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Delhi HC to Govt.: Why Are You Not Filing the Contract?(08.10.2015)

Delhi High Court has slammed Centre for hiding the contracts with Google, WhatsApp and Facebook from the court and asked “Why are you not filing the c.....

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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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Madras HC Rejects Plea Seeking SC Status for Dalit Converts to Islam(18.10.2016)

Madras High Court has rejected a petition filed by Secretary of a Muslim jamath seeking a direction to State Government to declare caste to which Dali.....

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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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Bombay HC: Astronomical Returns Promised By Scamsters Are “Unrealistic”(26.10.2016)

Bombay High Court, while warning gullible investors against parking their money into Ponzi schemes, has observed that astronomical returns promised by.....

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Madras HC Slams Chennai Development Authority over Issues Relating Regularization of Buildings(02.11.2016)

Madras High Court has issued contempt notice to Member Secretary, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, asking why action should not be taken ag.....

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Judgments

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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Madhya Pradesh High Court Seeks Reply Over Infant's Body Bitten by Ants in Hospital Morgue(10.06.2016)

M.P HC has sought a reply from the State Government after an infant's body was found bitten by ants at a Government hospital's mortuary in Indore.

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MP HC Asks DGP to Ensure Timely Submission of FSL, DNA Reports in Trial Courts(17.05.2017)

MP High Court has directed State Director General of Police (DGP) to ensure timely submission of reports pertained to FSL, DNA and handwriting examina.....

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MP High Court Upholds Death Penalty of 3 Bus Staffers in Sendhwa Bus-Burning Case(29.10.2015)

MP High Court has upheld death penalties of three staffers of a private bus involved in Sendhwa bus-burning incident in August 2011, in which 15 passe.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice to AAP, NOIDA on Plea Alleging Toll Collection on DND Flyover is Illegal(06.11.2015)

Delhi High Court on a PIL seeking direction to discontinue collection of toll from commuters using DND flyover on grounds that it was illegal, has ser.....

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Bombay HC Refuses Bail to Peter Mukerjea in Sheena Bora Murder Case(16.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has rejected bail plea filed by Peter Mukerjea, Former Media Baron and an accused in Sheena Bora murder case.

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Punjab and Haryana HC Asks State Government to Investigate into Embezzlement of Student’s Fund(21.11.2016)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked Haryana Government to investigate into funds meant for four lakh students being embezzled from State's Educati.....

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Delhi HC Quashes Praful Patel’s Appointment as President of All India Football Federation(07.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has set aside the election of the office-bearers of the All India Football Federation, including its President Mr. Praful Patel, whil.....

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Delhi High Court: Litigant Cannot Be Put at Peril For Raising Public Cause(20.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has said while while taking note of a recent assault on two persons, one an elderly woman, who filed PILs against unauthorized constr.....

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Kerala High Court Pulls Up Trial Court for Not Posting Total 4U Financial Fraud Case Promptly(23.12.2015)

Kerala High Court has observed that there was mistake on part of the trial court in not posting Total 4U financial fraud case promptly and directed Th.....

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Jammu and Kashmir High Court Directs Fresh Trial in a Rape Case(30.12.2015)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has ordered fresh trial of a case wherein trial court had acquitted an accused of rape charges after ignoring the victim’.....

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Madras HC Directs Sarath Kumar, Radha Ravi to File Fresh Petition Challenging their Removal(29.11.2016)

Madras High Court has permitted erstwhile leaders of South India Artistes Association (SIAA, Sarath Kumar, President, and his nephew Radha Ravi, Gener.....

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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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Plaintiff Entitled To Specific Performance of Contract If He Sticks to Terms of Contract: Kerala HC(14.12.2017)

Kerala High Court has held that a plaintiff is entitled to specific performance of contract only if he sticks to the original terms of the contract.

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Panchayat Members Can't Insist Upon Encroaching on Govt Land : Bombay HC(21.12.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that no member of a village panchayat can insist upon encroaching on government land and have immunity from disqualificatio.....

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Gujarat HC Orders SEC to Create More Awareness About NOTA(25.11.2015)

Gujarat High Court has ordered State Election Commission (SEC) to increase efforts to create awareness about NOTA (None Of The Above) option ahead of .....

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Madras HC: Banks Cannot Attach Savings Account Opened for Depositing Pension to Recover Loan(03.12.2015)

Madras High Court has held that Savings Bank Account maintained primarily for purpose of depositing monthly pension amount could not be attached by a .....

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Delhi HC: Scan Entire JNU Campus to Find Missing Student, Najeeb Ahmed(15.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has asked Police’s Crime Branch to search every nook and cranny of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus with help of sniffer dogs.....

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Delhi HC Quashes IT Notice to Bharti Airtel over Inter-Connection Charges(20.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has quashed notices by Income Tax Department which required Bharti Airtel Ltd. to provide details of inter-connection charges paid by.....

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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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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 Issues Notice To Ansal Brothers In Evidence Destruction Case(24.12.2015)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to Ansal brothers and others on a plea seeking transfer of a case of alleged destruction of evidence in the 1997 Up.....

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Jammu and Kashmir HC Stays Screening Test of ReTs(04.01.2016)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has stayed a government order regarding screening test of Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers in the state.

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Gujarat HC Seeks Centre’s, RBI’s Response over DCCBs Note Exchange Ban(30.11.2016)

Gujarat High Court has sought replies from Centre and RBI on a petition challenging legality of their notifications banning District Central Co-Operat.....

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Delhi HC Quashes Life Term for In-laws in 1991 Murder Case(05.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has quashed a Trial Court order sentencing a couple and their daughter to life for allegedly setting ablaze their daughter-in-law in .....

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Curious Case of Thomas Chandy's Lawyer Not Wanting to Appear before a Particular SC Bench(15.12.2017)

Making the unique request, Thomas Chandy said that his appeal against the Kerala High Court order had been settled by senior lawyer Vivek Tankha, who .....

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2G Scam Verdict LIVE: Justice Has Prevailed, Says Kanimozhi After Acquittal; Subramnian Swamy Wants CBI to Appeal in High Court(21.12.2017)

2G SPECTRUM SCAM VERDICT LIVE UPDATES: In her first reaction after being acquitted in the 2G spectrum scam case, DMK MP Kanimozhi tells News18 that ju.....

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Allahabad HC to UPPSC: Be Much More Thoughtful While Setting Question Papers(24.12.2015)

Allahabad High Court has rejected a bunch of petitions challenging results of an examination, conducted by Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UP.....

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Bombay HC Refuses to Hear Co-operative Banks Plea on Demonetization Issue(25.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has said that it cannot hear petitions filed by District Co-operative Banks on demonetization issue or grant any relief to them, and.....

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Delhi HC: Concealing Mental Illness & Abortion Amounts to ‘Cruelty’(30.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has termed concealing mental illness and termination of pregnancy a ground for divorce as it amounts to cruelty.

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Bombay HC Slams State for Failure to Create Conducive Environment for Specially-Abled Students(05.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has rapped State Government and a Private School for their failure to create a conducive environment for specially-abled students un.....

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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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Uttarakhand High Court: Seal Hotels, Industries, Ashrams That Are Polluting Ganga(22.12.2017)

Uttarakhand High Court has asked State Government and District Magistrates of all 13 districts to "identify" and "seal" the industries, hotels, ashram.....

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Karnataka HC Issues Notice on Exemption of Speed Governors for Some Transport Vehicles(26.11.2015)

Karnataka High Court has issued notice to State Government on a PIL petition questioning exemption given by the Union government to vehicle manufactur.....

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Bombay High Court Summons NMC Chief, Commissioner of Police over Allowing Pandals(04.12.2015)

Bombay High Court has summoned Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Chief and Commissioner of Police to give explanation of why they permitted illegal p.....

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Madras HC Dismisses PIL Challenging Vires of Demonetisation Notification(16.12.2016)

Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to Union Government to declare Notification on demonetisation as illegal and ultra vires to .....

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Allahabad HC Upholds Acquisition of Land for Delhi-Meerut Expressway(06.12.2017)

Allahabad High Court has upheld the acquisition of land by the State for the purpose of building the Delhi Meerut Expressway.

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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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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 Seeks Centre's Reply on Framing Guidelines for Returning Sahitya Akademi Award(24.12.2015)

Delhi High Court has sought response from Centre on a plea seeking a direction to frame guidelines that if Sahitya Akademi awardees return their awar.....

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Bombay HC Orders State to Start Website/Mobile App Allowing Citizen Complaint About Noise Pollution(05.01.2016)

Bombay High Court has ordered State Govt. to start a website and mobile application where citizens can register complaints about noise pollution in th.....

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Delhi HC: Adult Son has ‘No Legal Right’ to Stay in Parent’s Self Acquired Property(30.11.2016)

Delhi High Court, while upholding wishes of an elderly couple who wanted their son and daughter-in-law evicted from their house, has ruled that an adu.....

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Madras HC Rejects Plea for Removing Titles Given to Dalit Habitations(05.12.2016)

Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking directions to Tamil Nadu Government to remove ‘discriminatory’ titles such as ‘cheri, kuppam, colony’ gi.....

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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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Gauhati High Court Orders Release of Akhil Gogoi Detained Under NSA(22.12.2017)

Gauhati High Court has ordered release of peasant leader Akhil Gogoi who was detained under the National Security Act, 1980.

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Notifications & Circulars

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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Delhi HC Slams Police Over Missing Children(07.02.2017)

Delhi High Court, while criticizing Delhi Police for its poor show in tracing missing children and “wasting its manpower” in PCR vans, has sought to k.....

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Bombay HC Refuses to Withdraw Restraint on Cutting Off Trees For Metro 3(13.02.2017)

Bombay High Court has said that it would not withdraw restraint on cutting off trees for metro-3 line unless authorities convince bench that they have.....

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Bombay High Court Restrains BMC from Allowing Cutting Down of 800 Trees(08.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has restrained the civic administration till February 21 from processing nearly 50 proposals for cutting 800 trees along many roads .....

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Delhi HC Rejects Petition Challenging Results of CA Exam Held on Nov 2017(13.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the results of Chartered Accountants (CA Exam Final) examination held on November 2017.

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Bombay HC Directs BMC to File Reply over Ilegal Tree Felling in Wadala(23.12.2015)

Bombay High Court has directed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to file its reply in a matter pertaining to unauthorised felling of trees in W.....

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Delhi HC Directs Delhi Education Department to Reply on Pvt Schools' Plea against Using Buses(31.12.2015)

Delhi High Court has sought response of Delhi Education Department on a plea against its direction to private unaided schools to provide their buses t.....

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Madras HC Directs State to Create Posts in Forensic Labs in Chennai, Madurai(29.11.2016)

Madras High Court has directed Government to sanction within six months two posts of Assistant Director, four Scientific Officers, four Junior Scienti.....

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Karnataka HC Upholds Government’s Order to Take Over Temple’s Administration(02.12.2016)

Karnataka High Court has upheld Government order of taking over administration of Sri Vinayaka Temple situated Jayanagar, after finding that temple wa.....

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Madras High Court Voices Concern Over Bogus Voter Entries(14.12.2017)

Madras High Court has voiced its anguish over a large number of illegal entries in the voters' list in the by poll-bound RK Nagar Assembly constituenc.....

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Madras HC Issues Circular; No Court/ Tribunal To Accept Vakalatnama Sans Advocate’s Complete Details(21.12.2017)

Madras High Court has issued a circular directing heads of all sections of the Registry to not accept any vakalatnama sans the enrolment ID, mobile ph.....

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Bombay HC Confirms Life Imprisonment or 23 Convicts in Murder Case(01.12.2015)

Bombay High Court has confirmed life imprisonment for 23 convicts who belong to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), convicted for murder of three perso.....

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Bombay HC: Minority Educational Institutions Cannot be Compelled to Absorb Surplus Teachers(13.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has said that Minority Educational Institutions cannot be compelled to absorb surplus teachers unless institutions concur with the s.....

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Madras High Court Seeks Centre's Response over Plea Seeking Sufficient Funds in Banks & ATMs(16.12.2016)

Madras High Court has directed Assistant Solicitor General G.R. Swaminathan to take notice on behalf of Principal Secretary to Prime Minister and Unio.....

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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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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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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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Karnataka HC Sets Aside Governor’s Sanction Order for Yeddyurappa’s Prosecution(24.11.2015)

Karnataka High Court while granting temporary relief to Ex- Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyappa, has directed Governor to have a fresh look at the sanction .....

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Madras HC Devises EMI Scheme to Settle Retirement Dues of Retired TNSTC Employees(03.12.2015)

Madras High Court has devised an Equated Monthly Instalment (EMI) scheme to dispose of numerous writ petitions filed by retired Tamil Nadu State Trans.....

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Supreme Court Stays Karnataka HC Order on Revising KPSC’s 2006 Selection List(15.12.2016)

Supreme Court has stayed Karnataka High Court order “unsettling” appointment of administrative officers pertaining to 1998, 1999 and 2004 batches made.....

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Uttarakhand HC: Big Cats Cannot Be Killed or Declared “Man-Eaters”(20.12.2016)

Uttarakhand High Court has said that tigers, leopards and panthers posing a threat to human life should be captured alive with tranquilizer guns in pr.....

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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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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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Delhi High Court: Ministers Not Under RTI(11.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has set aside the Central Information Commission order declaring Ministers as “public authorities” and answerable under the Right to .....

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Delhi HC Looks for Govt.’s Reply on VIP Corridors, Emergency Lanes(24.11.2015)

Delhi High Court has sought reply from Centre and Delhi Government over PIL seeking creation of VIP corridors and emergency vehicle lanes in the city .....

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Chhattisgarh HC: Married Daughter Eligible for Compassionate Appointments(03.12.2015)

Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that a married daughter is eligible to get government job of her deceased's father on compassionate grounds.

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Supreme Court: No Exemption for High Court Judges from Re-embarkation Security Checks at Airports(15.12.2016)

Supreme Court has held that Judiciary should not enter domain of Executive to direct it to include Chief Justices and Judges of High Courts in list of.....

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Punjab & Haryana HC Stays Appointments of 668 Panchayat Secretaries in Punjab(19.12.2016)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has stayed appointment of 668 Panchayat Secretaries in Punjab Government’s Department of Rural Development and Panchayats.

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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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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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Delhi HC To Govt: Examine New Currency Notes As Visually Impaired People Are Facing Difficulties(08.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked the government and the RBI to examine the new currency notes and coins, observing that the visually impaired were facing ha.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Jaitley's Response on Plea to Strike Off Allegations(11.03.2016)

Delhi High Court has sought response from Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on a plea by a AAP leader seeking a direction to strike off the fresh allegati.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Centre’s, AAP Govt’t Response Over Plea Against MCD Poll(15.02.2017)

Delhi High Court has sought responses of Centre and AAP Government on a plea seeking to quash notification laying down manner of allocation of wards f.....

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Bombay High Court Quashes Dowry Case Against UK Nationals(21.02.2017)

Bombay High Court came to aid of two UK nationals, mother and daughter, and quashed dowry harassment case registered against them by their estranged d.....

