bar’s decision to deny enrollment to a law graduate who failed to get cut off marks
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Declining to grant relief to a law graduate who had failed to obtain the cutoff marks in
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Raj HC | Ownership of property to be decided on evidence where mode of acquisition is disputed
Rajasthan High Court: Sabina, J., dismissed the petition moved for dismissing the suit for partition qua the petitioner since no ground for
Continue readingPat HC | Session Court’s order on juvenile being guilty of being a part of unlawful assembly quashed by High Court due to improper evidence and being protected under Juvenile Justice Act
Patna High Court: Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. allowed a petition seeking to quash an order of the Sessions court on the ground that
Continue readingKer HC | Sanction under S. 196 of CrPC ought to have been obtained for an offence under S. 124 A of Penal Code, 1860
Kerala High Court: Raja Vijayaraghavan V, J. while allowing the revision petition, discharged the petitioner and set aside all orders by Sessions
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Bom HC | Dishonour of a cheque issued as a mere guarantee does not attract punishment under S. 138 NI Act
Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., dismissed a criminal appeal filed against the order of the trial court whereby the accused was acquitted
Continue readingKar HC | Insurer directed to pay compensation awarded to claimants and thereafter recover it from owner of the vehicle
Karnataka High Court: H.T. Narendra Prasad, J. while allowing the appeal in part and condoning the delay ordered that the claimant was
Continue readingAll HC | Continuation of criminal proceedings not useful where chances of conviction are bleak and settlement arrived at between the parties
Allahabad High Court: Sanjay Kumar Singh, J. allowed the instant application in terms of compromise and quashed the chargesheet as well as
Continue readingJhar HC | Dispute among office bearers of Mahila Mandal not illegality for cancelling its license
Jharkhand High Court: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. dismissed the petition by asking the appropriate authority to look into the dispute among the
Continue readingRaj HC | Gravity of offence cannot be a reasonable ground for denying bail to Juvenile delinquents, except under extraordinary situations
Rajasthan High Court: Manoj Kumar Garg, J. allowed bail to a juvenile who was accused of criminal offences on finding his situation
Continue readingUtt HC | Amicable settlement in case of a non-compoundable offence can be allowed in order to secure the ends of justice
Uttaranchal High Court: Manoj K. Tiwari, J. allowed a writ petition to quash criminal proceedings after parties compromise over a non-compoundable offence.
Continue readingSikk HC | Maintenance under S. 125 of CrPC cannot be denied if the wife “commits adultery” but can only be denied if she is “living in adultery”
Sikkim High Court: Arup Kumar Goswami, CJ., dismissed the petition against the refusal to pay maintenance to the wife because she allegedly
Continue readingMadras HC | Order of compulsory retirement is neither a punishment nor a stigma and principles of natural justice have no role play in ordering compulsory retirement
Madras High Court: The Division Bench of R. Subbhiah and T. Krishnavalli, JJ., dismissed a writ petition filed for issuance of a
Continue readingAll HC | Company has a separate legal identity from its owners; no coercive steps to be taken for recovery of dues of Ghaziabad Development Authority
Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Pankaj Mithal and Vivek Agarwal, JJ. concurred that any amount already recovered by the respondents
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Bom HC | Law on double presumption of innocence in favour of accused acquitted by trial court — Reiterated
Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., while dismissing the criminal appeal filed by the State against the order of the trial court acquitting
Continue readingKer HC | Determining eligibility of students to participate in school event, not a matter where Courts would exercise extraordinary jurisdiction
Kerala High Court: Anu Sivaraman, J. dismissed a writ petition filed by the petitioner to direct the respondents to allow her to
Continue readingRaj HC | Period of limitation for preferring an appeal against a decision of Family Court is 90 days; S. 28 of HMA, 1955, to override the Family Courts Act
Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Mohammad Rafiq and Narendra Singh Dhaddha, JJ. while harmonizing the provisions contained under Section 19
Continue readingP&H HC | Court casts obligation on Home Secretary and directs State to improve living conditions of the inmates of jails in Punjab
Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sharma and Harinder Singh, JJ. allowed the petition seeking a survey to
Continue readingKar HC | Mere allegations in the death note does not amount to substantial evidence for conviction
Karnataka High Court: K.N. Phaneendra, J. allowed the criminal petition filed under Section 438 of The Code for Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking
Continue readingJhar HC | ‘Jamabandi’, held, rightly cancelled under S. 14 of Bihar Tenant’s Holding Act as petitioner did not have possession over the land
Jharkhand High Court: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. dismissed a writ petition filed by the applicant to challenge the decision of the Deputy
Continue readingDel HC | Passport authority cannot rely on S. 6 of Passport Act for refusing to renew passport
Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J., while disposing of an application, held that Section 6 of the Passport Act, 1967 has no
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