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J&K HC | Denial of passport to Mehbooba Mufti; HC says the scope of Court is limited, it can only direct authorities concerned to expeditiously consider the case

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Ali Mohammad Magrey, J., in a significant judgment dismissed the petition filed by former Chief Minister of

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Convicted for “invitation for sexual touching” and acquitted from “sexual assault”; Supreme Court of Canada guides Appellate Courts on inconsistent jury verdicts

Supreme Court of Canada: The Bench comprising of Wagner C.J., and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown, Rowe, Martin and Kasirer JJ., addressed

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Tri HC | Conviction under S. 42 Indian Forest Act, 1927 upheld; Court dismisses petition  

Tripura High Court: S.G. Chattopadhyay, J., dismissed a criminal revision petition which had been filed challenging the judgment delivered by the Sessions

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CESTAT | Non compliance with the procedure leads to dismissal of refund claim; Tribunal dismisses appeal

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Suvendu Kumar Pati (Judicial Member), dismissed an appeal which was filed with the rejection

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Madras HC | Daughters filed partition suit while disowning their registered release deed. As per S. 92 of Evidence Act, burden to adduce evidence sufficient to exclude written evidence will be on the daughters? Read on

Madras High Court: G. Jayachandran, J., the instant suit was filed with regard to the relief of partition and permanent injunction from

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[S. 376 IPC] Ori HC | Bail rejected subject to the plight of the victim and the probability of the accused tarnishing the dignity of the victim and her family

Orissa High Court: S. K. Panigrahi, J. dismissed the bail application as there was a clear possibility of further danger to the

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Raj HC | Whether candidates who did not study ‘Language’ as an optional subject in their 3-year degree course studied it later as an additional subject post completing graduation be eligible to the post of “Language Teacher”

Rajasthan High Court: The Division Bench of Sabina and Manoj Kumar Vyas, JJ. dismissed the appeal and upheld the impugned order. Facts

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SEBI | What could give a ‘semblance of credibility on first blush’, denied on ‘second’| Fraudulent issuance of GDR dealt suitably | Directed to disgorge

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): S.K. Mohanty (Whole Time Member) in a detailed 92 paged order, barred six individuals and

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Exponential increase in incidents of crime against women in State of Rajasthan : NHRC takes suo motu cognizance

National Human Rights Commission, India has taken cognizance of complaints alleging that there has been an exponential increase in the incidents of

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CESTAT | No intention to evade duty, penalty set aside; Tribunal partly allows appeal

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) partly allowed an appeal where the issue was whether the

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Raj HC | Primary objective of parole is to facilitate family ties being maintained and cannot be rejected on flimsy grounds

Rajasthan High Court: Mahendar Kumar Goyal, J. allowed the petition and sets aside the impugned order. The facts of the case are

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Chh HC | Whether higher qualification presupposes lower qualification always for the purposes of recruitment? HC discusses

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of P. R. Ramchandra Menon and Parth Prateem Sahu, JJ. sets aside the impugned order and

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ECJ | Denmark’s top toy manufacturer, Lego obtains design rights for its disputed building block toy set against its German competitor, Delta Sport

General Court (Second Chamber): The Bench comprising of V. Tomljenović, President, F. Schalin and I. Nõmm (Rapporteur), JJ., settles the design right

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Ker HC| ‘Ensure ‘no double voting by any voter’; HC directs Election Commission of India to be on war footing to ensure fair and democratic election

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench comprising of S.Manikumar, CJ., and Shaji P. Chaly, J., heard the instant PIL whereby, MLA Ramesh

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The third episode, featuring our Associate Editor Nilufer Bhateja, has brought significant judgments delivered by the Supreme Court and High Courts last

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Madras HC | 4 Fishermen killed by Sri Lankan Navy. State & Centre to provide adequate compensation in wake of untimely deaths of fishermen

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, J., addressed an issue wherein the association of fishermen

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Madras HC | Quality of education being compromised in course of more law colleges being born in guise of creating opportunities. Read what HC says

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and SenthilKumar Ramamoorthy, J., addressed the concern with regard to the quality

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Madras HC | Official Funds for Campaigning: One has to wear allegiance to a political leader, if not on the sleeve at least visibly crying out of pocket | Why? Read on

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, J., expressed that: Election Commission has sufficient authority to

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Madras HC | “Trying to develop the case brick by brick and construct something purposeful”: HC while arranging counselling for same-sex couple and parents

Madras High Court: N. Anand Venkatesh, J., while addressing an issue with respect to protection to the same-sex couple, expressed that: “…I