Delhi High Court
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The Court stated that though it may be true that the petitioner cannot be present at the same time on the entire stretch of 3 kms, but, the criminals having carried out activities at 12 places without being noticed by the petitioner, clearly shows that he is not diligent in the performance of his duty and it is a case of gross dereliction thereof.

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Delhi High Court
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In the present case, the allegation against the respondent (‘man’) was of domestic violence, while he lived in a shared household with the petitioner (‘woman’) for almost seven years in a domestic relationship, if not as a married couple but at least as a couple in the nature of marriage.

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Delhi High Court
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“Limitation seeks to prevent abuse of process by filing vexatious and belated prosecutions. However, at the same time, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (‘CrPC’) is not blind to the problems faced by litigants and provides for extension of the limitation period in certain cases under Section 4731 of the CrPC. Thus, CrPC also ensures that interests of bona fide complainants are not affected.”

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Delhi High Court
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The Court stated that requiring TRAI to retrieve information about individual complaints from Telecom Service Provider will impose an impractical and onerous burden on the TRAI. With a workforce of merely 170 employees, the TRAI lacked the operational capacity to manage or compile data related to the grievances of over 900 million telecom subscribers.

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Delhi High Court
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Plaintiffs submitted that being the ex-franchisee, Defendant 1 was clearly aware of the ownership and notoriety of the ‘MOTI MAHAL’, ‘MOTI MAHAL DELUX TANDOORI TRAIL’, ‘TANDOORI TRAIL’ and their formative marks as well as the goodwill and reputation enjoyed by the plaintiffs related to the said trade marks.

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Chhattisgarh High Court
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It cannot be denied that continuation of pregnancy can lead to complication at a later stage on both, the victim’s physical, psychological and mental condition. Although, the victim is suffering from severe anaemia, but team of doctors opined that she may be physically fit after correction of anaemia.

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Jharkhand High Court
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The issues of the under-trial prisoners or inmates in judicial custody, are required to be medically examined, particularly, the old age inmates where the likelihood of the issue of Cataract, Diabetes, Blood Pressure and other old age ailments are likely to grief such inmates.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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The Court stated that it is baffling that FIR propped up in India, especially considering that the wife has never pursued any criminal complaint against the petitioners in India or in Australia in eight years of marriage.

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Chhattisgarh High Court
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As per Annual Confidential Reports, the petitioner’s overall grade was average or below average. Since, the petitioner completed 50 years of age, this decision of compulsory retirement could have been taken by the State authorities. The un-communicated adverse remarks cannot be made a basis to disturb the finding recorded by the competent authority.

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Delhi High Court
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“Petitioner has established that that it was the prior registered proprietor and prior user of the mark ‘GANESH’ and its other formative marks since 1936. The adoption and use of the mark ‘GANESH HARA MATAR’ by Respondent 1, is likely to create confusion in the market.”

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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“Such individuals, who were involved in trafficking even modest amounts of contraband, were akin to termites eroding the fabric of society. It is imperative that in such cases, the Court takes a firm and resolute stance, addressing them with the utmost severity to curb this insidious menace.”

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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“Excess drinking and indulging in night life in Indian society is still a social taboo. While we may not be understood to discourage night clubs, but the policy makers ought to take into consideration the Indian culture and consider that the percentage of literacy and mature understanding and repercussions of excessive drinking is yet a far-reaching goal.”

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Delhi High Court
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It is submitted that Plaintiff 1 is a ‘celebrity’ and has a valid and enforceable personality right. He satisfies the dual test of personality rights, viz. having a valid and enforceable personality right on account of being a well-known reputed personality and the same is clearly identifiable in the infringing content uploaded by Defendants 1-8 and 13 on their social media accounts.

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Delhi High Court
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It is not the petitioner’s case that he was not supplied with the grounds of arrest at the time of the arrest and prior to the remand being sought. The remand application was detailed, and contained, effectively the same set of facts as were stated in the grounds of arrest.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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In the present case, the complaint remained pending for several years and no application was filed by Respondent 2. Now, no purpose would be served by ordering the prosecution of the accused persons, after a long delay of 14 years, when Respondent 2 and his co-accused have already been convicted in a criminal trial, relating to the same occurrence.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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Respondent 1 was enrolled in Indian Army and was discharged from service on compassionate grounds. During his service, he incurred the disability of ‘Sensori Neural Hearing Loss B/L-H90′. Respondent 1’s disability element claim was rejected by the Competent Authority on the ground the disability is assessed as less than 20%.

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