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Some guesswork is permissible for calculating income of parties while deciding application under Section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act: Del HC

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of G.S. Sistani and Jyoti Singh, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed against the order of the

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Object of Section 133 of CrPC is to protect public from public nuisance; should not be used to settle private disputes: J&K HC

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjay Kumar Gupta J., allowed the petition filed under Section 435 read

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Use of AAJ TAK in name of fortnightly magazine held to be in violation of trademark; injunction granted thereagainst

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Jayant Nath, J. passed a permanent injunction decree against the defendants, restraining them

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Antecedents of accused must be considered for grant of bail and the same can be rejected if accused is found to be a habitual offender

Karnataka High Court: A Single judge bench comprising of K.S. Mudagal, J. dismissed a criminal petition rejecting grant of bail to the

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Calcutta HC lambasts NUJS’ decision to cancel online courses of students already enrolled without offering any prior notice or refund of fees

Calcutta High Court: A Single judge bench comprising of Protik Prakash Banerjee, J. while hearing a civil writ petition filed by students

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Not incumbent upon plaintiff anymore to lead evidence even where defendant does not appear; injunction granted on basis of website screenshots: Del HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Prathiba M. Singh, J. decreed a suit injuncting the defendant from unauthorisedly broadcasting the

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Correction of errors in marriage certificate can be done in the presence of persons married or two credible witnesses

Kerala High Court: A Single judge bench comprising of Alexander Thomas, J. allowed a petition seeking mandamus against Marriage Registrar and directed

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Non-seriousness of injuries inflicted by the accused on the victim should not be the sole criteria for framing charges against the accused

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjay Kumar Gupta, J., dismissed a petition filed under Section 561-A of

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Interim maintenance amount reduced on account of it being ‘excessive’ owing to low income of the husband

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Ravi Malimath, J. allowed a writ petition filed under Article 227 of the

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Stay of suit for specific performance bars petitioner from questioning the dispensation of rental compensation: J&K HC

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Dhiraj Singh Thakur J., dismissed the petition filed under Article 104 of

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Karnataka HC refuses to entertain petition of advocate guilty of tampering with court records

Karnataka High Court: A Division bench comprising of CJ Dinesh Maheshwari and S. Sujatha, J. pulled up an advocate who tampered with

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Custody of a vehicle used in an offence can be handed over to the owner, pending trial, on an interim basis

Gujarat High Court: A Single Judge Bench of R.P. Dholaria, J., allowed a petition filed against the order of the lower courts,

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Road tax directed to be paid where application for surrender of registration of vehicle found not in prescribed manner

Allahabad High Court: This writ petition was filed before a 2-Judge Bench comprising of Pankaj Mithal and Ashok Kumar, J. against the

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Witness cannot render ‘opinion’ as to rash and negligent driving; high speed by itself not sufficient criterion: Del HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sanjeev Sachdeva, J.allowed a criminal revision petition filed against the judgment of the Appellate

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J&K HC refuses to cancel bail in a case involving the offence of adultery, on the ground that substantial time had passed since the bail was granted

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjay Kumar Gupta, J., disposed of a revision petition filed against the

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Patna HC allows plea for anticipatory bail in a case under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 due to inconsistencies in prosecution allegations

Patna High Court: A Single judge bench comprising of Birendra Kumar, J. allowed a criminal writ petition for anticipatory bail filed in

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Section 540 of CrPC cannot be invoked with the sole purpose of changing the effect of witness’s original statement: J&K HC

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjay Kumar Gupta J., allowed the Criminal Revision Petition and set aside

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Not a drop of untreated water from ‘naalas’ shall be released directly into river Ganges: Uttaranchal HC

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Rajiv Sharma and Sharad Kumar Sharma, JJ. gave directions to revive the ‘living entity’

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Presumption of bona fide requirement to be drawn in favour of landlord; order of ARC evicting the tenant under DRC Act upheld: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Vinod Goel, J. dismissed a revision petition filed against the order of the Additional