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Statute

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Proposed under the Bill are chan.....

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Blast from the Past

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

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

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

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

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Notifications & Circulars

Judges appointed to various High Courts(06.04.2016)

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

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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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Update: High Court rosters see change(10.05.2016)

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

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Appointment of Additional Judges at Bombay High Court(22.03.2016)

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

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Chief Justices appointed and justices shuffled(24.02.2016)

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

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Additional judges appointed in Chhattisgarh High Court(14.12.2015)

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

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

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

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New Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court(03.02.2016)

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

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High Court justices transferred(08.02.2016)

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

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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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Judgments

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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News

Bombay High Court Directs Google, Youtube to Immediately Remove Clips Defacing Judiciary(27.03.2017)

Bombay High Court has directed Google India and YouTube to immediately remove video clips posted on websites recently which allegedly show judiciary i.....

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Punjab & Haryana HC Grants Rs 4 Lakh Compensation in Kite String Death Case(27.03.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Punjab government to provide Rs 4-lakh compensation to a Khanna family whose sole breadwinner died after hi.....

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Bombay High Court Seeks MMRC’s Reply on ‘Indiscriminate’ Tree Felling For Metro Line III(26.05.2017)

Bombay High Court has sought Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited’s reply to allegations of cutting trees in South Mumbai arbitrary and indiscriminat.....

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Bombay High Court : Award of Interest Obligatory Under S.34 of Land Acquisition Act(26.05.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that claimants of compensation under Land Acquisition Act can claim award of interest at any stage as payment of the same i.....

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Delhi HC: Income of Husband Not Sole Criterion to Determine Maintenance Pendente Lite(26.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has held that proportion of husband’s income to be awarded as maintenance pendente lite to wife is dependent on surrounding circumsta.....

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Kerala HC: AIIMS Dress Code Prohibiting Headgear, Scarf For MBBS Entrance Test Unconstitutional(29.05.2017)

Kerala High Court has allowed challenge to dress code prescribed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for MBBS entrance examination.

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Madhya Pradesh HC Directs CBI Probe Into Theft of Machine From RRCAT, Indore(29.05.2017)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed a CBI investigation into theft of a machine from Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Department of Ato.....

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Bombay HC Grants Relief to Widow of Man Who Died in Train Mishap 15 Yrs Ago(29.05.2017)

Bombay High Court has allowed an appeal against a Railway Claims Tribunal order which rejected a claim for compensation by widow of a man who died in .....

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MPHC: Ensure Admission on Seats Reserved For State Domicile Students In Pvt Medical Colleges(29.05.2017)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed medical education authorities to ensure filling up of 50% seats reserved in private medical colleges for studen.....

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Bombay HC Sets Aside Order Permanently Barring Medical Student From Seeking Admission(09.10.2017)

Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside an order of Director of Medical Education and Research which cancelled the admission secured on merits in .....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Delhi HC Set Aside Ten-Year Jail Term for Man Convicted for Raping his Tenant(14.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has set aside conviction and ten-year jail term awarded to a man, who was held guilty of raping his 30-year-old tenant, saying that w.....

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Delhi HC Seeks CBSE’s Reply over Plea for Name Change in Certificates(14.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has sought CBSE's response as to why it has not issued fresh certificates to a girl, who has changed her name and already been issued.....

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Madras HC Dismisses Medical Practitioners Plea to Prescribe Modern Medicines Without Qualification(14.11.2016)

Madras High Court has vacated a ten-year-old interim injunction which helped members of Private Medical Practitioners Association of India to prescrib.....

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Bombay HC Puts on Hold Transfer of Employee Having Mentally Challenged Child(14.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has stayed transfer of an employee of Maharashtra Association for Cultivation of Science, an autonomous body under Union Government .....

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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 HC: Air Pollution is Capital Punishment for Delhiites(14.11.2016)

Delhi High Court, while calling air pollution “capital punishment killing Delhiites for no fault”, has said that 20 million people were losing 60 mill.....

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Karnataka HC Rejects Plea Challenging Demonetization Move by Central Government(14.11.2016)

Karnataka High Court has dismissed a PIL against demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes by Union government.

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Bombay HC: ‘Immediate Inducement’ Not Sine Qua Non For Prosecution in Matrimonial Suicide Cases(27.03.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that in cases of suicides resulting from matrimonial disputes or sustained torture, ‘immediate inducement’ cannot be consid.....

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Uttarakhand HC Suggests Enactment of Freedom of Religion Act to Curb “Sham Conversions” for Marriage(21.11.2017)

Uttarakhand High Court has suggested that Freedom of Religion Act be enacted by the State legislature, in order to put an end to sham conversions for .....

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Delhi High Court: Rape Survivor’s Testimony Can Be Accepted Without Corroboration(21.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has observed that a rape survivor’s testimony can be accepted without corroboration, especially in a case where the rapist is her fat.....

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Bombay High Court Refuses to Ban Marathi Movie ‘Dashkriya’(21.11.2017)

Bombay High Court has rejected a plea seeking ban of a movie titled Dashkriya. The movie is based on Baba Bhand’s novel Dashakriya and the theme is co.....

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Delhi HC: Minor Delay in Releasing Attendance Can’t Benefit Students Barred Due to Abysmal Attendance(22.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has said that minor delay by college in publishing list of students with short attendance can be of no significance in case of studen.....

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Delhi HC: Minor Delay in Releasing Attendance Can’t Benefit Students Barred Due to Abysmal Attendance(22.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has said that minor delay by college in publishing list of students with short attendance can be of no significance in case of studen.....

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RTI Act Won’t Prevail Over Supreme Court Rules: Delhi HC(22.11.2017)

Delhi High Court, while holding that there is no inconsistency in Supreme Court Rules and RTI Act, has held that access to information under SCR, whic.....

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Karnataka HC : Overseas Citizens To Be Treated on Par With NRI in MBBS/BDS Admissions(13.07.2017)

Karnataka High Court has held that Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cardholders, who are NEET UG 2017 qualified, shall be entitled to be treated on pa.....

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Delhi HC: Contempt Notice Not to be Issued in Routine Manner(13.07.2017)

Delhi High Court has observed that notice on contempt petitions is not to be issued in a routine manner and would be justified only if the court prima.....

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Gujarat HC Pulls Up Tribal Land Owners And Lawyer For Misusing Atrocities Act(14.07.2017)

Gujarat High Court pulled up tribal land owners and a lawyer for blackmailing and extorting money from builders by utilizing the “powerful potent weap.....

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Gauhati HC: Bye-Elections Can Be Held Even If Member’s Remainder Term Is Less Than A Year(14.07.2017)

Gauhati High Court has observed that there is no bar on Election Commission of India to fill up the casual vacancy even if the remainder of the term o.....

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MP HC: Govt Rates Not Applicable on Rates Agreed in a Contract(14.07.2017)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that data entry charges fixed by the Union government were not applicable on a contract signed by a private firm wi.....

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Delhi HC: WhatsApp Forward Without Original Can’t Be Treated As Document Under Evidence Act(17.07.2017)

Delhi High Court has held that a document received as a WhatsApp forward does not even qualify as a document in terms of the Evidence Act, 1872, if ne.....

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Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge Refuses to Hear Pintos' Bail Matter(26.09.2017)

A judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to hear the anticipatory bail plea moved by the trustees of Ryan International School in light of.....

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SC Dismisses Centre’s Appeal Against Order Treating Children Born Out of Void Marriages as Legitimate(26.09.2017)

Supreme Court has dismissed the Centre’s appeal against a Division Bench judgment of Madras High Court, which had held that children born out of void .....

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Delhi High Court to CIC: Maintain Record of Daily Orders(26.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed the Central Information Commission (CIC) to maintain record of its daily orders and upload them within three days from t.....

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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 HC Seeks Delhi Govt Stand on Delay in Deciding Parole and Furlough Pleas of Tihar Prisoners(27.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Delhi Government and Tihar jail Director General, seeking their stand on the issue of parole and furlough a.....

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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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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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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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Bombay High Court Restrains Mumbai Metro One from Hiking Fares(05.12.2017)

Bombay High Court has restrained Reliance Infrastructure-led Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) from hiking the fares on the Mumbai Metro’s Versova-Ghat.....

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Bombay High Court Upholds Merger of Rs 5,600 Crore-Scam Hit NSEL & Parent FTIL(05.12.2017)

Bombay High Court has upheld the government's order directing the merger of the erstwhile Financial Technologies (India) Ltd (FTIL) and its subsidiary.....

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Madras HC: Nothing Illegal in Drawing Voice Sample of Accused for Test(05.12.2017)

Madras High Court has upheld trial court orders allowing prosecution to draw voice sample of the accused persons for comparison with that of the quest.....

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Merely Playing Rummy With Small Stakes In A Club Would Not Amount To Gambling: Delhi HC(06.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has observed that merely playing rummy with small stakes in a club would not amount to gambling.

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Delhi HC Rejects Plea Seeking Ban on Movies with 'A' Certificate on TVs(06.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition demanding an order restraining all television service providers from telecasting any movie with ‘A’ certific.....

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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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Junaid Khan Lynching: Punjab and Haryana High Court Turns Down Plea For CBI Probe(06.12.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has turned down an appeal for a CBI probe into the murder of 15-year-old Junaid Khan, who was killed after a quarrel on .....

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Karnataka High Court: Winding-up Petition has Serious Ramifications on Financial Standing of Company(29.05.2017)

Karnataka High Court has held that a winding-up petition has serious ramifications on financial standing of a company and cannot be used in cases wher.....

