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Statute

High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016(05.07.2016)

The Union Cabinet approved introduction of the High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill 2016 in Parliament.

Proposed under the Bill are chan.....

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The High Court and The Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2015(13.08.2015)

The Government introduced 'The High Court and the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2015' in the Lok Sabha on .....

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The High Court and The Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2015(13.08.2015)

The Government introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to further amend the High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954 and the Suprem.....

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Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act, 2015(11.08.2015)

The Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act, 2015 became Act No. 23 of 2015. It amends the Delhi High Court Act, 1966, raising the value of suits in which th.....

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Blast from the Past

Supreme Court clears confusions about infant Rajasthan High Court’s competence(07.10.1965)

Fifty years ago the Supreme Court faced the unique dilemma of telling a still ‘young’ Rajasthan High Court to become besotted with its appellate autho.....

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Supreme Court clears confusions about infant Rajasthan High Court’s competence(07.10.1965)

Fifty years ago the Supreme Court faced the unique dilemma of telling a still ‘young’ Rajasthan High Court to become besotted with its appellate autho.....

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Judgments

High Court within whose jurisdiction the Assessing Officer has passed the order, shall continue to exercise the jurisdiction of appeal(18.08.2022)

Present appeals give rise to an important question concerning appellate jurisdiction of High Courts under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 aga.....

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Power under Section 482 is not available to the Court to countenance the breach of a statuary provision(22.04.2021)

The appeal is directed against order passed by the Hon'ble High Court. In the impugned order, the High Court has allowed an interlocutory application .....

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There must be a level of infirmity greater than ordinary in a Tribunal's order to justify interference of High Court under Articles 226 and 227 of Constitution(02.04.2024)

The present appeal arises out of the final judgment passed by High Court by which the High Court dismissed the appeal filed by the Appellant. The moot.....

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Notifications & Circulars

Directions of High Court of Delhi at New Delhi on Exclusions related to Genetic Disorders(19.03.2018)

In the matter of M/s United India Insurance Company Limited Vs Jai Parkash Tayal (RFA 610/2016 & CM Nos. 45832/2017) Hon'ble High Court of Delhi at Ne.....

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Judges appointed to various High Courts(06.04.2016)

The President approved appointments of numerous Judges and Additional Judges to the Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Allahabad.....

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Appointment of Additional Judges at Bombay High Court(22.03.2016)

Swapna Sanjiv Joshi, Kishor Kalesh Sonawane, Sangitrao Shamrao Patil and Nutan D. Sardessai have been appointed Additional Judges of the Bombay High C.....

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Chief Justices appointed and justices shuffled(24.02.2016)

Justice Vineet Saran of the Karnataka High Court has been appointed Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee, judge of the K.....

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Update: High Court rosters see change(10.05.2016)

High Courts across the country have seen a shuffling of Chief Justices and judges. Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court, Justice Navin Sinha, has .....

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Ordinances amending arbitration law and creating commercial courts promulgated(23.10.2015)

Continuing with its policy of if you can’t metamorphosise a Bill into an Act use an Ordinance instead, the Union Cabinet approved the promulgation of .....

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Additional judges appointed in Chhattisgarh High Court(14.12.2015)

Six additional judges have been appointed in Chhattisgarh High Courts for a period of three months.

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Wakf Tribunal Cannot Assume Supervisory Jurisdiction Over Wakf Boards(15.06.2018)

By way of this appeal, appellant has challenged the judgment and/or order passed by learned Single Judge of this High Court whereby the learned Judge .....

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Desperate father misleading British court denied relief(20.05.2016)

A person having obtained a favourable order from a foreign court cannot claim its benefit if the same was obtained by defrauding that court.

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Appointment and transfer of judges in High Court(10.03.2016)

The President of India confirmed appointment of 11 Additional Judges of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad to be Judges at the same. Also, at t.....

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New Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court(03.02.2016)

Justice Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy, Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh has b.....

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High Court justices transferred(08.02.2016)

The Chief Justice India transferred Justice Hemant Gupta, Judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, as a Judge of the Patna High Court. Justice Dhiren.....

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News

Kerala HC Stays Criminal Defamation Proceedings Against Arnab Goswami Filed by Shashi Tharoor(17.01.2019)

Kerala High Court has stayed proceedings in criminal defamation case filed by Shashi Tharoor against Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV.

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Delhi High Court Stays Rs. 462 Crore Demand by Anti-Profiteering Body from HUL(17.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has stayed the demand of ?462 crore, made on Hindustan Unilever (HUL) by the National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA).

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Delhi HC Seeks Centre’s Response to Plea Alleging Illegal Tapping of NSA Ajit Doval’s Phone(17.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has sought Centre’s response to a petition accusing Central Bureau of Investigation of illegally tapping National Security Advisor Aj.....

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Delhi HC Junks Plea Seeking Perjury Proceedings Against Kanhaiya Kumar(17.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea seeking initiation of perjury proceedings against former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and a JNU professor for .....

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Delhi HC Junks Plea Seeking Perjury Proceedings Against Kanhaiya Kumar(17.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea seeking initiation of perjury proceedings against former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and a JNU professor for .....

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Kerala High Court: Bakery Shortening Cannot be Termed as 'Vanaspati'(12.02.2018)

Kerala High Court has ordered that bakery shortening cannot be termed as vanaspati and therefore, the residuary tax rate is applicable to the same.

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Additional Judges Can Be Appointed Even for a Day: Govt's Logic in Supreme Court(12.02.2018)

The government's affidavit has been submitted to explain appointment of Justice Virendra Kumar Mathur and Justice Ram Chandra Singh Jhala as Additiona.....

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Bombay High Court: Kamala Mills Fire an Opportunity to Improve System(13.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that authorities must take the Kamala Mills fire incident as an opportunity to start monitoring hotels, restaurants and oth.....

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Bombay High Court Raps CBI for Failing to Protect Witnesses in Sohrabuddin Encounter Case(13.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has rapped the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for ‘failing’ to protect witnesses in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh ‘fake encounter’ c.....

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Delhi High Court Objects to Manner of Jaitley's Cross-examination(13.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has objected to the counsel for Arvind Kejriwal asking "suggestive questions" to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in a defamation case .....

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Delhi HC to CIL: Supply Coal to RPower's Butibori Unit-I(13.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has directed state-run Coal India to immediately commence coal supplies to the Unit-I of Butibori power project of Reliance Power.

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Draft Development Plan for Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court(13.02.2018)

Karnataka High Court has observed that Development Plan is the city's main focus and all other plans should be made in alignment with it.

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Delhi HC Asks Why People have to Go to Bus Conductors for Ticket(17.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has posed the query to Delhi Government, seeking to know the rationale behind the current practice in DTC and cluster buses of making.....

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Delhi HC Asks Why People have to Go to Bus Conductors for Ticket(17.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has posed the query to Delhi Government, seeking to know the rationale behind the current practice in DTC and cluster buses of making.....

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Don't Rely on Gauri Lankesh Case, Probe Killings of Dabholkar, Pansare Independently: Bombay High Court Tells CBI, CID(17.01.2019)

The High Court bench noted that on the previous hearings too, both the CBI and the SIT had submitted that they were questioning the accused in Lankes.....

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Kerala High Court Disqualifies Left-backed Independent MLA Karat Razak's Election(17.01.2019)

MLA Karat Razak's disqualification comes after the court observed that, as part of the election campaign, he had circulated a video defaming his oppon.....

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Calcutta HC Stays Recommendations For Senior Advocate Designation(18.01.2019)

Calcutta High Court has stayed further action on the recommendations of three names for senior designation made by the committee for designation of se.....

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Price Escalation and Change in Foreign Law can't be Considered Force Majuere : Delhi HC(18.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has held that escalation of price of coal and change in law abroad will not amount to "force majuere" under the agreement, so as to a.....

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Criminal Background of a Person can't Hinder his Right as Devotee: Kerala HC(18.01.2019)

Kerala High Court has permitted a man, accused in various crimes, to have 'darsan' of Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala, observing that his right as a devote.....

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Karnataka HC: No Wrong in Politicians Recommending Transfers(12.01.2017)

Karnataka High Court has observed that there was nothing wrong in politicians, including MLAs, MPs and Ministers, recommending transfer of Government .....

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Delhi HC Directs ASI to Check Illegal Construction in Tughlaqabad Fort Area(12.01.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to ensure that there is no unauthorised activity or construction taking place withi.....

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Punjab & Haryana HC Notices Haryana Govt For ‘Uprooting’ 80 Families in Mewat(12.01.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has put Haryana Government on notice over a petition highlighting that Government has uprooted over 80 families in Tundl.....

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Hyderabad HC Refuses to Stay Cricket Association’s Election(12.01.2017)

Hyderabad High Court has refused to stay elections of Hyderabad Cricket Association scheduled to be held on January 17.

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Allahabad HC Reserves Judgment on Appeal Against Conviction in Aarushi Talwar Murder Case(12.01.2017)

Allahabad High Court has reserved its judgment on an appeal filed by dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar challenging their conviction by a CBI Cour.....

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Karnataka HC: Lokayukta SIT Can Probe Only Referred Illegal Mining Cases(12.01.2017)

Karnataka High Court has said that Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Karnataka Lokayukta, constituted to probe illegal mining cases, can investigate.....

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Delhi High Court Slams AAP Govt For Creating “Chaos & Confusion” in Nursery Admission(12.01.2017)

Delhi High Court came down heavily on AAP Government for creating “chaos and confusion” in nursery admission process every year by putting up fresh no.....

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Madras High Court Negates Plea to Nationalise Jayalalithaa's Properties(12.01.2017)

Madras High Court has dismissed a plea seeking direction to Centre as well as State Government to nationalise assets of Former Chief Minister Jayalali.....

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Madras High Court Quashes Disciplinary Proceedings Against IPS Officer(13.01.2017)

Madras High Court has quashed disciplinary proceedings and charge memo against senior IPS officer and additional DGP Pramodkumar who was under suspens.....

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Karnataka High Court Acquits All Accused in Hangarahalli ‘Bonded Labour’ Case(13.01.2017)

Karnataka High Court has acquitted a stone crushing unit proprietor and three others accused in Hangarahalli ‘bonded labour’ case that had hit headlin.....

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Bombay High Court Restrains Jaidev Shroff From Using Clips Defamatory to Wife Poonam(13.01.2017)

Bombay High Court has restrained industrialist Jaidev Shroff from using or circulating in public any video or audio clips that may prove defamatory to.....

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Bombay High Court Exempts Entertainment Duty For Bon Jovi Concert(13.01.2017)

Bombay High Court has granted an exemption from entertainment duty to international pop star Jon Bon Jovi concert in Mumbai organized twenty years ago.....

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Bombay High Court Seeks State’s Reply over Welfare of Children of Women Prisoners(13.01.2017)

Bombay High Court has directed State Government to file an affidavit on steps taken for welfare of children in prison with their mothers, and those le.....

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Allahabad HC Seeks State’s Reply over Plea Challenging Order Including OBCs in SCs List(13.01.2017)

Allahabad High Court has directed State Government to file a reply in response to a PIL challenging a Government Order (GO) to include 17 castes belon.....

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Bombay High Court Restrains BMC's Panel from Granting Permission for Cutting Trees(25.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has restrained BMC's tree authority from granting permission for cutting of trees and observed that appointment of independent exper.....

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Bombay High Court Grants Interim Relief to 63 Moons(25.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has granted interim relief to 63 Moons Technologies (formerly Financial Technologies) in connection with the Maharashtra Protection .....

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Bombay High Court Junks MCA Plea Against Shifting of India-West Indies ODI to Brabourne(25.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) against the BCCI’s decision to shift the October 29 India-Wes.....

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'It's a Miracle', Says Madras HC as Condition of 9-Year-Old Boy Seeking Euthanasia Improves(25.10.2018)

Madras High Court has termed the improvement shown by the 9-year-old boy, whose father sought permission for his passive euthanasia on the ground that.....

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Madras High Court Upholds Disqualification of 18 AIADMK MLAs of Tamil Nadu Assembly(25.10.2018)

Madras High Court has upheld the decision of Tamil Nadu assembly speaker to disqualify 18 MLAs of AIADMK.

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Application to Set Aside Ex Parte Divorce Decree Not Infructuous Because Spouse Remarried: Kerala HC(26.10.2018)

Kerala High Court has held that remarriage of the spouse who obtained an ex parte decree of divorce, after the filing of the application for setting a.....

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Big Hearted Woman Drops Case, Delhi High Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Costs on Husband(26.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a man subject to him depositing cost of Rs 1 lakh, who created fake online accounts in the name.....

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14-year-old Rape Victim Seeks HC's Nod to Terminate 22-week Pregnancy(27.12.2018)

Under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, abortion beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy can be done only after seeking a nod from the high court.

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Gujarat High Court Quashes MCA List of Disqualified Directors(27.12.2018)

Gujarat High Court has quashed the list of disqualified directors published by Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) on September 12, 2017 and held that.....

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A Child Who hasn't Committed Heinous Crime, can’t be Tried at Children’s Court: Bombay HC(27.12.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that a ‘child’, as is defined under Section 2(12) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, who .....

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Remove Trespassers from Cuddalore Temple Property in 2 Months: Madras HC(27.12.2018)

Madras High Court has directed the commissioner of Chidambaram municipality to take immediate steps to remove the illegal encroachments from the prope.....

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High Court of Andhra Pradesh Gets Notified to Function at Amaravati From 1st January, 2019(27.12.2018)

President Ram Nath Kovind has issued notifications for creation of a separate high court for Andhra Pradesh which will start functioning from January .....

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1984 Riots Case: Sajjan Kumar Likely to Surrender Before Court on Dec 31(27.12.2018)

Sajjan Kumar was sentenced to life for the "remainder of his natural life" by the Delhi High Court on December 17 in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots .....

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Delhi High Court Grants Bail to Karti Chidambaram(26.03.2018)

Delhi High Court has granted bail to Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidamabaram, in the INX Media corruption case.

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Disclosure of Assets Needed to Educate Voters on Candidate’s Financial Status: Bombay High Court(26.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that the disclosure of assets and liabilities of candidates in an election was to make voters aware of the financial status.....

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Madras High Court Imposes Rs 50,000 on Priest for Deceiving Court(26.03.2018)

Madras High Court has dismissed with exemplary cost of Rs. 50,000 a petition from a poojari/archagar of a temple, who suppressed the fact of dismissal.....

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Madras HC Rejects Cycle Company’s Plea for Relaxing Tender Rules(26.03.2018)

Madras High Court has rejected a writ plea from Hero Ecotech Ltd for a directive to the State government to consider its bid to supply over six lakh b.....

