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Born on 10-02-1962 in Hisar, Justice Surya Kant, has the distinction to be appointed as the youngest Advocate General of Haryana. Before being elevated as a Supreme Court Judge, Justice Surya Kant served as a Judge in the Punjab and Haryana High Court and as Chief Justice of Himanchal Pradesh High Court.

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Kerala High Court observed that when the suit is dismissed on finding that it is barred by law, the court fees cannot be refunded.

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Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Siddharth Mridul and Gaurang Kanth, JJ. dismissed the writ petition as it was filed after

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Delhi High Court will be soon pronouncing its ruling with respect to a batch of petitions filed asking for striking down marital

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Supreme Court: In a trade mark infringement case where interlocutory injunction was sought during the pendency of the suit, the bench of

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Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of S.K. Mishra and A.K. Verma, JJ., dismissed the appeal for acquittal considering it to be

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Gujarat High Court: Ashokkumar C. Joshi, J. dismissed a petition and emphasised the importance of proper reasoning in a judgment/order. Petitioners were

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Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Sheel Nagu and Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, JJ., allowed the petition while hearing an appeal

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Supreme Court: In a case where the order was dictated in the court, but had not been signed, the 3-judge bench of

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Delhi High Court: While stating the well-settled law that even when an appellate Court affirms the order of the Court below, it

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Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta, J., allowed a petition which was filed challenging the order whereby petitioner’s transfer order dated 28-07-2021 had

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Madras High Court: Dr G. Jayachandran, J., refused to pass a decree in favour of the plaintiff who relied on general admission

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Rajasthan High Court: Mahendra Kumar Goyal J., dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are such that

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Uttaranchal High Court: Lok Pal Singh, J., allowed a writ petition which was filed seeking a writ of certiorari to quash the

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While going through the judgments uploaded on the Supreme Court’s official website, an anomaly has caught our attention. In two of the

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Bombay High Court: Vibha Kankanwadi, J., observed that, “The practice of pronouncing Judgments in appeal against conviction in absence of the accused, thereby

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Delhi High Court: Vibhu Bakhru, J., in the present petition observed that, “A deadly weapon is one, which is lethal and is likely

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Supreme Court of Pakistan: A Full Bench of Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed, JJ. set

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Gauhati High Court: Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, J. dismissed a petition against the order of the trial court whereby it had summoned the