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Bombay High Court Refuses to Grant Stay on Cutting of Trees For Mumbai Metro(29.05.2017)

Bombay High Court has refused to stay cutting of trees that is being carried out for Phase III of Mumbai Metro as residents approached court.

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Bombay HC: Claimant of Compensation under Land Acquisition Act Can Claim Interest at Any Stage(29.05.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that claimants of compensation under the Land Acquisition Act can claim award of interest at any stage as the payment of th.....

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Delhi High Court: No Strict Mathematical Formula to Determine Amount of Maintenance Pendente Lite(29.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has held that proportion of husband’s income to be awarded as maintenance pendente lite to wife is dependent on surrounding circumsta.....

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Delhi High Court Says 'Person Living in Penury Spoils Another Life by Marrying'(29.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has rejected plea of a man that he cannot pay Rs. 7,500 as maintenance per month to his estranged wife on ground of being a "pauper......

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Allahabad High Court Says 'No' to Writ u/a 226 to Regularise Illegal Appointment(29.05.2017)

Allahabad High Court has noted that a writ petition under Article 226 of Constitution to regularise an illegal appointment will not stand the test of .....

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Delhi HC Quashes FIR on Basis of Settlement Deed with Man Accused of Stalking Ex-Girlfriend(29.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR against a man, who had been accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend, on the basis of a settlement deed between parti.....

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Delhi HC Orders Probe into Inflated Bills Charged by Food Panda(27.10.2015)

Delhi High Court while taking serious note of a complaint filed against Food Panda alleging that they were levying an inflated Value Added Tax on unsu.....

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Provisions Of PC Act Can’t Be Dropped On Mere Filing Of Status Report, Says Delhi HC(12.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has held that provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act cannot be dropped on mere filing of the status report by the probe agenc.....

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‘Former Wife’ Can’t Be Prosecuted For 498A IPC : Gujarat HC(12.12.2017)

Gujarat High Court has quashed a case against the former wife of a man whose present wife had filed a criminal case under Section 498A IPC arraying he.....

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Mediation Report Should Preferably Contain Only One Sentence, Nothing More: Delhi HC(12.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has held that a mediation report should only contain one sentence and nothing more, in order to maintain the confidentiality of proce.....

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Navy Offers Job in Private Company to Transgender Ex-sailor(12.12.2017)

The offer was made by the Indian Navy in the Delhi High Court before a bench of Justices GS Sistani and VK Rao. It said that while there was no job in.....

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Rape Case: SC asks Goa Court to go Ahead with Trial Against Tarun Tejpal(12.12.2017)

The apex court asked the Bombay High Court, which had earlier directed the trial court not to examine the witnesses, to decide within three months the.....

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Delhi High Court Wants Records of Undertrials in Public Domain(13.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed the DG (Prisons), the city government and the police to implement a system which would put in public domain the records .....

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Bombay HC Directs State to Make Complaints Authority Functional Within a Month(27.02.2017)

Bombay High Court has asked State government to make State Complaints Authority functional within a month in view of petitions alleging lack of redres.....

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Bombay High Court: Police Department Responsible for Delayed Trials(27.02.2017)

Bombay High Court has observed that trials were being delayed because of police department, who do not produce accused persons before Court, hampering.....

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P&H HC Notices Defence Ministry Over Alimony in Matrimonial Dispute Involving Soldiers(27.02.2017)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has issued a notice of motion to Ministry of Defence (MoD) on a petition by a serving army officer, Lt Col P Katal, for fa.....

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Delhi High Court Expresses Concern Over Slow Work Pace on Rani Jhansi Project(27.02.2017)

Delhi HC concerned over slow pace of work on Rani Jhansi grade separator project, which was planned 19 years ago as comprehensive solution to traffic .....

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Bombay High Court Expresses Displeasure Over Slow Work Pace in VC Installation Project(27.02.2017)

Bombay High Court has expressed displeasure over Maharashtra Government's failure to complete process of installing video conference (VC) facility in .....

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Madras HC Junks Plea to Declare Rs 2000 Notes Invalid(27.02.2017)

Madras High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation to declare newly introduced ? 2,000 currency notes invalid since they contain numerals in.....

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Delhi High Court Seeks Pin Pointed Pollution Plan From AAP Govt(27.02.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed AAP Government to give a "pin-pointed" action plan for cleaning an open drain near Anand Vihar Inter State Bus Terminus .....

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Delhi HC Refrains from Passing Order on PILs against Aap’s Odd-Even Scheme(21.12.2015)

Delhi High Court has refrained from passing any order on a batch of petitions against AAP Government's plan to impose odd-even number plate formula fo.....

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Gujarat HC Judge Deletes ‘Anti-Quota’ Observations(21.12.2015)

Gujarat High Court has deleted “anti-reservation” observations that he recently made while quashing a petition moved by Patidar quota stir leader Hard.....

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Delhi HC Asks SEC to Hold By-Polls to 13 Wards(21.12.2015)

Delhi High Court has directed State Election Commission (SEC) to hold by-elections to vacant seats in 13 municipal wards of Capital by April 30 next.....

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Punjab and Haryana High Court Confirms KU Decision to Cancel Admissions of Ineligible StudentsPunjab(21.12.2015)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld Kurukshetra University’s (KU) decision to cancel admissions of ineligible students, who passed qualifying ex.....

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Madhya Pradesh HC Grants Bail to Ex-MP Minister in Vyapam Scam(21.12.2015)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted bail to former state minister Laxmikant Sharma, an accused in 2012 scam of police constable recruitment examinat.....

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Gujarat High Court Issues notices to Gujarat Govt, Police on Hardik's Bail Plea(22.12.2015)

Gujarat High Court has issued notices to State Government and police on Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel's bail plea in a sedition case filed.....

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Allahabad High Court to Conduct On-The-Spot Inspection of Piece of Land in Greater Noida(22.12.2015)

Allahabad High Court has decided to conduct an on-the-spot inspection of a piece of land in Greater Noida, which was acquired by Uttar Pradesh Govern.....

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#Road_to_Raisina: Delhi HC Refuses To Allow BJP’s Narottam Mishra To Vote In Prez Polls(17.07.2017)

Delhi High Court has refused to allow Madhya Pradesh Minister Narottam Mishra to vote in President Polls to be held on Monday.

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Rajasthan HC: Disclosure of Rape Victim’s Name in Judgment Doesn’t Allow Disclosure of Same in Media(17.07.2017)

Rajasthan High Court has refused to quash charges levied against a few journalists for disclosing name of a rape victim, refusing to accept their cont.....

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Bombay HC to State Govt: Pay Rs. 2 lakh Compensation for Illegal Detention(17.07.2017)

Bombay High Court has directed State of Maharashtra to pay at least Rs. 2 lakh as compensation to one Ranjit Singh Gill for keeping him in jail, three.....

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Bombay HC: SSC Not Needed, HSC from State Board Sufficient for State Quota Seats in NEET(17.07.2017)

Bombay High Court has directed State of Maharashtra to accept application forms for admission to health science courses for the academic year 2017-18 .....

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MP High Court Rejects Plea of MPPSC Candidate Declared Not Qualified(17.07.2017)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the MP Public Service Commission (MPPSC) decision to declare a candidate ‘not qualified’ for the State Civil Serv.....

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Bombay HC: Merely Because Second View Is Possible, Appellate Court Can’t Substitute View In Appeal(17.07.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that merely because a second view may be possible, the court, in its appellate jurisdiction dealing with an appeal against .....

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Muslim Clerics Welcome Loudspeaker Ban, Term it in 'Interest of Nation'(08.01.2018)

After being pulled up by the Allahabad High Court over noise pollution, the Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday issued detailed directives on the use o.....

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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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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Malegaon Blast Accused Major Ramesh Upadhyay(27.09.2017)

Bombay High Court has granted bail to retired Army Major Ramesh Upadhyay in the 2008 Malegaon blast case on the grounds of parity.

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Madras HC to State: Don't Force School Children to Attend MGR Centenary Functions(28.09.2017)

Madras High Court has directed State government not to force school children to attend the state-sponsored birth centenary functions of AIADMK founder.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice to Centre on Petition for Making Rape Provisions Gender-Neutral(28.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Centre on a Petition challenging the Constitutional validity of Sections 375 and 376 of the Indian Penal Cod.....

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Bombay High Court: LBT Leviable On SIM Cards & Recharge Coupons, Not On E-Recharge(28.09.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that Local Body Tax (LBT) cannot be levied on e-recharge, but leviable on SIM cards and recharge coupons once those enter w.....

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Ryan Student Murder: Punjab and Haryana High Court Stays Arrest of The Pintos(29.09.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the arrest of three Ryan International Group trustees who had sought anticipatory bail in connection with the.....

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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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Punjab & Haryana HC Slams AG office, Haryana for not Filing Replies in Land Acquisition Cases(20.10.2016)

Punjab and Haryana High Court came down heavily on Haryana Advocate General Office and State Government for not filing replies in a bunch of land acqu.....

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Madras HC Restrains Private Bus Operators from Charging Higher Fare(20.10.2016)

Madras High Court has restrained private bus operators in Tamil Nadu from selling tickets based on their revised fare for 2016-17, which they announce.....

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Gujarat HC Seeks Government Response on Appointing Retired Cops(20.10.2016)

Gujarat High Court has sought response from Government on plea challenging contractual appointment of two retired police officers who are accused in I.....

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Delhi HC Extends Relief to JNU Students over Feb. 9 Event(20.10.2016)

Delhi High Court has extended relief granted to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students against University's decision holding them guilty of in.....

