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Appeal challenging Collegium recommendations devoid of merit: Delhi High Court

Delhi High Court: Mr. R.P. Luthra, a practising advocate had filed a writ petition before the Delhi High Court challenging the recommendation of

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Article 227 to be used only when there is flagrant abuse of process of law and not otherwise

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Court had to decide on a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution, challenging the order passed

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Delhi High Court sets aside order granting parole to Mukhtar Ansari

Delhi High Court: A few days back on 16th February, the Additional Sessions Judge had granted parole to applicant Mukhtar Ansari who is a

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Bombay HC directs State Police to apply their mind before lodging FIR & penning down statements

Bombay High Court: The petitioners under Section 482 CrPC prayed for quashing the First Information Report registered at the instance of the

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Litigants and counsel cannot, as a publicity stunt, issue press statements about a petition even before cognizance of the case

High Court of Madhya Pradesh: While hearing a PIL filed by the petitioner for the purpose of transferring the investigation of criminal case

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Compliance of Section 197 CrPC is mandatory before initiating prosecution against public servant

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Medical Camp was held on 8.11.2014 at Pendri, Sakri conducted under the National Family Planning Programme for sterilization of

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Costs imposed for trying to misuse writ jurisdiction

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A petitioner approached the High Court under its writ jurisdiction, when the petition was earlier filed before the learned

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Allahabad HC confirms injunction against Thomson Reuters in SCC copyright infringement matter

Allahabad High Court: In an appeal filed by Thomson Reuters South Asia against the injunction granted by the District Judge, Lucknow on 29.3.2013 in

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Article 311 of the Constitution applies only to civil posts, not to autonomous bodies

Delhi High Court: In the instant writ petition, the petitioner challenged the order of disciplinary authority whereby the petitioner had been inflicted the

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Participate actively in court proceedings, Tripura HC directs trial Judges

Tripura High Court: Recently, the Court decided an appeal against the acquittal by a Sessions Court in Tripura which had set aside the

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Bombay HC grants injunction against Thomson Press for reprinting of Bhagwat Gita copyrighted by Bhaktivedanta Book Trust

Bombay High Court: The Court recently dealt with the copyright protection of translated version of Bhagvad Gita. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust alleged that

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Allahabad HC strikes down ordinance granting 80% institutional reservation in LLM course

Allahabad High Court: The petitioner approached the Court under Article 226 challenging the validity of the Ordinance for Admission to LLM Course insofar

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IO lacking territorial jurisdiction is no ground to interfere in investigation under Section 482 CrPC

Bombay High Court: The applicant approached the Court under Section 482 CrPc to quash and set aside the FIR vide Crime No. 338

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Woman sets husband ablaze in anger: Bombay HC convicts her under Section 300 IPC

Bombay High Court: Before the Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court, a woman convicted by trial court for murdering her husband by setting

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A final report can be filed by police after initial report under Section 173(8) CrPC

Madras High Court: In a case before the Court, Police had registered an FIR against the petitioner on the basis of a complaint

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Cutting of Trees without following procedure and precautions, a serious concern

Bombay High Court: A writ petition was filed before the Bombay High Court pertaining to a metro line to be laid down

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Realistic costs to be imposed to curb vexatious litigation

Delhi High Court: While dismissing an appeal for being devoid of merits, the Single Bench of Hima Kohli, J. observed that to curb

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HC rejects Jindal Steel’s plea to retain coal block land for dumping fly ash

Delhi High Court: The Single Bench of Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J. has dismissed the petition of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd seeking exclusion

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Bombay HC Judge clarifies on her controversial comment referring to victim of sexual assault by her adoptive father

Bombay High Court: Justice Sadhna Jadhav had recently granted bail to a person accused of raping his adoptive daughter. While granting the

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Transfer cannot be challenged on the grounds of personal inconvenience

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Single Bench of Sujoy Paul, J. has held that an employee does not have any indefeasible right to