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A request for change in the name of a candidate can be considered only before declaration of result of the candidate

High Court of Delhi: The Court while examining the writ petition filed by the petitioner seeking a direction to the respondents to

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Conflicting opinions on victim’s right to appeal; matter referred to a larger Bench

Allahabad High Court: Whether the victim in a criminal complaint case against the acquittal order can prefer appeal before the Sessions Judge or

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Published on February 20, 2017March 10, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Even non-reportable judgments can be obtained and published on internet

Gujarat High Court: The Single Bench of R.M. Chhaya, J. has held that a third-party can obtain a copy of even non-reportable judgments,

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bombay HC grants interim relief to Fair Price shopkeepers for non-collection of Adhar Data, says no document indicates that its part of their duty

Bombay High Court: In a letter dated 21st November, 2016, Tahsildar, Miraj of Sangli district had ordered all the Fair Price Shops

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Published on February 18, 2017March 10, 2017By Saba
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Framing rules for EWS quota under RTE Act entirely a policy decision, Bombay HC refuses to interfere

Bombay High Court: The Court dealt with a Public Interest Litigation challenging the State Government Resolution of 10th January, 2017. By this resolution,

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Published on February 17, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Mitigating circumstances must be considered to ascertain the sentence of convict

Delhi High Court: The Court  recently in a Criminal Appeal considered the mitigating circumstances to award an appropriate sentence to the accused-appellant. The

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Sindoor And Mangalsutra does not validate a marriage under Hindu Marriage Act

Bombay High Court: Hearing an appeal, a Division Bench comprising of BP Dharmadhikari and Swapna Joshi, JJ held that  simply performing two

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

No regularisation can be claimed if service-span is less than three years

Delhi High Court: In a writ petition under Article 226 before the Delhi High Court, the petitioner sought the relief of continuation as

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Published on February 16, 2017March 3, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Uttar Pradesh PSC’s memorandum increasing reservation for OBC candidates held illegal, State Govt. directed to make reservation based on correct quantifiable data

Allahabad High Court: UP Public Service Commission had issued an advertisement dated 22.10.2013 inviting applications for 6628 vacancies of Subordinate Agriculture Services,

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Published on February 16, 2017March 3, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Proceedings on the same matter in criminal court and departmental enquiry can continue simultaneously

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The petitioner was working as the sub-inspector and it had been alleged that he went into the house of

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Published on February 15, 2017March 3, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Inform debtor before commencing with auction sale of his security, Allahabad HC quashes DRAT order

Allahabad High Court: The petitioner before the Court appealed against the order of Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal. The petitioner was serving in Punjab

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Cooperative Societies are covered under the ambit of RTI Act

Bombay High Court: Jalgaon Jillha Urban Cooperative Banks Association Ltd., Credit Societies and other financial institutions registered under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act

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Published on February 15, 2017June 28, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

One can’t claim promotion only for the reason that juniors to him have been promoted

Delhi High Court: The petitioner filed a writ petition  under Article 226  seeking the relief that he is entitled to promotion for

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Published on February 14, 2017February 27, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Consider the strata of society the accused comes from before awarding death sentence and constituting a case as rarest of rare: Calcutta High Court

Calcutta High Court: The Court recently had to decide on a death reference under Section 366 CrPC against the order of conviction

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

MP High Court ordered a Bank to preserve old currency notes, for the same could be evidence in Bribery case

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Court while dealing with a bribery case ordered the Nationalised Bank concerned to preserve the demonetised currency notes

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Published on February 13, 2017March 2, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Framing rules for EWS quota under RTE Act entirely a policy decision, Bombay HC refuses to interfere

Bombay High Court: The Court dealt with a Public Interest Litigation challenging the State Government Resolution of 10th January, 2017. By this

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Published on February 13, 2017March 2, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Section 8(3) of the Representation of the People Act to be interpreted purposively

Bombay High Court: In a recent case,  an application for stay on his conviction by Sessions Court, Pune under Sections 304 and 34

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Published on February 13, 2017February 24, 2017By Saba
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Rape charges cannot be quashed on mere retraction of prosecutrix’s statement 

Delhi High Court: While disposing of a petition filed under Section 482 CrPC, the Single Bench of S.P. Garg, J. held that if

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Published on February 11, 2017February 24, 2017By Saba
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Bombay HC grants bail to man accused of raping his adoptive daughter, says the victim had abnormal sexual instincts

Bombay High Court: In this case before the High Court, victim was adopted when she was 9 years old by the accused

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Proceedings under Section 174-A IPC can’t be initiated unless accused is declared as proclaimed offender by competent court

Delhi High Court: The Court dealt with an important question of law in criminal proceedings in a case, where the process under

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