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Terrorizing Public at Large is a Heinous Crime, Should Be Dealt with a Stern Hand: P&H HC(26.03.2018)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has declined to grant bail to supporters of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim who after his conviction in a rape .....

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Terrorizing Public at Large is a Heinous Crime, Should Be Dealt with a Stern Hand: P&H HC(26.03.2018)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has declined to grant bail to supporters of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim who after his conviction in a rape .....

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Delhi HC Dismisses DDCA’s Objections Against Proposed Articles of Association(26.03.2018)

Delhi High Court has dismissed the objections raised by the Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) against amendments to its Articles of Associatio.....

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Why MP's Name is Missing from FIR in Noise Pollution Case: Bombay High Court(29.06.2018)

Bombay High Court has rapped police for failing to initiate action against Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde, accused of organising an event in which the n.....

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Uttarakhand High Court Sets Max Limit for Loudspeakers, Pvt Sound System at 5dB(29.06.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has silenced the blaring of loudspeakers or public address system in the state by announcing that any person, including religio.....

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Madras High Court Rejects Plea Seeking Fixation of Chennai Metro fares(29.06.2018)

Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a directive to Metro Rail administrators to reduce the fares and fix it on par with that of suburban ele.....

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Better to Reject Loan than Running After Defaulters: Madras High Court(29.06.2018)

Madras High Court has dismissed a petition by an aspiring nursing student seeking a direction to State Bank of India for sanctioning her an education .....

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No Provision in Limitation Act to Compute Limitation for Counsel’s Carelessness: Sikkim HC(29.06.2018)

Sikkim High Court has observed that no provision has been made in the Limitation Act for computing limitation for the carelessness of the counsel.

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Office of Public Prosecutor Can’t File Private ‘Defamation’ Complaints: Madras High Court(29.06.2018)

Madras High Court has observed that for statements which do not in any way pertain to the public function discharged by the former Chief Minister, the.....

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Co-Operative Society Is Not An ‘Industry’: Bombay High Court(29.06.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that a co-operative housing society cannot be said to be an ‘industry’ within the meaning of Section 2(j) of Industrial Dis.....

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Delhi HC Sets Aside Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) Decision on Jaypee-Formula One Dispute(01.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has ruled that a payment by Jaiprakash Associates Ltd for the use of Formula One World Championship (FOWC) logos and symbols to promo.....

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Madras HC Refuses to Pass Any Order on Recovered Demonetised Currencies(01.12.2016)

Madras High Court has refused to pass any kind of orders with respect to exchange of demonetised Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 currency notes recovered by Pol.....

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Delhi HC Directs Traffic Police to Geo-Tag Speed Breakers(01.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has directed Traffic Police to geo-tag speed breakers to enable commuters to get prior information about them on GPS.

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Bombay HC Slams BMC For Delay in Approving Site for Doppler Radar(01.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has directed BMC Chief Ajoy Mehta to call for a Special Extraordinary Meeting of Improvements Committee to approve a site to install.....

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Delhi HC: Minutes of Inter-Ministerial Meetings Cannot Supersede a Legislation(01.12.2016)

Delhi High Court, while quashing Minutes of a March 2010 Meeting of erstwhile UPA government regarding citizenship to children born to Tibetan refugee.....

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Bombay HC Quashes FIR Against Shoe Manufacturer for Hurting Religious Sentiments(02.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a shoe manufacturer for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of a minority community observi.....

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Gujarat HC Junks Petitions of E-commerce Players Challenging Levy of Entry Tax(02.12.2016)

Gujarat High Court has disposed of a set of petitions filed by e-commerce players Flipkart, Amazon, and Instakart challenging Entry Tax imposed by Sta.....

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HC can Execute Foreign Arbitration Award Despite Change in Pecuniary Jurisdiction: Delhi HC(04.12.2018)

Delhi High Court has held that jurisdiction to execute foreign arbitration award continues with the high court, despite the change in pecuniary jurisd.....

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Madras HC Orders for 16 Year Old to Take Part in BAMS Course Counselling(04.12.2018)

Madras High Court has ordered the Directorate of Indian Medicine and Homeopathy to permit a 16-year-old student to take part in the counselling for B......

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Delhi HC Allows Visitation Rights to Father Despite Contrary Settlement Agreement(04.12.2018)

Delhi High Court has granted visitation rights to the father of a four-year-old girl, despite the fact that the settlement agreement between the girl’.....

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SC Dismisses Plea Against Appointment of Madras HC Judge(04.12.2018)

Supreme Court has dismissed the petition challenging elevation of Justice Subramonium Prasad as an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court in June t.....

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Madras High Court Stays Proceedings in Defamation Case Against MK Stalin(04.12.2018)

Madras High Court has stayed proceedings in a criminal defamation case against DMK president MK Stalin over remarks made by him against Tamil Nadu Chi.....

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Delhi High Court Stays 25% Wage Cut of Convicts in Delhi Jails(04.12.2018)

Delhi High Court has put on hold a practice in Tihar jail under which 25% of the wages of prisoners is deducted for a victim compensation fund.

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SC Orders Setting Up of Special Courts in Bihar and Kerala to Try Criminal Cases Against MPs, MLAs(04.12.2018)

A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph passed the directions for setting up special courts in every district of the .....

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Punjab & Haryana HC Notices 63 Judicial Officers Over Plea Challenging Their Selection(20.06.2017)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has put 63 Judicial Officers on notice, on a plea demanding setting aside of selection and appointments of Civil Judges (J.....

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Gujarat High Court: Mere Rejection of a Claim Would Not Attract Penalty Under Income Tax Act(20.06.2017)

Gujarat High Court has held that penalty cannot be levied on assessee solely on ground of rejection of a claim under Income Tax Act, 1961.

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Orissa High Court Says 'No' to Suppression of Freedom of Speech & Expression on Ground of Convenience(20.06.2017)

Orissa High Court has observed that constitutional freedom of speech and expression is subjected to reasonable restraints, but it cannot be suppressed.....

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Madras HC: Tobacco is Not ‘Food Product’, No Action Can Be Taken Against Manufactures Under FSSAI Act(20.06.2017)

Madras High Court has observed that tobacco is not a food product for purpose of Food Safety and Standards Act and no proceedings can be initiated aga.....

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Himachal Pradesh HC : Universities Must Deal With Student Complaints Sensitively(21.06.2017)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has observed that conducting examination, declaring results, posting marks, issuing certificates and awarding degrees to s.....

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Bombay HC to Unaided Schools: Follow State Reservation Policy to Get Grant-In-Aid(21.06.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that unless unaided schools conform to policy of reservation as laid down by State Government, they would not be entitled t.....

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Bombay High Court: 'Malnutrition Deaths as Important an Issue as Farmers'(21.06.2017)

Bombay High Court has said that malnutrition deaths in tribal areas of Maharashtra is an issue as important as the farmers’ distress which attracted l.....

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Your Officers Didn't Even Check The Judge's Nameplate Before Raid, SC Tells CBI(06.12.2017)

The bench also asked the ASG if the CBI officers had relied only upon the details available on the Orissa High Court website.

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Certificates Issued by Panchayat Secy Can be Used for Claiming Citizenship: SC(06.12.2017)

A bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman set aside the order of the Gauhati High Court by which it had invalidated these certificates .....

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Paramhans Ramchandra Das, Ram Lalla Virajman, Prince Anjum Qadar: The Faces of Ayodhya Dispute(06.12.2017)

The suit started in 1950 when Gopal Singh Visharad filed a title suit with the Allahabad High Court seeking injunction to offer <em>puja</em&.....

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SC Begins Final Hearing in Ayodhya Dispute Day Before 25th Anniversary of Babri Demolition(06.12.2017)

The Supreme Court hearing comes seven years after the Allahabad High Court had divided the disputed Ayodhya land equally between Ram Lalla Virajman, S.....

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Your Officers Didn't Even Check The Judge's Nameplate Before Raid, SC Tells CBI(06.12.2017)

The bench also asked the ASG if the CBI officers had relied only upon the details available on the Orissa High Court website.

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Certificates Issued by Panchayat Secy Can be Used for Claiming Citizenship: SC(06.12.2017)

A bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman set aside the order of the Gauhati High Court by which it had invalidated these certificates .....

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Paramhans Ramchandra Das, Ram Lalla Virajman, Prince Anjum Qadar: The Faces of Ayodhya Dispute(06.12.2017)

The suit started in 1950 when Gopal Singh Visharad filed a title suit with the Allahabad High Court seeking injunction to offer <em>puja</em&.....

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SC Begins Final Hearing in Ayodhya Dispute Day Before 25th Anniversary of Babri Demolition(06.12.2017)

The Supreme Court hearing comes seven years after the Allahabad High Court had divided the disputed Ayodhya land equally between Ram Lalla Virajman, S.....

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Bombay HC: Cops Not Knowing Law Don’t Deserve To Be in Force(25.01.2018)

Bombay High Court has slammed Mumbai police for the manner in which it violated laws while investigating a custodial death at Mankhurd police station .....

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Lahore High Court Restrains Pak Government From Taking Action Against Hafiz Saeed(25.01.2018)

Lahore High Court has restrained the Pakistan government from arresting terrorist Hafiz Saeed, the 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind and chief of terror .....

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Padmaavat Row: Plea Against Bhansali's Film Declined By Delhi High Court, Petitioner Asked To Move SC(25.01.2018)

The matter was mentioned before a bench of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar by the General Secretary of a Chittorgarh-based.....

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Caught in 'Bureaucratic Dogmatism', This Gandhi Waited 4 Decades For Freedom Fighter Pension(26.01.2018)

The Madras High Court ordered the state government to pass an order granting pension from the date of K Gandhi's original petition and serve such orde.....

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Modern Marriage Fixed on Facebook is Bound to Fail, Says Gujarat High Court(27.01.2018)

Justice JB Pardiwala, expressing his views on the viability of such marriages, observed that such modern weddings are set to meet their doom any day.

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May Lose Air Force Job if Tattoo Engraved on Body: Delhi High Court(28.01.2018)

HC said the authorities cannot be faulted for cancelling his appointment in December 2017, when he had failed to submit a photograph of his tattoo.

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Delhi High Court: Demolish Road Passing Through Forest in Sainik Farms(29.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has ordered the demolition of the road which connects Sainik Farms with Indira Enclave, noting that the same passes through a forest.

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Delhi High Court: May Lose Air Force Job If Tattoo Engraved on Body(29.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has upheld the decision of the Air Force cancelling a man's appointment for the post of airman as he had carved a permanent tattoo on.....

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Gujarat HC Notices RBI As Accused Wants Seized Money Back In New Currency Notes(19.07.2017)

Gujarat High Court has issued a notice to Reserve Bank of India on a petition filed by an accused in a kidnapping case who wants Rs. 2.5 lakh, seized .....

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Lahore High Court Lifts Ban on Airing of Indian Content on Television(19.07.2017)

Lahore High Court has lifted the ban placed on Indian serials being aired in Pakistan by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA).

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Madras HC Restrains Transport Dept. from Allowing LPG Auto Permit Holders to Purchase Diesel Auto(20.07.2017)

Madras High Court has restrained the Transport Department from invoking the powers conferred on it under Section 83 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and th.....

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Orissa HC Restricts Quota in Employment, Education to 50%(20.07.2017)

Orissa High Court has asked the state government to restrict the quantum of reservation for SC, ST and OBC or Special Categories in employment and edu.....

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Madan Tamang Murder Case: Calcutta HC Directs CBI to Present Bimal Gurung to City Sessions Court(20.07.2017)

Calcutta High Court has directed CBI to bring Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Chief Bimal Gurung and 21 other accused to the city sessions court on July .....

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Uttarakhand HC Dismisses Director Rakesh Roshan's Plea Seeking Stay on Arrest(20.07.2017)

Uttarakhand High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Bollywood Director Rakesh Roshan seeking a stay on his arrest in copyright violation case.

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Delhi High Court Seeks Delhi Police Status Report in Sunanda Pushkar Murder Probe(21.07.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Police to submit within three days its status report about its probe into the murder of Sunanda Pushkar, who was .....

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Godhra case: Gujarat High Court Commutes Death to Life Term for 11 Convicts(09.10.2017)

Gujarat High Court, while upholding convictions of 31 people and acquittals of 63 others in Godhra Sabarmati Express burning case, has commuted death .....

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Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Only BOCA Can Approve Repairs in Pahalgam(10.10.2017)

Jammu & Kashmir High Court has made it clear that only with the permission of Building Operation Controlling Authority (BOCA) of Pahalgam can the repa.....

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Punjab & Haryana High Court Admits Pleas of Dera Chief Ram Rahim, Rape Victims(10.10.2017)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has issued a notice to CBI while admitting separate pleas filed by Dera Sacha Sauda Chief challenging his 20-year sentence.....

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Delhi High Court Dismisses RIL Writ Petition in Le Meridien Case(11.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by Reliance Industries, seeking the quashing of eviction proceedings in the Le Meridien case.

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Delhi High Court Allows Rape Victim to Terminate Pregnancy(11.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has allowed a 20-year-old rape victim to terminate her eight-week pregnancy, which she alleged was a result of a sexual assault on he.....

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If Public Toilets Not Maintained, Will People Use Them: Delhi High Court(11.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has criticised authorities responsible for maintaining public toilets in the city, saying if they do their job properly, people would.....

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Chhattisgarh HC: Advocate’s Experience Counted From Date Of Enrollment With State Bar Council(12.10.2017)

Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that experience and seniority of an advocate will be counted from the date of enrollment with the State Bar Counc.....

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Benami Property: Delhi HC Refuses to Stay Show Cause Notice Against Misa Bharti’s Relative(12.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has declined to stay the show cause notice and the provisional attachment order issued against Misa Bharti's brother-in-law Nilesh Ku.....

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Osho’s ‘Fake’ Will: Bombay HC Accepts ‘C Summary’ Report by EOW(12.10.2018)

Bombay HC has said that it is not inclined to entertain the petition alleging that will of spiritual leader Osho is fake, in view of ‘C summary’ repor.....

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Madras High Court Seeks Report on Elephant’s Health Used at Samayapuram Temple(12.10.2018)

Madras High Court has expressed displeasure over use of elephants at temples and also sought report on Masini, an elephant at the Samayapuram temple,.....

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Determine Antiquity of Idols: Madras High Court Tells ASI(12.10.2018)

Madras High Court has issued a direction to Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) officials to complete the exercise of determining the antiquity of ov.....