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Contract Employees in Govt Establishments Entitled to Maternity Leave: Kerala High Court(21.03.2018)

Kerala High Court has held that contract employees in government-funded establishments are entitled to maternity leave in the same manner as governmen.....

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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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Delhi HC Grants Bail to MCD Officials and Other in Commonwealth Games Scam Case(24.11.2015)

Delhi High Court has granted bail to MCD Executive Engineer OP Mahla, civic body's tender clerk Gurcharan Singh and private firm Sweka Powertech Engin.....

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Allahabad HC Says Farmers’ Plea Seeking Return of Land Cannot be a PIL(03.12.2015)

Allahabad High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking return of land to farmers from nine villages in Varanasi district on the gro.....

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Chhattisgarh High Court Notices State Government over Appointment of Parliamentary Secretaries(14.12.2016)

Chhattisgarh High Court has issued a notice to State Government on a Public Interest litigation questioning appointment of Parliamentary Secretaries i.....

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Kerala HC Grants Permission for Burial of Maoist P Ajitha(19.12.2016)

Kerala High Court has granted permission for conducting burial services for alleged Maoist activist P Ajitha, who died in an 'encounter' with a police.....

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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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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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Bombay High Court Dismisses Reliance Navy Plea Against IFCI(08.12.2017)

Bombay High Court has scuttled a last ditch attempt by the Anil Ambani company Reliance Naval and Engineering to prevent proceedings in the bankruptcy.....

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Delhi HC: No Need to Recall Stock If Price Lists Issued(25.11.2015)

Delhi High Court while granting relief to pharmaceutical manufacturers, has held that its “not obligatory” for companies to withdraw and relabel stock.....

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Orissa HC Grants Bail to Sarathi Baba's Adopted Son(03.12.2015)

Orissa High Court has granted conditional bail to Satyam Roul, the 20-year-old adopted son of arrested self-styled godman Santosh Roul alias Sarathi B.....

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Delhi HC Directs Government, Civic Bodies to Clean City on War-footing(15.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has said that Government and Municipal bodies will have to start cleaning up Delhi on a war-footing.

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Madras HC: Places of Worship Cannot be Used to Create Extra-Constitutional Forums(20.12.2016)

Madras High Court, while putting an end to menace of illegal 'sharia courts' functioning from various mosques across Tamil Nadu, has said that authori.....

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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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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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Police Machinery Can’t Be Utilised To Hold Husband at Ransom: Gujarat HC(11.12.2017)

Gujarat High Court has observed that the police machinery cannot be utilized for the purpose of holding the husband at ransom so that he could be sque.....

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J&K High Court Denies to Impose Strict Ban on Sale of Liquor in State(30.10.2015)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has said that it cannot direct the state government to impose strict ban on sale of liquor in the state, in view of the c.....

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Delhi HC: `Crackers Have No Religious Sanctity; Limit Availability To Make Ban Effective'(06.11.2015)

Delhi High Court while rejecting a woman's plea for a temporary licence to sell crackers in her shop, has backed a “public outcry“ against firecracker.....

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Delhi HC Puts on Hold Delhi Public Library Building Demolition(17.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has stayed ongoing demolition of Delhi Public Library building at Karol Bagh, observing that building did not appear to be “on the ve.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Centre’s Reply over Change in Aviation Policy(22.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has sought response from Centre over a challenge brought to its recent aviation policy, which restricts Airports currently operating .....

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Delhi HC Strikes Down Certain Parts of ICDS Provisions and CBDT Notifications(09.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has struck down Parts II, III, VI, VII and VIII of the Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS) and certain connected Notif.....

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Gadoli Encounter: Prima Facie No Conspiracy by Gurgaon Cops(20.11.2017)

Bombay High Court has observed that prima facie it did not appear that the Gurgaon Police had hatched a conspiracy to kill gangster Sandeep Gadoli whi.....

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P&H High Court Notices Haryana Govt. On Vadra-Promoted Firm's Petition(30.03.2016)

P&H High Court has issued a notice to Haryana Government on petition filed by Skylight Hospitality Private Limited, a company promoted by Robert Vadra.....

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Delhi HC: Decision to Ban Zakir Naik’s IRF Was Taken to Safeguard National Security(16.03.2017)

Delhi High Court has held that Centre’s decision to ban Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) was taken to safeguard national security as it .....

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Hyderabad High Court Upholds Dual Entertainment Tax Policy in AP(21.03.2017)

Hyderabad High Court, while holding that a State is within its rights to promote trade, commerce and employment on its soil, has upheld a notificatio.....

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Bombay High Court: Even in Love Affair, Man Cannot Violate Girl Against Her Will(27.03.2017)

Bombay High Court, while hearing a case in which a minor girl had accused a man of raping her, has observed that even if there had been a love affair .....

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Delhi High Court Asks Parents to Compensate Daughter for Violating Her Right to Choice(20.04.2018)

Delhi HC has recognised that threat to right of choice of a person can very well come from the person‘s own parents and has directed the parents of a .....

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No Absolute Bar to Summon Aged Woman Before Enforcement Directorate: Madras High Court(27.04.2018)

Madras High Court has dismissed plea of senior advocate Nalini Chidambaram, challenging summons to requiring her personal appearance before Enforcemen.....

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Delhi HC Denies Extension of Bail to a Convict in 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case(07.10.2015)

Delhi High Court has refused to extend interim bail granted to a convict serving life term in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and asked him to surrender not.....

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Gujarat HC Says Few Unwitting Lapses are 'Not Adultery'(12.10.2015)

Gujarat High Court has confirmed a lower court's definition of adultery, where it said that a couple of lapses in behaviour, if they are unwitting, ca.....

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Bombay HC Slams State Government over Malnutrition Deaths(17.10.2016)

Bombay High Court came down heavily on Maharashtra government for death of tribal children due to malnutrition, saying it seems to lack “sensitivity” .....

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Hyderabad High Court Stays Criminal Case Against Former World Billiards Champion Ferreira(20.10.2016)

Hyderabad High Court has stayed criminal case registered against former world billiards champion Michael Joseph Ferreira and four others by Hyderabad .....

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Allahabad High Court Seeks Report on Infrastructure, Facilities at Gorakhpur Hospital(01.09.2017)

Allahabad High Court has sought a "detailed report" on the infrastructure and medical facilities at Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College, where scores of c.....

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Delhi High Court asks Delhi Police to Probe Threats to Prof. Assaulted in Motihari(04.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Police to examine threatening messages received by Sanjay Kumar, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Mahatma Gandh.....

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J&K High Court Attaches Unauthorized Structures Around Dal(19.10.2015)

J&K High Court has attached seven buildings including a commercial complex and a hospital building in Dal Lake area for violating Srinagar Master Plan.....

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Allahabad HC Issues Criminal Contempt Notices to 15 Agra Lawyers(26.10.2016)

Allahabad High Court, while taking cognizance of an illegal strike and alleged misbehaviour with several Judges of Agra District Court, has issued cri.....

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Bombay HC Seeks MTDC’s Response over Accreditation of Lifeguards at Beaches(02.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) to check if a firm contracted to train 89 lifeguards was properly accre.....

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Madhya Pradesh HC Seeks Report from ATS over Bhopal Encounter(04.11.2016)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to Government Advocate and Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) seeking a detailed report on 'encounter' of eight s.....

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Allahabad HC Refuses To Entertain Borrower’s Loan Default Due To Demonetisation, GST(26.10.2017)

Allahabad High Court has dismissed a plea challenging recovery proceedings initiated against a borrower firm, which challenged recovery proceedings on.....

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Allahabad HC Quashes Punishment of UP Govt. Employee Caught Chewing Tobacco at Work(20.11.2018)

Allahabad High Court has found the punishment excessive, given to a government employee for chewing tobacco at work after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.....

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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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Delhi HC Prohibits All Building Activities in Tughlaqabad Fort Area(16.02.2017)

Delhi High Court, while expressing concern over "rampant and unabated" illegal constructions in Tughlaqabad Fort, has prohibited all land transactions.....

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Delhi High Court Refuses to Stay Summon to Fox Star Studios in Defamation Case(22.02.2017)

Delhi High Court has refused to stay summons issued by a Trial Court against Jolly LLB 2’s producers Fox Star Studios with regards to defamation case .....

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Bombay High Court to CBI: Decide on Time Frame to Complete Fake Stamp Paper Scam of 2002(22.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to decide on how long it intends to continue the prosecution in the fake stamp p.....

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HP High Court to Centre: Consider Total Ban on Beef in 3 Months(15.10.2015)

Himachal Pradesh HC has asked Centre to consider enacting a law prohibiting slaughter of cows, their import/export and sale of beef and its products a.....

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Madras HC to Centre: Allow Castration of Child Rapists(26.10.2015)

Madras High Court has asked Centre to consider castration as punishment for child rapists. The court said "the court cannot be a silent spectator, unm.....

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Bombay HC Notices Goa Government, Private Firm over Offshore Casino Case(28.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has issued notice to Goa Government and Ex-Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda’s Golden Globe Hotels Private Limited on a petition over a m.....

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Bombay HC Directs State to Constitute Statewide Committee to Maintain Hospitals(04.11.2016)

Bombay High Court, while observing that there exists an urgent need to evolve a safe and effective method of disposing of biomedical waste, especially.....

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Orissa HC to Dist. Magistrate: Constitute Local Complaints Committee To Probe Sexual Harassment(23.10.2017)

Orissa High Court has directed Collector-cum-District Magistrate, Ganjam to constitute a Local Complaints Committee (LCC) that would investigate compl.....

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Kerala HC: Educational Institutions Can’t Be Permitted to Turn into Political Battlefield(02.11.2017)

Kerala High Court has said that educational institutions cannot be hijacked and be permitted to turn into a political battlefield.

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SC Sets Aside Madras HC Order Awarding Extra Marks to Those Who Took NEET Exam in Tamil(23.11.2018)

Supreme Court has set aside a Madras High Court order that directed Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) to award 196 marks to candidates who.....

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Delhi HC Restrains Glenmark Pharmaceuticals from Manufacturing, Selling Zita and Zita-Met(07.10.2015)

Delhi High Court has restrained Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, an Indian firm, from manufacturing and selling its anti-diabetes drugs Zita and Zita-Met, sa.....

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Madras High Court Allows Veerappan's Wife to Conduct Ritual(13.10.2015)

Madras High Court has allowed widow of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to conduct 'Annadanam' (feeding the poor) on his 11th death anniversary but made .....

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Hyderabad HC Grants Stay to QNET(17.10.2016)

Hyderabad High Court while granting major relief to direct selling company QNET, which has been trying to defend its business model in Mumbai for the .....

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Delhi High Court:'Metro Commuter Has No Right to Free Drinking Water'(22.08.2017)

Delhi High Court, while disposing of a lawyer’s plea seeking toilets, drinking water and dustbins at all metro stations in Delhi, has said that a comm.....

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Calcutta HC: Secured Creditor Cannot Invoke S. 14 of SARFAESI Act After Sale of Secured Asset(04.09.2017)

Calcutta High Court has ruled that a secured creditor cannot maintain an application u/s 14 of Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets a.....

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Madras HC Grants Interim Stay on State Order Cancelling Land Allotment to Vedanta Plant(04.10.2018)

Madras has ordered an interim stay on the cancellation of land allotted for expansion of Vedanta's south Indian copper smelter, in a relief to the con.....

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Bombay High Court Irks Over Illegal Constructions in Navi Mumbai(15.10.2015)

Bombay High Court has irked over increasing number of illegal constructions in Navi Mumbai and said builders responsible for it have to be taken to ta.....

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Bombay HC Directs State Govt. to Inform Steps Taken to Prevent Farmers’ Suicides(23.10.2015)

Bombay High Court has directed State Government to inform it about steps taken by it to help farmers, especially in Marathwada, concerned over rising .....

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Patna HC Quashes Notification Banning Use of Alcohol in Ayurvedic Medicines(28.10.2016)

Patna High Court has quashed Bihar Government's Notification banning use of alcohol for manufacturing Ayurvedic and Homeopathic medicines in view of p.....

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Allahabad HC Refers Yamuna Expressway Land Acquisition Dispute to Arbitration(04.11.2016)

Allahabad High Court has referred to arbitration a dispute between Yamuna Expressway Authority and JP Infratech Ltd in connection with enhanced compen.....

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Andhra Pradesh HC: Harsher Punishments Required for Running Ill-Equipped Fake Hospitals(23.10.2017)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that law only prescribe punishment in terms of monitory fine for the act of running a medical facility without.....

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Orissa High Court: Access to Justice is Right(02.11.2017)

Orissa High Court has ruled that access to justice cannot be denied to a person, who is unable to pay expenses of the witnesses, whom he or she wants .....

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SC Quashes Madras High Court Order Awarding 196 Grace Marks to NEET Students Opting for Tamil(22.11.2018)

The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court had on July 10 ordered the CBSE to grant 196 marks — 4 marks each for 49 erroneously translated questions.....

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SC Clears Appointment of Candidate for Range Officer Post while Setting Aside J&K High Court’s Order(16.11.2015)

SC while setting aside J&K High Court’s order whereby it was upheld that candidate having BSC degree with Forestry as major subject was ineligible for.....

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Bombay HC Confirms Circular Directing Only Rail Neer at Railway Stations(24.11.2015)

Bombay High Court has confirmed a circular issued by Indian Railways directing contractors and caterers having stalls on platforms and railway station.....

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Madras HC Directs Motor Accident Claims Tribunals to Release 450 Buses(24.10.2016)

Madras High Court has directed Motor Accident Claims Tribunals in State to release all 450 TNSTC buses, attached for want of payment to claimants invo.....

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Punjab and Haryana High Court Orders FIR Against Self-styled Godwoman Radhe Maa(06.09.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has criticised the Punjab Police for not acting on a complaint filed against controversial self-styled godwoman Radhe Ma.....

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Delhi High Court: “Economic Offences Need To Be Treated With Heavy Hand”(18.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has held that economic offences need to be dealt with a heavy hand and releasing such accused on bail will affect the community at la.....

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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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‘MeToo’ Movement Only for Victims, Shouldn't be Misused: Bombay High Court(22.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has said ‘MeToo’ campaign is only for the victims and it should not be misused by anyone to manipulate a victim to level allegations.....

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Karnataka High Court Directs Students to Submit Individual Undertakings(07.10.2015)

Karnataka High Court has ordered all medical students, who have approached the court against law on 1-year compulsory service training in government h.....

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Bombay HC Directs Govt. to Act Against Noise Offenders and Illegal Pandals(13.10.2015)

Bombay High Court has ordered Maharashtra Government and civic authorities to take actions on illegal pandals, noise offenders and asked authorities t.....

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Bombay HC Slams Maharashtra Government over Poor Law and Order Situation(17.10.2016)

Bombay High Court while hearing a petition filed in a Solapur murder case in which charge sheet was not filed for four years, has demanded a overhaul .....

