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Del HC | Object of SEBI Act to be kept in mind while discharging an accused; application under S. 24-A declined

Delhi High Court: Sunil Gaur, J., declined an application filed under Section 24-A of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992,

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Utt HC | Court abstains from entering into executive realm, enters into public interest domain instead

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, C.J. and N.S. Dhanik, J. allowed a petition seeking appropriate required actions to facilitate

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HP HC | Limitation of appeal to be kept in view while moulding the relief

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Surya Kant, C.J. and Sandeep Sharma, J. dismissed a letters patent appeal finding no

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Pat HC | Adultery: Joseph Shine v. Union of India given retrospective effect; proceedings under S. 497 IPC set aside

Patna High Court: The Bench of Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. quashed criminal proceeding filed in the year 2013 under Section 497 of the

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Ker HC | High Court can afford to be arbitrary on the judicial side, but certainly not on the administrative side

Kerala High Court: The Bench of V. Chitambaresh and T.V. Anilkumar, JJ. dismissed writ appeals filed by administrative officers of this Court,

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

J&K HC | Doctors who have not completed their 3 years of probationary period may be allowed to pursue PG courses conditionally

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Bench of Sanjeev Kumar, J., disposed of a petition with the direction given to the petitioner

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Del HC | Not abnormal for a girl not to make complaint against her father; order discharging accused-father of offence of rape set aside

Delhi High Court: Observing that the trial court, in the present case, did not seem to be alive to realities, Sanjeev Sachdeva, J.

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Not unlawful for an Advocate to enter into a “contingent contract” while appearing in capacity of a “counsel” in arbitration proceedings

Bombay High Court: A.S. Chandurkar, J., clarified that a contract whereby an advocate asks for the fee based on the outcome of

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ori HC | ST Order to be read as it is: Not permissible to say a tribe is ‘synonymous’ to the one mentioned in the Order 

Orissa High Court: The Bench of Dr A.K. Rath, J., allowed the writ petition which revolved around the issue of ascertaining as

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Ker HC | Claim for promotion not maintainable where employee lacks consistent record of good performance

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of V. Chitambaresh and A.M. Babu, JJ. allowed the appeal filed by a company against the

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Del HC | Maintenance under S. 125 CrPC to be ordinarily awarded from date of application; award from date of order is exception

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., modified the trial court’s order awarding maintenance to the petitioner-wife and directed the respondent-husband to the pay

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Bom HC | Sister’s right in ancestral property upheld by virtue of Hindu Women’s Right to Property Act and Hindu Succession Act

Bombay High Court: Sandeep K. Shinde, J., upheld the order of the first Appellate Court whereby it reversed the trial court’s decision and

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ker HC | Anticipatory bail of person accused of vandalism during hartal rejected

Kerala High Court: The Bench of Sunil Thomas, J. dismissed a bail application filed by an individual under Section 438 CrPC, for

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Jha HC | Disciplinary authority differing with findings of inquiry report, must issue a second show cause notice to indicate grounds of disagreement

Jharkhand High Court: The Bench of Ananda Sen, J. set aside a punishment order issued against a police constable in departmental proceedings,

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MP HC | S. 14(3) of the Juvenile Justice Act not mandatory in all circumstance; delay adequately explained

Madhya Pradesh High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of Atul Sreedharan, J., against the order passed by Special Judge

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Bom HC | Order dismissing appeal on unproved documents held not sustainable and therefore set aside

Bombay High Court: V.M. Deshpande, J., quashed the trial court’s Judgment convicting the applicant herein for the offences punishable under Sections 279 (rash

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | “Possession” under S. 25 Arms Act is to be backed by mental element to make it the requisite “conscious possession”

Delhi High Court: Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, J., quashed an FIR registered against the petitioner under Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 for

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Utt HC | Authorities cannot be allowed to read something between the lines, which is not even a part of the Regulation

Uttaranchal High Court: A Bench of Manoj K. Tiwari, J. while allowing the petition quashed the order of the Chief Education Officer.

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Guj HC | Applicability of S. 115 CPC can’t be exercised in a routine manner in absence of any perversity

Gujarat High Court: A Bench of A.J. Shastri, J. dismissed a petition being devoid of merit as the case did not fall

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P&H HC | No contempt proved in absence of intention to commit contempt

Punjab and Haryana High Court: This contempt petition was filed before the Bench of Nirmaljit Kaur, J. for disobedience of the order

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