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Tripura HC Stays Cancellation of Registration of ‘Daily Deshar Katha” 40 Year Old CPI(M) Newspaper(12.10.2018)

Tripura High Court has stayed the cancellation of registration of newspaper “Daily Deshar Katha”, which has been the mouthpiece of CPI(M) in Tripura f.....

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SC Stays Uttarakhand HC Order Banning Religious Outfits from Issuing 'Fatwas'(12.10.2018)

The high court, while declaring 'fatwas' as unconstitutional and illegal, had passed the order after a media report was brought to its notice that a p.....

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Delhi High Court Shelves Government's GTB Hospital Project(15.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has called GTB Hospital project violation of Article 14 and Árticle 21 of Indian Constitution, under the project, launched on October.....

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SC Upholds Peepli Live Co-director Mahmood Farooqui's Acquittal in Rape Case(19.01.2018)

The SC dismissed the plea of the woman, a US citizen, against Farooqui’s acquittal by the Delhi High Court in September 2017.

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‘She Said I Love You, and Even Kissed Him’: Argument That Led to Legal Relief For Mahmood Farooqui(19.01.2018)

The bench dismissed the plea to examine the Delhi High Court judgment while rejecting a US woman's appeal against exoneration of Peepli Live co-direct.....

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Delhi High Court Says "No" to Use of Solar Control Black Films in Cars(22.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has said that it would not allow the use of solar control black films in cars, which have been banned due to security reasons.

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No Curbs on Exempting Students from Tamil Exam, Rules Madras High Court(22.01.2018)

Madras High Court has held that the State government cannot be heard to claim it would exempt schoolchildren from taking the examination in Tamil lang.....

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Delhi HC Refuses Interim Protection for 20 AAP MLA’s Disqualified by EC(22.01.2018)

Delhi High Court, while observing that it was not inclined to grant any relief due to the "conduct" of the 20 AAP MLAs before the EC, has refused inte.....

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State Bar Council Not Empowered To Interfere With Bar Association Elections: Madhya Pradesh HC(22.01.2018)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that State Bar Councils cannot interfere with the election process or election of a Bar Association.

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Formulate Action Plan To Make Pavements In DU Disabled Friendly: Delhi High Court(22.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has directed civic bodies to ensure continuity of tactile pavement markings so that safe passage for visually impaired persons is gua.....

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Allahabad High Court: Subsequent Purchaser has "No Locus" to Challenge Acquisition Proceedings(22.01.2018)

Allahabad High Court has said that a person who purchases a land subsequent to initiation of acquisition proceedings has no locus to challenge the sai.....

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Allahabad HC Rejects Objection to Term ‘Anti-Romeo Squad’(05.04.2017)

Allahabad High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation that raised objection to the name ‘Anti-Romeo Squad’, observing that it cannot indulge.....

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Delhi High Court Upholds Arbitrator’s Award Directing Transfer of Domain Name ‘Googlee’ to Google Inc(05.04.2017)

Delhi HC has upheld arbitrator’s award directing a man to transfer his registered domain name ‘Googlee’ to Google Inc. on the grounds that the name of.....

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Allahabad HC Directs University To 'Evict Unauthorised Occupants From Hostel Rooms'(05.04.2017)

Allahabad High Court has directed to evict unauthorised occupants from the Allahabad University hostels and to ensure that only lawfully admitted stud.....

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Bombay HC to Practitioners: Do Not Use Prefixes Like ‘Mr. /Ms. /Mrs. /M/s’ In Cause Title(05.04.2017)

Bombay High Court has issued a circular directing the practitioners not to use prefixes like Mr/ Ms/ Mrs/ M/s in the title of legal proceedings.

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Allahabad HC: Food and Food Habits Part of Right To Life(05.04.2017)

Allahabad High Court while hearing a petition filed by retail meat shop owner to renew his licence has held that food, food habits and vending thereof.....

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Kerala High Court Directs State Govt. to File Affidavit on Flyover Work(06.04.2017)

Kerala High Court has directed the State Government to ask the official of Public Works Department (PWD) to file affidavit on the work schedule, inclu.....

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Bombay High Court Asks State Government to Decide Dates for Meat Ban During Festivals(06.04.2017)

Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra Government to submit dates on which animal slaughter and sale of meat should be banned in deference to religio.....

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Notify Names of Family Court Judges: Delhi HC to State(15.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has ordered the state government to notify the names of family court judges recommended by it for manning nine family courts in the c.....

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Delhi HC Stays Gymkhana’s Move to Act Against ‘Whistleblowers’(15.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has put on hold all proceedings started by Delhi Gymkhana Club against nine of its members who claim to be whistleblowers and had fil.....

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Delhi High Court Dismisses Mahyco Monsanto Plea Against CCI Probe Order(15.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has dismissed biotechnology firm Mahyco Monsanto Biotech’s plea challenging the fair trade regulator’s order to investigate its direc.....

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Bombay HC Asks Railways to Begin ‘Double-Decker' Train Service Between Virar and Churchgate(15.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has asked the Railways to start a double-decker local train between Western Railways’ Virar and Churchgate stations on a trial basis.....

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Bombay HC De-Seals Liquor Outlets, Slams Maharashtra Excise Commissioner(15.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has ordered the immediate de-sealing of 15 liquor shops in the suburbs of Thane and Palghar, and criticised State Excise Commissione.....

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Bombay High Court Stays MERC's Order to Stop Recording Proceedings(15.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has stayed Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission’s order stating that it is stopping the practice of recording proceedings o.....

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Bombay High Court Sentences Former Journalist to Three Months in Jail for Contempt(15.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has sentenced a former journalist, Ketan Tirodkar, to three months in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 for criminal contempt of c.....

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Madras High Court Orders CBI Probe Against Tamil Nadu CM on Graft Charges(15.10.2018)

Madras High Court has ordered CBI probe into allegations of corruption against Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami in awarding highway and road expa.....

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Madras High Court Dismisses Woman's Claim of Being Jayalalithaa's Daughter(15.10.2018)

Madras High Court has dismissed a petition of a woman, who claimed that she was the biological daughter of late chief minister Jayalalithaa, stating t.....

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New Secretariat Matter: Madras High Court Calls for Status Quo(15.10.2018)

Madras High Court has ordered maintenance of status quo in the matter relating to the enquiry being conducted by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti.....

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Madras High Court Extends Relief to Chidambaram’s Relatives Till Nov. 2(15.10.2018)

Madras High Court has extended an interim order dispensing with the appearance of former Union Minister P. Chidambaram’s family members before a speci.....

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Madras High Court Cancels Bail of Jeweller Who Defrauded Bank(15.10.2018)

Madras High Court has cancelled the bail granted by a trial court to a city based jeweller who allegedly duped Karnataka Bank of Rs 20.55 crore by ple.....

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Dayanidhi Maran Case: Madras HC dismisses Petition challenging Re-Assessment(15.10.2018)

Madras High Court has refused to interfere with re-assessment proceedings against the former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran in a petition challenging .....

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CBI Files Closure Report in Missing JNU Student Najeeb Ahmed's Case(15.10.2018)

The Delhi High Court had earlier allowed the CBI to file a closure report in the case, declining the plea of the missing student's mother, Fatima Nafe.....

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Delhi High Court: Form Strict Laws Against Snatching(15.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has sought a status report from the AAP government to find out how they intend to deal with the issue of snatching after a Public Int.....

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Delhi HC: Cannot Be Exempted From Maintaining Child Even If Other Spouse Earns Sufficiently Well(16.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has reiterated that a spouse cannot be exempted from contributing towards maintenance of a minor child even if the other spouse, with.....

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Bombay High Court: Tribal Population Neglected Completely(16.11.2017)

Bombay High Court, while taking serious note of the tribal population being "neglected" for too long by authorities in Maharashtra, has directed that .....

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Madras High Court Quashes IT order Against P Chidambaram, Family(16.11.2017)

Madras High Court has quashed an order of Income Tax department seeking payment of tax by the former finance minister and his family on income from a .....

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Madras High Court: Identity Cards Must To Enter Pondicherry University(16.11.2017)

Madras High Court has made it clear that those wishing to enter the Pondicherry University campus should show the identity card and anybody refusing t.....

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Delhi High Court Gives Green Signal to Delhi's Half Marathon on November 19(17.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has allowed Delhi Half Marathon (ADHM)?to be held as scheduled on November 19 after Procam International, the organisers of the race,.....

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Karnataka High Court Asks Doctors to Withdraw Indefinite Stir(17.11.2017)

Karnataka High Court has asked private hospital doctors, who are agitating against amendments to an act governing them, to immediately withdraw their .....

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Delhi High Court to Income Tax Department: Will New Benami Law Be Given Retrospective Effect(12.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked Income Tax department whether it intended to examine under the new benami law all accommodation entries made prior to 2016 .....

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Karnataka High Court Issues Notice to Centre, RBI over Plea to Cancel Axis Bank’s Licence(12.10.2017)

Karnataka High Court on Wednesday ordered issue of notices to the Ministry of Finance and the Reserve Bank of India on a petition seeking cancellation.....

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J&K High Court Says No to Golf Course at Sonamarg(12.10.2017)

Jammu & Kashmir High Court has underscored that no golf course should come up in golden meadow of ‘Sonamarg’ as it would ruin the beauty of health res.....

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Delhi High Court Sets Aside JNU Disciplinary Action Against Kanhaiya Kumar, Others(13.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has set aside disciplinary action taken by Jawaharlal Nehru University against 15 of its students, including former JNU Students' Uni.....

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Bombay High Court Upholds Maharashtra Forest Dept's Order to Shoot 'Man-eater' Tigress(13.10.2017)

Bombay High Court has upheld an order by Maharashtra Forest Department to shoot a man-eating tigress responsible for the deaths of two people between .....

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‘Dangerous’ Trend of Eliminating Opposition & Liberal Values: Bombay High Court(13.10.2017)

Bombay High Court, while voicing its concern over ‘dangerous trend’ of targeting people who hold ‘liberal values and principles,’ has said that such a.....

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No Application Of Mind In Changes To Manodhairya Scheme: Bombay HC(16.10.2017)

Bombay High Court has observed that there was no application of mind in the changes brought about by the state government to Manodhairya Scheme in Aug.....

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Calcutta High Court Tells Bengal Government: Don't Draw Line Between Hindus-Muslims(21.09.2017)

Calcutta High Court, while questioning West Bengal government's curbs on Durga idol immersion, has said that State cannot hinder a citizen's right to .....

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Calcutta High Court Revokes Mamata's Government's Ban on Idol Immersion(21.09.2017)

Calcutta high court has revoked Mamata Banerjee Government's ban on immersion of Durga idols during Muharram and said the state cannot pass such order.....

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Delhi HC: 'DDA' For 'Delhi Development Authority' Also Stands For ‘Don’t Do Anything’(22.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to streamline the legal decisions which are taken, in terms of a policy to be framed, .....

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Delhi High Court Asks DUSU to Clean up Its Mess Before Diwali(22.09.2017)

Delhi High Court rapped the newly-elected president of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) Rocky Tuseed and other candidates for defacing public pr.....

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JGLS Rape Case: Punjab & Haryana HC Suspends Sentence of Convicts(22.09.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has suspended the sentence awarded to three law students from Jindal Global Law School who were convicted for blackmaili.....

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Delhi HC Tells Judicial Officers To Return Case Records To Trial Courts Concerned(22.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed all judicial officers to return record of any case requisitioned by them to the trial court concerned to enable it to pr.....

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Bhopal Tragedy: MP HC Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Ex-DGP For Aiding Warren Anderson Flee India(22.09.2017)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the proceedings of criminal complaint pending against former Director General of Police Swaraj Puri at a CJM cour.....

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Rajasthan LDC Exam Marks Published at rhcexam.raj.nic.in; Civil Judge Cadre Recruitment 2017 closes on 21st December 2017(15.12.2017)

The Rajasthan High Court had earlier conducted the Computer Test (Speed and Efficiency Test) for the Recruitment of Lower Division Clerks (LDC) for Di.....

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Aarushi Murder Case: Hemraj's Wife Moves SC Challenging Talwars' Acquittal(15.12.2017)

Hemraj's wife filed the plea in the apex court against the Allahabad High Court verdict of October 12 this year acquitting the parents of Aarushi.

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Explore Giving Gadgets to Women to Combat Sexual Violence, Says Madras High Court(16.12.2017)

Noting that sexual assaults on women continued unabated despite stringent laws brought in after the December 16 Delhi gangrape incident, he said the o.....

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Kerala High Court Uphold School's Decision to Suspend Students for 'Hugging in Public'(18.12.2017)

The two students — a boy and girl – studying in St Thomas CBSE School in Thiruvanthapuram, hugged each other during a public function there on Jul.....

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Kerala HC Upholds Suspension of School Students Accused of Public Display of Affection(18.12.2017)

Kerala High Court has upheld a Thiruvananthapuram school’s decision to suspend two Class XII students — a boy and a girl — on charges of public displa.....

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Bombay High Court Says Varsity Cannot Deny Extra Answer Sheets To Students(18.12.2017)

Bombay High Court has issued an interim order directing the Mumbai University to ensure that students appearing for undergraduate and postgraduate exa.....

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Give Women Gadgets to Fight Sexual Violence: Madras High Court(18.12.2017)

Madras High Court has asked the Central and Tamil Nadu Governments to explore the possibility of providing gadgets to women to prevent sexual violence.....

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P&H High Court: Burst Crackers Only From 6.30-9.30 pm on Diwali in UT, Punjab, Haryana(16.10.2017)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has fixed a three-hour slot for bursting of crackers on Diwali. “The bursting of firecrackers within territorial locations.....

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Bombay HC Strikes Down MoEF Notification That Transferred All Cases From Goa At NGT Western Zone(16.10.2017)

Bombay High Court has struck down a notification of MoEF dated August 10, 2017, wherein all matters relating to State of Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Na.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice To Centre on Use of Loudspeakers At Religious Places(16.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to Centre on a plea for removal of loudspeakers from all religious structures on the ground that their use is an en.....

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Delhi High Court Sets Aside Order to Cancel Hospital's Registration(16.10.2017)

Delhi High Court, while calling the decision to cancel registration of a private hospital on allegations of conducting a pre-natal test "harsh", has s.....

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Gauhati HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Dr. Hiren Gohain and Akhil Gogoi in Sedition Case(14.02.2019)

Gauhati High Court has granted anticipatory bail to Assamese litterateur Hiren Gohain and KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi, against whom the police had registe.....

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Stale Claim by Employee Doesn't Become 'Live Claim' Merely by Filing Belated Representation: SC(14.02.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that a stale claim of an employee does not become a live claim merely by filing representations before the employer belated.....

