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Jha HC | Deceased’s feet touching ground suggests hanging after murder; conviction of accused upheld

Jharkhand High Court: This criminal appeal was filed before the Bench of Ratnaker Bhengra, J., against the judgment of conviction and order

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Del HC | Specificities of date and time not necessary in divorce petition under S. 13(1)(i-a) HMA, where wife leads evidence

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of G.S. Sistani and Jyoti Singh, JJ., directed a divorce decree sheet to be drawn up in

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Guj HC | Cooperating with the investigating agency entitles accused for bail

Gujarat High Court: The Bench of Vipul M. Pancholi, J. allowed a petition seeking anticipatory bail subject to certain restrictions. In the pertinent

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Bom HC | Order of maintenance under DV Act set aside in absence of any act of domestic violence committed by husband

Bombay High Court at Goa: C.V. Bhadang, J., allowed a petition filed by the husband and quashed trial court’s order whereby it had

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Pat HC | Director of a company cannot be made to suffer rigors of criminal trial in the absence of material proving allegations against him

Patna High Court: The Bench of Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. allowed an application filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,

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P&H HC | S. 28-A of Land Acquisition Act not an adversarial form of adjudication; fair compensation to be determined for all landowners

Punjab and Haryana High Court: This writ petition was filed before the Bench of G.S. Sandhawalia, J., against the award passed by

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Cal HC | Cyber crimes on the rise | Directions issued to train and familiarise members of police force in regard to “electronic evidence”

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Manojit Mandal and Joymalya Bagchi, JJ., in the wake of rising cyber crimes in

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Pat HC | Production of additional documents allowed if the concerned party could not produce such evidence despite due diligence

Patna High Court: The Bench of Prabhat Kumar Jha, J. dismissed a petition filed against an order allowing production of additional documents.

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Madras HC | Hostility of witnesses held immaterial where sequence of events are cogent and corroborate to each other

Madras High Court: Dr G. Jayachandran, J., dismissed a criminal appeal filed by the accused who was convicted by the trial court for

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Bom HC | Threats by journalists who are reporters to publish news defaming a person amount to extortion

Bombay High Court: In an interesting case, M.G. Giratkar, J., maintained conviction of a journalist for the offence of extorting money from the

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Del HC | Statement recorded immediately after incident is more credible than the one recorded after 5 months; discharge of accused upheld

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., upheld the order of the trial court discharging the respondent who was accused of committing offences punishable

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J&K HC | No relief can be granted in the petition, which has been filed on apprehension

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Bench of Ali Mohammad Magrey, J., dismissed a petition that was filed by the petitioners on

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Del HC | Wife granted opportunity to prove additional documents not available during trial for maintenance under S. 125 CrPC

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. disposed of a petition filed in a matrimonial dispute by allowing the petitioner (wife) to prove additional

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Kar HC | Detention order challenged for supplying illegible documents – test is to determine whether detenue rendered incapable of making representation

Karnataka High Court: The Division Bench of K.N. Phaneendra and K. Somashekhar, JJ. hearing a petition in the nature of habeas corpus,

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Bom HC | Publicising domestic disputes, lodging false complaints, making frivolous allegations amount to cruelty and are grounds for divorce

Bombay High Court: In an interesting case, Vibha Kankanwadi, J. allowed an appeal filed by the husband against the order of the first

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Utt HC | Court allows compounding application considering that offence was private in nature

Uttaranchal High Court: The Bench of Manoj K. Tiwari, J. disposed of a compounding application in favour of the parties as they

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Del HC | Court is not storage of petitions filed by negligent litigants: Not permitted to blame previous counsel after 21 years for not providing case record

‘Vigilantibus, non-dermientibus, jura subveniunt’ (the law helps those who are watchful and not those who are asleep) Delhi High Court: Vinod Goel, J.,

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Kar HC | Unauthorized absence from service for a long period of time not a minor misconduct and is a ground for dismissal

Karnataka High Court: The Division Bench of L. Narayana Swamy, ACJ and P.S. Dinesh Kumar, J., allowed a writ appeal filed against

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Del HC | Recalling of material witness allowed even where accused held to have not exercised due diligence in defending themselves

Delhi High Court: Sunil Gaur, J., while putting petitioners to terms, allowed their application filed under Section 311 CrPC to recall three