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Gujarat High Court Slams Civic Bodies Over Wastage of Public Money, Poor Condition of Roads(22.08.2017)

Gujarat High Court has expressed dismay at the state of roads in city of Ahmedabad, and granted Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation four weeks’ time to co.....

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Delhi HC Awards Jail Term to Litigant for Irresponsible Allegations Against Government Counsel(04.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has awarded week-long imprisonment to a litigant, finding him guilty of criminal contempt of court for leveling baseless allegations .....

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TDS Can’t be Recovered from Employee in Case of Default by Employer: Gujarat HC(04.10.2018)

Gujarat High Court has held that the tax department cannot recover tax from the deductee/employer for the fault of the deductor/employer to remit the .....

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SC Put Stay on Allahabad High Court's Order Declaring Shiksha Mitra’s Appointment Illegal(08.12.2015)

Supreme Court has stayed the Allahabad High Court's September order which declared appointment of about 1.72 shiksha mitras illegal.

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Allahabad HC Junks Termination Orders for 16 IIIT-A Teachers(14.12.2015)

Allahabad High Court has junked a resolution of board of management of Indian Institute of Information Technology-Allahabad (IIIT-A) and subsequent or.....

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Punjab & Haryana HC Directs UT Administration to Look into Increasing Sukhna Lake’s Water Level(10.11.2016)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has asked UT Administration to look into feasibility of increasing water level of Sukhna Lake by two feet, taking up a pet.....

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Delhi High Court To Delhi Metro, Police: Elaborate Steps For Safety Of Passengers(19.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Delhi Police to inform it about the steps taken for safety and security of passe.....

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Delhi High Court Refuses Bail to Honeypreet, Asks Her to Surrender(27.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has dismissed an anticipatory bail petition filed by Honeypreet Insan, a confidant of jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim.

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Delhi High Court Asks Delhi Government about Steps Taken to Implement its Circular on School Safety(31.10.2018)

Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the AAP government about the steps taken by it to ensure implementation of its circular on ensuring safety of childr.....

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Uttrakhand High Court Stays Arrest of Umesh Kumar’s Associates(03.11.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has stayed the arrest of Praveen Sahni and Saurabh Sahni, two associates of Samachar Plus CEO Umesh Sharma who is currently in .....

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Gujarat High Court Orders Probe Against Hardik Patel in Sedition Case(27.10.2015)

Gujarat High Court has denied to quash sedition case against Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and ordered probe into it against him.

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Madras HC Dismisses Krishnasamy’s Petition to Quash FIR(05.11.2015)

Madras High Court has denied to take a petition filed by Puthiya Tamilagam president K. Krishnasamy to quash a FIR registered against him for allegedl.....

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Allahabad HC Rejects Plea Seeking CBI Probe in Dadri Lynching Case(16.11.2016)

Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition seeking CBI probe into lynching of Mohd Akhlaq on beef consumption rumours at Dadri in Gautam Budh Nagar.....

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Delhi HC Directs Centre to Verify Contents on Hotstar(18.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has asked Union Government to examine allegations of objectionable content (including soft porn) being made available for download on.....

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Delhi HC Reduces Sentence in Rape Case(07.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has reduced the sentence of a rape accused from ten years in imprisonment to seven years keeping in view of his psychiatric illness 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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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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Bombay HC: Why Celebrities Are Wanted for Chhath Puja(10.11.2015)

Bombay High Court on a plea challenging order passed by Collector of Mumbai suburban on November 5 prohibiting it from inviting celebrities during Chh.....

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Bombay HC to Police: Follow Court’s Order and Remove Illegal Loudspeakers from Religious Structures(24.11.2015)

Bombay High Court while hearing a public interest litigation filed by Navi Mumbai resident Santosh Pachalag, raising issue of "illegal use of loudspea.....

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Bombay HC Directs Insurance Companies to Pay Insured Accident Victims Having Fake Licenses(24.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has held that Insurance Companies are liable to pay compensation to victims of road accidents even if they possessed a fake or unaut.....

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Jharkhand HC: Should It Be Made Mandatory For Person Swearing On Affidavit To Mention Aadhaar Number?(06.09.2017)

Jharkhand High Court has directed High Court Rules Committee to examine whether there was a need for amending HC Rules, 2001 to make it compulsory for.....

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Delhi High Court Asks Centre to Frame Policy to Curb Celebratory Firing(18.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked Centre and other authorities to frame a policy within three months to curb the practice of celebratory firing.

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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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SC Directs Hyderabad HC to Expedite Hearing in Power Utilities Employees’ Case(11.12.2015)

Supreme Court has directed Hyderabad High Court to expeditiously complete hearing on the petition filed by employees of power utilities who were relie.....

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Hyderabad HC Notices GHMC & Others over Developing Green Parks in Hyderabad(09.11.2016)

Hyderabad High Court has sought from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and other Urban Development Authorities their action plan for deve.....

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Madras HC Questions Appointment of CM Favored Candidate for DME Post Without Considering Merit(14.11.2016)

Madras High Court has pointed out that Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had accepted a proposal early this year heavily loaded in favour of a Government Do.....

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Punjab and Haryana High Court Grants Bail to Rapists for Girl's 'promiscuous attitude'(25.09.2017)

Punjab and Haryana high court has granted bail to three convicts in the infamous blackmailing and gang rape case of a student of OP Jindal Global Univ.....

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Ayodhya Verdict: Decoding The Implications(30.10.2018)

The Supreme Court has adjourned its hearing on the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment that divided the disputed site in Ayodhya into three parts. The .....

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Bombay High Court Scraps Government Plan to Set Up Golf Course in Navi Mumbai(02.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has quashed a government notification issued in the year 2016, modifying the development control plan and converting a 47 hectare of.....

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Bombay HC to State: What Steps Taken to Fill up Vacancies at Women's Commission(15.10.2015)

Bombay High Court on a petition filed by RTI activist Vihar Dhruve, has asked State Government to inform what steps it had taken to fill up vacant pos.....

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Madras High Court: Condom Is Not a Medicine(23.10.2015)

Madras High Court has ruled that condoms to be kept out of the medicine category and thus the maximum price of the same can't be fixed under Drug Pric.....

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Orissa HC Asks Fugitive Puri Servitor to Cooperate with Investigation in Criminal Case(28.10.2016)

Orissa High Court has directed fugitive servitor Damodar Mahasuhar of Jagannath Temple in Puri to appear before Local Investigating Police Officer and.....

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Bombay HC Rules ‘Court Cannot Ignore Illegal Detention’(04.11.2016)

Bombay High Court, while granting bail to a Gondia man arrested for murder and cases under Arms Act and SC/ST Act, has said that court can’t turn Nels.....

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Delhi HC: Transfer of Hospitals Under Employees State Insurance Corporation To State Govt. Illegal(23.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has declared as “illegal” the transfer of hospitals and medical colleges under Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to State.....

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Bombay High Court Restricts Hawking to Designated Zones Only(02.11.2017)

Bombay High Court has restricted hawking to designated zones only, while banning the activity on foot-and rail-over-bridges and within 150 metres of r.....

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Madras HC Quashes Defamation Case Against Magazine, Says Can't Allow 'Mighty' State to 'Trample' Press(23.11.2018)

Ruling that the proceedings before the lower court were an abuse of process of law, the Madras High Court judge said the court will be failing in its .....

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P&H High Court Raps Haryana’s Director General of Police (Human Rights) Anant Kumar Dhull(16.02.2016)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has castigated Haryana’s Director General of Police (Human Rights) Anant Kumar Dhull, a 1985-batch IPS officer, while di.....

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Bombay HC Notices State over Regularization of Matrimonial Websites(11.01.2017)

Bombay High Court has directed State Government to file an affidavit with details of steps it has initiated to regulate matrimonial websites and marri.....

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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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Delhi High Court Rejects Virbhadra's Wife, Others Plea Against PMLA Clause(12.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has upheld the validity of a money laundering law provision while rejecting 19 pleas, including that of former Himachal Pradesh Chief.....

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Delhi High Court to Aga Khan Foundation: Beautify Amir Khusro Park(18.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has asked Aga Khan Foundation to develop and carry out landscaping at the historic Amir Khusro Park in south Delhi, from where the au.....

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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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Bombay HC Issues Notice to Centre, Others over PIL Seeking End on Pune Film Institute Strike(20.10.2015)

Bombay High Court on a PIL seeking directions to put an end to the ongoing strike at Pune-based film institute, has served notice to Union I&B and Hom.....

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Madras HC Seeks User Details from Google, Youtube(26.10.2016)

Madras High Court has directed Google and its subsidiary YouTube to part with details of a user (Marupakkam Seithigal) who posted a video content dubb.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Government Response over Illegal Construction in Tughlakabad(02.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has sought response of Government and Archeological Survey of India (ASI) over plea seeking demolition of a factory allegedly built i.....

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Madras HC Directs State to Look into Charges of Encroachment by Cement Company(07.11.2016)

Madras High Court has ruled that a Private Cement Factory at a village in Thiruvallur District was not entitled to carry out any construction across a.....

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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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Daati Maharaj Case: Delhi High Court Directs CBI to Continue with Inquiry(20.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has directed Central Bureau of Investigation to proceed with its inquiry into rape allegations against religious leader Daati Maharaj.....

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Delhi HC to Centre: File Copy of Contracts with FB, WhatsApp(29.10.2015)

Delhi High Court while expressing dissatisfaction over standard agreement filed by the Centre, has asked it to file an affidavit along with agreements.....

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Bombay HC Orders MbPT to Provide Space to DRT and DRAT(06.11.2015)

Bombay High Court has ordered Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) to provide space to Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) and Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT) .....

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Karnataka HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Ban on Tobacco Products(16.11.2016)

Karnataka High Court has asked Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA) to approach State in event of any problem rising in implementation of order date.....

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Karnataka HC Directs Centre, State to Spread Awareness on Fundamental Duties through Ads(21.11.2016)

Karnataka High Court has asked State and Central Governments to use advertisements to spread awareness on fundamental duties of citizens.

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Delhi HC and NGT Raps Delhi, UP, Haryana Governments Over Air Pollution(08.11.2017)

Delhi High Court and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped the Delhi Government, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana for their unpreparedness to deal wit.....

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Ryan Case: P & H High Court Seeks Status Report(20.11.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the CBI to produce the status report or the case diary pertaining to the investigation carried by the agenc.....

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Uttarakhand High Court Criticises State’s Arrangement to Employ Ex-Servicemen(15.11.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has criticised state over recruitment of ex-servicemen and their dependants and also others through Uttarakhand Purvsanik Kalya.....

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Bombay High Court to Maharashtra: Will You Stop Online Sale of Drugs ?(29.10.2015)

Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra Government to inform what steps it would take to stop online sale of drugs specially mentioned under Schedule .....

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Rajasthan HC Ousts Lalit Modi from RCA President Office(06.11.2015)

Rajasthan High Court has ousted Lalit Modi from office of Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) president by allowing a compromise arrangement and quash.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Centre’s, RBI’s Reply on Credit, Debit Card Surcharge Levy(16.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has sought response from Centre and RBI on a PIL contending that surcharge levied on credit and debit card transactions was "illegal".....

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Bombay HC Seeks Government’s Stand on Child Adoption(21.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra government to clarify whether it would adopt model rules framed by Centre on child adoption or it intends to b.....

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Rajasthan High Court Allows Converted Woman to go With Husband(08.11.2017)

Rajasthan High Court has allowed a 22-year-old woman, who has converted to Islam recently, to join her husband and leave the Nari Niketan women's home.....

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Delhi High Court: Both Parents Needed in Best Interest of Kid(20.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed an estranged NRI wife, who has been staying in Delhi, to return to the US with their three-year-old daughter while obser.....

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Madras High Court Restrains 42 Cable, Net Service Providers from Screening Kaatrin Mozhi(15.11.2018)

Madras High Court has restrained 42 cable and internet service providers from screening Tamil film “Kaatrin Mozhi” which is scheduled to be released o.....

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Allahabad HC Directs Counsel to Seek Instructions For Security for Lawyers in Ayodhya Matter(27.10.2015)

Allahabad High Court has ordered counsel for Centre and State to seek instructions on an application alleging that proper security was not being provi.....

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Delhi HC Restrains Reliance from Launching Copy of Roche's Breast Cancer Drug(05.11.2015)

Delhi High Court has restrained Reliance Life Sciences from launching a copy of Swiss Pharma Company Roche's breast cancer drug trastuzumab.

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Bombay HC Allows Bhujbal to Withdraw Plea Challenging Constitutionality of PMLA(16.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has allowed NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal and his nephew Sameer to withdraw a petition challenging constitutional validity of certain p.....

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Bombay HC: Auto Rickshaw Drivers Must Know Marathi Language(18.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has observed that State Government’s condition of compelling auto rickshaw drivers to have knowledge of Marathi language is ‘reasona.....

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Gujarat HC Dismisses Petition Opposing State’s First Wind Auction(07.11.2017)

Gujarat High Court has dismissed a petition opposing the holding of the state’s first wind auction.

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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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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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Kerala HC Orders Ban on Use of Plastic in Sabarimala(10.12.2015)

Kerala High Court has ordered for banning use of plastic materials in Sabarimala region after the pilgrimage season currently on ends.

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Delhi HC Clears Cable Digitization Hurdles(08.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has passed an order over-ruling orders passed by various other High Courts removing stay granted for extension of digitization for 9 .....

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Delhi HC Directs AAP Government to Expedite Process on Satellite Maps of Sainik Farm(14.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has asked AAP Government to expedite process of getting high resolution satellite maps of posh Sainik Farms Colony from 2007-2016 to .....

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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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Madras High Court Plays Messiah for Children Suffering From LSD(03.10.2017)

Madras High Court has come to the rescue of children suffering from Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSD), a group of over 50 genetically inherited and po.....

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Delhi High Court Stays Notice to Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund to Vacate Teen Murti Complex(02.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has stayed the eviction notice given to Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund (JNMF) to vacate the Teen Murti Estate Complex, from where it .....

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Madras HC Directs DVAC to Take Actions in Accordance with Law in Illegal Land Grabbing Case(08.10.2015)

Madras High Court while observing investigation report filed by Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) that revealed cognizable offences .....

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Delhi HC Seeks Centre's and AAP's Response on Uber Plea(14.10.2015)

Delhi High Court has sought response of Centre and AAP government on Uber's plea that authorities be restrained from interfering with its business.

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Madras HC Refuses to Accept Plea Related to GPS(18.10.2016)

Madras High Court has declined to accept a plea of State Revenue Secretary seeking eight years to implement a GPS system to enable generation of prope.....

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J & K High Court Bans Constructions in Sonmarg(23.08.2017)

J & K High Court has revived a related Public Interest Litigation which it had already disposed and ordered that no constructional activity be carried.....

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Koregaon-Bhima Case: Delhi High Court Ends House Arrest of Gautam Navlakha(03.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has granted relief to Gautam Navlakha and said that Supreme Court last week had given him the liberty to approach appropriate forum w.....

