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Inmates face social stigma which can disrupt relationships with family and friends and the incarcerated persons often suffer long-term consequences from having been subjected to pain, deprivation, and extremely atypical patterns and norms of living and interacting with others.

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Limitation for prosecution under Section 498-A1 of IPC does not continue for indefinite period as such interpretation will render Section 4682 of CrPC nugatory/otiose for the purpose of Section 498-A of IPC which does not appear to be the legislature’s intention.

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If the University gave necessary accommodation of issuing provisional eligibility based on predicted marks and then if the student does not actually score as per prediction, then the College or the University cannot be blamed.

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Some clear and definite guidelines are required to be issued to the Courts of Magistrates and to the investigating agencies to follow the procedure of giving a remand report sufficiently in advance to the arrested accused before his first remand application is considered by the appropriate Court.

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By the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976, the Schedule—IX is amended by deleting the original Entry at S.No.13 as ‘Halba or Halbi’ and inserting Entry at S.No.19 as ‘Halba, Halbi’ for the State of Maharashtra, pursuant to the States Reorganization Act, 1956.

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Once the resignation is withdrawn, there is nothing to be discussed in the Gram Panchayat meeting and the meeting qua the subject of resignation must be terminated immediately after desire for withdrawal for resignation is expressed.

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Respondents have not taken recourse to the procedure contemplated by Section 7 of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers Drug-Offenders and Dangerous Persons Act, 1981, which provides for procedure to be adopted in case where the detenue is absconding.

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The Sarpanch is a post conferred upon a person and therefore, the term ‘Sarpanch’ as well as the post of Sarpanch cannot be distinguished as both have identical meanings in common parlance.

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