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Bom HC | Court does not have jurisdiction to order payment of wages under S. 129 of Merchant Shipping Act; held, shipping master solely empowered therefor

Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J. dismissed an admiralty suit filed by the plaintiff insofar as he claimed wages under the provision of

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P&H HC | Bail granted on the ground that there involved a debatable issue regarding applicability of offence

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Fateh Deep Singh, J. allowed the bail application on the ground that trial was not going to

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All HC | Material on record to be properly appreciated before rejecting application of bail; order of rejection of bail set aside

Allahabad High Court: Faiz Alam Khan, J., allowed the bail application which was rejected by the subordinate court on the ground that

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Utt HC | Instances of cruelty not taken in isolation but cumulative effect thereof considered; divorce petition rejected

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Alok Singh and Ravindra Maithani, JJ. contemplated the present appeal filed by the appellant-husband, where the

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HP HC | S. 138 NI Act offence compounded as accused agrees to pay the amount

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Vivek Singh Thakur, J. disposed of a petition relating to dishonour of cheques wherein the petitioner wilfully confessed

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Del HC | Handing over of iron rod to assailant when asked for, to teach lesson to the injured, held sufficient to prove common intention developed on spur of the moment

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby it had rejected petitioner’s application

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J&K HC | Bar created under S. 43 of UAPA does not hinder enforcement of default bail, if further detention of accused is not permissible

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Rashid Ali Dar, J. allowed an appeal against an order of the lower courts whereby appellant’s bail

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All HC | University is statutorily obliged to effectively evaluate answer sheet of all examinees – Ambedkar University, Agra castigated for appointing irresponsible examiners

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Sudhir Agarwal and Rajendra Kumar, JJ. allowed a writ petition for revaluation of answer-sheet due

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Pat HC | Application for quashing cognizance order passed in a dowry harassment case – dismissed on ground of gross delay of 10 years in filing the said application

Patna High Court: Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. dismissed an application filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 praying for

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P&H HC | Enhancement of compensation to minor rape victim under Punjab Victim Compensation Scheme allowed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Division Bench of Daya Chaudhary & Sudhir Mittal, JJ. allowed the application for the enhancement of

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MP HC | ‘Imposition of fine in criminal case as a punishment is also conviction’; service of petitioner terminated for suppressing information

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vishal Mishra, J. dismissed a writ petition, where the petitioner challenged the order passed against the petitioner whereby

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Guj HC | Appellant granted the benefit of remission for Dowry Death

Gujarat High Court: R.P. Dholaria, J. whilst partly allowing the appeal reduced the sentence of the appellant. In the present case, the

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Raj HC | Suspension of sentence due to pendency of appeal proceedings; bail application granted

Rajasthan High Court: Manoj Kumar Garg, J., suspended the sentence awarded to the appellants by the trial court and allowed the bail

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Ori HC | Quasi-Judicial body ought to provide grounds of dismissal of employee from services

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S.K. Mishra and Dr A.K. Mishra, JJ., dismissed a writ appeal and provided the impugned

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Del HC | Expenses for upbringing of child can’t be divided equally between parents; husband can’t avoid duty to maintain merely because wife is also earning

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a revision petition filed by the petitioner-husband against the order of the Appellate Court whereby his

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Bom HC | Lone dissenter wins long drawn court battle to not link his salary account to Aadhaar

Bombay High Court: Providing relief to a lone Mumbai Port Trust employee who refused to link his salary account to Aadhaar, a

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MP HC | ‘Early conclusion of trial a bleak possibility and prolonged pre-trial detention an anathema to the concept of liberty’; bail granted to externed accused

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Rusia, J. dealt with a bail application where the petitioner sought bail for the offence under Section

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Cal HC | Divorce on ground of non-consummation of marriage – Virginity test not necessary: not a reliable indicator of sexual intercourse

Calcutta High Court: Sahidullah Munshi, J. allowed the appeal for the subsequent dates being asked for by the husband for the potency

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P&H HC | Wife entitled to permanent alimony even if a decree declaring her marriage null and void has been passed under S. 11 of HMA

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Rakesh Kumar Jain and Harnaresh Singh Gill, JJ. allowed an appeal asking for

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Kar HC | Cognizance of complaint about negligence against a medical practitioner cannot be taken without obtaining an opinion from an expert doctor

Karnataka High Court: Alok Aradhe, J. allowed a petition praying for quashing an order whereby the Principal Civil Judge took cognizance of