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Madras High Court Orders Law University to Remove Teachers Appointed in Violation of UGC Rules(05.10.2018)

Madras High Court has held that appointments to certain teaching staff posts were made in law colleges affiliated to Dr Ambedkar Law University in vio.....

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Calcutta HC Upholds Single-Bench Order, Nullify West Bengal Madrasa Service Commission Act, 2008(10.12.2015)

Calcutta High Court has upheld a single bench order that nullified the West Bengal Madrasa Service Commission Act, 2008 and rejected appeal by West Be.....

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Orissa HC Directs ASI Superintendent for Personal Appearance over Slow Pace of Jagamohan Repair(08.11.2016)

Orissa High Court has expressed serious displeasure over tardy progress of repair work of Jagamohan, hall facing sanctum sanctorum of Jagannath Temple.....

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Supreme Court Refuses to Put on Hold Allahabad HC Order on DND Flyway(11.11.2016)

Supreme Court, while refusing to stay Allahabad High Court verdict restraining Noida Toll Bridge Company Ltd from levying cess, has said that DND flyw.....

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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: Statute Of Limitation Puts The Sword Of Damocles To Rest(03.10.2017)

Delhi High Court while refusing to hear an Appeal filed after a delay of 504 days noted that the application for condonation of delay did not disclose.....

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In CBI vs CBI War, Now Lawyers Fight in Delhi High Court Over Who Represents Agency(02.11.2018)

The spat erupted when Justice Najmi Waziri began hearing the petitions of Rakesh Asthana and the agency's DSP Devender Kumar, who have sought quashing.....

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Jammu and Kashmir High Court Orders Govt. to Constitute SHRC in 4 Weeks(28.10.2015)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court while disposing of related public interest litigation filed by NGO, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Forum, has directed Governm.....

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Delhi High Court Raps Govt. over Delay in Creating NMV Lanes(06.11.2015)

Delhi High Court has irked over delay by Delhi Government and Civic Agencies in creating Non-Motorised Vehicle (NMV) lanes in Delhi despite the direct.....

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Madras HC Rejects Plea to Postpone Assembly Polls Due to Demonetization(16.11.2016)

Madras High Court has refused to accept argument that demonetization of 500 and 1,000 currency notes will impact elections in Aravakurichi and Thanjav.....

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Uttarakhand HC Asks State to Constitute Special Investigating Team for 2013 Kedarnath Tragedy(21.11.2016)

Uttarakhand High Court has asked State Government to constitute five Special Investigation Teams to trace bodies of those who lost their lives during.....

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Kerala HC Orders Police Protection for Interfaith Couple Wanting to Get Married(07.11.2017)

Kerala High Court has ordered police protection for a Muslim man and Hindu woman who wanted to get married.

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Delhi High Court Seeks Police Response on Missing Doctor(20.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has sought a reply from the cops on a plea filed by the mother of the missing doctor from St Stephen's Hospital who is accused of mur.....

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Delhi High Court Rejects Daati Maharaj's Plea to Review Transfer of Rape Probe to CBI(15.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has dismissed self-styled preacher Daati Maharaj's plea for review of Court’s decision of transferring the probe in the rape case aga.....

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Punjab and Haryana HC Dismisses Plea Seeking CBI Probe in Bhola Drug Case(08.10.2015)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed demand of petitioners for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into Jagdish Singh Bhola synthetic d.....

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Kerala HC Leaves it to RBI, IBA to Decide on Percentage of Marks in Qualifying Exam for Loans(14.10.2015)

Kerala High Court has left it to Central Govt., RBI and Indian Bankers Association (IBA) to decided whether minimum percentage of marks in qualifying .....

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Karnataka HC Notices State Government over Illegal Sand Extraction(17.10.2016)

Karnataka High Court has issued notices to State government and three private contractors on a Public Interest Litigation, which complained about alle.....

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Bombay High Court Says 'No' to Guidelines on Gau Rakshaks Ahead of Bakrid(22.08.2017)

Bombay High Court has said that it would not issue guidelines on gau rakshaks stating that it was the duty of State Government to do so.

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Jharkhand High Court Rejects Lalu Prasad’s Transfer Petition In Fodder Scam Case(04.09.2017)

Jharkhand High Court has rejected RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s plea to transfer a case related to fodder scam from a special CBI judge’s court to another.....

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Delhi High Court Acquits Man in Rape-Murder Case of 81-Year-Old Woman(05.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has acquitted a man of the charges of raping and murdering an 81-year-old widow at her south Delhi residence over four years ago.

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Will Examine if State’s Pilot Project at GTB Hospital Violates Fundamental Rights: Delhi High Court(09.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has said it will examine whether the AAP Government's pilot project at the GTB Hospital to give preferential treatment to city reside.....

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J&K High Court Directs Police to File Chargesheet in Sadrakote Massacre, 19 years After the Incident(18.11.2015)

J&K High Court upon a petition filed by victim families, seeking conclusion in investigation into the case, has asked police to file chargesheet in mu.....

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Bombay HC Permits Trust to Construct & Repair Tekdi Ganesh Temple(21.10.2016)

Bombay High Court, while considering risk to thousands of devotees who visit Tekdi Ganesh Temple everyday, has granted permission to carry on construc.....

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Delhi HC Restrains Dish TV to Operate in Middle East & North Africa(25.10.2016)

Delhi High Court has restrained Direct-To-Home (DTH) television operator Dish TV India from operating in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) due to la.....

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Delhi High Court Issues Notices to Candidates Over Defacing Delhi for DUSU Polls(12.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has issued show cause notice to all candidates in the fray over a PIL showing how the campaign had left Delhi and its public property.....

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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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Gujarat High Court to Monitor Steps Taken to Prevent Lion Deaths in Gir(18.10.2018)

On deaths of over 20 lions in Gir since September, many of them due to Canine Distemper Disease, the court said the government should seek expert opin.....

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Bombay HC Orders BMC to Pay Rajawadi Hospital Patient Rs20 Lakh Compensation(23.12.2015)

Bombay High Court has directed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to pay compensation of Rs.20 lakh to a Ghatkopar resident, who lost his right .....

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Madras HC Declines to Grant any Interim Stay on Release of Movie on Veerappan(30.12.2015)

Madras High Court has declined to grant any interim stay on release of film 'Killing Veerappan' directed by Ramgopal Verma.

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Delhi HC: Enough Relaxation to Common Man under Demonetization Policy(29.11.2016)

Delhi High Court appeared to have agreed with Centre that relaxation has been provided to citizens to help them deal with shift to new currency as per.....

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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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Delhi HC: Nothing Scandalous In Jaitley’s Submission To Prove Ram Jethmalani Called Him ‘Crook’(14.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has junked CM Arvind Kejriwal’s petition for striking off certain submissions made by FM Arun Jaitley to prove his case that he was c.....

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Former HC Judge Karnan Walks Free After Serving 6-month Sentence for Contempt(20.12.2017)

Karnan had earned the dubious distinction of becoming the first sitting high court judge to have been sentenced to jail. The apex court had sentenced .....

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All Women Exempted from Paying Court Fees: Orissa HC(09.01.2019)

Orissa High Court has held that a woman, irrespective of her status and nationality, is exempted from payment of court fee in Odisha Courts.

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Kerala High Court : Non- Trade Unions Members Can Be Nominated to Committees(08.12.2015)

Kerala High Court has ruled that there was no requirement that only members of registered Trade Unions should be nominated to subcommittees under the .....

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Madras HC: Those Acquitted in Criminal Cases Through Compromise Cannot Join Police(14.12.2015)

Madras High Court has held that people who get acquitted in criminal cases by entering into a compromise with the complainants and make them turn host.....

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Madras High Court Directs Welfare Department to Take Action Against Officials(10.11.2016)

Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu Social Welfare Department to look into allegations that funds under various welfare schemes were sanctioned .....

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Delhi High Court: 'People Want Community Centres, Not Parks'(19.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has said that people in National Capital appeared to be more concerned about having community centres than parks, while extending til.....

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Delhi High Court to Government: Formulate Training Module for Child Welfare panel(27.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to formulate a training module of functioning for the Child Welfare Committee jointly with the Delhi J.....

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Delhi High Court Acquits Man in 18 Years Old Murder Case(31.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has acquitted a man in an 18-year-old kidnapping and murder case, observing that the prosecution has not been able to prove each of t.....

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'Candidates Failing to Fulfil Income Requirement for HC Judgeship Being Recommended'(04.11.2018)

The minimum income requirement is prescribed in the memorandum of procedure, a document which guides the appointment and transfer of high court and Su.....

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Madras High Court: Idol Immersion Pollutes Environment, an 'Illiterate Attitude'(30.10.2015)

Madras High Court has observed that practice of immersion of idols in water pollutes the ecosystem and poses a threat to fish and birds and termed it .....

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Madras High Court Directs Hospitals to Follow Safety Measures(06.11.2015)

Madras HC has directed Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and other enforcement authorities to issue notice to hospitals functioning from high.....

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Punjab & Haryana HC: No Bar on Appointment of Former Bureaucrats as Government Arbitrator(16.11.2016)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that there is no bar on a former employee, consultant or adviser of a party being appointed as a mediator merel.....

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Karnataka HC Orders Winding Up of Kingfisher Airlines(21.11.2016)

Karnataka High Court has ordered winding up of now defunct Kingfisher Airlines Limited(KFL).

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Delhi HC: Assessment Can’t be Re-Opened Merely by Re-Appreciating the Existing Circumstances(08.11.2017)

Delhi High Court while quashing demand against Airtel has observed that re-assessment under Section 147/148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be made.....

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Amity Death: Delhi High Court Seeks ‘evidence’(20.11.2017)

Is there any evidence that law student Sushant Rohilla was harassed to such a degree that he decided to take his own life, the Delhi High Court asked .....

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Sec.50 NDPS Act not Complied Just by Stating that Police Conducted Search with Consent: Delhi HC(16.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has held that conditions of search under Sec. 50 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act are mandatory and they cannot be f.....

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Allahabad HC Restrains Prakash Singh from Acting as Urban Development Secretary(07.10.2015)

Allahabad High Court while hearing petition filed by Bodhisatva Samaj Sewa Sansthan, has restrained Sri Prakash Singh from functioning as Secretary Ur.....

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Allahabad High Court Orders Demolition of Real Estate Projects in Greater Noida(13.10.2015)

Allahabad High Court has ordered demolition of a number of real estate projects launched by major builders including Supertech, Amrapali and Jagat Tar.....

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Bombay HC Asks BCCI to Avoid IPL Matches at Drought-hit Areas(17.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has directed Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to avoid holding Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in areas facing water.....

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Delhi High Court: Will Seek Implementation of Report on Excess School Fee(22.08.2017)

Delhi High Court has said that it will seek implementation of recommendations of a panel set up by it to look into excess fees charged by private scho.....

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Calcutta HC: Advertise Animal Slaughter Norms in Print & Electronic Media(04.09.2017)

Calcutta High Court has directed West Bengal Government to advertise the norms and guidelines related to animal slaughter in print and the electronic .....

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Groundwater Extraction: Madras High Court Directs Tamil Nadu Not to Grant Licenses for Commercial Use(04.10.2018)

Madras High Court has upheld the orders of State government imposing certain restrictions on extraction of groundwater for commercial purposes by esta.....

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Delhi High Court Directs DU to Allow Inspection of Answer-Sheets Under RTI(08.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has ordered Delhi University to allow the inspection of answer-sheet to a former student under RTI by refusing to stay the CIC order .....

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Delhi HC Seeks Reply From Centre over IIMs Director Appointment Policy(18.02.2016)

Delhi High Court has sought Centre’s response on a petition seeking setting aside of advertisements issued for appointing directors at various IIMs ac.....

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Calcutta High Court: Respect Elders or else Find Separate Accommodation(11.01.2017)

Calcutta High Court has ruled that children living in their parents’ house have to listen to them and respect them, or else find their own separate ac.....

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Bombay HC Gives 120 Days to State For Raising Police Cell to Check Illegal Construction(17.01.2017)

Bombay High Court, while expressing its displeasure at the fact that over 400 illegal buildings have come up in Navi Mumbai since its July 2015 order .....

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Delhi High Court: Why No Fire Safety Exits At Most Hauz Khas Eateries(15.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has showed concern over the absence of separate fire exits in most of the eateries in Hauz Khas Village. With the horrific deaths in .....

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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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Uttarakhand HC Directs Ramdev's Company to Share Profits With Locals(29.12.2018)

The high court gave the order while rejecting a petition of Divya Pharmacy against the Uttarakhand Biodiversity Board (UBB) and upholding the provisio.....

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Delhi HC Seeks ED, CBI Replies on Virbhadra’s Plea over Supply of Copy of Money Laundering Case(24.12.2015)

Delhi High Court has sought responses of Enforcement Directorate (ED) and CBI on Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's plea to supply him .....

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HP High Court Orders Rs. 20 Lakh Compensation For Parents of Students Drowned In Beas River(04.01.2016)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has ordered payment of compensation of Rs. 20 lakh to parents of each of 24 engineering students of a Hyderabad college wh.....

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Gujarat HC Allows 19 Year Hindu Girl to Live-in with 20 Year Muslim Boyfriend(29.11.2016)

Gujarat High Court has permitted a 19-year-old Hindu girl to live-in with her Muslim boyfriend, who is just 20 years old and is currently ineligible f.....

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Punjab & Haryana HC Seeks DGP’s Report over Witness Protection in Jat Agitation Case(05.12.2016)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) to file an affidavit about steps taken to protect witnesses relate.....

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Delhi HC to Civic Bodies: What Are You Doing To Sensitize School Children About Menstrual Hygiene?(15.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has sought to know the steps taken by Civic bodies in the schools run by it to sensitize students on menstrual hygiene.

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Delhi High Court Upholds DIAL's Order to Shift 3 Airlines from IGI T1 to T2(21.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has upheld the decision of airport operator DIAL to partially shift the operations of Indigo, GoAir and Spicejet from Terminal 1 to T.....

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Wife Slapping Husband Not Instigation to Commit Suicide, Rules Delhi High Court(10.01.2019)

The order came while discharging a woman for the alleged offence of driving her husband to commit suicide by slapping her in presence of others.

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Allahabad High Court: Can Rape Survivor’s Child Get Rights in Rapist’s Property?(09.10.2015)

Allahabad High Court has asked a panel of legal experts for opinion on endowment vis a vis such offsprings who are born of rape could have legal right.....

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Supreme Court Grants Relief to Powai Residents(15.10.2015)

Supreme Court has dismissed special leave petition filed by Lakeview Developers and developer Niranjan Hiranandani against an order of Bombay High Cou.....

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Madras HC Rejects Habeas Corpus Petition by Gangster’s Wife(19.10.2016)

Madras High Court has dismissed a Habeas Corpus Petition filed by wife of a gangster accusing Dindigul police of keeping him in illegal custody, after.....

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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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No One has Authority to Interfere with Life of a Married Couple: Allahabad High Court(03.10.2018)

Allahabad High Court has reiterated that lives of married couples cannot be interfered by anybody and they are entitled to living peacefully without s.....