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When Dispute is of Civil Nature, Giving It a Criminal Colour is Abuse of Process of Law: Bombay HC(18.12.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that when dispute is of civil nature, giving the proceedings a criminal colour is abuse of the process of law.

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Madras HC Transfers Murder Case of Former DMK Minister's Brother to CBI(18.12.2017)

The Madras High Court on Tuesday also directed the CBI to file an enquiry report within three months. The order on a plea seeking CBI probe into the m.....

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Kerala High Court Orders Police Protection For Interfaith Couple Wanting to Get Married(18.12.2017)

Ashitha P Laksmi and Suhaib, both natives of Kannur district, fell in love with each other and wanted to get married under the Special Marriage Act.

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High Court Revokes Stay on Invoking Rs 3 Crore Bank Guarantee of AgustaWestland(18.12.2017)

The Italian company may have to forego the amount as it has neither deposited it in the court nor given a bank guarantee of a nationalised bank or ban.....

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PIL Against Celebration of Tipu Jayanti Filed in Karnataka High Court(18.12.2017)

The PIL, filed by a resident of Kodagu, questioned the need to celebrate a warrior like Tipu Sultan when such a celebration will hurt the feelings of .....

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Allahabad High Court Written Examination for Group C & D 2017 Admit Cards Released; Exam Date Nov 12th 2017(18.12.2017)

The Admit Card will contain all the information regarding examination day, date, centre and timing. It is mandatory for the candidates to carry Admit .....

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High Court Finds Charges Against Bhim Army Chief 'Politically Motivated', Grants Bail(18.12.2017)

Single Bench of Justice Mukhtar Ahmad of the Allahabad High Court sanctioned bail while hearing the bail application filed by Chandrashekhar and his d.....

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Calcutta HC Order Gives Homosexual Couples Double Reason to Celebrate Valentine’s Day This Time(15.02.2019)

In January, Calcutta High Court ruled that consensual cohabitation between two adults of the same sex is not illegal.

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Madras HC Directs Installation of CCTV Cameras in All Govt Offices to Prevent Sexual Harassment(15.02.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that non examination of 'best witness' in Motor Accident Claim cases is not fatal and said that approach in examining evide.....

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Bombay HC Seeks Government's Response on PIL Against PUBG(15.02.2019)

Bombay High Court has directed Maharashtra Government and Centre to respond to a public interest litigation seeking children be prohibited from playin.....

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Bombay HC Junks Pension Plea of Teacher Who Molested Girl(15.02.2019)

Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a former Physical Education (PE) teacher of a college, seeking pension, as he was found guilty for.....

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Conduct Survey of Kolam Tribal Girls by Taking Help of TISS: Bombay HC(15.02.2019)

Bombay High Court has expressed concern over alleged exploitation of over 400 Kolam tribal girls in Zari Zamni area of Yavatmal district and directed .....

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Madras HC Formulates Guidelines for Cancelling Bail(15.02.2019)

Madras High Court has framed guidelines to be followed by executive magistrates while ordering detention or arrest of an accused for breach of bail bo.....

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Madras HC Recommends Installation of CCTV Cameras in Chambers of Higher Officials(15.02.2019)

Madras High Court has recommended chief secretary of Tamil Nadu to install CCTV cameras in official chambers and office rooms of all higher officials .....

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CWC can't Usurp Family Court's Jurisdiction in Child Custody Matters: Karnataka HC(15.02.2019)

Karnataka High Court has observed that Child Welfare Committee (CWC) cannot usurp the jurisdiction of Family Courts in child custody matters pending b.....

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SC to Examine Compliance of Guidelines, Laws on Acid Attack Survivors(16.02.2019)

The plea said that as per the guidelines and directions of the apex court and Allahabad high court, government and private hospitals were to provide f.....

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Delhi HC Sets Aside Centre's Ban on FDCs for Type-2 Diabetes(18.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has set aside Centre's notifications banning manufacture and sale of fixed drug combinations (FDCs) used for treatment of Type-2 diab.....

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Permanent Lok Adalat Shall be Treated as Second Appellate Authority: Kerala HC(18.02.2019)

Kerala High Court has directed that Permanent Lok Adalat in state shall be treated as final level appellate authority in Grievance Redressal Mechanism.....

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J&K HC Upholds PM's Employment Package for Kashmiri Pandits(18.02.2019)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has turned down plea challenging special dispensation in the matter of employment given in favour of Kashmiri Pandits, li.....

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Delhi HC Demands Immediate Action on Tis Hazari Court Complex Revamp(18.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has approved plan to revamp capital’s Tis Hazari court complex and asked state government to start acting on it immediately.

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Delhi HC Declines Urgent Hearing of Plea Related to Use of ‘Martyr’ Word(18.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has declined to give an urgent hearing to a plea seeking directions to the media to refer to the deaths of armed forces personnel as .....

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Punjab & Haryana High Court: Haryana Govt Surrendered Before Dera Sacha Sauda Followers(28.08.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court castigated Manohar Lal Khattar government over the deadly violence that erupted in state, saying it had “surrendered” be.....

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Punjab, Haryana HC: Attach Properties of Ram Rahim Singh to Compensate for Destruction(28.08.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered the attachment of all properties owned by Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to compensate for loss of property and des.....

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Delhi HC Upholds CIC Order, Says IB Liable to Share Report on Whistleblower IFS Officer(28.08.2017)

Delhi High Court has upheld order of Central Information Commission directing the Intelligence Bureau & Ministry of Environment and Forests to share w.....

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Delhi High Court Slams Arvind Kejriwal For Plea Against Speedy Trial(28.08.2017)

Delhi High Court has rapped Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning the decision of a Judge to expedite hearing of a defamation suit file.....

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Delhi High Court Lacks Original Jurisdiction to Try Matters Under Family Courts Act(28.08.2017)

Delhi High Court has clarified that it lacked the original civil jurisdiction to try matters falling under Section 7 of Family Courts Act.

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Madras High Court Declines Transgender Person's Request to Redo Selection Test(28.08.2017)

Madras High Court has turned down the request of a transgender person to retake a constable recruitment test, stating that allowing her to participate.....

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Bombay HC: Accept Cheques & Demand Drafts For Bails and Sureties(02.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has issued a notice directing all subordinate Courts in State to begin accepting cheques and demand drafts instead of provisional ca.....

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Delhi HC Notices TATA, Docomo over RBI Application(02.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has asked NTT Docomo Inc. and Tata Sons Ltd to respond to a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) application seeking to be heard in a dispute .....

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Delhi HC Applauds NHAI, East Corporation Joint Project to Use Garbage for Road-Widening(02.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has backed a joint project of NHAI and East Corporation to use mounds of garbage spewing poisonous gases in Ghazipur landfill site fo.....

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Allahabad HC Junks Live-in Couple Plea Demanding Protection(02.12.2016)

Allahabad High Court has rejected plea of a live-in couple that they be provided protection on ground that the woman in question happened to be marrie.....

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Bombay HC Directs State Government to Make SPCA Functional Within Two Weeks(02.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has said that State Police Complaints Authority (SPCA) should start functioning in two weeks.

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Bombay HC: State Government To Take Final Call on Implementing Odd-Even Scheme(02.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has said that it was for Government, and not court, to take a decision to implement odd-even scheme for private vehicles.

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Bombay HC: Shivaji Park Has Become Dumping Ground for Celebrations(02.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has said that Shivaji Park has become "a dumping ground" for celebrations even as it chided State Government for not implementing it.....

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Madras HC Orders Not to Divert Tamirabarani River Water to Soft Drinks Plants Citing Water Crisis(02.12.2016)

Madras High Court has ordered that water from river Tamirabarani in South Indian State of Tamil Nadu must not be diverted to Coca-Cola and Pepsi produ.....

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Bombay High Court Bats for Property Cap on Judges(04.05.2018)

Bombay High Court has opined that bureaucrats and judicial officers, who have at least one property in Maharashtra, should not be allotted another one.....

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Bombay High Court: BMC Needs to Follow Due Process of Law to Take Over park(04.05.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) cannot take possession of the 20-acre Priyadarshini Park in south Mumbai .....

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Bombay High Court: Pay Salaries of Social Welfare Staff within 2 Days(04.05.2018)

Bombay High Court has directed the Directorate of Social Welfare to release the salaries within two days to two staffers of the office of the commissi.....

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Calcutta High Court Asks West Bengal BJP Chief to Produce Educational Qualification Documents(04.05.2018)

Calcutta High Court has directed BJP West Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh to produce documents related to his educational qualification in connectio.....

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Madras High Court Allows I-T to Proceed Against Karti Chidambaram(04.05.2018)

Madras High Court has allowed the Income Tax department to proceed with its inquiry based on a show cause notice issued to former union minister P Chi.....

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Bombay HC: No Formula to Determine Period of Limitation for Filing Administration Suit(07.05.2018)

Bombay High Court while allowing a man to claim rights as a beneficiary to an estate under a will over three years after a parent's death has held tha.....

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Madras HC Allows Termination of Pregnancy of 14-Year-Old Rape Survivor(07.05.2018)

Madras High Court has allowed the termination of pregnancy of a 14-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped five months ago.

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Nearly 4,500 Cases Pending Per High Court Judge, Says Govt(27.01.2019)

According to the National Judicial Data Grid, at the end of 2018, 2.91 crore cases were pending with the district and subordinate courts. In the 24 hi.....

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Karnataka HC Denies Anticipatory Bail to Group Admin for Pakistan Zindabad' Slogans in WhatsApp Group(28.01.2019)

Karnataka High Court has dismissed anticipatory bail application of Administrator of a WhatsApp Group in which some group members had shared 'Pakistan.....

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Man Deposed About Parents' Murder He Witnessed When He was Six: Tripura HC Upholds Conviction(28.01.2019)

Tripura High Court has upheld a Trial Court judgment convicting an accused for a murder that took place about three decades ago, relying on the deposi.....

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P&H HC Rejects Cops' Plea for CBI Probe in Sacrilege & Behbal Kalan Firing Cases(28.01.2019)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has rejected a petition for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the sacrilege and police firing incidents.....

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Aadhaar Entries Not Conclusive Proof in Criminal Cases: Allahabad HC(28.01.2019)

Allahabad High Court has observed that entries in Aadhaar Card indicating address, date of birth etc., cannot be regarded as conclusive proofs in crim.....

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Delhi HC Grants Relief to Leprosy Patients Rendered Homeless After Decriminalisation of Beggary(28.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has come to the rescue of leprosy patients who had been eased out of government-run shelter homes due to de-criminalisation of beggin.....

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Teachers Shouldn't be Deployed for Non-Educational Purposes Outside Purview of RTE Act: Delhi HC(28.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has ruled that while civic authorities can take assistance from its teachers for non-academic work such as the opening of bank accoun.....

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Delhi HC: Wife's False Allegation of Infidelity is Cruelty(07.05.2018)

Delhi High Court while granting divorce to a man has held that his estranged wife's false allegation of illicit relation between him and his widowed s.....

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Delhi HC Refuses to Stop Vodafone's UK Arbitration(07.05.2018)

In the tax arbitration case involving Vodafone, the Delhi High Court has refused to stop Vodafone's new tax arbitration in the UK and asked the govern.....

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Bombay High Court: Enquiry Can be Initiated Just on Evidence in Absence of Written Complaint(08.05.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that departmental enquiry can be initiated against a judicial officer if there was verifiable material to substantiate the .....

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Bombay High Court: In Absence of Domestic Violence, No Maintenance for Wife Under DV Act(08.05.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that a wife cannot be entitled to seek maintenance from her estranged husband under the Domestic Violence Act unless she ha.....

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Delhi High Court Rejects Shahabuddin’s Solitary Confinement Claim(08.05.2018)

Delhi High Court has said it could not accept former Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Mohammad Shahabuddin’s claim that he had been kept in solitary confinemen.....

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Gujarat High Court Allows Deemed University Students for PG Medical Courses(08.05.2018)

Gujarat High Court has struck down a state government rule debarring students of deemed universities from applying for admission to medical post gradu.....

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Delhi High Court Refuses to Stop Vodafone's UK Arbitration(08.05.2018)

Delhi High Court has dismissed the government’s petition challenging the Vodafone Group’s move to initiate two international arbitrations against Indi.....

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Bombay High Court: Kindness to Convict Should Not Result in Cruelty to Society(19.06.2018)

Bombay High Court has upheld a provision denying furlough to rape convicts, asserting that “kindness to the convicts does not result in cruelty to the.....

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Madras High Court: Selection Process for Highest Seat in University Can’t Just be a Routine(19.06.2018)

Madras High Court, while setting aside appointment of Dr PP Chellathurai as Vice-Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University, has said that a university .....

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Wakf Tribunal Has No Supervisory Jurisdiction Over Wakf Boards: Calcutta High Court(19.06.2018)

Calcutta High Court has held that supervisory jurisdiction is not vested with the Wakf Tribunal, and it cannot assume jurisdiction to pass any directi.....

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DNA Test Can’t Be Used As Shortcut to Establish Infidelity: Kerala High Court(19.06.2018)

Kerala High Court has observed that DNA test cannot be used as a shortcut to establish infidelity that might have occurred decades ago.

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Kerala HC Orders Inquiry by Registrar Over Disappearance of Malabar Cements Case Files(19.06.2018)

Kerala High Court has ordered an inquiry to be conducted by the Registrar (Vigilance) of the court in a case involving a prominent scam in Kerala, whe.....

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Installing CCTV Cameras Without Flat Owner’s Consent is Invasion of Privacy: Bombay High Court(19.06.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that installing CCTV cameras outside somebody’s flat or residence without their consent in order to monitor their daily mov.....

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Shift All Stray Dogs from Roads to Shelter Homes Within 6 Months: Uttarakhand HC(19.06.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has directed the State to ensure that all stray dogs are shifted from the streets to shelter homes within a period of six month.....

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Allahabad HC Directs Civic Bodies to Make Varanasi & Meerut Stray Cattle Free by Feb 5(18.01.2019)

Allahabad High Court has directed the Municipal Corporations of Varanasi and Meerut to make the entire city stray cattle free by February 5.

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Conduct Independent Probe in Dabholkar, Pansare Cases: Bombay HC to CBI(18.01.2019)

Bombay High Court has told CBI and the Maharashtra CID not to completely rely on the revelations made in the Gauri Lankesh case and conduct an indepen.....

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Conduct Independent Probe in Dabholkar, Pansare Cases: Bombay HC to CBI(18.01.2019)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Union ministry of environment and forests to examine effect of hookah with respect to indoor air pollution.....