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Madras HC Notices State Government on Parambikulam Aliyar Project(20.10.2016)

Madras High Court has issued notice to State Government on a plea seeking direction to authorities to follow procedures laid down by statutory rules b.....

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Punjab & Haryana HC Asks Lower Courts Not to Permit Prolonged Litigations(20.10.2016)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has called upon Lower Courts to be in control of proceedings and not permit prolonged litigation in order to reduce pend.....

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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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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 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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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 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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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 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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Bombay High Court Panel to Monitor Repair of State Roads(09.11.2017)

Bombay High Court while pointing to the lack of implementation of the court’s order on repairing potholes and bad roads across the city has constitute.....

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Madras High Court: Don't Erect Banner, Hoarding of a Living Person(25.10.2017)

Madras High Court has imposed a blanket ban on erecting hoardings, flex banners and signboards from the state's skyline with images of individuals who.....

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Delhi High Court: No Stage, Loudspeaker At Chhath Puja Ground(25.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked the police to ensure that no one uses stage and loudspeaker at a South Delhi ground for Chhath Puja 2017 by two organisers .....

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Delhi High Court Allows Ashish Nehra’s Request to Book Corporate Box at Kotla(25.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has allowed Indian cricketer Ashish Nehra’s request for a corporate box for his family and friends to watch his last limited overs ma.....

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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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Kerala HC: Retired Employee Not Bound To Pay Back Amount Withdrawn From Welfare Fund For Re-Enrolling(26.10.2017)

Kerala High Court has held that Bar Council cannot insist that a retired employee should pay back the amount which he had withdrawn from the welfare f.....

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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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MP HC: A Govt. Servant Has A Right To Visit Any Person Of His Choice(26.10.2017)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that government servants ‘did not violate’ Rule 5 of Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, by meeting RSS c.....

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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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Delhi High Court Directs Inquiry Into Assault on Inmates in Tihar Jail(29.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed the Jail authorities to conduct a “fair” probe and get 47 inmates, who have alleged they were mercilessly beaten up by s.....

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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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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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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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Bombay High Court Refuses to Grant Stay on TRAI Decision to Cut Interconnect Usage Charge(03.10.2017)

Bombay High Court has refused to grant a stay on the telecom regulator’s decision to slash the interconnect usage charge by 57% from next month, and s.....

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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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Bombay High Court: LLM Students Can Give Exams Next Semester as Well(23.01.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that students pursuing Master of Laws (LLM) degrees, who do not want to appear for the exams that start today, now have the.....

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Appointments to Public Bodies Must Be Based on Talent: Bombay High Court(23.01.2018)

Bombay High Court, while observing that appointments to all public bodies must solely be based on “talent”, has denied relief to a group of lower cadr.....

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Delhi HC: Frame Policy for Posting 'Serving Armed Forces Personnel' with Disabled Dependents(23.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to formulate a policy for posting of serving armed forces personnel who have disabled dependents.

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Madras High Court: Former Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa’s Death Not Suspicious(23.01.2018)

Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL that sought to declare the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa as suspicious.

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Tax Arrears of Deceased Assessee Can’t be Recovered Out of Wife's Personal Property: Gujarat HC(23.01.2018)

Gujarat High Court has said that Tax Arrears of a deceased assessee cannot be recovered out of the personal properties of wife.

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Kerala 'Love Jihad' Controversy: How the Case Has Panned Out So Far(23.01.2018)

Supreme Court will hear Hadiya's husband Shafin Jahan’s plea against the Kerala High Court annulling their marriage. As the case takes yet another t.....

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Allahabad HC: No Religious Activity To Be Permitted In High Court Premises(09.11.2017)

Allahabad High Court has directed its Registrar General to ensure that in future no part of the High Court premises is permitted to be used for practi.....

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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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Delhi HC Dismisses Challenge to Election of Badminton Association of India President(10.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has dismissed as infructuous a Petition challenging the election of Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta as President of the Badminton Association .....

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Madras HC Rejects Plea For Filing I-T Return Sans Aadhaar Number, Enrolment ID(10.11.2017)

Madras High Court has refused to allow filing of Income Tax return without producing Aadhaar number and enrolment ID.

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Gujarat HC Grants Relief to Makers of Padmavati, Ball Now in CBFC’s Court(10.11.2017)

Gujarat High Court has refused to entertain a writ petition filed by one Rajendrasingh Shekhavat who sought a stay on the release of the film Padmavat.....

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

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

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Madras High Court Cancels Membership of 713 Lawyers(27.10.2017)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Delhi High Court Directs Police to Take Complaints of Stalking Seriously(03.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed the police to treat complaints of stalking seriously after a young woman was crippled for life on being shot by her alle.....

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Kerala High Court Grants Malayalam Actor Dileep Bail in Actress Abduction Case(03.10.2017)

Kerala High Court has granted bail to Malayalam actor Dileep, accused of masterminding the abduction of an actress.

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Karnataka High Court Advocates Go On a 8-Day Relay Hunger Strike(05.02.2018)

Since January 2017, only two new appointments have been made to the Karnataka High Court out of the 150 judges that were appointed to various other hi.....

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging CBI’s Legal Validity(06.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has dismissed two petitions challenging the legal validity of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to function as an government.....

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Delhi HC Allows Arvind Kejriwal to Call 2 Documents, Refuses to Permit DDCA Minutes(06.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has allowed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea calling for two DDCA documents in connection with a defamation suit filed aga.....

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Bombay High Court: Not All Can Afford 'School Bus'(06.02.2018)

Bombay High Court, while asking the state transport department to collate data on the number of accidents in the past few years involving school buses.....

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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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Madras High Court: Ban Loudspeakers in Public Places(06.02.2018)

Madras High Court has said that the use of cone speakers/loudspeakers in public places shall be banned/restricted in the interest of public and more p.....

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Bombay HC Denies Interim Relief to Buldhana MLA Sanjay Raimulkar(28.01.2016)

Bombay High Court has denied to grant Buldhana MLA Sanjay Raimulkar interim relief in a plea where he had challenged a decision that invalidated his c.....

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Allahabad HC Seeks Govt.’s Reply on Police Constables Recruitment Policy(28.01.2016)

Allahabad High Court has issued notice to Advocate General and also directed State Government to file its reply to writ petition challenging new rules.....

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Delhi HC Rejects Bharti's Plea For Contempt Action Against Police(29.01.2016)

Delhi High Court has rejected plea of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti seeking contempt action against police officials for not filing thei.....

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Madras HC Issues Notices over PIL Seeking Removing Encroachments In Water Bodies(29.01.2016)

Madras High Court has issued notice to concerned officials, along with Revenue Secretary, on a PIL by Puthia Tamizhagam leader S Krishnaswamy seeking .....

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Kerala HC Stays Retrospective Effect of Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015(29.01.2016)

Kerala High Court has stayed retrospective effect of Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015.

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Delhi HC for Bye- Elections in 13 MCD Wards Within 3 Months(29.01.2016)

Delhi High Court has directed State Election Commission to hold bye-elections within three months in 13 municipal wards of Delhi.

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Delhi HC Rules, “Woman Can Be Karta of a Family”(01.02.2016)

Delhi High Court has ruled in a landmark verdict that the eldest female member of a family can be its "Karta".

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tags : High Court

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 High Court Initiates Contempt Proceeding Against Old Man For ‘Maliciously’ Blaming His Lawyer(09.05.2017)

Delhi High Court, coming down heavily on an 84-year-old man, has issued contempt notice to him for seeking recall of an order on ground that his couns.....

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Bombay High Court to State: Amicably Settle Dispute on Ban on Meat Sale During Festivals(09.05.2017)

Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra Government to decide in six weeks time the days on which there would be a ban on slaughter of animals and sale.....

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Bombay High Court: State Duty Obliged to Provide Adequate Judicial Infrastructure(09.05.2017)

Bombay High Court has said that State Government is obligated to provide citizens adequate number of courts and infrastructure for them, and that it c.....

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Madras High Court Says 'No' to Liquor Shops in Residential Localities(09.05.2017)

Madras High Court has observed that wherever resolutions have been passed by Gram Sabhas against opening or relocation of State-run liquor shops in vi.....

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Delhi High Court: 'Should Ola, Uber Drivers be Considered Employees?'(09.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has sought a response from Ola, Uber cab aggregators and also Centre and Delhi Governments on a petition moved by drivers’ union dema.....

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Gujarat High Court: Tele Companies Must Pay Property Tax For Towers in Rural Areas(09.05.2017)

Gujarat High Court has held that telecommunication service providers are liable to pay property tax for erection of towers in rural areas as well.

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Madras High Court: Act Against Those Employing Kids(09.05.2017)

Madras High Court has asked Director General of Police will ensure that children who are employed illegally and made to beg are rescued and rehabilita.....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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No Compulsion For Legal Heir To Apply For Heirship Certificate: Bombay HC(13.11.2017)

Bombay High Court has observed that there is no compulsion for any legal heir of a deceased predecessor to either apply for a succession certificate o.....

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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 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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Madras HC: Child Born to Muslim Couple Before Marriage Not a Legal Heir(14.11.2017)

Madras High Court has held that child born prior to the marriage of Muslim parents is not a legitimate child as per Mahomedan law and the child could .....

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Madhya Pradesh High Court Pulls Up MP Government, Seeks Report Over Bhopal Gang Rape(14.11.2017)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has asked the State government to submit an action taken report on a Bhopal gang-rape case, terming the police’s action and .....

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Bombay HC: No Need to Seek Leave for Leading Secondary Evidence(15.11.2017)

Bombay High Court has reiterated that under the Evidence Act there is no provision to seek leave for leading secondary evidence and directed the circu.....