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No Fundamental Right to Carry on Liquor Business: Chhattisgarh High Court(05.10.2018)

Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a citizen has no fundamental right to carry-on any trade or business in liquor, however once the State permits t.....

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Madras High Court Orders for Strict Implementation of TNPCB ‘s Directions on Plastic Bag Norms(08.10.2015)

Madras High Court while disposing of a plea, after perusing affidavit filed by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s (TNPCB) regarding its directive th.....

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Punjab and Haryana HC Issues Notice to Chandigarh Police over Petition Alleging ‘Custodial Torture’(14.10.2015)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice of motion to Chandigarh Police on a petition by a Dera Bassi resident alleging that he was brutally .....

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Delhi HC Seeks Centre’s & AAP Government Opinion over Playing of National Anthem at Cinemas(18.10.2016)

Delhi High Court has sought a reply from AAP government and Centre on a PIL seeking to make playing of National Anthem mandatory in cinema halls.

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Delhi High Court Verdict on Cricket Broadcasting Rights in India Upheld by Supreme Court(23.08.2017)

Supreme Court has upheld the Delhi High Court's verdict barring Prasar Bharati from sharing with cable operators through Doordarshan channels the live.....

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Lesbian Couple Fears for Life from Parents, Delhi HC Grants Police Protection(03.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has granted police protection to a Lesbian couple who approached the High Court following the Supreme Court’s recent path-breaking j.....

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Can’t Deprive Non-Delhi Patients Treatment at GTB Hospital: Delhi High Court to State(05.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has pulled up the Delhi Government over its decision to exclude non-Delhi patients from seeking treatment at Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) H.....

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Madras High Court Sets Aside Imprisonment Order Issued by Lower Court(04.11.2015)

Madras HC has come to the rescue of a person, ordered to be imprisoned for a month for speaking rudely to Family Court judge during the hearing of mai.....

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Gujarat HC Rejects Plea Seeking Direction to Furnish Details on Jailbreak under RTI(15.11.2016)

Gujarat High Court has turned down an appeal seeking direction to Chief Information Commissioner to ask Government to furnish details on 2013 jailbrea.....

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Kerala HC Issues Norms for Journalists Accreditation for Reporting Court Proceedings(18.11.2016)

Kerala High Court has published norms for regular accreditation of journalists wanting to report High Court proceedings.

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Karnataka HC Bans Kambala Races for Interim Period(23.11.2016)

Karnataka High Court has an interim order banning all Kambala races in State until disposal of PIL filed by People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (P.....

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Delhi High Court Suggests Pollution Check of Vehicles on Delhi Roads(14.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked Traffic police and the transport department of AAP Government to check whether vehicles on Delhi roads were compliant with .....

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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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Delhi High Court Dismisses Former BSF Jawan’s Petition in Cattle Smuggling Case(19.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea of a former Border Security Force (BSF) jawan who was dismissed from service for allowing 15 cattle to be smug.....

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MP High Court Directs Release of 5 Detained for Allegedly Possessing Beef(07.10.2015)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed release of 5 people held under National Security Act (NSA) for allegedly possessing beef because they were not .....

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Delhi HC Denies to Stay CAGs Exit Conference with TPDDL(13.10.2015)

Delhi High Court has denied to stop CAG from holding an 'exit conference' to discuss its draft audit report with a discom operated by Tata Power Del.....

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Bombay HC Asks Service Tax Department to Expedite Sale Mallya's Airbus(17.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has directed Service Tax Department to complete process of re-auction and sale of businessman Vijay Mallya’s private aircraft by Dec.....

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Gujarat High Court Notice to Election Commission over Ahmed Patel victory(22.08.2017)

Gujarat High Court has issued a notice to Election Commission and the winners of August 8 Rajya Sabha polls in State following a petition seeking to c.....

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Allahabad HC Constitutes Fact-Finding Team to Visit Hospital & Inspect Infrastructure(04.09.2017)

Allahabad High Court has constituted a fact finding committee of Secretary, Uttar Pradesh State Legal Services Authority, and directed it to visit Gor.....

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RPSC RAS 2016 Result Expected Soon after Rajasthan High Court’s Order(04.10.2018)

The decision comes in the wake of writ petition filed by one of the candidates who had appeared against departmental vacancies.

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My Life Became Hell, I lost 18 years For a Crime I Did Not Commit: Suhaib Ilyasi(08.10.2018)

Former TV host Suhaib Ilyasi was accused of murdering his wife and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The Delhi High Court earlier this week declared.....

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Allahabad HC Allows Music System At Varanasi Ghat For Modi and Abe Visit(11.12.2015)

Allahabad High Court has granted permission for installation of music system at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi where Prime Minister Narendra Modi, acc.....

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Hyderabad HC Asks AP Government to Explain Bauxite Mining Plans(09.11.2016)

Hyderabad High Court has directed State of AP to explain within a week its stand on a petition that charged State of going ahead with its plan to extr.....

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Madras HC Orders Teen Mother, Child to Undergo DNA Test(14.11.2016)

Madras High Court has upheld a Mahila Court's order directing a government witness to undergo a DNA test along with her child after she went back on h.....

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Orissa High Court Issues Notice to CBI on Judge's House Trespassing Case(25.09.2017)

Orissa High Court has issued show cause notice to the CBI asking it to reply as why the agency sleuths entered the house of sitting HC judge Justice C.....

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RSS Ideologue S Gurumurthy Faces Contempt Case for Tweet Against Delhi High Court Judge(30.10.2018)

Gurumurthy, a chartered accountant, had shared a tweet on October 1 alluding to bias on the part of Justice Muralidhar after he set aside the transit .....

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Bombay High Court Scraps Government Plan to Set Up Golf Course in Navi Mumbai(02.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has quashed a government notification issued in the year 2016, modifying the development control plan and converting a 47 hectare of.....

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Delhi HC Seeks IB Report On Juvenile Convict in December 16 Gang Rape Case(14.12.2015)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to Central Government on BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's plea against release of juvenile convict in the December 1.....

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Allahabad High Court Directs UP Government to Explore All Measures to Deal With Smog(09.11.2016)

Allahabad High Court has directed Uttar Pradesh Government to immediately explore all measures to deal with the "unprecedented" situation with respect.....

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Gujarat HC Asks Centre to Consider Extending Usage Period of Old Rs 500 & Rs 1000 Notes(14.11.2016)

Gujarat High Court has stated that Central Government should extend period of usage of demonetized currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 to help lesse.....

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Delhi HC in Mahmood Farooqi Case: Consent to Any Sexual Advances Does Not Come From Mere Hesitation(26.09.2017)

Delhi High Court while acquitting filmmaker Mahmood Farooqui in a rape case involving a US researcher has said that consent to any sexual advances doe.....

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J&K HC Pulls Up Editor Regarding Incorrect Incorporation of Criminal Law Amendment in Law Journal(31.10.2018)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has pulled up a law publisher for incorporating misleading and incorrect provision regarding an amendment of Section 167 .....

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Delhi High Court Supports OTP Over Aadhaar Biometrics for SIM Registrations Due to Security Concerns(03.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has backed suggestions from a pair of amicus curiae briefs that OTP authentication replace the use of Aadhaar biometrics for SIM regi.....

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Supreme Court Denies to Take Neelam Krishnamoorthy's Plea in Uphaar Case(23.11.2015)

Supreme Court has denied to take up a plea filed against Delhi High Court order quashing criminal proceeding lodged for allegedly threatening Associa.....

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Madras HC Directs State Government to Ensure Proper Terminal Benefits to Ex-Employees(24.10.2016)

Madras High Court has directed State Government to ensure that terminal benefits due to all eligible former employees were paid in 12 equated monthly .....

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Delhi HC Junks Vodafone's Plea Seeking Disclosure of IUC Charges Methodology(05.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has dismissed Vodafone India petition that urged for directions to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to disclose its methodology .....

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Calcutta High Court: Note IMEI Number Before Handing Over Interim Custody of Stolen E-devices(15.09.2017)

Calcutta High Court has directed investigating authorities to ascertain and record the IMEI number and other product details before handing over inter.....

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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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Kerala High Court Allows Lesbian Couple to Live-in Together(22.10.2018)

Kerala High Court has allowed a plea of the lesbian live-in couple to live together and observed that such live-in relationship between lesbian couple.....

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Bombay HC Directs MSEI to Deposit Rs 21.6 cr More in MCX's Warrants Case(15.10.2015)

Bombay High Court has ordered Metropolitan Stock Exchange (MSEI - formerly MCX Stock Exchange or MCX-SX) to deposit Rs 21.6 crore in the court within .....

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Punjab and Haryana HC Slams Police over Failure to Manage Traffic(26.10.2015)

Punjab and Haryana High Court while taking note of Ludhiana’s failure to steer clear of traffic snarls and violations, has directed Ludhiana Additiona.....

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SC Raps Centre for Delay in Appointing High Court Judges(28.10.2016)

Supreme Court has slammed Centre for not appointing judges to various High Courts despite recommendations made by Collegium in this regard.

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Calcutta HC Dismisses CBI’s Plea for Cancellation of Bail to Madan Mitra in Saradha Scam(04.11.2016)

Calcutta High Court has rejected CBI's prayer for cancellation of bail to Trinamool Congress Leader Madan Mitra, an accused in Multi-crore Saradha Chi.....

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Madras HC: A Mere Incorrect Averment In Affidavit Cannot Be Classified As Fraud(23.10.2017)

Madras High Court has held that a mere factual averment in the affidavit would not amount to defrauding the Court.

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Delhi High Court: All Physical Contact Not Harassment(03.11.2017)

Delhi high court has ruled that unwelcome or accidental physical contact without undertones of a sexual nature doesn't amount to sexual harassment.

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DGCEI Officers have Jurisdiction Over All Service Tax Assessees in Country: Delhi HC(23.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has ruled that the Central Excise Officers of Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) have jurisdiction all over I.....

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Kerala High Court Grants Relief to Kanan Devan Hills Plantation Company(08.12.2015)

Kerala High Court has quashed order of Idukki District Collector restraining Kanan Devan Hills Plantation Company from using as many as 21 bungalows i.....

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Delhi HC: Denial of Sex During Pregnancy is No Ground for Divorce(07.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has said that denial of sex by a woman during her pregnancy is not cruelty towards her husband entitling him to get divorce on that g.....

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Delhi HC: Don’t turn Delhi into a dumping ground(10.11.2016)

Delhi High Court, while hearing a plea over non-cleaning of rubble from construction site of Barapullah flyover above Kushak Nallah by Public Works De.....

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Should Live Reporting & Live Tweeting of Court Proceedings Be Allowed? Delhi HC Invites Suggestions(20.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has issued a public notice inviting suggestions from the general public on media reporting of Court matters, including whether real-t.....

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Kerala High Court Seeks Police Report on ‘torture’ at Yoga Centre(27.09.2017)

Kerala High Court has asked police to furnish a probe report on the alleged torture of a woman at a yoga centre near Kochi, which has been engaged in .....

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Madras High Court Asks DC to Take Action Against Theatres Screening Over Four Shows.(31.10.2018)

Madras High Court has directed district collectors to take action against the owners violating provisions of Cinematorgraphic Act and its rules.

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Kerala High Court Asks State Police to Train Cops to Tackle Cyber Crimes(05.11.2018)

Kerala High Court has called upon the State Police to bring out a good practise guide for digital evidence to tackle cyber crimes and also to impart t.....

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Delhi HC Terms Applications filed by Sonia and Rahul Gandhi as 'Infructuous' in National Herald Case(15.10.2015)

Delhi High Court has termed as 'infructuous' the applications filed by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and some other party leaders alle.....

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Punjab and Haryana High Court: Decide 100 Cases of Convicts for Early Release(26.10.2015)

Punjab and Haryana High Court in light of the Supreme Court directions has set a month’s deadline for deciding more than 100 pending cases of life pr.....

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Madras HC Notices Electoral Officer over Plea Challenging Jayalalitha’s Election(02.11.2016)

Madras High Court has issued notice to Chief Electoral Officer on a petition questioning election of Chief Minister J Jayalalitha from RK Nagar assemb.....

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Delhi HC Asks Centre to Examine Feasibility of Making Law on Illegal Trafficking(04.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has asked Centre to examine feasibility of making a law to check illegal trafficking of manpower for jobs abroad, including on foreig.....

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Delhi HC: Proof Of Injury Necessary For Awarding Damages For Loss of Profits in Arbitration(23.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has held that it is imperative for the claiming party to submit proof of injury suffered in order to successfully claim damages for l.....

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Delhi HC Upholds Upper Age Limit for Nursery Admissions in Schools(03.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has upheld the upper age limit prescribed by AAP Government for admissions to entry level classes.

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Delhi High Court Asks JNU to Increase Seat and Accommodate Differently-Abled Student(23.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has directed Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to grant admission to a differently-abled student by increasing a seat in its ‘Compara.....

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Allahabad HC Put Stay on Notification on Set-Top Boxes(03.03.2016)

Allahabad High Court has stayed a notification of November 14, 2015, according to which Central Government had made installation of set-top boxes comp.....

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Delhi HC Orders Release of 410 VVPAT Machines For Use in Assembly Polls(08.02.2017)

Delhi High Court has allowed AAP Government's plea seeking release of 410 Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines, which were earlier ordere.....

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Madras High Court Allows Reopening of Defamation Case Against Rajinikanth(06.02.2018)

Madras High Court has set aside a lower court order paving the way for reopening a defamation case against superstar Rajinikanth.

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Bombay High Court: GST Regime Not User-Friendly(12.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has rapped the government for the trouble faced by assessees due to the poor execution of the country’s biggest tax reform, the Good.....

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No Application Can Be Filed Against Taking ‘Symbolic Possession’ Before DRT: Allahabad HC(15.02.2018)

Allahabad High Court has held that taking “symbolic possession” or issuance of possession notice, meeting with any resistance, cannot be treated as “m.....

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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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Rajasthan HC to State Govt.: Fill Vacancies in Education Department by June 30(19.11.2015)

Rajasthan High Court has ordered State to fill all vacancies in the education department by June 30, 2016 and said that government must give importanc.....

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Rajasthan High Court Notices Principal Secretary, JDC over Rajmahal Land Case(21.10.2016)

Rajasthan High Court has asked Principal Secretary of Urban Development and Housing (UDH) and Jaipur Development Commissioner (JDC) to be personally p.....

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Bombay HC Rejects Parole Plea, Allows Surgery in Hospital(25.10.2016)

Bombay High Court, while allowing a prisoner to undergo reconstruction surgery at a Kolhapur Hospital, has refused to release a prisoner from Kolhapur.....

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Madras High Court Gives Directions to Centre to Check Blue Whale Game(13.09.2017)

Madras High Court, while taking a serious view of online Blue Whale Challenge game, has directed Centre to ensure that Indian subsidiaries of technolo.....

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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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Bombay High Court Slams BEST for Terminating Electric Bus Contract(18.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has quashed a Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking (BEST) notice terminating a contract with a private company for 4.....