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Kerala HC Disqualifies Kerala MLA for Election Malpractice(18.01.2019)

Kerala High Court has set aside 2016 election of Karat Razack from Koduvally assembly constituency in Kozhikode for election malpractice.

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Kerala HC Disqualifies Kerala MLA for Election Malpractice(18.01.2019)

Kerala High Court has set aside 2016 election of Karat Razack from Koduvally assembly constituency in Kozhikode for election malpractice.

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Facing Oppn Heat Over 10% Quota, Centre Asks Ministries to Provide Details of OBC Employees(18.01.2019)

A commission headed by former High Court judge G Rukmini is also looking into possibilities of sub-dividing backward classes quota.

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Jessica Lal Murder Convict Manu Sharma Moves Delhi High Court for Premature Release(21.01.2019)

Manu Sharma has claimed that the Sentence Review Board 'acted in a biased, unfair and illegal manner' while rejecting his plea for premature release.

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Undertook Own Selection Process for National Children's Awards: Govt on Row Over R-Day Bravery Honour(21.01.2019)

In the past, the Bravery Awards were organised by the Indian Council for Child Welfare, but recently, the financial integrity of the NGO was questione.....

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Bombay High Court: Video-conference Not Substitute to Producing Accused in Court(21.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has told the State that Video-conferencing facility is not a substitute to producing an accused person before the trial court on sch.....

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Bombay High Court Stays Income Tax Notice to Uber India Demanding Rs 109cr(21.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has temporarily stayed the order and notices issued by Income Tax department to Uber India Systems Private Limited, demanding a sum .....

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Rajasthan HC Allows Student Accused of Rape of Co-Student to Continue His Studies(21.02.2018)

Rajasthan High Court has allowed a student, accused of raping a co-student, to continue his studies and attend the classes in the college.

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Madras HC Rejects PIL Seeking Re-postmortem on 5 TN Woodcutters(21.02.2018)

Madras High Court has refused to entertain a PIL seeking re-postmortem of five woodcutters, saying the case fell under the jurisdiction of the Andhra .....

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Madras High Court: Detect Building Violations Around Meenakshi Temple(21.02.2018)

Madras High Court has directed the Madurai Municipal Corporation to find out all those who had constructed buildings around the Meenakshi Sundareswara.....

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Government is Bound to Pay Compensation to Farmers: Kerala High Court(21.02.2018)

Kerala High Court has held that state government is bound to compensate farmers who come under the attack of wild animals which stray into their farms.....

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SC Agrees to Review its New Ruling on Land Acquisition; Virtually Stays Operation of Judgment(21.02.2018)

A three-judge bench of Justices Madan B Lokur, Kurian Joseph and Deepak Gupta, asked the high courts across the country not to decide any case of land.....

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Calcutta High Court: Issues Decided by Consumer Forums Attract Principles of Res Judicata(06.04.2017)

Calcutta High Court has observed that state/national consumer redressal forums have the trappings of courts and are adjudicatory bodies, and so issues.....

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HC Can’t Exercise Writ Jurisdiction To Upgrade The College To University: MP High Court(06.04.2017)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to exercise writ jurisdiction to issue directions to upgrade the status of college to university.

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Bombay HC Seeks Details of Utilisation of CM’s Relief Fund for Past 8 Years from State Government(07.04.2017)

Bombay High Court has directed State Government to file affidavit detailing the utilisation of CM’s Relief Fund from the year 2008-2009 onwards.

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Bombay HC Directs State Government to Compensate Student Who Lost MBBS Seat to College Irregularities(07.04.2017)

Bombay HC has directed State Government to pay Rs. 20 lakh compensation to MBBS student who was denied admission to the MBBS course in a private colle.....

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Bombay High Court: Use Modern Technology to Check Illegal Constructions(07.04.2017)

Bombay High Court has said that BMC must use modern technology including satellite and drones to supervise unauthorised constructions.

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Bombay High Court Asks for CCTV Footage to Probe Assault on Maharashtra Doctors(07.04.2017)

Bombay High Court while expressing displeasure over the attacks on doctors at civic and government hospitals has directed state government to submit C.....

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CRIMINAL - Orissa HC Rejects Bail Plea Of 'Good News India' Chairman Accused of Sexually Abusing Children(25.02.2019)

Orissa High Court has rejected bail applications filed by Dr. Fayaz Rahman, Founder and Chairman Good News India, and Udit Kumar Lima, Asst. Project D.....

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Madras HC Sets Aside Sale of Properties Endowed in 1907 for Temple Rituals(27.06.2017)

Madras High Court has reversed a Lower Court’s order granting permission to hereditary trustees of a religious endowment to sell immovable properties .....

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Bombay HC: No Capital Gain Tax For Transfer of Shares by Company in lieu of Family Arrangement(27.06.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that receipt from transfer of Shares by Company in consequent to family arrangement by its shareholders would be exigible t.....

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Gujarat High Court: Principle of Mutuality applies to Club run by a Company(27.06.2017)

Gujarat High Court, while deleting addition in respect of life membership and entrance fees received by assessee-Company, has held that principle of m.....

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Rajasthan HC: Aadhaar Shouldn’t Be A Pre-requisite For Getting Food Articles From Ration Shops(29.06.2017)

Rajasthan High Court has directed authorities to ensure that all those who hold a Ration Card are issued Rations as per entitlement without insisting .....

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Madras HC: Govt School Teachers Placing Their Kids in Pvt Schools Exhibits Their Failure(29.06.2017)

Madras High Court has lamented sad state of affairs at government schools and observed that government school teachers placing their children in priva.....

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Bombay HC: Damages Under MV Act Applicable Only When Injury/Fatality Is Due to Collision(29.06.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that Section 163-A of Motor Vehicles Act is applicable only if injury or fatality is result of collision and a consequence.....

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Chhattisgarh HC: Creating Circumstances that Drive a Person to Commit Suicide May Be Abetment(29.06.2017)

Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that if accused had created circumstances that led to a situation which made a person feel totally frustrated and.....

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Chekannur Moulavi Murder Accused Let Off by Kerala High Court(15.10.2018)

In 2010, CBI special judge S Vijayakumar had convicted Hamsa of murdering Chekannur PK Mohammed Abdul Hassan Moulavi, a Malappuram-based Islamic schol.....

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Kerala High Court Grants Conditional Bail to Bishop Franco Mulakkal in Kerala Nun Rape Case(16.10.2018)

Kerala High Court has granted bail to Bishop Franco Mulakkal and also directed the Bishop to surrender his passport and not to enter Kerala state exce.....

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Bring ‘Order and Discipline’ in Granting Refunds: Bombay High Court Directs Tax Deptartment(16.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has directed income tax department to bring some order and discipline to granting refunds and also clarified that it is the duty of .....

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Gujarat High Court Gets 4 New Judges, Takes Total to 31(17.10.2018)

The high court has 27 judges, as against the sanctioned strength of 52. With the new appointments, the number of judges will go upto 31.

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No Online Crackers for Tamil Nadu Residents After Madras High Court Ban(17.10.2018)

The Madras High Court has banned online sale of crackers till November 15 on a petition by a fireworks trader in Chennai.

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Madras HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Uniform Rate of Food Items in Different Hotels and Restaurants(17.10.2018)

Madras High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation seeking uniform rates of food items (vegetarian and non-vegetarian) in different hotels, .....

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NEET Not Compulsory for Admission to AYUSH Courses: Patna High Court(17.10.2018)

Patna High Court has quashed a press communique issued by State government, prescribing that admissions to Ayurvedic, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddh.....

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Allahabad HC: Mechanical Rejection of Testimony of Related Witness Would Lead to Failure of Justice(21.06.2017)

Allahabad High Court has held that testimony of a witness cannot be rejected merely because witness happens to be a blood relative.

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Madras HC Says 'No' to Restitution of Conjugal Rights To Husband Who Remarried During Suit Pendency(22.06.2017)

Madras High Court has refused to grant relief of restitution of conjugal rights to a man who had remarried during the pendency of the suit.

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Kerala High Court: Let People Know About Changes In Law, Give Due Publicity(23.06.2017)

Kerala High Court has observed that issuance of Gazette notification is of no avail and due publicity is required to be given in various newspapers of.....

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Uttarakhand HC Restrains State From Buying Cars, Furniture, ACs(23.06.2017)

Uttarakhand High Court has restrained State Government from buying luxurious cars, furniture and air conditioners etc., since, it miserably failed to .....

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MP High Court Declines to Issue Order to Set Up Dispensary for Legal Fraternity(23.06.2017)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has declined to issue any direction to set up a dispensary on the Court premises or specialised hospitals at divisional head.....

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Bombay HC Upholds Constitutional Vires Of Mandatory Pre-Deposit u/s 129E Of Customs Act(23.06.2017)

Bombay High Court has upheld constitutional validity of Section 129 E of Indian Customs Act, 1962, that makes pre-deposit mandatory for filing an appe.....

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Gujarat HC: Principle of Mutuality Applies to Club Run by a Company(23.06.2017)

Gujarat High Court, while deleting addition in respect of life membership and entrance fees received by assessee-Company, held that principle of mutua.....

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Delhi HC to Arvind Kejriwal: Will You Say Sorry for Remark on Cops?(17.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has asked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal why cannot he apologise to a constable for allegedly using the slang 'thulla' for policemen,.....

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Calcutta High Court Extends Stay on West Bengal Panchayat Polls Process(17.04.2018)

Calcutta High Court has extended by a day its stay on the West Bengal's panchayat election process.

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Madras High Court Allows Mercy Killing of Ailing Salem Temple Elephant(17.04.2018)

Madras High Court has granted permission for the “mercy killing” of an ailing elephant in Salem temple, provided the veterinarians certify that the an.....

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Madras High Court Rejects Plea Against 70% Solar Imports Safeguard(17.04.2018)

Madras High Court has dismissed the petition challenging the Directorate General of Safeguards’ recommendation of 70% safeguard duty on import of sola.....

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Bombay High Court Asks DGCA Not to Blindly Follow International Rules for A320neo Grounding(17.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) must not "blindly" follow international guidelines on air safety but .....

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Bombay HC Rejects Plea of Students Barred from Exams for Low Attendance(17.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has refused to allow two students from a Kandivli college to appear for semester examinations after they were barred from the tests .....

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Bombay High Court: High Fees Do Not Make a School a Good One(18.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that a school does not become a ‘good’ school only because of its ‘high’ fees or expenses.

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Delhi High Court: Not Mandatory for Authority to Call for Info Under RTI(29.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has held that even if a public authority has the power to call for certain information, it is not mandatorily required to seek the da.....

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Gujarat High Court: Modern Marriages Fixed on Facebook Bound to Fail(29.01.2018)

Gujarat High Court has observed that modern marriages fixed on Facebook are bound to fail, while hearing a petition filed under Section 482 of CrPC fo.....

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Delhi High Court: Institutes Cannot be Allowed to Mete Out Injustice to Students(29.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has advised institutes to be fair in punishing its students, emphasizing on the fact that such punishments must also help in making t.....

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Madhya Pradesh High Court: Lack of Knowledge, Experience of Lawyer 'No' Ground to Recall Witness(29.01.2018)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has reiterated that the incompetence of a lawyer cannot be a ground for recalling witnesses under Section 311 of the Code of.....

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Bombay High Court: IPL No More Clean Entertainment(30.01.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that young players only wants to make money by playing in the popular T20 cricket league IPL and that it was "no more a cle.....

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Bombay High Court to BMC: Suggest Ways to Restrict Vehicles in Mumbai(30.01.2018)

Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government and civic authorities to suggest ways to limit the number of vehicles on Mumbai roads.

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Bombay High Court: Move Vijay Mallya’s Airbus from airport(30.01.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that the luxury Airbus A319 belonging to Vijay Mallya, chairman of the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines Ltd, is blocking the.....

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Bombay HC to Doctors: Resign If You Don’t Want to Work(22.03.2017)

Bombay High Court has pulled up resident doctors of government hospitals in Maharashtra for abstaining from duty, and said their conduct is shameful.

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Delhi HC Notices Centre, AAP Over Transport of Cattle(22.03.2017)

Delhi High Court has sought replies from Central and AAP Government on a public interest litigation alleging that cattle meant for slaughter were subj.....

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Madras HC Seeks Centre’s Response Over Killing of Fisherman by Sri Lankan Navy(22.03.2017)

Madras High Court has directed Centre to ascertain whose responsibility it was to conduct a probe into March 6 killing of an Indian fisherman, alleged.....

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Punjab and Haryana High Court Gives Nod for Dwarka Expressway(22.03.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court, while paving way for completion of Dwarka Expressway, has disposed petition related to General Power of Attorney (GPA) .....

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Delhi High Court Notices AAP Govt Over Separate Shelter For Boys & Girls in City(22.03.2017)

Delhi High Court has sought response of AAP government on a plea for separate shelter homes for boys and girls in city, alleging that they were being .....

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Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Home Ministry Move to Refer Rudresh’s Murder Case to NIA(22.03.2017)

Karnataka High Court has set aside decision of Ministry of Home Affairs to refer to National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigation into Rashtriya S.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Govt Response Over Foreign Funding to BJP, Congress(22.03.2017)

Delhi High Court has sought response from Central Government on a contempt plea that alleged that government had failed to act against Congress and BJ.....

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Delhi High Court Says ‘No’ to Child Care Leave For Private School Employees(23.03.2017)

Delhi High Court has ruled that employees of private schools in Delhi cannot claim Child Care Leave.

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Your Officers Didn't Even Check The Judge's Nameplate Before Raid, SC Tells CBI(06.12.2017)

The bench also asked the ASG if the CBI officers had relied only upon the details available on the Orissa High Court website.

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Certificates Issued by Panchayat Secy Can be Used for Claiming Citizenship: SC(06.12.2017)

A bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman set aside the order of the Gauhati High Court by which it had invalidated these certificates .....

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Paramhans Ramchandra Das, Ram Lalla Virajman, Prince Anjum Qadar: The Faces of Ayodhya Dispute(06.12.2017)

The suit started in 1950 when Gopal Singh Visharad filed a title suit with the Allahabad High Court seeking injunction to offer <em>puja</em&.....

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SC Begins Final Hearing in Ayodhya Dispute Day Before 25th Anniversary of Babri Demolition(06.12.2017)

The Supreme Court hearing comes seven years after the Allahabad High Court had divided the disputed Ayodhya land equally between Ram Lalla Virajman, S.....

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Your Officers Didn't Even Check The Judge's Nameplate Before Raid, SC Tells CBI(06.12.2017)

The bench also asked the ASG if the CBI officers had relied only upon the details available on the Orissa High Court website.