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

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

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

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

Tags : High Court

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&.....

Tags : High Court

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.....

Tags : High Court, Supreme Court

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.

Tags : High Court

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 .....

Tags : High Court

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&.....

Tags : High Court

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.....

Tags : High Court, Supreme Court

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre’s Reply on AAP’s Plea Against Recovery of Ad Expenditure(09.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has sought a response from Centre on a plea by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seeking quashing of a demand notice for recovery of Rs 97 crore .....

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Delhi High Court Seeks Jaitley Stand on Kejriwal Plea in DDCA Controversy Case(09.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has sought response of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea to expunge remarks made against him by .....

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Allahabad High Court: Manner of 'Talaq' Questions 'Rule of Equality'(09.05.2017)

Allahabad High Court has said that rights of any person including Muslim women cannot be violated in the name of 'personal law'.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court Cancels Admission Process for PG Medical Courses in Haryana(10.05.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside counselling process for admissions to post graduate medical courses in Haryana.

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Allahabad High Court Says 'No' to Advocates Above 45 years For Higher Judicial Service Exams(10.05.2017)

Allahabad High Court has refused to allow an Advocate who was above 45 years of age on the date specified in recruitment advertisement from appearing .....

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Bombay High Court: No Relaxation in 2002 Triple Blast Convict’s Sentence(11.05.2017)

Bombay High Court has ruled that convict in 2002-03? Mulund, Vile Parle and Mumbai Central? triple bomb blast case, Saquib Nachan, cannot claim relaxa.....

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Bombay High Court: Detect Specific Learning Disabilities in Students(11.05.2017)

Bombay High Court voicing concern over sufferings of students with learning disability, has directed all schools affiliated with various boards across.....

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Delhi HC Rejects PIL on RSE(22.12.2015)

Delhi High Court has rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging regulatory treatment of investors in companies listed on Regional Stock E.....

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Kerala High Court Upholds Job Quota for Arrack Workers(22.12.2015)

Kerala High Court has upheld a single judge’s directive to State Government to implement a 2002 government order providing 25 per cent of daily wage e.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice to Arvind Kejriwal Over Defamation Suit Filed By Jaitley(22.12.2015)

Delhi High Court has issued a notice to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders in a defamation suit filed by Finance Minister Arun .....

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Delhi HC Designates Special Courts to Try MPs, MLAs(27.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has designated two “special courts” in the Patiala House Court complex to deal with criminal cases against elected members of Parliam.....

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Delhi HC Attaches Assets of Singh Brothers’ Investment Firms(27.02.2018)

Delhi HC has ordered the attachment of assets held by two investment companies of brothers Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh, former owners of Ranba.....

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Delhi HC: Health Insurance Claims cannot be Rejected on Broad Definition of Genetic Disorders(27.02.2018)

Delhi HC has held that it was illegal for health insurance policies to exclude genetic disorders from their scope of coverage.

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Bombay High Court Rules in ONGC’s Favour in Dispute Over Contract Cancellation(28.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has ruled in favour of ONGC after a vendor sued the energy firm for cancelling a Rs1,000 crore contract.

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Delhi High Court to Cops, Govt: What Are You Doing to Make Buses Safe(28.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has flagged the issue of safety of women passengers travelling in buses. It asked the AAP government and Delhi Police to apprise it .....

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Hyderabad High Court Asks Govt To Crack Down on Illegal Cockfighting in Andhra(08.01.2018)

Preparations are in full swing in private farms where such events are usually held. The demand for the roosters are high. Depending on the breed, roos.....

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Nod for Floating Hotel in Mumbai(08.01.2018)

A division bench of justices A S Oka and P N Deshmukh dismissed the petition filed by Rashmi Development Pvt Ltd, challenging an order passed by the B.....

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Bombay High Court Rejects Plea Seeking Nod for Floating Hotel in Mumbai(09.01.2018)

Bombay High Court has turned down a plea of a private developer seeking permission to construct a floating hotel and a jetty near Nariman Point in Sou.....

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Allahabad HC Restrains State From Taking Coercive Action Against UP Congress On Rs. 51 Lakh Notice(09.01.2018)

Allahabad High Court has restrained the State and the Lucknow Municipal Corporation from taking any coercive steps against the Congress Party on a sei.....

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Delhi High Court Allows Contempt Petition Against McDonald’s Corp(10.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has dismissed McDonald’s India Pvt. Ltd’s plea against the centre, challenging the National Company Law Tribunal’s (NCLT) right to is.....

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Magistrate Has No Power To Direct Accused To Give Voice Samples For Investigation: Kerala HC(10.01.2018)

Kerala High Court has held that there is no express or implied power conferred by the statute to the magistrate to direct the accused to give voice sa.....

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Delhi High Court Increases Salary of Law Researchers From Rs. 25,000 To 35,000(10.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has enhanced the remuneration offered to Law Researchers from Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 35,000. The increase has been made effective from 1 A.....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Delhi HC Issues Notice to Arnab Goswami, Republic TV in Defamation Suit Filed by Shashi Tharoor(29.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has issued notices to journalist Arnab Goswami and his news channel following a defamation suit filed by Shashi Tharoor for allegedly.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Arnab Goswami, Shashi Tharoor, Sunanda Pushkar

Kerala HC Notices Union Over Plea Challenging Ban on Sale of Cattle For Slaughter(30.05.2017)

Kerala High Court has asked Central Government to respond to petitions challenging ban on sale of cattle for slaughter.

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Kerala HC Annuls Marriage of Muslim Convert Over Father’s Habeas Corpus Petition(30.05.2017)

Kerala High Court has nullified marriage of woman converted to Islam with a Muslim man in a habeas corpus petition filed by her father.

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Delhi HC: Judicial Officers Need Sensitization in Intricacies of Special Enactments(30.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has rapped District and Sessions Judge, New Delhi & Additional Sessions Judge presiding over Special Court, over handling of Public P.....

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Bombay HC Restricts Civic Body, Police From Taking Action Against Hawkers at Musafirkhana(30.05.2017)

Bombay High Court has refrained police and civic authorities from taking action against 200 hawkers at Musafirkhana near Crawford Market.

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Bombay High Court Declines Relief to Navy Officer Who Challenged Transfer(30.05.2017)

Bombay High Court has declined to grant relief to a Navy officer who challenged his transfer from Mumbai on ground that he needs to stay here to take .....

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Delhi High Court: Ensure Eviction of 990 Waqf Properties in Delhi(30.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked AAP Government and other agencies to enforce eviction orders, already passed and awaiting enforcement for several years, re.....

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Delhi HC Slams MCI’s Ethics Committee For Debarring Cardiology Professor Without Proper Probe(31.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has slammed the Ethics Committee of Medical Council of India (MCI) for debarring a Professor of Cardiology from undertaking any post .....

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Delhi HC: 'Vande Mataram' Does Not Need Law to Command Respect(31.10.2017)

Delhi High Court, while dismissing a PIL that wanted official recognition to treat 'Vande Matram' at par with national anthem, has observed that the s.....

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Delhi High Court: AAP Govt Can’t Appoint New Teachers Without Regular Process(31.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has said that the Government cannot recruit new teachers without following the regular process.

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MP HC: State Police Can Probe Corruption Cases Against Central Govt Employees(31.10.2017)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that State police or Special Police Establishment (SPE) have powers to probe offences of bribery and corruption aga.....

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Delhi High Court: Arvind Kejriwal Can't Use Court For Fishing Enquiry(01.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has said that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal cannot be allowed to use the judiciary for a "roving and fishing enquiry" as it dismisse.....

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Delhi High Court Sets Aside AIFF Elections(01.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has set aside election of Praful Patel as All India Football Federation (AIFF) president while ordering fresh elections within five m.....

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Gauhati HC: Witch-Hunt Still Prevalent In Many States; Need Special Law To Tackle It(01.11.2017)

Gauhati High Court has observed that branding of a man or a woman as a witch and then resorting to witch hunting is the most dehumanising act and is o.....

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Delhi High Court: Arvind Kejriwal is Not Following Proper Legal Procedure(24.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has said that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has a right to be allowed to confront a witness with documents in connection with a defa.....

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Madhya Pradesh High Court to Centre, States: Don't Use the Word 'Dalit'(24.01.2018)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has said that the central and state governments should refrain from using the word 'Dalit' in their correspondence as it did.....

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Mewat Rape Case: High Court to Review Implementation of 2016 Order on Abortion in Rape Cases(24.01.2018)

The lawyers in the case have been asked to prepare a chart to apprise the court about non-compliance of earlier directives to allow the High Court to .....

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Bombay HC: Property Inherited by Hindu Female from Her Parents, Will Devolve Upon Her Parent's Heirs(25.01.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that u/s 15 of the Hindu Succession Act, any property inherited by a female Hindu from her father or mother, will devolve u.....

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Bombay High Court Says, "Sohrabuddin Sheikh Case Gag Order Not OK"(25.01.2018)

Bombay High Court has cancelled a ban on media reporting on the trial in Mumbai of the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

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Bombay High Court to Thane Municipal Corporation: Save 5k Trees from Being Cut(25.01.2018)

Bombay High Court has asked the Thane Municipal Corporation to re-consider constituting the tree authority, comprising qualified personnel.

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Delhi High Court Seeks EC's Reply on AAP's Disqualified MLAs(25.01.2018)

Delhi High Court, while refusing to stay Centre’s notification disqualifying 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs for holding “Office of Profit”, has asked t.....

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Madras High Court Upholds Validity of New Rules for Bar Council Polls(06.02.2018)

Madras High Court has upheld validity of new eligibility conditions imposed by a special committee, chaired by Advocate General Vijay Narayan, for law.....