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Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Corporators Accused of Abetting Suicide(04.11.2015)

Bombay High Court has granted anticipatory bail till December 2 to four Thane municipal corporators, accused of abetting suicide of a developer, Suraj.....

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Karnataka HC Seeks Information on Ramachandrapura Mutt Seer(15.11.2016)

Karnataka High Court has sought information on how soon Chief Secretary could decide on a representation seeking removal of Raghaveshwara Bharati seer.....

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Orissa HC Notices Centre, State, District Collector over Japanese Encephalitis Death(18.11.2016)

Orissa High Court has issued notices to Centre, State Government and Malkangiri District Collector, asking them to file their responses over plea seek.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Centre’s Reply on Jindal’s Plea for Refund of Additional Levy in Coal Auction(23.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has sought Centre's response on a plea filed by Jindal Power Limited for refund of over Rs 1,185 crore, paid by company as an additio.....

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Supreme Court Asks Madras HC to Decide Terminally Ill Ukrainian National’s Appeal(14.11.2017)

Supreme Court has directed Madras High Court to pronounce its judgment as expeditiously as possible in the Appeal filed by a Ukrainian national, Mr. D.....

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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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Delhi HC Seeks Response from Centre and Delhi Government on HIV Drug Supply(19.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has sought Central Government's stand on a plea alleging that centre and State government were not following through on their assuran.....

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Kerala HC Directs Vellapally Natesan To Surrender By January 12(24.12.2015)

Kerala High Court has directed SNDP leader Vellapally Natesan to surrender before investigating officer on or before January 12 in connection with cas.....

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Punjab & Haryana HC Takes Suo Moto Note of Unemployed Teachers Climbing Towers to Mark Protest(24.11.2016)

Punjab and Haryana High Court took suo motu note of unemployed ETT teachers of Punjab climbing mobile towers as a mark of protest in Chandigarh.

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Madras HC Sets Aside Order Banning Protest on Babri Masjid Demolition Day(30.11.2016)

Madras High Court has set aside an order passed by a Single Judge of High Court, directing State Government not to give permission for demonstrations,.....

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Punjab & Haryana HC Sends Panel Name for PCA Chairman Post(05.12.2016)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has sent a panel of three retired judges for post of Chairman of Police Complaint Authority (PCA), which has been lying .....

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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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Gauhati High Court Orders Release of Akhil Gogoi Detained Under NSA(22.12.2017)

Gauhati High Court has ordered release of peasant leader Akhil Gogoi who was detained under the National Security Act, 1980.

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Calcutta HC Upholds Amendment to Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act(10.01.2019)

Calcutta High Court has upheld the validity of amendment to Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, permitting elected councillors of corporation to .....

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Hyderabad High Court : Delay in Inquiry is No Ground for Quashing FIR(16.11.2015)

Hyderabad High Court has made it clear that mere delay in investigation cannot be sole ground for quashing an FIR unless delay is without any justific.....

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Gujarat HC Notices Centre, State on Plea to Increase Income Limit for OBC Quota(20.10.2016)

Gujarat High Court has issued notices to State and Central Governments on a PIL challenging recommendation of National Commission for Backward Classes.....

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Madras HC Notices Police over Habeas Corpus Petition to Produce Detenu in Court(24.10.2016)

Madras High Court has issued notice to top police officials on a Habeas Corpus Petition, seeking to produce in court a detenu who has allegedly been k.....

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Gujarat High Court: Practicing Chartered Accountant Cannot Enroll As A Lawyer(06.09.2017)

Gujarat High Court has held that the profession as an Advocate or Lawyer is a full time, and one cannot be permitted if he is already working as a pro.....

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Delhi High Court: Post List of Authorised, Unauthorised Speed Breakers Online(18.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed AAP government to post online a list of all speed breakers on the city’s roads and called for forming a panel to ensure .....

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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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Bombay High Court: Partial OC Granted by MMRDA Within Rules(22.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that partial occupation certificate granted by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to Bellissimo C.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Status Report from DSLSA on Women Undertrial Prisoners(08.12.2015)

Delhi High Court has irked over condition of women undertrial prisoners who are still suffering in jails despite undergoing detention for half of thei.....

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Delhi HC Directs Hotel Leela to Pay Rs. 258 Crore to AAI(07.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has directed Hotel Leela Venture Ltd to pay Rs.258 crore to Airport Authority of India (AAI) regarding land leased by Airport Operato.....

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Madhya Pradesh HC Rejects Petition for Transfer of RSS Man Assault Case to CBI(10.11.2016)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition seeking to transfer probe into RSS Man Assault Case to CBI for ensuring free and fair investigation.....

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Bombay HC: Formulations With Less Than 135 Mg of Dextropropoxyphene Can’t Be Classified As Narcotic(20.09.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that formulations containing less than 135 mg of dextropropoxyphene cannot be classified as a ‘narcotic’ or a ‘narcotic dru.....

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Bombay High Court Pulls up Maharashtra Government Over No Policy for Disaster Management(27.09.2017)

Bombay High Court has pulled up the State Government while taking note of the fact that the Maharashtra Government has ‘hardly’ taken any effort to fo.....

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Hashimpura Massacre: Delhi HC Gives Life Term to 16 UP Policemen for 'Targeted Killing'(31.10.2018)

The UP government had approached the High Court against the order in which the policemen were held not guilty of the charges of murder and conspiracy .....

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Allahabad High Court Asks if CCTV Cameras are Installed in Uttar Pradesh Police Stations(05.11.2018)

Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh Government if it has installed CCTV cameras to monitor police stations in the state and how personnel.....

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J&K High Court Stays Mains Examination of Kashmir Administrative Service(29.10.2015)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has stayed Mains examination of Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS)-2014 after some candidates approached it with a plea.....

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Calcutta HC Puts Madan Mitra under House Arrest in Saradha Chit Fund Scam(06.11.2015)

Calcutta High Court has ordered that Bengal transport and Sports Minister, Madan Mitra, an accused in the Rs 2,500-crore Saradha Chit Fund scam, to be.....

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Madras HC Directs TACTV to Select Control Room Operators Through Transparent Process(16.11.2016)

Madras High Court has give time till November 21 for Tamil Nadu Cable TV Corporation (TACTV) to come out with a concrete proposal for selecting Distri.....

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Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea Challenging Election of Malavalli MLA(21.11.2016)

Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition that questioned election of P.M. Narendraswamy of Congress to State Legislative Assembly from Malavalli .....

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Karnataka HC Refuses to Stay Commemoration of Tipu Sultan Jayanti(08.11.2017)

Karnataka High Court has refused to grant a stay on the controversial issue of celebrating of Tipu Sultan's birth anniversary in the state.

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Delhi High Court Orders Special Task Force to Manage DDA Land(20.11.2017)

Delhi Development Authority's track record in saving its land from encroachers is "appalling" the High Court observed and cited the Rohini residential.....

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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea to Establish Permanent Bench of Allahabad High Court for Western UP(16.11.2018)

Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking establishment of a permanent Bench of Allahabad High Court for Western Uttar Pradesh.

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Madras HC Issues Notice to Tamil Nadu over TNPSC Appointments(04.02.2016)

Madras High Court has issued notice to Tamil Nadu Government on a petition filed by senior DMK leader T.K.S. Elangovan challenging appointment of advo.....

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Bombay HC Seeks State’s Reply Over Delay in Deciding Eligibility for Victim Welfare Scheme(17.01.2017)

Bombay High Court has asked State Government to explain delay in deciding whether benefits of its rehabilitation schemes meant for survivors of rape a.....

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Delhi High Court Terms AAP Govt Proximity Rules ‘Unconstitutional’(20.01.2017)

Delhi High Court has termed “unconstitutional” AAP Government’s guidelines to Minority Unaided Schools to grant admission to minority community studen.....

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Bombay HC Expresses Displeasure Over Slow Pace of Probe in Dabholkar Murder Case(27.01.2017)

Bombay High Court has expressed its unhappiness over pace of progress in Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare murder cases even as CBI informed Court.....

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Bombay High Court on Sohrabuddin Case: Not Getting Enough Assistance from CBI(22.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that the CBI had failed to adequately assist it in Sohrabuddin Shaikh encounter case, due to which it was still unclear on .....

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Patna HC Upholds Govt Order Asking Tejashwi Yadav to Vacate His Current Bungalow: Patna HC(16.01.2019)

Patna High Court has upheld the order directing Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, ex- minister and present Leader of Opposition, to vacate the bungalow he had oc.....

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Kerala HC Notice to Ex-State Finance Minister KM Mani and others over Corruption Case(23.11.2015)

Kerala High Court has served notice to Ex-State Finance Minister KM Mani and others including Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau Director on whether.....

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J&K High Court Disposes off Beef Ban Petition(16.10.2015)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has vacated Jammu Division Bench order on beef ban and also disposed off petition seeking revocation of 1864 law regardin.....

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Bombay HC Grants Bail in Sakinaka Police Station Rape Case(27.10.2015)

Bombay High Court has granted bail to one of the accused in Sakinaka police station rape case, in which a model was allegedly kidnapped and raped, Rs .....

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Odisha HC Grants Interim Protection to Accused Servitor in Niladri Bije Fiasco(02.11.2016)

Orissa High Court has asked Puri Police not to take any coercive action against Jayakrushna Mahasuhar pertaining to non-bailable warrant issued agains.....

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Madras HC Slams CMDA & Chennai Corporation over Inaction against Unauthorized Construction(04.11.2016)

Madras High Court has lambasted Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and Chennai Corporation for their lackadaisical attitude in taking a.....

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Bombay HC Fines Vodafone For Not Forming Vishaka Panel on Sexual Harassment(25.10.2017)

Bombay High Court, while dismissing a sexual harassment complaint against Vodafone and its former top executives, has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 fine.....

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Govt Tells CBSE to Follow Madras High Court Order, Make NCERT Textbooks Mandatory(20.11.2018)

The new affiliation bylaws of the CBSE do not make it mandatory for schools affiliated to the board to prescribe textbooks published by the National C.....

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Madras High Court Slams Tamil Nadu’s Freebie Culture, Says It Has Made People Lazy(23.11.2018)

The Madras High Court said people had become lazy due to this culture and it has forced migrant workers from the northern states to take up menial job.....

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Allahabad HC Order on Bungalows Allotted to Mayawati(10.12.2015)

Allahabad High Court has ordered petitioner to do more research work and find out as to how many other bungalows had been merged in the city of Luckno.....

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Allahabad HC Directs College to Pay Rs. 25 Lakh Each to 150 Students over ‘Wrongful Admissions'(08.11.2016)

Allahabad High Court has ordered Dr MC Saxena Medical College in City to pay Rs 25 lakh damage per student for “wrongly admitting” 150 of them in MBBS.....

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Allahabad HC Seeks Government Response over Ill-treatment to Mentally Unstable Patient at Dargah(11.11.2016)

Allahabad High Court directed State Government to reply on alleged ill-treatment given to mentally unstable patients at Hazrat Munawwar Ali Shah Babas.....

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Blue Whale Menace: Madras HC Directs Centre To Ask Russia To Block Links(21.09.2017)

Madras High Court has directed Centre to use its diplomatic relationship with Russia to block URLs/links related to Blue Whale game and seek penal act.....

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Delhi High Court Stays DU Guest Teacher Appointment(29.09.2017)

Delhi high court has stayed the process of appointing guest teachers and promoting those appointed since 2010 in Delhi government schools till October.....

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Madras High Court Acquits 21 Students of All Charges in Law College Clash(01.11.2018)

Madras High Court has acquitted and quashed all charges of 21 Students in law college clash who were earlier sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment for .....

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Bombay High Court Rejects Plea to Stay Construction of Chhatrapati Shivaji Statue(05.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has refused to stay construction of the proposed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial and observed that the project is a policy deci.....

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HP High Court: Remove Encroachments on Kalka-Shimla Highway(10.12.2015)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has ordered State Government to remove all encroachments on the National Highway from Kalka to Shimla.

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Himachal Pradesh HC Notices Development Authorities in Kufri over Worsening Conditions(08.11.2016)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notice to Special Area Development Authority (SADA), Kufri over issues relating lawlessness and deteriorating c.....

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Karnataka HC Upholds State Government Rules Banning Surge Pricing by Ola, Uber(11.11.2016)

Karnataka High Court has upheld rules framed by State Government to regulate fares by Taxi Aggregators such as Ola and Uber, which includes a ban on s.....

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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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What Prevents Road Repairs, Bombay High Court Asks Authorities Across Maharashtra(29.09.2017)

Bombay High Court has directed all municipal, district and panchayat-level authorities in Maharashtra to explain the reasons for their inability to re.....

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Incriminating Documents Unearthed During Probe Against Rakesh Asthana, CBI Tells Delhi High Court(01.11.2018)

The Delhi High Court on Thursday extended the interim protection from arrest to CBI special director Rakesh Asthana till November 14 as the agency sai.....

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Hens Should be Kept in Bigger Cages: Delhi High Court(06.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has suggested that hens should be kept in cages which are bigger than the existing small wired cages so that they are able to move ar.....

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Rajasthan HC Allows Salman’s Petition Seeking Access to Documents(28.10.2015)

Rajasthan High Court has allowed petition of Salman Khan seeking documents pertaining to prosecution sanctioned against him under Arms Act in a case w.....

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Allahabad High Court Junks Summons Issued against Arun Jaitley for Commenting over NJAC(05.11.2015)

Allahabad High Court has junked a summons issued by a Mahoba court against Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for criticising Supreme Court’s decisio.....

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Bombay HC Rejects Bilkis Bano’s Plea to Intervene in Appeal Filed by Convicts(16.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has rejected a plea filed by Gujarat riot rape survivor Bilkis Bano to intervene and be heard in an appeal filed by convicts and in .....

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Madras HC Refuses Relief to Kites Manufacturing Bodies(21.11.2016)

Madras High Court, while pointing to death of children due to flying of kites using manja threads in past, has rejected plea to direct Chennai Police .....

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Bombay High Court Permits Woman to Terminate Foetus With Serious Abnormalities(07.11.2017)

Bombay High Court has allowed a 28-year-old woman to medically terminate her 25 weeks pregnancy as the foetus has serious neurological and skeletal ab.....

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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 Extends Interim Protection to Rakesh Asthana Till November 28(15.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has extended till November 28 the interim protection from arrest granted to CBI special director Rakesh Asthana, who has sought the q.....

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Bombay High Court Serves Notices to Vedanta, Cairn India to Explain Merger(29.12.2015)

Bombay High Court has issued notices to Vedanta, Cairn India -and their directors over a shareholder's petition alleging that Vedanta used complex tra.....

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Bombay HC Paves Way to Let Out Actress Nanda’s Triplex Flat(28.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has paved way to give Actress Nanda’s 4,000 sq ft sea-facing triplex residential flat in Versova on leave and licence, two years aft.....

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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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Delhi High Court Rejects Arvind Kejriwal's Plea to Strike Down Arun Jaitley's Reply(13.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has dismissed Arvind Kejriwal's plea to strike down Arun Jaitley's reply filed in response to his written submission in the second Rs.....

