Kerala High Court
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“The Office is duty bound to list matters before the concerned Judge strictly as per the roster, unless otherwise ordered by the Chief Justice. Any deviation from this direction, thereby causing difficulty to the Judges or Advocates appearing in the matter, will invite disciplinary action against the officials concerned.”

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Andhra Pradesh High Court
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“If the intention of the Parliament were to vest the power of extending the mandate of an Arbitrator under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 only in High Court as envisaged under Section 11, then nothing could have prevented it from providing so.”

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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“In most of the photographs, it is evident that after cutting down of such wild growth of cannabis, a part of it is still lying scattered though major part or it has been transported but to which place or what has been done to those cut-out cannabis has not been explained.”

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Calcutta High Court
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The State has, in derogation of West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993 and the law declared under Article 141 of the Constitution, decided who would be the surveying and data collecting authority for the Commission. The Commission has been reduced to a handmaiden and or a compulsively obedient pet by the State.

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Tripura High Court
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The anganwadi centres are the creation of the Intensive Child Development Services Scheme, launched in 1975 to address the issues of health, nutrition, and education needs of children and each anganwadi centre is managed by one anganwadi worker and one anganwadi helper to implement the Scheme.

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Bombay High Court
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The Court referred to MAT’s finding that the petitioners were empowered to terminate the services of a probationer in case of misconduct, provided that such misconduct is proved after an opportunity of being heard is availed to the respondent. However, the same was not followed by the petitioners.

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Himachal Pradesh High Court
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“Failure on the part of a government hospital to provide the timely medical treatment to a person in need of such treatment results violation of his right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution, as has been done in the instant case.”

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Sikkim High Court
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The Court discussed the difference between a gratuitous passenger travelling in a private vehicle that met with an accident, and the deceased wife of the insured in the instant case who was held to be covered as a “third party”. The distinction proved to be elemental in granting “just compensation” to the appellants.

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ITLOS Advisory Opinion
Case BriefsInternational Courts

Tribunal found that COSIS’ Request was compatible with its judicial functions, as it was called upon to clarify and provide guidance concerning the specific obligations of State Parties to the Convention by interpreting and applying the provisions of UNCLOS particularly Part XII.

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