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Centre Signs Off on Appointment of New Chief Justices for Five High Courts(07.02.2018)

Central Government has notified the appointment of new Chief Justices to the High Courts of Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, and Tripura.

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Rajasthan High Court Quashes FIR Against Bhansali, Ranveer, Deepika Over Padmaavat Row(07.02.2018)

Rajasthan High Court has quashed an FIR lodged against filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the director of Padmaavat, as well as actors Ranveer Singh and.....

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Delhi High Court Convicts Seven Cops Over Uttarakhand Fake Encounter Case(07.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has awarded life imprisonment to seven suspended Uttarakhand policemen for killing a 22-year-old MBA student in a fake encounter in D.....

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Hyderabad High Court Seeks Report on Steps to Rein in Tirumala Hotels(07.02.2018)

Hyderabad High Court has directed the TTD executive officer to place full details before the court regarding the steps taken against the erring hoteli.....

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Kerala HC Vacates Media Gag Order on Reporting Arab National's Presser(07.02.2018)

Kerala High Court has stayed Karunagappally sub court's order banning media from reporting or discussing the Dubai financial cheating case involving s.....

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Delhi High Court to SSB: State Reasons for Deducting Salary of Jawan(07.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has directed the Additional Director-General (ADG) of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) to file an affidavit stating the rules as per which 8.....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Hindu Converted to Islam is Entitled to Inherit Father’s Property: Bombay High Court(20.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has observed that a Hindu, who converted to other religion, is entitled to his/her father’s property if father died intestate.

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

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

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

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

Tags : High Court

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&.....

Tags : High Court

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tags : High Court

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&.....

Tags : High Court

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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Madras HC Permits Filing of I-T Returns Without Quoting Aadhaar Number(01.11.2017)

Madras High Court has permitted a Petitioner to file her income tax returns manually without quoting Aadhaar number or Aadhaar enrolment ID.

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Allahabad HC: Writ Court Can’t Revise Order Passed in Revision u/s 11 of U.P. Sales Tax Act(01.11.2017)

Allahabad High Court has held that Writ Court cannot revise order passed in Revision under Section 11 of the U.P Sales Tax Act, 1948.

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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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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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Delhi High Court Allows Demolition of Slums in Kathputli Colony(02.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has allowed Delhi Development Authority to demolish the slums of those residents of West Delhi's Kathputli colony who were eligible f.....

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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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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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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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Uttarakhand HC to State: Merge Existing Govt. Schools Instead Of Building New Ones(10.01.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has recommended that the State Government may frame a scheme to merge existing Government schools, instead of establishing new .....

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Calcutta High Court Quashes Mamata Govt's Refusal to Permit BJP Rally in Bengal(11.01.2018)

Calcutta High Court has allowed BJP's Yuva Morcha to take out a rally in the state. The order was passed by setting aside the Bengal police's last min.....

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Now Aadhaar Must for Filing PILs: Madras High Court(11.01.2018)

Madras High Court has directed its registry to collect the litigants' Aadhaar card copy along with other documents at the time of filing the PILs.

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Bombay High Court Raps Maharashtra Govt Over Bad Roads(11.01.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that State government cannot leave everything to be looked after by courts, while slamming the Maharashtra government for i.....

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Show ‘Sensitivity’ While Dealing With Cases Involving Minors, Bombay High Court(11.01.2018)

Bombay High Court has pulled up the Mumbai Police over its “insensitive” approach towards cases involving minors. The HC accordingly directed the poli.....

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Hindu Daughter Can Claim Marriage Expenses From Father: Kerala High Court(11.01.2018)

Kerala High Court has held that an unmarried Hindu daughter has the legal right to claim from her father reasonable expenses for marriage.

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Under SARFAESI Act, Addl DM/Addl CMM Has Judicial Powers Similar To That Of DM/ CMM: Bombay HC(11.01.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that for the purposes of S. 14 of the SARFAESI Act, the District Magistrate or the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate is not a p.....

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Delhi High Court: For Poor, Registration of FIR Impossible(25.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has expressed anguish when it found that no FIR was lodged by the police despite a woman's complaint that her daughter has been missi.....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Bombay High Court: Meat Shops Can’t Be Shut on Suspicion That They Sell Beef(07.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has stayed Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation’s action to suspend licenses of 20 meat sellers from Nalla Sopara on the suspicion that.....

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Bombay High Court Stays I-T Notices to SRK, Juhi(07.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has stayed the showcause notices issued to actors Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla by the I-T department over alleged undervaluation of.....

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AAP Govt Defends in High Court Law Criminalising Consumption of Beef(07.02.2018)

The plea was filed by law student Gaurav Jain and an NGO working for the development of Scheduled Castes and Tribes has claimed that the Cattle Preser.....

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Madras HC: 10 Year Practice Criteria for Contesting Bar Elections Valid(07.02.2018)

Madras High Court has upheld the amendments prescribing 10 years of practice experience as a minimum eligibility criteria to contest elections to the .....

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Bombay HC: Stepson of a Hindu Dying Intestate Can’t Claim Inheritance(07.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that the stepson of a Hindu citizen dying intestate cannot claim inheritance over his property.

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Ayodhya Case: Supreme Court to Resume Hearing in Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Title Dispute(08.02.2018)

The cross petitions challenge the 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict that had divided the disputed site between the Nirmohi Akhara, Lord Ram deity and .....

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Delhi High Court Raps AAP Government Over Parking Space of Buses(08.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has threatened to stay the AAP government's move to procure 1,000 low-floor electric buses instead of standard-floor CNG buses, if it.....

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Delhi High Court: Reevaluate How Electronic Documents be Authenticated(08.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has held that courts ought to reevaluate the manner by which they require electronic documents to be authenticated.

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Madras High Court Restrains AAI From Taking Up Construction Work in Coimbatore(30.05.2017)

Madras High Court has restrained Airports Authority of India (AAI) from proceeding with any construction work on more than 100 acres of land acquired .....

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Delhi High Court to DMRC: Consider Paying Rs 60 Crore to DAMEPL to Pay Interest(30.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked Delhi Metro to consider releasing Rs 60 crore to former concessionaire of airport express line to pay interest for the next.....

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Ireland High Court Strikes Down Legal Challenge to Brexit(30.05.2017)

Ireland High Court has struck down a legal challenge to Brexit on consent, aimed at establishing if Britain can halt Brexit after triggering Article 5.....

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Rajasthan High Court Grants Permission to Count Votes for State Cricket Association Election 2017(30.05.2017)

Rajasthan High Court has granted permission for counting of votes for Rajasthan Cricket Association elections on June 2.

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Madras High Court Suspends Centre's Ban on Cattle Trade for Slaughter, Issues Show Cause Notice(31.05.2017)

Madras High Court has put on hold Centre's restrictions on sale and purchase of cattle for slaughter for four weeks and has asked it to respond within.....

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Delhi High Court Seeks Arnab Goswami's Reply on Shashi Tharoor's Defamation Plea(31.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has sought response of Arnab Goswami and his newly-launched news channel Republic TV on Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's defamation plea .....

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Delhi HC Asks Ardee Builders' Account Statement of Deposits Received From Prospective Tenants(31.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed Ardee Builders to file an affidavit within a week, affirming that they have not created any third party rights over the .....

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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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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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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: 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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Delhi HC: No Arrest of Accused in Cognizable Offence Where Sentence is Beyond 7 Years(03.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has clarified that an investigation agency is not obliged to arrest any accused in a cognizable offence where the sentence is beyond .....

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Chhattisgarh HC: Right to Property is a Human Right As Well(06.11.2017)

Chhattisgarh High Court has held that right to property is not only constitutional right, but also human right and it can be deprived of only by the a.....

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Disallowance Under Rule 8D Cannot be Made Merely on Ground of ‘Change of Opinion’: Delhi HC(06.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has quashed reassessment order of the revenue by holding that Assessing Officer cannot disallow any claim made by the assessee by inv.....

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Allahabad HC to Supreme Court: Cannot accommodate Mosque Inside Premises(02.04.2018)

Allahabad High Court has made it clear that it cannot permit a mosque of UP Sunni Central Waqf Board to continue in its premise.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tags : High Court

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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Facebook ‘Likes’ Won’t Confer Jurisdiction In The State Where The Webpage Is Viewed: Delhi HC(11.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has ruled that mere hosting of a webpage on Facebook would not confer jurisdiction in the State where such page is viewed.

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'How Can Those in Jail During Trial be Released After Conviction': SC on OP Jindal University Rape Case(11.01.2018)

The case has received wide attention after the Punjab and Haryana High Court, in its bail order, had questioned the girl's reliability while repeatedl.....

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Collegium Clears Justice KM Joseph for Elevation to Supreme Court(11.01.2018)

Justice Joseph, who is currently the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court, had hit the headlines after a bench headed by him quashed the Presid.....

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Allahabad High Court: Honesty Has Virtually Become Endangered Species(12.01.2018)

Allahabad High Court, while taking serious note of rampant corruption in development authorities of Uttar Pradesh, has said that honesty has virtually.....

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Delhi High Court Declines to Restrain CPRPL from Using McDonald's Brand Name(12.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has declined to pass an interim order restraining Connaught Plaza Restaurants Pvt Ltd (CPRPL), a McDonald's franchisee, from selling .....

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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 Rejects Petition For Withdrawal of Coins With Religious Figures(12.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea seeking withdrawal of coins having religious symbols embossed on them, saying it does not dent the secular fabri.....