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Delhi High Court: ‘BOOKMY’ In ‘BOOKMYSHOW’ Has No Trademark Protection(19.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has refused to grant interim injunction restraining the use of prefix “BOOKMY” by “BOOKMYSPORT” and dismissed the suit filed on the g.....

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Delhi HC Rejects Plea Against Trailer of "The Accidental Prime Minister"(08.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a plea seeking to suspend trailer of upcoming movie "The Accidental Prime Minister" and asked petitioner to .....

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Jharkhand High Court Rejects Bail Plea of RJD Chief in Fodder Scam Case(11.01.2019)

Jharkhand High Court has rejected bail plea of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad in a multi-million fodder .....

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Madras High Court Rejects Plea of Insurance Firm(25.01.2016)

Madras High Court has irked over a nationalised insurance company vehemently resisting payment of a claim for angioplasty under a medical insurance co.....

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P&H High Court Asks Punjab Chief Secy to Explain State Finances(02.02.2016)

P&H High Court has directed Punjab Chief Secretary to file response about State’s finances after noticing that though State Govt. is not able to pay e.....

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Delhi HC Slams Civic Bodies For Failure to Comply With Its Order on Air Pollution(03.02.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed officials of civic bodies to appear before it for "failure" to comply with its order to remove debris and traffic conges.....

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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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Banishment of Villagers for Following Different Religion Unconstitutional: Manipur HC(01.02.2018)

Manipur High Court has held provision of the village constitution which forbids any denominational activity dividing the existing religion, i.e., Bapt.....

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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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Madras High Court Put Stay on Prosecution over Multi-Dose Diclofenac Injection(29.12.2015)

Madras High Court has stayed prosecution initiated against a pharma company over multi-dose vials of anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac injection manuf.....

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Madras HC: Acquittal from Trial Court Provides No Immunity from Departmental Proceedings(28.11.2016)

Madras High Court has ruled that a person’s acquittal of criminal charges by a Trial Court does not provide them with immunity from Departmental Actio.....

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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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Does Intelligence Bureau Have to Provide Info on Corruption Under RTI: Delhi High Court(13.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to state whether it fell under the ambit of the Right to Information Act in cases where inform.....

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High Court of Sikkim Recruitment 2017; Apply for Grade II & Grade III Stenographers before 13th Nov 2017(18.12.2017)

The employment will be on a temporary basis. The last date for sending and submitting applications is 13th November 2017.

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No Hartal Without Seven Days' Notice, Kerala High Court Rules(08.01.2019)

During those seven days, the bench added, any citizen can challenge the declaration of the hartal.

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Delhi High Court Raps ED for Blocking Transfer of Money by Saudi Investors(11.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has ruled Enforcement Directorate’s action to stop two Saudi investors from transferring proceeds from the sale of shares in a listed.....

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Delhi HC to Govt.: Strictly Adhere to Law in Grant of Licence to Sell Crackers(15.10.2015)

Delhi High Court has ordered AAP Government to ensure that temporary licences for sale of fireworks and crackers are granted by "strictly adhering" to.....

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Kerala High Court: Madrasa Not a Place of Worship(23.10.2015)

Kerala High Court while dismissing a petition filed by B A Kasim of Kasargod seeking to shift or relocate the polling booths in ward no 1 of Chengala .....

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Delhi HC Warns Officials for Fire Threat at Khan Market(28.10.2016)

Delhi High Court, while slamming Civic Authorities for forgetting Uphaar Cinema Fire Tragedy, has said, eateries operating from first-floor flats of K.....

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Delhi HC: Suicidal Threats by Wife Amounts to Mental Cruelty(04.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has said that threat by a woman to commit suicide and implicate her husband and in-laws for it, amounts to causing mental cruelty whi.....

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Madras HC: Sales Tax is Leviable on Sale of REP License(17.10.2017)

Madras High Court has upheld the levy of sales tax on sale of REP license under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act.

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Delhi High Court Stops Ad ‘Disparaging’ Reckitt’s Harpic brand(02.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has stopped Mumbai-based Jyothy Laboratories from airing a commercial for its T-Shine toilet cleaner that allegedly disparaged the Br.....

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No Coercive Action Against 2 Activists in Bhima Koregaon Case: Bombay High Court(22.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has extended relief by a day from arrest to civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha, professor Anand Teltumbde and priest Stan Swamy i.....

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Madras High Court Preserves Vandiyur Lake(02.11.2015)

Madras High Court has said that it would never permit Madurai district administration to establish a Traffic Park Driving Training School on the weste.....

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Bombay HC to Civic Body: Take Penal Action Over Potholes in Ulhasnagar(09.11.2015)

Bombay High Court has irked over bad condition of roads in Ulhasnagar town near Thane district and asked city municipal body to impose penal and deter.....

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Delhi HC Expresses Dissatisfaction with Civic Agencies’ Efforts to Clean Up National Capital(17.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has expressed dissatisfaction over civic agencies' efforts to clean up National Capital, saying that "officialdom" was preventing com.....

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Kerala HC: Divorced Women Entitled to Initiate Action under DV Act, 2005(23.11.2016)

Kerala High Court has held that a divorced woman is entitled to initiate proceedings against her ex-husband or former in-laws under Protection of Wome.....

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Delhi HC: Cannot Deny Passport to Indian Citizens Residing In Designated Tibetan Refugee Settlements(13.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has ruled that Centre cannot deny passports to Indian citizens staying in designated Tibetan refugee settlements.

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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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Enquire ‘Motive’ of Sexual Harassment Complaints Filed Against Public Servants: MP HC(19.11.2018)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that it is the duty of the Investigating Officer to investigate thoroughly in a sexual harassment complaint fil.....

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Hyderabad High Court Serves Notice to Union Minister YS Chowdary(03.11.2015)

Hyderabad High Court has issued notice to Union Minister YS Chowdary and others in a contempt petition filed by the Mauritius Commercial Bank.

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Madras High Court : Only IG of Prisons Entitled to Transfer Prisoners(09.11.2015)

Madras High Court has held that a remand prisoner can be transferred from one prison to another only on the basis of a written order passed by Inspect.....

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SC Agrees to Hear Centre's Plea Seeking Stay on Proceedings Before Various HC Against Demonetisation(17.11.2016)

Supreme Court has agreed to hear a fresh plea of Centre seeking stay on proceedings before various High Courts and Other Courts, apart from Apex Court.....

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Bombay HC: Over 80% of PILs Not Filed for Genuine Reasons(23.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has observed that "Over 80% of PILs seem to have been filed by people who are put up by some individuals or for the purpose of black.....

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Delhi HC Strikes Down Parts Of ICDS Provisions And CBDT Notifications(13.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has struck down certain portions of Parts I, II, III, IV, VI, VII and VII of Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS) and c.....

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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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Bombay High Court: Interest of Child is Best Served if Parents Live Together(29.12.2015)

Bombay High Court while hearing a custody matter, has observed that the interest of child would be best served if her parents decide to live together.

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Madras HC Orders CB-CID Investigation into Dalit Youth’s Death(28.11.2016)

Madras High Court has ordered a probe by CB-CID into the cause of death of Dalit youth Ilavarasan, who was found dead near a railway track in Dharmapu.....

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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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Cops Unnecessarily Implicate Many in Criminal Cases: Bombay High Court(13.12.2017)

Bombay high court has said that "imprudent acts of investigators (police)" were "overburdening criminal courts" and summoned a joint police commission.....

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Delhi High Court Rejects Plea for Martyr Status to Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev & Rajguru(19.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition seeking that freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru be given the status of martyr, saying it can.....

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Madras High Court Upholds Order Refusing to Remand ‘Nakheeran’ Gopal(08.01.2019)

Madras High Court has refused to set aside an order passed by Chennai Metropolitan Magistrate refusing to remand ‘Nakheeran’ Gopal in a case booked un.....

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Plastic ban: Madras High Court Says Authorities can Seize Only 14 Items Listed in Government Order(11.01.2019)

Madras High Court has directed government officials in Tamil Nadu not to seize plastic products other than the 14 items listed in the June 25, 2018 go.....

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Madras High Court Slams TN Govt. for not Maintaining List of Over 100-Year-Old Structures(15.10.2015)

Madras High Court has slammed Tamil Nadu Government for not maintaining list of over 100-year-old structures in order to identify heritage temples wit.....

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Madras HC: Sensitise Stakeholders to Prevent Minors From Drinking(26.10.2015)

Madras High Court has ordered authorities to sensitise stakeholders on preventing minors from consuming liquor by displaying boards and increasing awa.....

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Punjab & Haryana HC: Lower Courts Cannot Entertain School Fees Hike Cases(02.11.2016)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that Lower Courts will no longer entertain cases against private schools in fee-related matters or pass judgme.....

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Delhi HC: No Holding Charges at IGI Airport(04.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has said that Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) would be disallowed from levying demurrage fees at Indira Gandhi Internation.....

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Delhi HC: Mere Silence Can’t Be Taken As Proof Of Consensual Sexual Relations(24.10.2017)

Delhi High Court, while upholding the conviction and 10-year jail term of a man for repeatedly raping a minor for over six months, has held that "mere.....

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Delhi High Court: Can't Ignore Education of Kids With Special Needs(03.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has said that the requirement of special education to children with special needs cannot be ignored as a delay of even a day would se.....

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DDA Rape Case: Delhi High Court Pulls Up Cops for Slow Probe(23.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has pulled up Delhi police for its tardy probe into the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) gang rape case which occurred a year ago an.....

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Gujarat High Court Suspends JMFC over Corruption Charges(23.12.2015)

Gujarat High Court has suspended a Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) who was facing corruption charges.

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HP High Court to Centre: Offer Central Govt. Employees Full Medical Benefits,even Ater Retirement(31.12.2015)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed Centre to provide full post-retirement medical benefits, including emergency reimbursement to government empl.....

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Madras HC Rejects Petition to Recover Antique Idols Stolen from Temple(29.11.2016)

Madras High Court, while refusing to entertain a petition seeking direction to Authorities to take appropriate steps to recover antique idols allegedl.....

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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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Rape Victim Can’t Be Forced To Bear Rapist’s Child: MP High Court(14.12.2017)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that a rape victim cannot be compelled to give birth to a child of the rapist and if the conditions enumerated .....

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Allahabad HC: Wife Working Against Husband’s Wishes Is Not ‘Cruelty’(21.12.2017)

Allahabad High Court has observed that a wife working against the wishes of husband or his family is not a ‘cruelty’ to grant divorce to husband.

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Delhi HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Removal of Arvind Kejriwal As Chief Minister(09.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea seeking removal of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal as chief minister of the national capital as he was facing prosecu.....

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Bombay HC: Second Wife Need Not Prove Marriage for Maintenance if Lived Together(14.12.2015)

Bombay High Court while quashing order of sessions court refusing maintenance to a second wife by the husband, has held that it was not required for t.....

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Madras HC Seeks State’s Report on Keeping Waterfalls Clean(09.11.2016)

Madras High Court has directed State Government to file a compliance report by November 14 with respect to an order passed by it on June 24, 2014 with.....

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Delhi HC Ends 8-Year Matrimonial Knot, Says Fast-Paced Lifestyle Took Toll(14.11.2016)

Delhi High Court, while dissolving an eight-year-old marriage of a well-qualified couple, has said fast-paced lifestyle, complexities of living and ch.....

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Delhi High Court: Disclose DHJS Exam Interview Marks Under RTI(25.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed its information officer to disclose under the RTI, the marks awarded by an interview panel to candidates of Delhi Higher.....

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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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HC Dismisses BJP MLA's Plea Challenging His Suspension from Delhi Assembly for Two Sessions(02.11.2018)

The high court said no person can be permitted to speak in a derogatory fashion against another and Sharma not only used unparliamentary language but .....

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Gujarat HC Calls Ordinance for Delaying Civic Body Polls ‘Unconstitutional’(21.10.2015)

Gujarat High Court has said that an ordinance or executive order by Gujarat Government, meant to delay civic body polls in the state, is unconstitutio.....

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Karnataka HC Asks Government to Consider Committee Guidelines for Selecting Rajyotsava Awardees(28.10.2016)

Karnataka High Court has asked Government to consider Draft Guidelines of an Expert Committee headed by Former High Court Judge, Justice HN Nagamohan .....

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Delhi HC Rejects Complaint against AAP MLA Akhilesh Tripathi(03.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has rejected plea of an RTI activist challenging a Trial Court order rejecting his plea to lodge a Graft case against AAP MLA Akhiles.....

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Himachal Pradesh HC Bans Wall Writings, Posters on Government Property During Assembly Polls(17.10.2017)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has banned wall writings, pasting of posters, cut-outs, hoarding, banners and political flags on government property and d.....

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Madras HC: Assessment Solely on Basis of Case Study is Invalid Under TNVAT Act(01.11.2017)

Madras High Court has held that the case study, though can be a reason for Revision Notice, cannot be the sole basis for completing assessment for the.....

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PILs can’t be Used as Tool to Take Vengeance: Karnataka High Court(22.11.2018)

Karnataka High Court has remarked that Public Interest Litigation cannot be used as a tool to wreck vengeance, while dismissing a PIL filed by a lady .....

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Allahabad High Court : No Coercive Action Against Arvind Kejriwal If He Surrenders in 4 Weeks(31.08.2015)

Allahabad High Court has ruled that if Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal surrenders before court in Amethi district within four weeks, no coercive .....

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Hyderabad High Court Says Habeas Corpus is the Only Remedy Against Illegal Detention(07.09.2015)

Hyderabad High Court in order to make secure the release of a person who is illegally deprived of his liberty, has made it clear that writ of habeas c.....

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Delhi High Court Quashes FIR, Summons Against MNS Chief Raj Thackeray(11.09.2015)

Delhi High Court has quashed FIR and summons issued against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Chief Raj Thackeray for alleged hate speeches against peo.....

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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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Bombay High Court Directs Western Railway to Address Medical Emergencies Swiftly(10.09.2018)

Bombay High Court has directed Western Railway to check facts and take appropriate action on the merits of cases of medical emergency.

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Madras High Court Stays Government Order On Admission In Minority Institutions(13.09.2018)

Madras High Court has stayed a state government order stipulating that all minority educational institutions should admit not less than 50% of student.....

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Madras High Court Flays Government for Delay in Framing Library Service Rules(17.09.2018)

Madras High Court has slammed the Tamil Nadu government for 17-year delay in framing ad hoc rules after it took a policy decision to rationalize the s.....

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Delhi High Court Seeks Response from Reliance, NDMC on Wi-Fi Street Poles(21.10.2015)

Delhi High Court has sought reply from NDMC and Reliance Jio Infocomm on a JV company's plea against the civic body's decision to withdraw a letter of.....

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Delhi HC Seeks AAP Government’s Response on Plea Seeking to Remove BRT Corridor Debris(28.10.2016)

Delhi High Court has sought Delhi Government's response on a plea seeking direction to remove all metal structures, dismantled from the BRT corridor, .....

