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Courts must strike balance between protecting rights of accused and preventing harassment of victims and witnesses due to prolonged trials

Madras High Court: Setting aside the decision of the Court of Special Judge under the Prevention of Corruption Act, refusing the petitioner

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Gratuity can be withheld during pendency of criminal proceedings

Allahabad High Court: Deciding a petition filed against the order of the Superintendent of Police, District Jalaun in withholding the payment of

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Mere hesitation on child’s part no ground to deny visitation rights to parent

Delhi High Court: Hearing an appeal against the Family Court’s order granting only an hour every month as visitation rights to the

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No interim maintenance to professionally qualified spouse having means to sustain oneself

Delhi High Court: Hearing an appeal against the Family Court’s order declining to award interim maintenance to the appellant wife as she

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In case of improper or unfair investigation, Magistrate can interfere

Allahabad High Court: Deciding an application under Section 482 CrPC, for quashing the order passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bulandshahar the Bench

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Death Sentence for committing rape and murder of 8-year-old girl, confirmed

Rajasthan High Court: Applying the principle of rarest of rare case, the Court upheld the decision of trial Court and confirmed death

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Lok Adalat cannot enter a finding, it can only record a compromise

Kerala High Court: Deciding upon the validity of the awards passed by the Lok Adalat under Section 21 of the Legal Services

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Former Judges Association’s challenge to denial of advocates welfare fund benefit, dismissed

Rajasthan High Court: Hearing a petition filed by the Society for Former Judges Association assailing the validity of Section 18(2) of the

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Court cannot impose any Policy for Religious Education in Schools upon the State

Allahabad High Court: Deciding a public interest litigation praying that the Union of India and State of U.P. be directed to introduce

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Central and State Governments should endevour to enlighten people to go for pre-marital counseling/ medical examination

Madras High Court: Expressing dismay upon the suffering of the petitioner due to her marriage being conducted without a proper enquiry as

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Past acts of cruelty after condonation, are not a ground to seek divorce, unless revived by later acts of cruelty

Delhi High Court: Hearing an appeal against the Family Court’s order dismissing the appellant husband’s petition for dissolution of marriage on grounds

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Ban prohibiting women from entering the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali Dargah held unconstitutional

Bombay High Court: While dealing with petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India alleging gender discrimination and arbitrary denial

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Admission brochure/prospectus to be strictly followed, has a force of law

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Hearing an appeal which sought the quashing of the order passed by the Punjab State Consumer Disputes

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Family Courts are not allowed to enlarge the scope of enquiry under S. 13-B(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act

Madras High Court: While deciding upon an appeal against the order and decree passed by the Family Court, Tirunelveli, the Division Bench

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68 petitions against Panjab University, seeking to raise the age of superannuation of teachers, dismissed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding upon 68 writ petitions filed by various Professors and Assistant Professors of the Panjab University

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Statutory machinery clearly computing all components of the levy is a precondition to levying of tax

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising of S.Muralidhar and Vibhu Bakhru, JJ. ruled on whether ‘service

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Petition challenging the declaration of Telugu, Odiya, Kannada and Malayalam as ‘classical language’, dismissed

Madras High Court: While deciding upon the challenge to the grant of ‘Classical’ status to languages like Telugu, Kannada, Odiya, Malayalam etc.,

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Spouse asserting right on basis of interim orders in child custody proceedings cannot be allowed to withdraw and yet continue to take benefit of order

Delhi High Court: Hearing a child custody proceeding during which an interesting question arose for consideration, the Court observed that a spouse

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Ordinance removing genuine NRIs from the quota in medical colleges, quashed

Gujarat High Court: While dealing with the constitutionality of Gujarat Professional Medical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of

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Appointment of 21 Parliamentary Secretaries by Govt. of Punjab quashed for bypassing Article 164(1A) of the Constitution

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding upon the challenge to the appointment of 21 Parliamentary Secretaries by the Government of Punjab,