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Certificates Issued by Panchayat Secy Can be Used for Claiming Citizenship: SC(06.12.2017)

A bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman set aside the order of the Gauhati High Court by which it had invalidated these certificates .....

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Paramhans Ramchandra Das, Ram Lalla Virajman, Prince Anjum Qadar: The Faces of Ayodhya Dispute(06.12.2017)

The suit started in 1950 when Gopal Singh Visharad filed a title suit with the Allahabad High Court seeking injunction to offer <em>puja</em&.....

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SC Begins Final Hearing in Ayodhya Dispute Day Before 25th Anniversary of Babri Demolition(06.12.2017)

The Supreme Court hearing comes seven years after the Allahabad High Court had divided the disputed Ayodhya land equally between Ram Lalla Virajman, S.....

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Your Officers Didn't Even Check The Judge's Nameplate Before Raid, SC Tells CBI(06.12.2017)

The bench also asked the ASG if the CBI officers had relied only upon the details available on the Orissa High Court website.

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Certificates Issued by Panchayat Secy Can be Used for Claiming Citizenship: SC(06.12.2017)

A bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman set aside the order of the Gauhati High Court by which it had invalidated these certificates .....

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Paramhans Ramchandra Das, Ram Lalla Virajman, Prince Anjum Qadar: The Faces of Ayodhya Dispute(06.12.2017)

The suit started in 1950 when Gopal Singh Visharad filed a title suit with the Allahabad High Court seeking injunction to offer <em>puja</em&.....

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SC Begins Final Hearing in Ayodhya Dispute Day Before 25th Anniversary of Babri Demolition(06.12.2017)

The Supreme Court hearing comes seven years after the Allahabad High Court had divided the disputed Ayodhya land equally between Ram Lalla Virajman, S.....

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Your Officers Didn't Even Check The Judge's Nameplate Before Raid, SC Tells CBI(06.12.2017)

The bench also asked the ASG if the CBI officers had relied only upon the details available on the Orissa High Court website.

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Certificates Issued by Panchayat Secy Can be Used for Claiming Citizenship: SC(06.12.2017)

A bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman set aside the order of the Gauhati High Court by which it had invalidated these certificates .....

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Paramhans Ramchandra Das, Ram Lalla Virajman, Prince Anjum Qadar: The Faces of Ayodhya Dispute(06.12.2017)

The suit started in 1950 when Gopal Singh Visharad filed a title suit with the Allahabad High Court seeking injunction to offer <em>puja</em&.....

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SC Begins Final Hearing in Ayodhya Dispute Day Before 25th Anniversary of Babri Demolition(06.12.2017)

The Supreme Court hearing comes seven years after the Allahabad High Court had divided the disputed Ayodhya land equally between Ram Lalla Virajman, S.....

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Delhi HC: Value Declared in Wealth Tax Return Cannot Be Taken as Cost of Acquisition(26.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has upheld the order of ITAT that the value of land as declared and assessed under Section 7(4) of Wealth Tax Act could not be adopte.....

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Madras High Court Cancels Membership of 713 Lawyers(27.10.2017)

Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu Bar Council and Advocate General to cancel membership of 713 lawyers, who had enrolled as advocates after ge.....

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Delhi High Court Terms Swamy's PIL 'Political Interest Litigation'(27.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has dismissed Subramanian Swamy's plea seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pu.....

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Delhi HC Allows Ericsson’s Plea For “Confidential Club” In Patent Case Against Xiaomi(27.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has allowed Ericsson’s plea for constitution of a “confidential club” in its ongoing legal tussle with Chinese handset maker Xiaomi.

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Bombay High Court: INC Cannot Grant Recognition to Institutes Imparting Nursing Training in a State(27.10.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that Indian Nursing Council (INC) has no authority to grant recognition to institutes imparting nursing training in a state.....

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Bombay High Court: Woman Can’t Claim Maternity Benefits During Her ‘Entire Gestational Period’(30.10.2017)

Bombay High Court, while observing that law relating to maternity benefits has been enacted to achieve the object of securing social justice for women.....

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No Sales Tax to be Levied on Medicines and Surgical Tools Used in Medical Procedures: Kerala HC(21.01.2019)

Kerala High Court has ruled that medicines, implants and other materials used during procedures at hospitals do not constitute sale of goods, and henc.....

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Imposing High Cash Security as Bail Condition is Virtual Denial of Bail: Karnataka HC(21.01.2019)

Karnataka High Court has observed that insistence on high cash security as condition for bail would amount to discrimination and denial of bail itself.....

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Bombay HC Imposes Cost of Rs. 25 Lakhs for Preventing Court Inspection & Threatening Court Receiver(21.01.2019)

Bombay High Court has imposed costs of Rs. 25 lakhs on a couple, after they prevented a Court-appointed receiver from inspecting and seizing copyright.....

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Delhi High Court Prevents Website from Downloading TOI, ET Newspapers(21.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has prevented www.sscias.com from downloading copies of The Times of India and The Economic Times newspapers as well as the logo of t.....

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Kerala High Court Stays GST on Tax Collected at Source on Cars(21.01.2019)

Kerala High Court has stayed imposition of goods and services tax (GST) on tax collected at source (TCS).

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Madras High Court Orders Collector to Evict Encroachers from Nilgiris Water Bodies(21.01.2019)

Madras High Court has directed Nilgiris Collector on January 11 to evict encroachers from public land, bus stands and water bodies in the district.

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Rajasthan High Court Asks Vadra, His Mother to Appear Before Probe Agency on February 12(22.01.2019)

A Jodphur bench of the high court gave the direction after vacating its earlier order that prevented the agency from taking any coercive action agains.....

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Kerala HC Directs Recovery of Value of Minerals Extracted Illegally Without Environmental Clearance(26.10.2018)

Kerala High Court has directed recovery of 100% value of minerals extracted without obtaining prior Environmental Clearance(EC), by following the Supr.....

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Rajasthan HC Fines ICICI with Rs. 10 Lakhs for Trying to "Wrongfully Influence" Judges(26.10.2018)

Rajasthan High Court has recently slapped ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company with penal costs of Rs. 10 lakhs for impleading several judges of Di.....

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What Action has been Taken Against Delhi Zoo Officer, Asks Delhi HC(26.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has sought to know from the Centre what action it has taken against an officer accused of tampering with documents and post-mortem re.....

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Bhima Koregaon Case: Bombay High Court Says 'No' to More Time for Probe(26.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has set aside a 90-day extension granted by a Pune Court for filing of chargesheet against the activists in Bhima Koregaon case.

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Slow Learner can't be Declared as 'Mentally Retarded': Bombay High Court(26.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has given a girl charge of her father's estate and observed that merely because a student is a slow learner and not good in her stud.....

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Activists Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves Taken Into Custody After Pune Court Rejects Bail Plea(26.10.2018)

After the bail pleas were rejected, the defence lawyers sought a week's stay on implementation of the order so that they could file an appeal in the H.....

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Ayodhya Dispute: Supreme Court to Hear Pleas Challenging Allahabad HC Verdict Today(29.10.2018)

The appeals challenge the Allahabad High Court’s 2010 judgment which ruled that the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya be divided.....

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Bombay HC: State's New Pension Scheme Not Applicable to Judicial Officers As It Breaches SC Order(16.08.2017)

Bombay High Court has held recently that New Pension Scheme brought in by State Government, through a Government Resolution dated October 31, 2005 (cu.....

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Hyderabad High Court: UGC Rules Not for All Colleges(16.08.2017)

Hyderabad High Court, while stating that engagement of staff or employees in every private unaided educational institution cannot be deemed a public f.....

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J&K HC: Supplying Audio of Back Ground Sound to a Film Already Shot Amounts to “Manufacture”(16.08.2017)

Jammu & Kashmir High Court has held that activity of supplying audio of back ground sound to film already shot by customers, would amount to manufactu.....

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Bombay HC Says No Bullock Cart Races in Maharashtra Until Rules are Framed(17.08.2017)

Bombay High Court has prohibited Maharashtra government from granting any permission allowing bullock cart racing before framing rules as envisaged in.....

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Delhi High Court Sets Aside Rs. 100 Per kg Excess Baggage Fees by DGCA(17.08.2017)

Delhi High Court has set aside Rs. 100 per kg fee fixed by Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for excess checked-in baggage of 15-20 kg on priv.....

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Delhi High Court Rejects NDTV's Plea Against I-T Reassessment(17.08.2017)

Delhi High Court has upheld Income Tax Department's decision to initiate re-assessment proceedings against media house NDTV for assessment years 2008-.....

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Issue of Valuation/Court Fees is Not Required to be Tried As Preliminary Issue: Karnataka HC(29.10.2018)

Karnataka High Court has held that when an issue of valuation and/or court fees is raised in a civil suit on the objection of the defendant, the same .....

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Madras High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Regulations on Filing and Withdrawal of PILs(29.10.2018)

Madras High Court has dismissed public interest litigation filed by a ‘magazine editor’ who sought regulations on filing and registration of PILs and .....

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Madhya Pradesh High Court Sentences Death Penalty in Yet Another Child-Rape Case(29.10.2018)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has yet again commuted the death sentence in a rape case, this time to a man accused of raping a five-year-old.

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Delhi High Court Questions Delay in Ruling on Building Collapse(29.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has sought an explanation from a trial court judge about why there has been a delay while deciding a plea about a building collapse i.....

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Orbit Buyers Can’t Name Bank in Plea: Bombay High Court(29.10.2018)

Bombay High Court, in a setback to individuals who had purchased flats in the 32-storey ultra-luxury residential tower Orbit Haven at Nepean Sea Road .....

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Government can't be Directed to Declare Drought: Bombay High Court(29.10.2018)

Bombay High Court, in a setback to individuals who had purchased flats in the 32-storey ultra-luxury residential tower Orbit Haven at Nepean Sea Road .....

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Madras High Court Asks Tamil Nadu for Information on Medical College Intake to Aid Medicos(29.10.2018)

Madras High Court has asked the government to reveal the seat and intake details of government medical colleges to the Medical Council of India, so th.....

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Gujarat HC Notices State Government over Kharicut Canal Pollution(08.12.2016)

Gujarat High Court has sought an explanation from State Government and Authorities concerned over a PIL that complained about heavy air and water poll.....

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Bombay HC: Now File Appeal Against Family Court’s Divorce Decree Within 90 Days(08.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has held that a warring Hindu couple now has 90 days, not 30, to file an appeal against a divorce decree granted by a Family Court.

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Bombay HC Suggests Formation of Special Task Force for Assessment of Parking Problem in Navi Mumbai(08.12.2016)

Bombay High Court, while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on parking spaces in Navi Mumbai has observed that, “If you have an aerial view in.....

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Karnataka HC Dismisses Petition against Demonetisation(09.12.2016)

Karnataka High Court while dismissing the petition against demonetization has upheld certain restrictions that accompanied the decision saying they ar.....

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Delhi HC Restrains Internet Providers from Posting Defamatory Content About Tatas(09.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has restrained internet service providers, from whose IP addresses several e-mails containing defamatory and threatening content were.....

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Kerala High Court Rejects Maoist’s Kin Plea(09.12.2016)

Kerala High Court has rejected a plea for a directive to conduct a re-examination of the bodies of two Maoists killed in an alleged encounter with the.....

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Delhi High Court: Backing Off Divorce Consent Equals to Mental Cruelty(12.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has while laying down an important ruling that withdrawal of consent by a spouse after mutually agreeing to divorce constitutes menta.....

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Delhi High Court Takes Cognizance of Missing Speech & Hearing Impaired Girl(28.04.2017)

Delhi High Court acted tough with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for not being vigilant enough afte.....

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Delhi High Court: Hospitals Can't Hold Patient Hostage For Unpaid Bills(28.04.2017)

Delhi High Court has said that hospitals cannot hold patients “hostage” to extract money for unpaid bills.

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Delhi High Court to City Police: Use Social Media to Trace Missing Persons(28.04.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Police to flash photographs of missing persons on social media "without fail" to ensure such persons are traced so.....

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Delhi High Court: Minors Too Have a Right to Choose Not to Live With Parents(28.04.2017)

Delhi High Court has said that even minor children have liberty to choose not to live with their parents.

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Bombay High Court to State: Provide Portable Water, Dust Free Village to Residents of Sonshi(28.04.2017)

Bombay High Court at Goa has directed State Government to consider providing potable water to residents of Sonshi and to ensure that dust pollution in.....

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Uttarakhand High Court: Seal, Seize All EVMs Use in Vikasnagar Constituency Polls(28.04.2017)

Uttarakhand High Court, while hearing a petition alleging tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in Vikasnagar constituency, has ordered that .....

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Karnataka High Court Says 'No' to Appointment of Deceased's Stepchild(28.04.2017)

Karnataka High Court has ruled that stepchild of a deceased public servant is not eligible for appointment under Karnataka Civil Services (Compassiona.....

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Bombay High Court Sets Precedent, Serves Summon via Messaging App 'Whatsapp'(28.04.2017)

Bombay High Court has set a precedent after it served a summon via WhatsApp in a copyright infringement suit against producers of Kannada movie ‘Pushp.....

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Bombay HC to ASG: Find Out Exact Rate at Which Securities Transaction Tax Should be Collected(24.08.2018)

Bombay High Court has told the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) to take instructions from the Central Board of Direct Tax by August 28 on the exact .....

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Delhi High Court to Government: Notify Standards for De-addiction Centres(24.08.2018)

Delhi HC has told Sate Government to notify the minimum standards for de-addiction centres in the national capital after it was informed that the lieu.....

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Bombay HC to State: Explain Gross Delay in Demolishing Illegal Shrines(24.08.2018)

Bombay High Court has sought an explanation from Sate Government over the “gross delay” in demolishing illegal shrines in the state.

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Gujarat HC Observes that Government Lawyers Shouldn’t Defend Erring Cops(24.08.2018)

Gujarat High Court has observed that state government should not spend money defending erring police officials and the officers concerned should be to.....

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Uttarakhand High Court: No Nightstay at Meadows(24.08.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court ordered banning of night stay at high-altitude meadows and limiting the number of tourists visiting there.

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Patna High Court Pulls up CBI Over Transfer of Cop Investigating Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case(24.08.2018)

The CBI also faced the ire of the court for seeking more time to submit the progress report and coming unprepared for the hearing.

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Jharkhand High Court Dismisses Lalu’s Bail Plea(24.08.2018)

Jharkhand High Court has rejected the bail plea of ailing Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and asked him to surrender by August 30.

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A Dog's Bark Ignited the Jat Fury That Led to Dalit Killings in Mirchpur(24.08.2018)

A Dalit man and his daughter had died of burn injuries, while 51 people were injured in the large-scale rioting. The Delhi High Court has convicted 33.....

