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J&K and Ladakh HC dismisses quashment petition of a person accused of causing detention of detenue by BSF due to personal enmity; allows bail application    

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Sanjeev Kumar, J., refused to quash trial against the petitioner who had been facing trial

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Del HC grants interim injunction in favour of DPS Society against Infringement of trademark and crest logo by Delhi Public International School

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Narula, J. while addressing the matter of trademark infringement, opined that, “Besides, considering that parties are in the

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[Women in Army] Supreme Court issues interim direction allowing women to participate in NDA exams

Supreme Court: Taking a significant step towards gender equality, the Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ., issued interim

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Trade Mark Infringement | Cal HC restrains use of registered mark prominently used in infringer’s otherwise different packaging

Calcutta High Court: Moushumi Bhattacharya, J. granted an injunction until further orders in favour of registered proprietor of trademark. In the instant

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CESTAT | Can input services used by the provider of taxable service for providing output service be covered by the exclusion clause? Tribunal answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): SS. Garg (Judicial Member) allowed appeals which were filed after the rejection of refund

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P&H HC | Amandeep Singh’s case has not been appreciated in its real sense by the Family Court; HC allows waiving off mandatory 6 months period for divorce

Punjab and Haryana High Court: G. S. Sandhawalia, J., allowed the application for waiving off the mandatory period of six months for

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Gangubai Kathiawadi | Can an adoptive son file for defamation of deceased mother? Bom HC decodes

Bombay High Court: Nitin W. Sambre, J., expressed that, “The law on the principle of Torts that an action dies with the

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Is officer-in-charge obligated to arrest each and every accused at the time of filing chargesheet? SC answers in negative, holds it is contrary to intent of S. 170 CrPC

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. has held that if the Investigating Officer does not

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Raj HC | Judgments cited by the applicant cannot be made basis as a precedent to infer that the balance of convenience always lies in favour of the wife; Transfer petition allowed

Rajasthan High Court: Rameshwar Vyas, J. allowed the transfer petition and transferred the matter to the Family Court, Ajmer.  The instant transfer

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NCLAT | ‘Acknowledgment’ is based on neighboring circumstances and has nothing to do with the form-Rejects Appeal

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal  (NCLAT): The Coram of Justice Venugopal M (Judicial Member) and V.P. Singh (Technical Member) while setting aside

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Sirpur Paper Mills case: Fate of an arbitral award after approval of resolution plan

by Priyal Jain† and Prasann Malviya††

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MP HC | M.P. State Legal Service Authority to provide assistance to transgenders in getting their Identity Cards/Transgender Cards; State directed to ensure other benefits

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Mohammad Rafiq, CJ and Vijay Kumar Shukla, J., decided in the matter of a

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Raj HC | “Live-in relationship cannot be at the cost of social fabric of this country”; Police protection rejected to a live-in couple

Rajasthan High Court: Satish Kumar Sharma J. dismissed the petition and rejected police protection to a couple. The instant petition was filed

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Ori HC took stock of issue of illegal prawn enclosures (‘gheries’) around Indian wetland of international importance, the eco-sensitive Chilika Lake; Laid directions

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar and B. P. Routray, JJ., addressed the issue of the problems encountered in

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[Bengal Post Poll Violence] Cal HC | CBI probe ordered in the investigation after NHRC report; Court also constitutes SIT of all IPS officers to install faith of the people in rule of law [Detailed Report]

Calcutta High Court: The Full Bench of Rajesh Bindal, ACJ and I.P. Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen and Subrata Talukdar, JJ., continued

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The Indian Catastrophe: MP Migrant’s Crisis Amidst COVID-19

by Rakshita Agarwal*, Rohit Sharma**, Lakshmi Menon***, Niharika Tiwari****, Shilpa Shankar**** and Saiyed Kamil******

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SC sets free three murder convicts finding investigation was done under political pressure to allow real culprits escape by burying the truth fathom deep

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Indira Banerjee and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ. reversed concurrent judgments of the trial court and the Madhya

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5-Judge Bench of Patna HC directs to demolish entire building of newly erected Waqf Bhawan constructed in close proximity of Centenary Building of the HC; Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah dissents

Patna High Court: A Special 5-Judges Bench comprising of Ashwani Kumar Singh, Vikash Jain, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Rajendra Kumar Mishra and Chakradhari Sharan

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All HC | “Little girls are worshipped in our country, but cases of pedophilia are increasing” : HC says it’s time to strictly stop this kind of crime

Allahabad High Court: Sanjay Kumar Singh, J., expressed that, “Little girls are worshiped in our country, but the cases of pedophilia are

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Bom HC | Husband marrying second time after grant of divorce. Is it ‘domestic violence’ within DV Act? Decrypted

Bombay High Court: Manish Pitale, J., expressed while addressing the present application that, “Second marriage cannot come within the definition of domestic