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Gau HC | In the event an excess salary is paid to an employee during his/her service tenure because of no fault of his/her, such excess payment cannot be recovered from retirement benefits; law laid down by SC reiterated

Gauhati High Court: Achintya Malla Bujor Barua J., while reiterating the principle laid down by Supreme Court, with respect to calculation and

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All HC | While exercising inherent jurisdiction under S. 482 CrPC, can High Court make any comment on factual matrix of the case? Court answers

Allahabad High Court: Ram Krishna Gautam, J., held that as per Section 482 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, while exercising the inherent jurisdiction, High

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CESTAT | Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) does not attract service tax under the category of Management or Business Consultant Service; Tribunal allows appeal

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Coram of S.S. Garg (Judicial Member) and P. Anjani Kumar (Technical Member) allowed

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Kar HC | Whether Magistrate is required to give elaborate reasons for taking cognizance and summoning the accused in view of report under S. 173 CrPC? Legal position discussed

Karnataka High Court: Michael Cunha J., dismissed the writ petition being found that the criminal action was rightly initiated against the petitioner.

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AP HC | Extensive Analysis of Trade Marks Law: Can injunction be granted in case a trade mark falls under ambit of ‘Test of likelihood of confusion or deception’? Read more on Buyer Confusion

Andhra Pradesh High Court: R. Raghunandan Rao, J., addressed a matter wherein the law relating to Trade Mark and Passing off was highlighted

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Del HC | Is it lawful for a wife to agree to a settlement deed in the process of dissolving of marriage wherein she settles that her minor children will not claim maintenance in future? Court explains

Delhi High Court: Anu Malhotra, J., addressed a matter wherein the husband and wife reach a settlement and the wife agrees to

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[Contractual Employment] Chh HC | Whether it is justified to limit the number of persons to be considered in view of the ‘requirement’ and ‘nature’ of recruitment? Appeal rejected

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of P.R. Ramachandra Menon and Parth Prateem Sahu JJ., rejected the appeal finding no tenable ground

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[Freedom of Choice] Del HC | Woman who has attained majority age is free to reside wherever and with whomsoever she wishes to

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar, JJ., addressed a petition wherein it was held that a girl

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Kar HC | Is it mandatory to file an affidavit for invocation of jurisdiction of Magistrate under S. 156(3) CrPC? Petition allowed partly

Karnataka High Court: John Michael Cunha J., allowed the petition partly stating that Section 156(3) CrPC applications are to be supported by

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Editors Guild of India urges Chief Minister of Kerala to withdraw disturbing amendment to Kerala Police Act

Editors Guild of India urges Chief Minister of Kerala to withdraw disturbing amendment to Kerala Police Act 118 A immediately, which provides

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All HC | Fundamental principle of natural justice audi alteram partem cannot be violated; Court issues directions  

Allahabad High Court: The Division Judge Bench of Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, JJ., disposed off a writ petition

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Centre directs National Institute of Biologicals to act as additional facility in respect of COVID-19 vaccine

Central Government directs that the National Institute of Biologicals, Noida shall along with existing functions perform the function of Central Drugs Laboratory

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CESTAT | Calculation of Revenue found to be erroneous and high pitched; Tribunal allows appeal setting aside penalty S. 11AC read with R. 25 of Central Excise Rules

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member), allowed an appeal which was filed aggrieved by the judgment

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Ker HC | Whether an order passed under Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, by a Commercial Court, appealable under S.13(1) of Commercial Courts Act, 2015; HC determines

Kerala High Court: R.Narayana Pisharadi J., while allowing the statutory remedy of appeal, discussed the parallel application of provisions and the Court’s

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All HC | In case there is conviction of less than 5 persons for the offence of ‘Dacoity’, is it necessary to prove that 5 or more persons aided the crime? Court explains

Allahabad High Court: Saurabh Shyam Shamshery, J., while addressing a criminal appeal observed that “Conviction for “Dacoity” of less than five persons is

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No fresh permissions/ renewal of permission shall be granted by Reserve Bank/AD Category-I banks to any foreign law firm for opening of Liaison Office in India

No fresh permissions/ renewal of permission shall be granted by the Reserve Bank/AD Category-I banks to any foreign law firm for the

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All HC | Is reservation of registration numbers an exception to general rule of assignment of registration numbers? Law explained in light of MV Act provisions

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, JJ., while addressing the matter with regard

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Chh HC | Order of conviction under Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act reversed in appeal due to lack of clear evidence; Appeal allowed

Chhattisgarh High Court: Gautam Chourdiya J., allowed the appeal and reversed the impugned order due to lack of clear evidence.  The facts

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J&K HC | Supervisory jurisdiction is to be exercised sparingly only in appropriate cases for purposes of keeping Subordinate courts and Tribunals within bounds of their authorities; Petition dismissed  

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Javed Iqbal Wani J., while dismissing the present petition, discusses the ambit and scope of Article 227

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Del HC | PIL seeking paid leave to women employees during menstruation: Centre & State Govt. to consider PIL as representation

As reported by PTI, the Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan addressed an issue wherein Delhi Labour Union sought