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Alleged Middleman in Rakesh Asthana Case Refuses Lie Detector Test Before Court(05.02.2019)

He was earlier denied bail by the trial court on November 3 last year and later by the Delhi High Court on November 13, which said that the allegation.....

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Elgar Parishad Case: Teltumbde Moves Bombay HC, Seeks Protection from Arrest(05.02.2019)

Earlier last year, Teltumbde, who the police claim has Maoist links, had filed another plea in the high court, denying all charges against him and sou.....

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Government to File Review Petition After DU Teachers Protest Faculty Reservation Under New Roster(05.02.2019)

A recent order by the apex court, which was in line with the Allahabad High Court order, was in favour of implementing the new roster system of reserv.....

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PSC Advisees Entitled to be Appointed As Reserved Conductors in KSRTC: Kerala HC(05.02.2019)

Kerala High Court has held that the PSC advisees are entitled to be appointed to the post of 'Reserved Conductors' in the Kerala State Road Transport .....

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Choices of Sexual Preference Protected Under Scheme of Constitutional Morality: Calcutta HC(05.02.2019)

Calcutta High Court has observed that consensual cohabitation between two adults of same sex cannot be termed as illegal and also observed that such .....

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Delhi HC Awards Rs. 3.85 Crore Damages to UK Firm for Trademark Infringement(05.02.2019)

Delhi high court has awarded Rs. 3.85 crore to UK-based Whatman International Ltd. in damages for its trademark infringement by various persons who we.....

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Wild Elephant Shouldn't be Put to Any Discomfort: Madras HC Tells Forest Department(05.02.2019)

Madras High Court has sought response from Tamil Nadu's principal conservator of forests by February 11 to a plea seeking a direction to prevent autho.....

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CRIMINAL - Orissa HC Rejects Bail Plea Of 'Good News India' Chairman Accused of Sexually Abusing Children(25.02.2019)

Orissa High Court has rejected bail applications filed by Dr. Fayaz Rahman, Founder and Chairman Good News India, and Udit Kumar Lima, Asst. Project D.....

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CRIMINAL - Madras HC Takes Notice of 1.7 Lakh Cases Not Taken on File, Issues Directions(25.02.2019)

Madras High Court has issued a slew of directions to Magistrates and Police after it took notice of act of Magistrates in not taking 1,72,602 cases o.....

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CIVIL - Bombay HC Restrains Vijaypat Singhania from Publishing Autobiography Till March 13(25.02.2019)

Bombay High Court has restrained Vijaypat Singhania, Raymond Limited's former chairman and managing director, from publishing his autobiography "The I.....

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CONTEMPT OF COURT - U'khand HC Issues Showcause Notice for Contempt to CAT Chairman in Sanjiv Chaturvedi Case(25.02.2019)

Uttarakhand High Court has issued a notice to chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal to showcause why contempt proceedings be not initiated again.....

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CIVIL - Only Advocates can Plead and Argue on Behalf of Litigants Before Courts: Calcutta HC(25.02.2019)

Calcutta High Court has observed that acting and appearing for another will not include a right to plead or argue before a court of law and held that .....

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CRIMINAL - Telangana HC Asks Cheating Accused to Donate Rs. 1 Lakh to Sainik Fund and Get Bail(25.02.2019)

Telangana High Court has granted bail to a cheating case accused on the condition of donating Rs. 1 lakh to the Sainik Welfare Fund.

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Delhi HC Issues Contempt Notice Against Gurumurthy for Tweets Against Justice Muralidhar(30.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has issued contempt notice to the editor of a Chennai-based, Tamil news magazine, Gurumurthy, for his tweets against Justice S Murali.....

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Delhi High Court Restrains Move to Allot Night Shelter as AAP MLA Office(30.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has sought to know the stand of the Delhi government and the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board for allegedly alloting a night she.....

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Explain Purpose of Collecting School Students' Data: Delhi High Court to State(30.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has asked Delhi Government to explain the purpose behind collecting data of students from schools and warned that the information mus.....

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Delhi HC Extends Interim Relief for Rakesh Asthana and Directs CBI to Maintain Status Quo Till Nov. 1(30.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has ordered CBI to maintain status quo till November 1 on proceedings against its Special Director Rakesh Asthana after CBI failed to.....

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SC Upholds Life Term to RJD Leader Shahabuddin in 2004 Double Murder Case(31.10.2018)

A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph dismissed at the threshold, the four appeals filed by the convicts .....

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Law Minister Bats for All-India Judicial Service; Says Consultations on Amid Opposition(31.10.2018)

Nine high courts have opposed a proposal to have an all-India service for lower judiciary, eight have sought changes in the proposed framework and onl.....

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Bombay HC Directs Registry to Take Options from Judges as per Seniority Regarding Judges' Housing(31.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has passed directions to the state to formulate a policy for allotment of houses to judges of the High Court and the Supreme Court a.....

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Non-Commencement of Trial in Three Months can’t be Ground for Bail: Bombay HC(12.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that non-commencement of trial within three months can’t be a ground for granting bail and also Cancelled bail of a murder .....

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'Sarkar' Controversy: Madras HC Directs TN Police Not to Arrest Film Director Till Nov. 27(12.11.2018)

Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu police not to arrest “Sarkar” movie director A R Murugadoss till November 27.

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SC to Hear Pleas of Sonia, Rahul in Income Tax Case on Tuesday(13.11.2018)

Income Tax department has already filed a caveat in the apex court that it should be heard in case any appeal is filed against the high court order.

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Sabarimala a ‘Secular Temple’, Can’t Restrict Entry of Non-Hindus: Kerala Govt to High Court(13.11.2018)

The government pointed out that en route to Sabarimala at Erumeli, there is a mosque 'Vavar Palli', where all Ayyappa devotees, irrespective of caste .....

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Bombay HC Finds No Merit in PILs Based on News Report Alleging LED Lights Scam(13.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has dismissed a couple of PILs based on an article that appeared in The Times of India with the headline which claimed that NMC pay.....

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Uttarakhand High Court Asks Government to Improve Overall Conditions of Journalists(13.11.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has passed the directions for improving the conditions of service of journalists while noting that journalists/reporters/ corre.....

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Uniform Mechanism Needed for Admissions in Universities: Bombay High Court(13.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that the Maharashtra Government needs to have a uniform mechanism of admission process for students in all its universities.....

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HC Takes Suo Motu Cognisance of Woman Contracting HIV After Transfusion in Tamil Nadu, Seeks Report(27.12.2018)

The advocates -- George Williams and Krishnamoorthy -- moved an urgent motion about the blood transfusion and sought the Tamil Nadu High Court to take.....

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Allahabad HC Refuses to Quash FIR Against Accused in Bulandshahr Violence Case(28.12.2018)

Allahabad High Court has refused to quash the FIR filed against one Satish, who is an accused in the Bulandshahr violence case in which police inspect.....

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Aboriginal Tribes have Right to Development: Chhattisgarh(28.12.2018)

Chhattisgarh High Court has said that Aboriginal tribes have right to development and also held that their right in the property is inalienable and th.....

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Wife can Seek Maintenance Even After Waiving Off Her Right in an Agreement to Claim it: Bombay HC(28.12.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that even when a wife enters into an agreement with her husband waiving off her right to maintenance, her statutory right t.....

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Bombay HC Issues Contempt Notice to Lawyer Who Allegedly Slapped Judicial Officer(29.12.2018)

Bombay High Court has registered a suo motu criminal contempt case against an Assistant Public Prosecutor who allegedly slapped a judicial officer and.....

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Lack of Injury on Rape Victim’s Body is of No Help in Determining Consent: Bombay HC(29.12.2018)

Bombay High Court has observed that absence of any injury on the body of the victim cannot lead to a conclusion that she had given her consent and all.....

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Consider Formulating Law for Welfare of Advocates’ Clerks: Uttarakhand HC(20.06.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has suggested that the State may frame a suitable legislation for welfare of Advocates’ clerks, noting that there existed no la.....

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‘Over-speeding’ Not Necessary to Constitute Rash Driving: Karnataka HC(20.06.2018)

Karnataka High Court has observed that it is not necessary that the offending vehicle must have always exceeded its speed limit or over speeded to con.....

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State Obliged to Provide Medical Treatment to Inmates/Prisoners in Need: Bombay High Court(20.06.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that it is the duty of the state to provide free medical assistance to any inmate or prisoner.

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Delhi Govt, DTC Treating Differently Abled as Non-existent: Delhi High Court(20.06.2018)

Delhi High Court has chided the Delhi government and Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) for treating differently abled persons as “non-existent”.

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Bombay High Court Refuses to Grant Relief to Zakir Naik(21.06.2018)

Bombay High Court has refused to grant relief to Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who is facing charges of inciting communal disharmony and engaging in un.....

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Contraceptive Use Indicates Consent, Can't Allege Rape Post Break Up: Karnataka High Court(21.06.2018)

Karnataka High Court has ruled that woman who was on pills during seven-year relationship cannot allege rape after breakup.

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Madras High Court Upholds TTV Dhinakaran's Election From RK Nagar(21.06.2018)

Madras High Court has upheld election of AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran from the RK Nagar assembly constituency.

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Mere Criticism Of HC Verdict in Public Speech Not Corrupt Practice: Madhya Pradesh HC(21.06.2018)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that mere criticism of a judgment of the high court in public speech will not tantamount to corrupt practice as.....

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CIVIL - Delhi HC Asks Authorities About Safety Clearances Given in 4 Years(25.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has asked corporations, fire and police departments to respond on a plea seeking details of permissions given to hotels, hospitals et.....

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CIVIL - Delhi HC Asks Liberty House to Pay Rs. 50 Lakh To SBI(25.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has asked U.K. based Liberty House Group to pay Rs. 50 lakh to State Bank of India within four weeks, as penalty for forcing bank to .....

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CRIMINAL - Bombay HC Orders Four Men to do Community Service(25.02.2019)

Bombay High Court has ordered four men, belonging to two different communities, to do community service for four consecutive Sundays after they pleade.....

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CIVIL - Panel can Continue to Probe J Jayalalithaa Death: Madras HC(25.02.2019)

Madras High Court has made it clear that there was no impediment to Justice A Arumughasamy Commission continuing its inquiry into hospitalisation and .....

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CIVIL - Sharing Social Media Posts Akin to Endorsing Them: Madras HC(25.02.2019)

Madras High Court has rejected anticipatory bail plea of a BJP leader and observed that sharing social media posts or forwards is akin to endorsing th.....

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CIVIL - Delhi HC Sets Aside Govt Ban on Lupin's Anti-Diabetic Drug Gluconorm-30(25.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has set aside a government notification in which it had banned Lupin’s fixed dose combination (FDC) drug, Gluconorm-30, used to contr.....

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CIVIL - IBC Reigns Supreme Over Other Civil Laws: Delhi High Court(25.02.2019)

Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the supremacy of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) over other civil laws such as those of contracts and guarantee.....

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Madras High Court Rejects Yacht Club Plea to Retain Leased Land(29.10.2018)

Madras High Court has turned down the club's plea challenging the eviction notice issued by the state in a legal battle initiated by the Royal Madras .....

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Extramarital Affair Alone is Neither Cruelty Nor Abetment of Suicide: Madras High Court(29.10.2018)

Madras High Court has held that a man’s extra-marital affairs cannot be a ground for abetting his wife to commit suicide and has set aside the orders .....

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Biological Mother has No Right Over Child Adopted by her Second Husband: P&H HC(29.10.2018)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that a biological mother has no right over her child after the child is adopted by her second husband.

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CRIMINAL - Madras HC Scraps Petition to Put Off Distribution of Rs. 2,000(05.03.2019)

Madras High Court has dismissed plea challenging the state government’s decision to dole out Rs. 2,000 to below poverty line (BPL) families till the c.....

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CIVIL - Madras HC Scraps Petition to Put Off Distribution of Rs. 2,000(05.03.2019)

Madras High Court has dismissed plea challenging the state government’s decision to dole out Rs. 2,000 to below poverty line (BPL) families till the c.....

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CIVIL - Madras HC Refuses to Grant Interim Relief to Sterlite(05.03.2019)

Madras High Court has refused to grant interim relief to Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper unit, which has been shut for nine months now.

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CRIMINAL - Compensate Woman for Arrest at Night: Gujarat HC to Govt(05.03.2019)

Gujarat High Court has directed state government to pay Rs. 2,500 to a woman, who was arrested after sunset, for breach of law that stipulates no such.....

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Justice Rajendra Menon May be Recommended by SC Collegium Soon But Slim Chances for Delhi Judges(22.01.2019)

Another name in contemplation, sources said, will be Justice Surya Kant, who is currently the chief justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court.

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Kerala HC Stays GST Levy on TCS Amount Collected by Vehicle Dealers(22.01.2019)

Kerala High Court has stayed the levy of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the amount collected by them as Tax Collected at Source (TCS) from vehicle pu.....

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Jessica Lal Murder: Delhi HC Asks SRB to Consider Manu Sharma's Plea for Premature Release(22.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has asked the government to consider Jessica Lal murder convict Manu Sharma’s request for premature release in the next meeting of th.....

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Jharkhand HC Stays Summons Against Rahul Gandhi in a Defamation Complaint(22.01.2019)

Jharkhand High Court has stayed the summons issued by a lower court against Congress president Rahul Gandhi on a defamation complaint filed by a BJP y.....

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Can't Reject Incomplete Applications Attributable to Technical Glitches in PSC Website: Kerala HC(22.01.2019)

Kerala High Court has refused to allow disqualification of teaching candidates on the ground that they had not submitted their NET qualification certi.....

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Delhi High Court Slams CBI for Delay in Probe in Narsingh Yadav Doping Case(22.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has pulled up CBI for not completing its probe in wrestler Narsingh Yadav's 2016 complaint alleging that his food was spiked leading .....

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Delhi High Court Quashes Notice for Re-Assessment Against Bharati Infratel(22.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has quashed Income Tax Department’s Notice for Re-opening of Assessment against Bharati Infratel Limited.

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Uttarakhand High Court Bans Commercial Use of Elephants(07.08.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has banned commercial use of elephants in the state and directed the forest department to rescue the pachyderms deployed for co.....

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Delhi High Court to Amazon: Delist Counterfeit Goods Sellers & Share Their Details(07.08.2018)

Delhi High Court has directed online shopping giant Amazon to delist sellers selling counterfeit products of lifestyle brand Beverly Hills Polo Club o.....

