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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Rajasthan HC allows appointment of candidates found more meritorious after publication of revised merit list for recruitment of Teacher Grade III-2012

Rajasthan High Court: The petitioner filed the present application stating that due to inadvertence the name of Respondent 4 has been typed

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Karnataka HC enlarges accused on bail considering his young age

Karnataka High Court: While passing the order in a criminal petition filed under Section 439 of CrPC praying to enlarge the petitioner

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Published on August 31, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi HC holds that death during official tour may not necessarily make the employer liable to pay compensation

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court rejected an appellant’s application for compensation for her husband’s death

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Published on August 31, 2017September 15, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Haryana Judicial Services Exam Paper leak: Paper allegedly leaked by toppers; 3-judge bench to hear the matter

Punjab and Haryana High Court: In the matter where 2 candidates who had topped the Haryana Civil Services (Judicial) examination in General

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Published on August 31, 2017September 12, 2017By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Transporter being an agent of the owner of property cannot claim compensation under S. 166, MV Act for damage to property

Karnataka High Court: While delivering the judgment in a miscellaneous first appeal filed under Section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988,

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Published on August 30, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Hyderabad HC dismisses writ petition challenging the appointment of Chief Minister

Hyderabad High Court: The Court dismissed a writ petition seeking a writ of quo warranto against the respondent to show cause of

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Published on August 29, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Right to contest an election is a statutory right and not a fundamental or common law right

Rajasthan High Court: The petitioner was disallowed by the impugned order dated 2.8.2017 from contesting the election for the post of Research

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Published on August 29, 2017September 15, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

An arbitral award can only be set aside if is contrary to the contract between parties, against the law of the land or is against public policy

Delhi High Court: The Court elaborated on Sections 34 and 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 while dismissing an appeal

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Published on August 28, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Kerala HC:  Denial of PU Chitra’s participation in IAAF World Championship was arbitrary

Kerala High Court: Aggrieved by the decision of a Single Judge in a petition filed by P. Chitra, a national level athlete,

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Published on August 28, 2017August 28, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Karnataka HC refuses to direct State Excise Dept. to consider applications for renewal of licences of vendors having shops at National Highways

Karnataka High Court: While passing the order in a set of writ petitions filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

In a divorce petition, if both parties are domiciled in India then a Court at Dubai is not a court with competent jurisdiction

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of A.S. Oka and Anuja Prabhudessai. JJ., heard an appeal filed by the appellant who

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Published on August 25, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Chhattisgarh HC affirms that offence under S. 143(2) of Railways Act is a bailable offence

Chhattisgarh High Court: Recently, the High Court had to deal with the bail application of accused charged under S. 143(2) of the

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Published on August 25, 2017September 8, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Continuation of proceedings even after parties having entered into settlement would be an abuse of process of law

Karnataka High Court: While passing the order in a criminal petition filed under Section 482 of CrPC, a Single Judge Bench of

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Criminal proceedings for cruelty to wife can be quashed by High Court in exercise of it’s inherent powers under S. 482 CrPC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court ruled that proceedings under Sections 498-A, 406 read with 34

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Published on August 24, 2017September 8, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Erroneous edit in charge-sheet would not come in the way of trial court in framing proper charges

Karnataka High Court: While passing the order in a criminal petition filed under Section 438 of CrPC praying to enlarge the petitioners

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Inconsistencies between petitioner’s allegation and FIR recorded, shall warrant interference by the Court

Madras High Court: The Court recently dealt with a Criminal Original Petition filed under Sec. 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure

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Published on August 24, 2017September 8, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bail granted to a first time offender booked under POCSO by Chhattisgarh HC

Chhattisgarh High Court: The High Court decided a regular bail application recently in which the offender was a young man aged about

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Published on August 23, 2017September 8, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Madhya Pradesh Government directed to disburse compensation amount to families of victims of 1984 riots within 6 weeks

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Court directed the State Government to pay the compensation promised to the families of the victims of

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Published on August 23, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

University cannot grant retrospective affiliation to a college if it fails to obtain NOC from State Govt.

Rajasthan High Court: Shri Vinayak Mahavidhlaya, the petitioner-college has enrolled students in the academic session 2016-17 for B.Sc. First year without having

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Published on August 23, 2017August 23, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

A child on attaining age of marriage is free to choose his/her partner, irrespective of parents’ wishes or the partner’s criminal records

Kerala High Court: In a writ of habeas corpus filed by the parents of a girl allegedly detained by the respondent illegally,

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