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Mentally Challenged Children Relying on God’s Mercy: Bombay High Court(08.02.2018)

Bombay High Court, while expressing shock over the conditions of ‘mentally challenged’ children in Maharashtra, has observed that these children are s.....

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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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Bombay High Court Grants 'Conditional' Permit' for Kala Ghoda Festival at Cross Maidan(08.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has granted ‘conditional’ permission for holding cultural events like the Kala Ghoda festival at Cross Maidan.

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Bombay High Court: Why Only 4 People Can Play a Game of Rummy?(08.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has held the restriction of allowing only four person’s on a table to play the game of ‘rummy’ as unreasonable.

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End Rape & Murder Trial of Constable in 3 Months: Madras High Court(08.02.2018)

Madras High Court has directed the District Sessions and Mahila Court in Tiruppur, to complete the trial and dispose of the rape and murder of a woman.....

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Bombay High Court: Stepson Can’t Inherit Property Under Hindu Succession Act(08.02.2018)

Bombay High Court, while dismissing a plea by a stepson claiming a stake in his father’s property, has said that the definition of ‘son’ in the Hindu .....

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Ayodhya Case LIVE: Supreme Court to Resume Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi Hearing at 2pm(08.02.2018)

The Supreme Court will resume hearing in the politically-sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case at 2pm. The cross petitions to be h.....

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Delhi High Court Stops Ex-IAF Chief SP Tyagi From Travelling to Indonesia(31.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has stayed a Trial Court order allowing former IAF chief SP Tyagi, a key accused in AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam, to travel to In.....

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Delhi HC: No Notice Needed to Search & Seize 'Undisclosed Money' Deposited in 3rd Party A/C(31.05.2017)

Delhi High Court held that ‘Undisclosed Money’ deposited in a third parties’ Bank Account can be subject to search and seizure under Income Tax Act ev.....

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Delhi HC Says 'No' to VAT on Trademark Licences(31.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has examined McDonald’s Master Licence Agreement and found it to be a composite franchise agreement which provided trade secrets, kno.....

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Rajasthan High Court: Declare 'Cow' As National Animal of India(31.05.2017)

Rajasthan High Court, while pitching for the need to increase punishment for cow slaughtering, has observed that cow should be made the national anima.....

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Kerala High Court: No Need to Interfere With New Rules on Cattle Slaughter Ban(01.06.2017)

Kerala High Court has said that there is no need for it to interfere with new rules proposing ban on cattle slaughter as it doesn't violate the Consti.....

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Bombay High Court: Don't Treat Child As 'Chattel' For Claiming Custody(01.06.2017)

Bombay High Court, while observing that a minor child cannot be treated as a ‘chattel’ for claiming custody, has stayed orders of Family Court that gr.....

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Bombay High Court Rejects Plea to Let Bars, Permit Rooms Reopen After Highway Booze Ban(01.06.2017)

Bombay High Court has refused to allow more than a dozen hotels and permit rooms that had been sealed after Supreme Court’s ban on sale of liquor with.....

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Delhi High Court: No Coercive Action Against Deepak Talwar in FCRA Case(27.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked the CBI not to take any coercive action against corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar and his NGO in a criminal case lodged agai.....

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Release Man Held Illegally For 60 Days: Bombay High Court to CBI(27.12.2017)

Bombay High Court has directed a man, arrested by the CBI’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW), be released from illegal judicial detention of over 60 days.

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Submit Details of Land Acquisition Cases: Hyderabad High Court(27.12.2017)

Hyderabad High Court has directed Governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to present all details relating to cases of land acquisition and payment.....

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No Penalty on Ground that Goods Started Journey One Week After Date of Invoice: Allahabad HC(27.12.2017)

Allahabad High Court has held that penalty cannot be imposed merely on ground that the goods started journey one week after the date of the invoice.

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Patna High Court: Criminal Prosecution & Proceedings Under Bihar VAT Act Are Independent Actions(27.12.2017)

Patna High Court has held that prosecution in criminal law and proceedings arising under Bihar Value Added Tax Act, 2005 are undoubtedly independent p.....

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Private School Fee Regulation Law Constitutionally Valid, Says Gujarat High Court(27.12.2017)

The court ruled that state legislature is competent and has the authority to form laws for state boards, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBS.....

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Bombay High Court: Legal Aid For Accused Should Not Be For Namesake(28.12.2017)

Bombay High Court has said that sufficiently experienced lawyer should be provided for conducting the case of the accused and they should be appointed.....

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Extramarital Affairs-Top Reason For Divorce: Gujarat HC(12.01.2018)

Gujarat High Court has observed that adultery undermines a relationship’s foundation and is one of the main reasons of a relationship crisis around th.....

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Ensure 25% Seats Are Reserved For Poor Children Under RTE Act: Gujarat HC(12.01.2018)

Gujarat High Court has directed the State to ensure that schools which are affiliated with the State board implement the 25% reservation for underpriv.....

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'Extra-Marital Affair is End of Life For Wife,' Says Gujarat Judge Pinning Blame on 'Other Woman'(12.01.2018)

The Gujarat High Court judge ruled that the husband, his wife and two children “were one happy family until another lady by the name of ‘X’ came.....

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Husband's Affair End of Life For Wife, Tough to Find Good Match for Daughter Later: Gujarat HC Judge(12.01.2018)

The Gujarat High Court judge ruled that the husband, his wife and two children “were one happy family until another lady by the name of ‘X’ came.....

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Meet Justice Chelameswar: The Chief Dissenting Justice of India(12.01.2018)

Prior to being named to the Supreme Court, Justice Chelameswar served as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court from May 2007 to March 2010 and C.....

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Justice Chelameswar: Meet The 'Rebel' in the Supreme Court(12.01.2018)

Prior to being named to the Supreme Court, Justice Chelameswar served as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court from May 2007 to March 2010 and C.....

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Madras High Court Allows Cock Fight in Thiruvallur, But Conditions Apply(13.01.2018)

The cock fight will be part of centenary celebrations of late Chief Minister M G Ramachandran and birth anniversary celebrations of late Chief Ministe.....

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

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

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

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

Tags : High Court

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&.....

Tags : High Court

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.....

Tags : High Court, Supreme Court

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.

Tags : High Court

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 .....

Tags : High Court

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&.....

Tags : High Court

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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Ayodhya Case LIVE: SC Resumes Hearing; Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Aide Presents 'Compromise Formula' to AIMPLB(08.02.2018)

The Supreme Court has resumed hearing in the politically-sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case. The cross petitions up for hearing.....

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'Ever Heard of Instrument Invented by Graham Bell, It is Called Telephone': SC Frowns Upon Govt Lawyers(08.02.2018)

Representing the Jharkhand High Court, advocate Tapesh Kumar Singh said that he had personally tried to seek instructions from the state government in.....

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Himachal Pradesh HC: Right to Life of Animal Means Something More than Mere Existence, Survival(09.02.2018)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has observed that life, in the context of animals, does not mean mere survival or existence or instrumental value for huma.....

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Hyderabad High Court Bars Dumping of Waste in Tank(09.02.2018)

Hyderabad High Court has directed the authorities to see that no construction or dumping of waste is done within the Full Tank Level of Nallagandla Pe.....

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Bombay High Court?Raps State Government for Violating Order on Children’s Homes(09.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has rapped the state government for its apathetic approach towards the improvement of children's homes in the state.

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Madras High Court Seeks Report on Archaeological Sites in Tamil Nadu(09.02.2018)

Madras High Court has asked the Centre to submit a report on the number of archaeological sites, including those excavated or being excavated, in Tami.....

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Aarushi Case: Judge Who Convicted Talwars Moves SC Against His Criticism by HC(09.02.2018)

Special CBI judge Shyam Lal, now retired, alleged that the high court while acquitting the Talwars in the case on October 12, 2017, made "dispara.....

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Delhi High Court: Powers of Sealing Panel Derived From SC Order(28.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has made it clear that the monitoring committee on sealing cannot enjoy powers beyond those vested in it by the Supreme Court. While .....

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Delhi High Court to Government: Look for Land Options for Quami School(28.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has expressed displeasure over the handling of the issue of the Quami School in Delhi’s Sadar Bazaar and has asked the Delhi Governme.....

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Delhi High Court to DU: Set up Panel to Probe College Hiring(28.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi University to set up a panel to examine if the appointment of assistant professors in one of its college was done.....

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NEET Exam: Delhi High Court Puts on Hold CBSE Notification on Eligibility Norms(01.03.2018)

Delhi High Court has stayed the operation of a CBSE notification laying down eligibility conditions for MBBS applications, including an upper age limi.....

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Bombay High Court Permits BCCI to be Present During Cross-Examination by Lalit Modi(01.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has permitted the representatives of BCCI to remain present during the cross examination of some witnesses by former IPL commissione.....

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Finish Vallakadavu Bridge on Time: Kerala High Court(05.03.2018)

Kerala High Court has issued notice to the government on a petition seeking time-bound renovation of the Vallakadavu bridge that has heritage value.

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Kerala High Court Asks Excise Department to Consider Permission to Bars Along Denotified Highways(01.06.2017)

Kerala High Court has urged Excise Department to consider demand of bar hotels situated along Cherthala-Thiruvananthapuram and Kannur-Kuttipuram roads.....

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Delhi HC Appoints ABP News Reporter as Local Commissioner to Inspect Garbage Removal by MCD(01.06.2017)

Delhi High Court has appointed an ABP news reporter as Local Commissioner to conduct inspections and place before Court the position regarding garbage.....

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Madras High Court: Consider ‘Wish’ And ‘Will’ of Localites Before Opening Liquor Shops(01.06.2017)

Madras High Court has urged Tamil Nadu Government to revisit policy in matter of liquor prohibition by considering ‘will’ and ‘wish’ of larger sector .....

