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Allahabad High Court| Accused in ‘Constructive Custody’ of the Court gets bail. Read what ‘constructive custody’ means

Allahabad High Court: In an application filed for seeking bail for offences under Sections 420 and 120-B of Penal Code,

[Jindal Gang Rape Case] Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds 20 years’ RI for two students ; acquits one giving benefit of doubt

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding the present appeal preferred by the accused of the Jindal gang rape case, Tejinder Singh

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Bombay High Court | Right to reside in shared household of husband is lost after grant of divorce; Cannot be claimed based on an earlier order

Bombay High Court: In a petition filed by Umakant Bondre/ applicant 1 (former father-in-law of respondent 1) challenging the order

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Kerala High Court| Object of an enquiry under S. 33 (2) (b) of the Industrial Dispute Act, 1947 is to lift the veil to find out any hidden motive in punishing the workman

Kerala High Court: In a petition challenging the order dismissing the application filed under Section 33(2)(b) of the Industrial Disputes

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Delhi High Court| Negligence of counsel not a reasonable ground within Order XI Rule 1(5) CPC; Facts of the case must disclose ‘urgency’ to avail benefit under Or. XI R. 1(4) CPC

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by the petitioner challenging dismissal order in relation to an application filed seeking

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Cancellation of bail without issuing notice to the applicants and without affording them a reasonable and sufficient opportunity of hearing is patently illegal; Allahabad High Court reiterates

Allahabad High Court: In a bail application filed by the applicants for quashing the proceedings and setting aside the bail

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Karnataka HC | Clients cannot make out a case of fraud against their advocate just because advocate was unable secure them a favourable order

Karnataka High Court: While deciding the instant petition seeking quashment of complaint against a Senior Advocate, wherein it was alleged that he

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What is Transit Anticipatory Bail? Allahabad High Court explains

Allahabad High Court: In an anticipatory bail application, Rajesh Chauhan, J. has directed the police to release the applicant on transit bail

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Telangana High Court grants extension to the defaulter under One Time Settlement Scheme

Telangana High Court: While exercising its powers under Article 226 in case relating to delay in payment under One Time

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Madras High Court | Materials must be placed before the Court in order to extend the period of remand

Madras High Court: In a criminal appeal filed challenging the extension of the remand period from 90 days to 180

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Tripura High Court| Pay scales of Tripura Jute Mills workers and employees to be brought. on a par with their counterparts in 32 PSU’s /Statutory bodies

Tripura High Court: In appeals directed against the judgment passed by the Single Judge in a batch of writ petitions,

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“Every judgment must be seen to its own context and facts, and the precedents cannot be applied universally to every case”; Allahabad High Court denies anticipatory bail to the applicant

Allahabad High Court: In an anticipatory bail application filed by the applicants for offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 386, 120-B,

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Delhi High Court |Section 17 of Senior Citizens Act, 2007 not to come in way of legal representation before the Maintenance Tribunal

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by the petitioners challenging the vires of Section 17 of the Maintenance and

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Court’s power under Section 9 A&C Act, 1996 wider than CPC; Technicalities of CPC cannot prevent it from securing the ends of justice: SC

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Indira Banerjee* and A.S. Bopanna, JJ., contemplated the scope of Section 9 of Arbitration

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Delhi High Court | Arbitration cannot be invoked even by consent of the parties once the claim is found to be time-barred

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by Extramarks Education India Private Limited (petitioner) seeking appointment of an arbitrator to

Legislation Updates Notifications

SEBI extends timeline for entering details of existing outstanding non- convertible securities into DLTs by one month

On 3-10-2022, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’) has issued a circular on extension of timeline for entering

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Patna High Court directs State to ensure guidelines adopted by the State in relation to housing the members of the transgender community in jails must be implemented in letter and spirit

Patna High Court: In a writ petition concerning the transgender community, the division bench of Sanjay Karol, CJ. and S. Kumar, J.

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Father ravished his own daughter in the most “inhumane manner”; Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds father’s conviction for committing rape on daughter

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding the instant appeal, where the father was accused of raping and committing sexual

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FIR registered for non-payment of advocate professional fee; Parties arrived settlement; Delhi High Court directs client to distribute sanitary napkins and advocate to undertake pro bono work

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by Shilpi Chaudhary (‘petitioner’) seeking quashing of FIR, which was registered alleging offences

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Allahabad High Court upholds rejection of S. 321 CrPC application filed by Swami Chinmayanand Sarawati, former Union Minister of State

Allahabad High Court: In application by Swami Chinmayanand Sarawati, former Union Minister for State, invoking extraordinary power of the Court