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Bom HC | Lawyer-client relationship is a fiduciary one; any act which is detrimental to legal rights of clients’ needs to be punished

Bombay High Court: Stating that it is the duty of every Advocate to uphold professional integrity so that citizens can legally secure

Case Briefs District Court

Man allegedly cheats woman by suppressing material fact of him being homosexual: Will Thane Court grant him bail? Read

Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Thane: Noting the fact that a man suppressed the material fact of his private life before marriage

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Constitutional Governance : Battle for Supremacy —An Overview from 1950 to 2020

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Case Briefs High Courts

Physical relations on Promise to Marry| Long term relationship with intent of marriage ended on hostile terms, would it be covered under S. 376(2)(n) IPC? Del HC explains

Delhi High Court: Noting that the Trial Court failed to perform its duty and rendered a mechanical order, Subramonium Prasad, J., set

Case Briefs High Courts

Judges required to seek political clearance qua private visits abroad: Did Del HC strike down Ministry of External Affairs’ Office Memorandum requiring the same? Read decision

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Rajiv Shakdher and Jasmeet Singh, JJ., strikes down the OM dated 13-7-2021, to the extent

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NHRC ensures payment of Rs 13 lakh relief in the case of death of a Tamil Nadu Government woman employee after slipping into a septic tank near her office

NHRC ensures payment of Rs. 13 lakh relief in the case of the death of a Tamil Nadu Government woman employee after

Case Briefs High Courts

Law Officers perform their duties without profit motive and with a service mentality for a nominal fee as compared to their lucrative private practice: Madras HC

Madras High Court: Expressing that, Legal profession is a noble profession, and it is the lawyer, who plays a predominant role in

Case Briefs High Courts

Father of deceased accuses brother-in-law for her suicide: If chargesheet has already been filed, is there any need of custodial interrogation? Del HC decides

Delhi High Court: Chandra Dhari Singh, J., decides a bail matter wherein a woman was alleged to have committed suicide due to

Case Briefs High Courts

Mother alleged to have extra-marital affair, will father be granted custody of children? Guj HC decides

Gujarat High Court: Ashok Kumar C. Joshi, J., denied granting child custody to father, wherein the mother was alleged to have extra-marital

Case Briefs High Courts

If a girl runs away voluntarily without any persuasion, can boy with whom she eloped be held responsible for abducting the girl? Chh HC explains

Chhattisgarh High Court: Deepak Kumar Tiwari, J., held that, when the accused has not played any active role or persuaded the victim

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether power of Maintenance Tribunal under Senior Citizen Act is circumscribed to ordering of monthly allowance? Ker HC elaborates

Kerala High Court: In a matter, wherein a senior citizen has approached the Court with her grievance with respect to her son,

Case Briefs High Courts

Do Family Courts have to remain as a neutral umpire of the real dispute between the parties? Ker HC decides

Kerala High Court: Expressing that, Family Court has been functioning in like manner of an ordinary Civil Court, the Division Bench of

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Alimony to Husband, Compassionate Appointment to Illegitimate Child, Marriage Expenses of Unmarried Daughters, Maternity Leave to Contractual Employees and much more| Read 11 Legal Stories of the Week

Interesting picks from this week’s legal stories from High Courts to District Courts Alimony Whether husband is entitled to claim alimony under

Case Briefs High Courts

Law of Limitation| Exercise of power of discretion if made excessively, it would defeat the purpose and object of law of limitation; Courts not to travel beyond permissible extent

Madras High Court: Expressing that, Power of discretion is to be exercised to mitigate the injustice if any occurred to the litigants,

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether husband is entitled to claim alimony under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955? Bom HC decides

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J., held that provision of maintenance/permanent alimony being a beneficial provision for the indigent spouse, Section 25

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether an award passed under S. 34(4) of the A&C Act is a fresh award for the purpose of S. 34 of the Act? Del HC answers

Delhi High Court: Vibhu Bakhru, J., allowed an amendment application seeking amendment of a petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | S. 65-B (4) of the Evidence Act does not mention the stage of furnishing the certificate for admissibility; Court directs to give voice sample

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Avneesh Jhingan, J., entertained a petition under Section 482 CrPC where the petitioner was aggrieved by the

High Court Round Up Legal RoundUp

112 Reports from 22 High Courts: Hijab Ban, Son’s Right on Parent’s Property, Right of Putative Father, Live-in Relationships and more| March RoundUp 2022

112 significant Reports from 22 High Courts Allahabad High Court Right to Reputation People using cyberspace to vent out anger and

Case Briefs High Courts

Daughters and widow of a deceased would inherit properties of deceased as tenants in common or joint tenants? Bom HC explains

Bombay High Court: Mangesh S. Patil, J., expressed that, by virtue of Section 19 of the Hindu Succession Act, it has been