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Karnataka High Court: No Habeas Corpus Writ, If Person Committed to Custody by Competent Court(01.06.2017)

Karnataka High Court has observed that habeas corpus cannot be granted when a person has been committed to custody under an order from a competent cou.....

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Patna HC Quashes Complaint Against Farah Khan Ali for Tweet on Salman Khan Hit-And-Run Case(01.06.2017)

Patna High Court has quashed a complaint against jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali for a statement she made supporting Bollywood actor Salman Khan in .....

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Allahabad High Court: No Prosecution Against Doctors for Failing to Deliver on Assurance(01.06.2017)

Allahabad High Court has held that a doctor cannot be prosecuted for criminal negligence merely because he/she failed to deliver on assurances given t.....

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Bombay HC Rejects Plea by Grandson of Deceased Account Holder Seeking Fund Release(01.06.2017)

Bombay High Court has rejected a petition filed by one Amol Patil who sought withdrawal of money from his deceased grandmother’s account without deman.....

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Delhi HC to Govt.: Can Compensation For Delhi Zoo Tiger Attack Victim Be Enhanced(01.02.2016)

Delhi High Court has asked Delhi Government to inform it whether compensation paid to the wife of a youth, mauled by a white tiger in 2014 inside Delh.....

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Rajasthan HC Put Stay Result of Rajasthan Administrative Service Pre-2013(01.02.2016)

Rajasthan High Court has stayed result of Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) prelim exam-2013 and summoned Chairman of Rajasthan Public Service Co.....

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SC Denies Centre’s Plea Against Red FM(01.02.2016)

Supreme Court has denied Government’s plea against a Delhi High Court decision permitting Red FM, partially owned by Sun TV Network Ltd., to participa.....

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Madras HC Asks Immigration Department to Issue Passport Without Insisting on Father’s Signature(01.02.2016)

Madras High Court has directed Immigration Department to consider issuing an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Passport to an infant in the United Kingd.....

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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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Jammu and Kashmir High Court Rules, Accountability Commission Can Try Politicians(02.02.2016)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has turned its ruling by restoring anti-graft body’s suo motu powers to look into complaints against erring public functi.....

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Delhi HC Grants 4 Weeks Parole To Om Prakash Chautala(02.02.2016)

Delhi High Court has granted 4 weeks parole to Ex-Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, serving 10-year jail term in teachers' recruitment scam .....

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Delhi HC Quashes Order To Admit Thalassaemic Student In MBBS Course(15.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has quashed an order directing admission of a thalassaemic student to MBBS course at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.

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Delhi High Court to AAP Govt: Procure Buses for Delhi on ‘War-Footing’(15.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has termed the need for more buses in the city a “grave urgency” and said the AAP government needed to address it on a “war-footing”.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Bombay High Court: Tribal Population Neglected Completely(16.11.2017)

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

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

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

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Over 120 Recommendations for HC Posts Pending with Govt, SC Collegium(11.02.2018)

Highly-placed sources in the government said that as on February 1, as many as 123 recommendations made by collegiums of 13 high courts were pending w.....

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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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Bombay High Court: 50% Attendance Rule is in Interest of Students(12.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that the Mumbai University’s ordinance, making a minimum of 50% attendance mandatory for students, was in the interest of s.....

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Bombay High Court: Can’t Deny Gun Licence on Basis of Income(12.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has quashed an order of Jalgaon District Collector who refused to give arm possession licence to a businessman merely because his in.....

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Delhi High Court to Rohini ashram: Remove Word ‘Vishwavidyalaya’ From Name(12.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has directed a Rohini-based institution, where girls and women were allegedly kept in confinement, to immediately remove the word ‘vi.....

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Delhi High Court: No Encroachment Allowed on Govt Land(12.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has said that state is the absolute owner of its land even if it has not taken its possession and encroachers cannot be allowed to se.....

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Orders from High Court’s Official Website Have Sanctity: Bombay High Court(12.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that orders uploaded on its official website have sanctity and trial courts that insist on production of a certified copy a.....

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Bombay High Court: Court Can Summon Executive Magistrate Who Conducted TIP in Case of Doubt(02.06.2017)

Bombay High Court has observed that if a magistrate has doubts about admitting a document on memorandum of a test identification parade, he may summon.....

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Delhi HC Upholds Life Imprisonment of Five Convicts in Danish Woman Gang Rape Case(16.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has upheld a trial court verdict of life imprisonment for five convicts in the case of gang-rape of a Danish woman in the capital in .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Danish Woman Rape Case

Delhi High Court Says 'No Change' in Economics Retest Date(17.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea seeking to change the date of the re-examination of the CBSE Class 12 economics paper, which the Board has decid.....

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tags : Madras High Court, Elephant

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

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

Tags : Madras High Court, Solar Panels

Courts Can Take Cognizance of Indian's Conviction Abroad: Bombay High Court(05.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that courts or judicial authorities in India can take cognizance of the conviction of an Indian by a foreign court for an o.....

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Bombay High Court Rules in Favour of Dyslexic Student(05.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has ruled in favour of a Class X student suffering from dyslexia, allowing him to choose two optional subjects in the CBSE examinati.....

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Bombay High Court: Not Offering Water to Husband is Not Cruelty(05.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that not taking care of a husband’s needs or failing to even offer him water when he returns home late from work does not a.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Cruelty

Delhi HC Quashes JNU Circular Declaring M.Phil Mandatory For 2016-17 Ph.D Students(05.03.2018)

Delhi High Court has quashed circulars issued in 2017 by Jawaharlal Nehru University making it mandatory for students who had taken admission in its P.....

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Delhi High Court: Appointment on Compassionate Grounds is Not a Vested Right(05.03.2018)

Delhi High Court has held that appointment on compassionate grounds is not a “vested right” which can be exercised despite a long period of time havin.....

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Delhi High Court: Appointment on Compassionate Grounds is Not a Vested Right(05.03.2018)

Delhi High Court has held that appointment on compassionate grounds is not a “vested right” which can be exercised despite a long period of time havin.....

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Registration of Criminal Cases Against Public Servant 'No' Ground for Compulsory Retirement: J&K HC(05.03.2018)

Jammu & Kashmir High Court has ruled that mere registration of a FIR against a public servant shall not be a ground for compulsorily retiring the offi.....

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

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

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

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

Tags : High Court

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&.....

Tags : High Court

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.....

Tags : High Court, Supreme Court

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.

Tags : High Court

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 .....

Tags : High Court

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&.....

Tags : High Court

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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4 Retired Judges Back Dissenting Voices in Supreme Court, Write Open Letter to CJI(14.01.2018)

The letter by former apex court judge P B Sawant, ex- chief justice of Delhi High Court A P Shah, former Madras High Court judge K Chandru and ex-Bomb.....

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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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Uttarakhand High Court Asks State Government to Abolish Revenue Police System(15.01.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has ordered the State Government to abolish the “century old practice” of revenue police system which is unique to the hill are.....

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Delhi High Court: Seeking Asylum Abroad Cannot Be Reason For Denying Passport(15.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has said that Authorities cannot deny passport to an Indian citizen merely because he or she has applied for asylum in a foreign coun.....

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Bombay High Court: Blaming Husband for Lack of Children is Cruelty(15.01.2018)

Bombay High Court held that blaming the husband for a lack of children and repeatedly complaining to his employer amounts to cruelty while granting di.....

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Delhi High Court Orders Audit of Metro SOPs on Missing People(15.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has ordered an assessment of Delhi Metro's standard operating procedures (SOPs) in the event of someone going missing from its statio.....

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Delhi High Court: Seeking Political Asylum No Ground For Denying Passport(16.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has held that acts of individuals in visiting a foreign country on an Indian passport and then applying in that country for asylum, c.....

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Info. on ‘Human Rights Violations’ Under RTI Would Not Include Service Matter Disputes: Delhi HC(12.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has set aside an order passed by the Central Information Commission (CIC), wherein the latter had directed the Central Bureau of Inve.....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Madras High Court Confirms Jail Term For VK Sasikala's Family In Assets Case(17.11.2017)

Madras High Court has upheld a CBI court order convicting son-in-law and daughter of jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala's sister in a Rs. 1.68 crore Dis.....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Bombay High Court Raps Govt Over Rehab of Tansa Pipeline Squatters(18.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has rapped the Maharashtra government for failing to come up with a solution to rehabilitate encroachers on and along the Tansa wate.....

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Bombay High Court: Accused’s Admission in Bigamy Cases Can’t Prove Second Marriage(18.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that in cases of adultery or bigamy, the admission of marriage by an accused cannot be construed as an evidence to prove ma.....

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No Adverse Inference Can Be Drawn Against A Candidate From Quashed FIR: Tripura HC(18.04.2018)

Tripura High Court has observed that no adverse inference can be drawn against a candidate seeking public employment, when the FIR once registered aga.....

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Orissa HC: Criminal Case Can’t Be Quashed Merely Because Victim Didn’t Support Prosecution Case(18.04.2018)

Orissa High Court has observed that merely because the victim did not support the prosecution case during trial in respect of the co-accused persons, .....

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Allahabad High Court Puts on Hold Action Against IIT-Kanpur Profs over Dalit Harassment(19.04.2018)

Allahabad High Court has stayed action against four professors of IIT-Kanpur in connection with harassment of a Dalit faculty member.

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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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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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There Can Be Simultaneous Proceedings Under SARFAESI & Arbitration Act: Delhi HC(13.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has held that arbitration and SARFAESI proceedings can be resorted to simultaneously for recovery of loan arrears.