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Delhi HC: Question of Sexual Perversity Amounts to Mental Cruelty(03.11.2016)

Delhi High Court, while upholding a Lower Court order dissolving a marriage, has said that, raising questions of sexual perversity against a husband a.....

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Kerala HC: ‘Nokku Kooli’ Illegal, Payment For Head-load Workers Union Shall Be Made Through Bank only(17.10.2017)

Kerala High Court while holding ‘Nokku Kooli’ illegal has ruled that payments to headload workers union should only be made through bank accounts, and.....

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Madras HC: Genuineness of Consignment Can’t be Suspected Because Invoice Contains Wrong Address(01.11.2017)

Madras High Court, while releasing the goods detained by Commercial department, has held that genuineness of a consignment cannot be suspected merely .....

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It’s Neglect on Part of Husband to Maintain Wife if She Leaves Him due to Assault: Bombay HC(22.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has observed that if due to physical assault or unbearable mental harassment wife is compelled to leave house of husband, then it's .....

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Bombay HC Upholds Life Sentence of four persons for Murdering Muslim Couple(03.11.2015)

Bombay High Court while observing that prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, has upheld conviction and life sentence awarded to four pe.....

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Allahabad High Court Slams Magistrate for Sedition Proceedings Against Arun Jaitley(09.11.2015)

Allahabad High Court has slammed a judicial magistrate in Uttar Pradesh for initiating suo motu proceedings on sedition charges against Finance Minist.....

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Hyderabad HC Directs Telangana Government to Compensate Land Losers as per New Act(17.11.2016)

Hyderabad High Court has directed Telangana Government to pay enhanced compensation under new Land Acquisition Act to land losers at Nampally stretch .....

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Bombay HC Granted Go-Ahead to Five Developmental Projects(23.11.2016)

Bombay High Court, while cautioning environmentalists against taking an adversarial stand against all development work, has granted go-ahead to five p.....

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Delhi HC: Publicize Facilities Available For Registration of Births & Deaths(13.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed Municipal Corporations to widely publicize the facilities and procedures available for registration and obtainment of bi.....

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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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Just a Pleading that Husband was Attempting Sodomy is Sufficient to Grant Divorce: Uttarakhand HC(19.11.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has observed that mere pleading by the wife in the divorce petition that husband was making an attempt to have an unnatural sex.....

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Madras HC to Greenpeace: Take Government Permission before Foreign Funding(07.10.2015)

Madras High Court has ruled that Greenpeace could not receive any foreign funding without prior government approval.

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MP High Court Upholds Decision Against Sasan(12.10.2015)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld district court's order dismissing Sasan Power's plea for an injunction against international arbitration with the.....

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Delhi HC Rules ‘Lack of Respect to Partner Causes Disrepute & Pain, Amounts to Cruelty’(17.10.2016)

Delhi High Court has said that behaviour of a spouse showing “lack of respect, faith and understanding” and causing pain and disrepute to the other pa.....

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Bombay High Court Slams State Government for Failure to Constitute Police Complaint Authorities(20.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has rapped State Government for not constituting Police Complaint Authorities, which were to start functioning by October 15.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court: Media Misreported Remarks On Prime Minister(01.09.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that remarks made by Judges about Prime Minister being in- charge of the entire country and not just his party .....

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Why Sushil Ansal Issued Passport Despite Uphaar Case? Asks Delhi High Court(04.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has ordered an enquiry by the Ministry of External Affairs against passport officers who repeatedly issued passport to Sushil Ansal d.....

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Madras High Court Directs State to Allot Alternate Land to TNSTC-Tirunelveli(08.10.2018)

Madras High Court has directed the state to allot alternate land to the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC), Tirunelveli, in lieu of the 0......

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Bombay HC Confirms BCCI's Bone Test Policy for Selection of Cricketers(19.11.2015)

Bombay High Court has upheld policy decision taken by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) making it mandatory for players to undergo a 'bone .....

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Bombay HC Sets Aside MHA’s Order Declaring Goa MLA as Portuguese Citizen(21.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has set aside order by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) declaring Goa MLA Caetano Silva a Portuguese citizen which had cast a shadow o.....

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Bombay HC Rules ‘Chief Information Commissioner May Transfer Information Commissioner under RTI Act’(25.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has held that State Chief Information Commissioner has powers under Right to Information Act (RTI) to transfer State Information Com.....

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Madras High Court Stays ‘No Licence, No Vehicle’ Regulation(13.09.2017)

Madras High Court has stayed Government circular dated August 24, 2017 directing the registering authorities not to register a vehicle to a purchaser .....

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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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Right of Education Under RTE Act is to Grant Education to Students and Not to Protect Teachers: MP HC(18.10.2018)

Madhya Pradesh High Court, while considering plea of ‘guest teachers’, has observed that right of education under the Right to Education Act is not to.....

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Bombay High Court Quashes Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Ruling in Rs 8500 crore Transfer Pricing Case(09.10.2015)

Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside an order of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, which had ruled that I-T department had powers to raise tax dem.....

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Delhi HC to Centre: Life and Liberty Issues Ought Not to Take a Backseat During Austerity(15.10.2015)

Delhi High Court has directed Centre that while it follows austerity measures regarding increasing number of personnel in Delhi Police, it should ensu.....

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Hyderabad HC Orders Recovery of Pay, Allowances from Andhra Pradesh Ex-Minister(18.10.2016)

Hyderabad High Court has directed Secretary to Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Assembly to take steps to recover pay and allowances paid to Former Mi.....

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Bombay High Court Refuses to Accept Govt’s Stand on Silence Zones(24.08.2017)

Bombay High Court, while rejecting State Government’s stand that silence zones do not exist in state as of now, has said that its 2016 order declaring.....

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Formulate Policy Guideline for Allowing Redevelopment in Industrial Zone: Bombay High Court(03.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that it is time for the civic body to formulate a policy guideline for allowing redevelopment of areas by demolishing old b.....

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Re-Open TRAN-1 to Rectify Errors: Bombay High Court to GST Department(05.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has asked Central Government to re-open the facility to file GST TRAN-1 to allow the tax payers to rectify the human typographical e.....

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Salary of Professors Insignificant in Election Duties: P&H High Court(10.10.2018)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that mere fact that some teachers are drawing higher salary than the Deputy Commissioner and therefore, cannot .....

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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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Delhi HC Refuses to Secure Ranbaxy Assets in Daiichi Case(18.01.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked Malvinder Singh & Shivinder Singh, former promoters of Ranbaxy Laboratories, to abide by their previous undertaking and ens.....

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Patna HC Gives Nod to 'Human Chain Event' On Condition of Making Children's Participation Voluntary(20.01.2017)

Patna High Court has given its nod to Bihar Govt 'Human Chain Event', after Government gave an undertaking for making children's participation volunta.....

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Ranbaxy Case: Delhi HC Restrains Singh Bros from Selling Assets Till 26 February(20.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has barred brother Malvinder and Shivinder Singh, former controlling shareholders of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, from selling or mortga.....

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Delhi HC Junks SIT Plea to Cancel Sajjan Kumar’s Bail in 1984 Riots Cases(23.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has disallowed a petition filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, which sought to cancel anti.....

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15 Men Trapped But Illegal Rat Hole Mining Continues in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, NGT Panel Finds(16.01.2019)

The committee headed by retired high court judge BP Katakey has emphasised that illegal mining is unchecked mostly in the East Jaintia Hills District .....

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Rajasthan HC Says ‘No Special Treatment to VIP Prisoners’(24.10.2016)

Rajasthan High Court has directed State Government that no special treatment should be provided to VIP prisoners, and has asked Government to file tot.....

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Bombay HC Restrains Patanjali Ayurved From Telecasting One Advertisement(05.09.2017)

Bombay High Court has passed an ex-parte order against Patanjali Ayurved owned by Baba Ramdev restraining them from broadcasting a particular advertis.....

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Madras High Court: Teachers Strike is a Reason for TN Students’ Poor NEET Performance(14.09.2017)

Madras High Court, while censuring government teachers who are boycotting classes as part of their protest demanding implementation of Seventh Pay Com.....

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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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NIA Court Rejects Purohit's Plea Challenging Prosecution Sanction(20.10.2018)

The Bombay High Court had last month rejected Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit's plea to restrain the trial court from framing charges against him and o.....

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Supreme Court: Rajasthan High Court Order Declaring ‘Santhara’ is Illegal(31.08.2015)

Supreme Court has stayed Rajasthan High Court order which declared ritual of ‘Santhara’ a penal offence, stating it illegal.

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SC Stays Delhi HC Order that Set Aside Income Tax Penalty on Sahara(07.09.2015)

Supreme Court has stayed Delhi High Court order that set aside penalty of Rs.252 crore imposed by Income Tax Department on Sahara firm for violation o.....

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Bombay HC: No Older-Age Writer Concession for Students with Special Needs(15.01.2016)

Bombay High Court has stayed older-age writer concession for students with special needs to write their state board examination. In a recently issued .....

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Delhi HC Seeks Government’s Reply over Parole Plea by Convict of 1995 Tandoor Murder Case(21.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has sought Delhi Government Reply over plea by former youth Congress leader Sushil Sharma, who is undergoing life term in 1995 sensat.....

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Delhi HC Directs Saregama India to Deposit Rs 20 Lakh over Copyright Dispute With Zee Ent.(26.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has asked Saregama India Ltd, accused by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd of infringing its copyright, to deposit Rs 20 lakh for pla.....

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Dalit Protests Rock Mumbai and Pune After Bhima-Koregaon Clashes, Groups Call for Maha Bandh(02.01.2018)

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis appealed for calm and ordered a judicial inquiry by a sitting judge of the Bombay High Court into the Pun.....

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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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Tripura Chief Secy Writes to Bengal Counterpart over Lack of Security for CM Biplab Deb's Visit(10.12.2018)

Biplab Deb was supposed to attend BJP’s ‘Save Democracy Yatra’ in Cooch Behar on December 7. However, the event has been stalled after Calcutta .....

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Delhi High Court Directs Delhi Govt. to Ensure Proper Utilisation of Dengue Funds(09.10.2015)

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Government to ensure that grant-in-aid released to civic bodies was utilised properly to control the dengue menace.....

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Madras High Court Directs for Removal of Actor Sivaji Ganesan’s Statue by November 16(15.10.2015)

Madras High Court has directed Highways Department to remove actor Sivaji Ganesan’s statue from Kamaraj Salai in Chennai by November 16.

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Hyderabad High Court Notices Telangana, Andra Pradesh & TTD over Denial of Endowment Fund(19.10.2016)

Hyderabad High Court has issued notices to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) and States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana over petition seeking direct.....

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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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Patna HC Directs Initiation of Contempt Proceedings Against Chairman Of Bihar School Education Board(03.10.2018)

Patna High Court has initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against Mr. Anand Kishore, Chairman of the Bihar School Education Board (BSEB) for failin.....

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Kerala Nun Rape Case: Court Extends Judicial Custody of Bishop Franco Mulakkal by 14 Days(06.10.2018)

The high court had dismissed Mulakkal's bail plea on Wednesday, while accepting the prosecution's argument that the accused, holding a high position i.....

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Calcutta HC Refuses to Interfere with State’s Decision to Give Funds to Durga Puja Committees(10.10.2018)

Calcutta High Court has refused to interfere in the West Bengal Government’s decision to give Rs 10,000 each to 28,000 Durga puja committees in the st.....

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Orissa High Court Cancels Death Penalty of Tantrik in Murder Case(23.11.2015)

Orissa High Court has set aside death penalty for sacrificing an eight-year-old boy as a religious offering five years ago and acquitted the accused, .....

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Madras HC Raises Concern over Unauthorised Construction in Kodaikanal(24.10.2016)

Madras High Court has warned that there is every possibility that Kodaikanal, situated around 2,000 metres above sea level in Dindigul district, could.....

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Bombay High Court to Special Court: Decide Peter Mukherjea’s Plea Afresh(05.09.2017)

Bombay High Court has asked the special court to decide afresh the plea of former media baron Peter Mukherjea, who has sought copies of the diaries ma.....

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Calcutta High Court: Married Daughter Can Get Dead Parent's Job(14.09.2017)

Calcutta High Court has paved the way for married daughters to be recruited in government jobs on compassionate grounds should a parent die while in s.....

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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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MP HC Directs Inquiry into Passing of Order by Lower Court Judge Despite Transfer of Case(22.10.2018)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed an inquiry to be conducted against all those involved, including a lower court judge, in the passing of an orde.....

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Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt. to Decide on Creating Cadre of Judicial Officers, Revenue Cases(10.12.2015)

Allahabad High Court has directed Uttar Pradesh Government to decide within two months on proposal forwarded by Board of Revenue to create posts for r.....

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Karnataka HC Directs State Government to Fill Vacancies in Police Department(08.11.2016)

Karnataka High Court has issued directions to State Government to make an ‘Action Plan for Structured Annual Recruitment’ and to strengthen recruitmen.....

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Kerala HC Upholds Dismissal of Basketball Coach for Molesting Women Athletes(11.11.2016)

Kerala High Court has upheld dismissal of a Basketball Coach Rajan David from service for sexually molesting women athletes.

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Bombay HC Orders Recovery of Transit Rent for Tenants Through Sale of Devloper's Property(21.09.2017)

Bombay High Court has ordered attachment of properties of a developer who failed to pay transit rent to almost 100 tenants while the building concerne.....

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Gujarat High Court: Convert Can Inherit Father’s Property(29.09.2017)

Gujarat high court has ruled that a Hindu woman who married a Muslim and renounced her Hindu faith to embrace Islam is entitled to inherit her father'.....

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Madras High Court Acquits 21 Students of All Charges in Law College Clash(01.11.2018)

Madras High Court has acquitted and quashed all charges of 21 Students in law college clash who were earlier sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment for .....

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Provide Changing Rooms and Toilets on Major Ganga Ghats: Uttarakhand High Court(05.11.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has directed the Haridwar Municipal Corporation to provide 100 changing rooms and construct 300 toilets at Har Ki Paudi area an.....

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Madras HC Closes Petition Seeking Ban on Keeping Elephants in Captivity in Temples and Houses(07.10.2015)

Madras High Court has closed PIL seeking ban on keeping elephants in captivity in temples and houses after Madras Government submitted that Supreme Co.....

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MP High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Cancellation of Second ODI Between India and South Africa(13.10.2015)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has denied to stay second ODI between India and South Africa that is to be held on October 14 and dismissed a PIL that soug.....

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Bombay HC Refuses Temporary Suspension of Sentence on Medical Grounds to Murder Convict(17.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has refused to grant a temporary suspension of sentence on medical grounds to a woman convicted of murder.

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Delhi High Court Seeks Government, Police Reply On Plea for SIT Probe into NEET PG Illegalities(22.08.2017)

Delhi High has today sought response of Centre and Police on a plea seeking a court-monitored CBI/SIT probe into alleged illegalities in National Elig.....

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