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Delhi High Court: Despite Bail, Inmates Still Languishing in Prison(07.08.2018)

Delhi High Court has expressed concern over non-release of inmates languishing in prisons for a long period of time despite orders of bail in their fa.....

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Gujarat High Court Allows ITR Filing Sans Aadhaar(07.08.2018)

Gujarat High Court has allowed a man to file his income tax return (ITR) manually instead of doing it online which requires linkage to Aadhaar card, a.....

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Delhi High Court: Unfortunate That Hanuman Statue Allowed on Public Land(07.08.2018)

Delhi High Court has observed that it was “unfortunate and painful” that a 108-foot Hanuman statue was allowed to be raised on public land.

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Delhi High Court Criticizes PWD for Poor Maintenance of Rajghat(07.08.2018)

Delhi High Court has rebuked the Central Public Works Department for failing to abide by its repeated assurances to the court that it will restore Mah.....

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Madras High Court Disapproves Changing Birth Date in Class 10, 12 Certificates(07.08.2018)

Madras High Court has rejected the plea made by a woman to change the date of birth in class 10 and 12 school certificates on the basis that her paren.....

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In a first, Three Women Judges in Supreme Court(07.08.2018)

The first woman judge of the apex court was Justice Fathima Beevi who was appointed in 1989, 39 years after the Supreme Court was set up in 1950. She .....

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CIVIL - IBC Reigns Supreme Over Other Civil Laws: Delhi High Court(25.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has upheld supremacy of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) over other civil laws such as those of contracts and guarantees and said.....

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1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: Justice Sanjiv Khanna Recuses From Hearing Sajjan Kumar's Appeal(25.02.2019)

Sajjan Kumar had surrendered before a trial court on 31 December 2018, to serve the sentence in pursuance of the high court's December 17 judgment awa.....

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CIVIL - SC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Removal of Hindu Rashtra Comments from Meghalaya HC Judgment(26.02.2019)

Supreme Court has issued notice to Registrar of Meghalaya High Court in a petition seeking to expunge comments made in a judgment that India should ha.....

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SERVICE - Delhi HC Asks Lower Courts to Speedily Decide Old Cases(26.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has asked the six district courts that come under it to allow a maximum of three adjournments in civil cases that are 10 years old or.....

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CIVIL - Bombay HC Gives Green Signal to Construct 3 Ferry Jetties in Mumbai(26.02.2019)

Bombay High Court has approved Maharashtra Maritime Board's (MMB) request to construct three ferry jetties in the western suburbs of Mumbai and in the.....

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CIVIL - Bombay HC Pulls Up BJP Corporator over Illegal Hoardings(26.02.2019)

Bombay High Court has slammed BJP corporator over violations of its previous orders prohibiting political parties and their members from putting up il.....

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Delhi High Court Extends DU’s Deadline to Probe Ankiv Baisoya Marksheet(13.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has extended Delhi University’s deadline to probe the alleged fake marksheet of DU Students’ Union (DUSU) president Ankiv Baisoya til.....

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Bombay High Court Stays Collector Ban Order to Sell Wine on Chatt Puja(13.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has granted relief to wine sellers and hoteliers who hold licences to sell liquor, by staying an order of the collector banning sale.....

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National Herald Case: SC to Hear Final Arguments on Pleas by Rahul, Sonia Gandhi on December 4(13.11.2018)

The Income Tax department had filed a caveat in the apex court that it should be heard in case any appeal is filed against the high court order.

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PIL Challenges Renaming of Allahabad to Prayagraj; High Court Seeks Reply from Centre, UP Govt(13.11.2018)

The petitioner said the name was changed to gain political mileage and public interest was ignored in the process.

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HC Dismisses PIL Challenging Renaming of Allahabad as Prayagraj(14.11.2018)

The high court refused to grant relief to petitioner Sunita Sharma, saying she directly moved the court by filing a PIL without first approaching the .....

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Delhi High Court Dismisses Bail Plea by Middleman in Bribery Case Against Rakesh Asthana(14.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has dismissed the bail plea of middleman Manoj Prasad in a bribery case allegedly involving CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana.

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Delhi HC Asks UIDAI to Explain Why Aadhaar Data can’t be Used to Identify Unclaimed Bodies(14.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has asked the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to explain its reasons for rejecting the idea of matching the fingerpr.....

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Kerala High Court Initiates Suo Motu Case on Special Commissioner’s Report on Sabarimala Violence(14.11.2018)

Kerala High Court has initiated Suo motu case based on the special report filed by Sabarimala Special Commissioner on November 5 regarding Sabrimala T.....

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Madras HC Absolves Doctor Accused of Gross Negligence for Death of Woman Given Nitrous Oxide(14.11.2018)

Madras High Court has set aside the criminal proceedings initiated against a government doctor in a case accusing him of gross negligence for causing .....

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Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Renaming of Allahabad as Prayagraj(14.11.2018)

Allahabad High Court has dismissed a PIL challenging the renaming of Allahabad as Prayagraj, saying the petitioner should first approach Uttar Pradesh.....

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Why No Spoken English in Government Schools: Madras High Court(14.11.2018)

Madras High Court has hoped that the state would turn its full attention to introducing spoken English course to students of Tamil medium schools run .....

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Pahlaj Nihalani’s Plea Against Censor Board Cuts Rejected by Bombay High Court(14.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has rejected former Central Board of Film Certification chief Pahlaj Nihalani’s plea against the panel’s decision to order 20 cuts i.....

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Madras High Court Stays NGT Penalty on Tamil Nadu Government(14.11.2018)

Madras High Court has stayed Rs. 2-crore penalty imposed by the National Green Tribunal on the Tamil Nadu Public Works Department for failing to initi.....

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Delhi HC Dismisses Daati Maharaj’s Review Petition, Rape Charges to Be Investigated by CBI(14.11.2018)

A bench of Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Rajendra Menon and Justice Kameshwar Rao transferred the case looking into the improper and biased invest.....

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Bombay HC Upholds Conviction of Boarding House Owner for Sexually Assaulting Boys(22.01.2019)

Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction and 10-year sentence awarded to a 28-year-old man for sodomising and sexually assaulting three minor boys .....

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Bombay HC Slams Girish Bapat for Restoring PDS Shop Licence(22.01.2019)

Bombay High Court has set aside the order of Maharashtra civil supplies minister Girish Bapat to restore the licence of a fair price shop in Beed dist.....

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Madras High Court Issues Notice to Centre on 10% Quota Law(22.01.2019)

Madras High Court has issued a notice to the Centre on a petition challenging the Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019, which prov.....

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Idol Theft Cases: Madras HC Slams State for Not Complying with its Order(22.01.2019)

Madras High Court has pulled up state government for not complying its order, after the Special Officer IG Pon Manickavel appointed by the court to co.....

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Rajasthan HC Asks Vadra to Appear Before Probe Agency(22.01.2019)

Rajasthan High Court has asked Robert Vadra and his partners in Skylight Hospitality Private Limited, including his mother Maureen Vadra to appear bef.....

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1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: Delhi Court Issues Production Warrant Against Sajjan Kumar(22.01.2019)

The Delhi High Court had on December 17 convicted the former Congress leader and sentenced him to life imprisonment in another 1984 anti-Sikh riots ca.....

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Bombay HC Upholds Order Refusing to Register RSS as Charitable Society(23.01.2019)

Bombay High Court has upheld an order of Assistant Registrar of Societies denying permission to register a charitable society under the name and style.....

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CIVIL - Kerala HC Issues Ultimatum to Local Self Government Institutions Regarding Illegal Flex Boards(06.03.2019)

Kerala High Court has issued a final ultimatum to all local self-government institutions in state and issued directions to take urgent action to remov.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, llegal flex boards/hoardings/billboards/flags

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CRIMINAL - Bombay HC Acquits Doctor in Rs. 100 Bribery Case, 4 Years After His Demise(06.03.2019)

Bombay High Court has acquitted a doctor, who passed away in 2015, after 32 years from the charges of asking for Rs. 100 as bribe for issuing a death .....

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CRIMINAL - TMC MLA Murder Case: Calcutta HC Extends Anticipatory Bail to Mukul Roy for 8 More Weeks(06.03.2019)

Calcutta High Court has extended, by eight-week, protection from arrest to BJP leader Mukul Roy in connection with the killing of a Trinamool Congress.....

Tags : Calcutta High Court, Mukul Roy, TMC MLA Murder Case

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CIVIL - Kerala HC Directs District Collectors to be Present in Proceedings Regarding Formation of Kerala Bank(06.03.2019)

Kerala High Court has directed seven District Collectors to be present in person during meeting to be held at district banks concerning finalising the.....

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CIVIL - Delhi HC Slams State Traffic Police for Not Doing Job Properly(06.03.2019)

Delhi High Court has chided Delhi Traffic Police for deploying cops who ignore violations and instead are busy chatting and asked the special CP in ch.....

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CIVIL - Delhi HC Pulls Up DCPCR for Not Taking Issue of Missing Children Seriously(06.03.2019)

Delhi High Court has taken to task the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) for not taking seriously the issue of children going mi.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), Missing Children

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CIVIL - Bombay HC Asks Authority to Clear Roads of Abandoned Vehicles Where Metro Work is On(06.03.2019)

Bombay High Court has directed state and Mumbai traffic police to crack down on illegally parked and abandoned vehicles on roads where Metro construct.....

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Delhi High Court: Nikah After Marriage Under Special Marriage Act, Divorce Petition Maintainable(26.03.2018)

Delhi High Court has held that Family Court can entertain and try a petition for dissolution of marriage under the Special Marriage Act, if the partie.....

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Punjab & Haryana High Court Pulls up UIDAI for Wrong Information on Aadhaar Card(26.03.2018)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the Unique Identification Authority of India after it found that Aadhaar cards with wrong details.....

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Mere Demand of Bribe is a Punishable Offence, Says Bombay High Court(26.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that mere demand of bribe is punishable under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988.

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Bombay High Court Bars Mumbai School Trustee Facing Rape Charges from Entering Institute's Premises(27.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has restrained the trustee of an international school in Andheri, who had been accused of rape, from entering the school premises un.....

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Consider Allotting Two Plots to House Displaced People: Bombay High Court(27.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government to consider allotting two plots in suburbs, originally reserved for a cancer hospital and a pub.....

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Consider Allotting Two Plots to House Displaced People: Bombay High Court(27.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government to consider allotting two plots in suburbs, originally reserved for a cancer hospital and a pub.....

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Why No Fixed Working Hours for Cops, Asks Madras High Court(27.03.2018)

Madras High Court has directed the authorities to answer a query as to why not the state government fix definite working hours for the police force.

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Calcutta High Court Grants Conditional Permit to Hold Sansad Mela in Asansol(13.01.2017)

Calcutta High Court has quashed Asansol Mayor Jitendra Tewari’s decision to deny BJP MP Babul Supriyo permission to hold proposed Sansad Mela in Asans.....

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Calcutta High Court Allows RSS to Hold Mohan Bhagwat's Rally in Kolkata(13.01.2017)

Calcutta High Court has granted permission to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to hold a rally of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Jaunary 15 at Central Kolkata'.....

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Bombay HC: ‘Prolonged Separation’ No Ground to Deny Maintenance to Wife(16.01.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that prolonged separation does not affect woman’s right to seek maintenance from her husband under Section 125 of Criminal .....

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Madras HC Quashes Resolution Removing TNMC President(16.01.2017)

Madras High Court has quashed a resolution passed by a section of members of Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TNMC) removing its then elected president K. .....

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Delhi HC Directs Private Unaided Schools to Start Nursery Admission(16.01.2017)

Delhi High Court has stepped in to "avoid ambiguity" in nursery admissions and allowed private unaided schools to invite applications on basis of thei.....

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Karnataka HC Directs State Not to Interfere with Devotees Right to Participate in Chikkalur Jatra(16.01.2017)

Karnataka High Court has directed State Authorities not to interfere with right of devotees of Saint Siddappaji to participate in ongoing Manteswamy S.....

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Calcutta HC Seeks Cops Fitness Report From State Govt(16.01.2017)

Calcutta High Court has asked State Government to prepare and submit a report on 'physical and mental fitness' of Kolkata policemen.

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Bombay High Court Directs MPCB to Check Air Guidelines Compliance at Kanjur Dump(07.03.2017)

Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to verify BMC claims that it was complying with anti-pollution norms at Kanjurm.....

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Bombay High Court Puts On Hold DV Case Against Magistrate(07.03.2017)

Bombay High Court has stayed proceedings initiated against a woman Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Gujarat in a domestic violence case filed by her b.....

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Gujarat High Court Notices State Over Plea For SIT Probe in Naliya Gang rape Case(07.03.2017)

Gujarat High Court has issued notice to State Government on a petition moved by Naliya gangrape victim, who has sought further investigation into her .....

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Karnataka HC Turns Down Plea For SIT Probe into Diary Row Disclosing Pay-off to Central Leaders(07.03.2017)

Karnataka High Court has rejected a PIL which sought setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe allegations and counter allegations by .....

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Manipur High Court Declares ‘Economic Blockade’ in Manipur Illegal(07.03.2017)

Manipur High Court has declared as illegal the over four-month-long economic blockade in Manipur called by United Naga Council (UNC).

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Uttarakhand High Court Directs State to Seek NEERI’s Report on Naini Lake(07.03.2017)

Uttarakhand High Court has asked State Government to get a report from Nagpur's National Environmental Engineering Institute (NEERI) on reasons of rec.....

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Delhi HC Disposes off Plea Seeking Action Against Cops Over Ramjas Row(08.03.2017)

Delhi High Court has disposed off a plea seeking action against policemen for allegedly manhandling students and journalists during a clash that broke.....

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Delhi HC Stays Wage Hike Call, Agrees to Evaluate Decision Next Week(08.03.2017)

Delhi HC, while staying operation of Delhi Government’s order on revised minimum wages, has directed Government "not to take any coercive action" in m.....

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Bombay HC Upholds FTII Decision Refusing Admission to Colour Blind to Film Editing Course(08.03.2017)

Bombay High Court has upheld decision of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) not to grant a colour blind candidate admission to film editing.....

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Madras HC: Exemption From Opting Tamil Language in Board Exams Only To Those Who Have Applied(08.03.2017)

Madras High Court has clarified that its interim order dated February 27, granting exemption to students of linguistic minority schools from taking co.....

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Uttarakhand High Court Rejects Plea For More Time to Constitute Ganga Panel(08.03.2017)

Uttarakhand High Court has rejected Centre's prayer seeking more time to constitute a Ganga Management Board and asked Union Water Resources secretary.....

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Bombay HC Permits Fakhruddin to Continue Suit to Declare Him ‘Spiritual Leader’(08.03.2017)