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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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Bombay HC to Mumbai University: Justify Decision of Not Providing Addl Answer Sheets to Students(13.12.2017)

Bombay High Court has directed the Mumbai University to file a reply justifying its decision to not provide supplements or additional answer sheets to.....

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Vijay Mallya to Fight Another Case in UK Court, This Time Over Assets Freeze(13.12.2017)

According to court documents submitted at the UK High Court, the claim brought by 13 Indian banks against the 61-year-old businessman will come up for.....

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Publication of False News is a Disservice to Public: Himachal Pradesh HC(14.12.2017)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has observed that publication of false news is a disservice to the public and the mass media must maintain high profession.....

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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.

Tags : High Court

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 .....

Tags : High Court

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&.....

Tags : High Court

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.....

Tags : High Court, Supreme Court

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.

Tags : High Court

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 .....

Tags : High Court

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&.....

Tags : High Court

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.....

Tags : High Court, Supreme Court

Kerala High Court: Muslim Father Can Act As Legal Guardian Of Minor Daughter to Alienate Property(22.11.2017)

Kerala High Court has ruled that Muslim father can act as the legal guardian of his minor daughter so as to alienate immovable property.

Tags : Kerala High Court, Property, Muslim Law

Kerala High Court Overrules I&B, Says Screen S Durga at IFFI(22.11.2017)

Kerala High Court has ordered the screening of Malayalam film 'S Durga' at the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India (IF.....

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Kerala High Court Overrules I&B, Says Screen S Durga at IFFI(22.11.2017)

Kerala High Court has ordered the screening of Malayalam film 'S Durga' at the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India (IF.....

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Gujarat HC Rejects Plea Alleging Violation of Election Code of Conduct by GST Council(22.11.2017)

Gujarat High Court has dismissed a PIL which sought that the decisions taken by the GST council at its Guwahati meeting be declared null and void on t.....

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Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Against Rahul Gandhi(23.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has rejected a plea against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi alleging he had skipped SPG security and put himself in danger.

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Delhi High Court Refrains From Passing Interim Order in JD(U) Symbol Row(23.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has refrained from passing any interim order against ECI's order rejecting the claim of Sharad Yadav faction of Janata Dal (United) o.....

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Delhi High Court Asks Municipal Corporations to Map Dengue Affected Areas in Delhi(23.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed Municipal Corporations of National Capital to provide a geographic map of the city areas which are usually affected by v.....

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Calcutta High Court: Indian Army Best Judge on Who is Fit to Join Army(15.03.2017)

Calcutta High Court has made it clear that it is for Indian Army to judge who is medically fit to join force and doctors in civilian hospitals should .....

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Hyderabad High Court Notices Centre, State Over Talaq via Whatsapp(15.03.2017)

Hyderabad High Court has issued notices to Centre, State of Telangana and others to state their stand on a petition that challenged inaction of author.....

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Allahabad High Court: ‘Acquittal Obtained by Fraud is No Acquittal’(15.03.2017)

Allahabad High Court has held that when an acquittal was obtained by playing fraud upon Court, it is no acquittal in eyes of law, and in such a case b.....

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Calcutta High Court Questions New Panchayat Election Date Set By Bengal Election Body(02.05.2018)

Calcutta High Court has said that the date of Bengal rural elections will be finalised by a division bench after verifying security arrangements acros.....

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Karnataka High Court: Housewife As Busy As Professionals(02.05.2018)

Karnataka High Court, while observing that husbands who think homemakers have a lot of free time don’t quite understand their work, has rejected a pe.....

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Rajasthan High Court: ‘Condom Ads Too Obscene to be Aired During Day’(02.05.2018)

Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a petition against the Centre’s order allowing condom advertisements to be aired only after 10 pm.

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J&K High Court to Mufti Govt: Consider Slashing Juvenile Age Limit from 18 to 16(02.05.2018)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the state government to reconsider the age limit of juveniles.

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Marital Rape an Injustice, Must be Criminalised: Gujarat High Court(03.04.2018)

Gujarat High Court has given relief to a man accused of raping his wife on the grounds that there was no law on marital rape. The Court, however, advo.....

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Can’t Deny Childcare Leave Post-delivery, Says Delhi High Court(03.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has observed that employers cannot deny childcare leave to a new mother post-delivery, and it is up to the institution or organisatio.....

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Paper leak: Delhi High Court Seeks Reply from CBSE, Centre on Plea Seeking Monitored Probe(03.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has sought responses from the Centre and CBSE on a plea seeking a court-monitored probe into the recent Class X and Class XII questio.....

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Trial Court Can’t Order Accused to Undergo Life Term Beyond 14 Yrs Without Chance for Remission: DHC(03.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has said that the trial court cannot order an accused to undergo life imprisonment for a certain number of years beyond 14 years with.....

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Delhi High Court Not 'OK' with Government Tender for Standard Buses(03.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has sought an explanation from the AAP government on its decision to issue a Request For Proposal (RFP) for 1,000 standard-floor buse.....

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Allahabad High Court Directs UPPSC to Re-Evaluate PCS Prelims Answer Sheets(03.04.2018)

Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) to re-evaluate answer-sheets of the PCS preliminary examination .....

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Delhi High Court Closes Defamation Suit Filed by Arun Jaitley Against Arvind Kejriwal(03.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has closed the Rs. 10 crore defamation suit filed by Union minister Arun Jaitley after Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal apologise.....

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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.

Tags : High Court

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 .....

Tags : High Court

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&.....

Tags : High Court

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.....

Tags : High Court, Supreme Court

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.

Tags : High Court

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 .....

Tags : High Court

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&.....

Tags : High Court

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.....

Tags : High Court, Supreme Court

Delhi High Court to DGCA: Limit Flight Hours for Pilots(19.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has told the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) that no pilot should fly for over 125 hours, 30 days in a row.

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Delhi HC Asks Media Houses to Pay Penalty for Revealing Kathua Victim’s Identity(19.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has fined media outlets that revealed the identity of the eight-year-old victim in the heinous gang-rape and murder case in Jammu and.....

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Delhi High Court: Despite Rapes, Why No GPS in Autos?(19.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has sought to know from the Centre as to why it had exempted three-wheelers from location tracking device in the present scenario whe.....

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Delhi High Court: Certify Old Clubhouse of Ferozshah Kotla at Your Risk(19.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has told South Delhi Municipal Corporation that its neck would be on the line if the civic body wanted to certify the old clubhouse o.....

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Bombay High Court: No Pavana Water for IPL Games in Pune(19.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has restrained the state from renewing the agreement with the Maharashtra Cricket Association to provide water from Pavana dam to it.....

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Bombay High Court: Discrepancies in Rape Victim’s Testimony Do Not Mean She is Lying(19.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that a witness, especially a rape or sexual abuse victim is not a ‘tape-recorder’ to depose in verbatim of her original sta.....

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Madras High Court Clears PG Medical Admission Process(19.04.2018)

Madras High Court has quashed government orders dated March 9 and 23 notifying the remote and difficult areas for awarding incentive marks to the in-s.....

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Delhi High Court Asks JKSTC to Vacate Office in 3 Months(24.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked Jammu & Kashmir State Transport Corporation (JKSTC) to vacate and handover in three months possession of its office here to.....

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Routers, Hubs, Switches Are ‘Computer Peripherals’, Attracts 4% Sales Tax: Madras HC(24.11.2017)

Madras High Court has held that routers, hubs and switches would come within the meaning of ‘computer peripherals’ for which lower rate of 4% VAT is a.....

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Bombay HC: Caste Certificate Once Issued, Can be Relied Upon to Verify Caste Claim of Other Relatives(27.11.2017)

Bombay High Court has reiterated that once caste validity certificate is granted on proper scrutiny to close blood relations, it ought to be relied up.....

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Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Against Release of Movie Padmavati(27.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea against film "Padmavati", observing that such petitions were encouraging those agitating against the movie.

Tags : Delhi High Court, Padmavati

Put Online The Complaints On Unauthorised Constructions: Delhi High Court(27.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked authorities, including municipal bodies, to put online the details of status of complaints received by them regarding unaut.....

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Zimbabwe High Court Says Military Takeover Was Legal(27.11.2017)

Zimbabwe High Court has ruled that Military takeover that led to Robert Mugabe's ousting was legal.

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Govt Should Compensate Victims of Its Inaction: Delhi High Court(28.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has said that Government should provide financial assistance and support to people who are the victims of their inaction and omission.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Compensation

Kerala HC Moots for Unified Legislation for Medical Practitioners in State(04.04.2018)

Kerala High Court has observed that the state government has been alarmingly lethargic in taking steps for a unified legislation for medical practitio.....

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Madras High Court Tells Cognizant to Pay Rs 420 Crore Tax in Two Days(04.04.2018)

Madras High Court has ordered Cognizant Technology Solutions, which is embroiled in a Rs 2,800-crore tax dispute with the I-T department, to pay 15% (.....

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Madras High Court: No Incentive Mark During Maternity Leave(04.04.2018)

Madras HC has said that maternity leave availed of by an in-service candidate can be treated as ‘service period’, but incentive marks for serving in r.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Maternity Leave

Uttarakhand High Court Asks Why NCERT Books Should Be Mandatory(04.04.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has asked the chief secretary to file an affidavit explaining why NCERT books should be compulsory in CBSE schools.

Tags : Uttarakhand High Court, NCERT

Bombay High Court Tells Mumbai Cricket Association to Appoint CoA(04.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has directed Mumbai Cricket Association to appoint a Committee of Administrators (CoA) to oversee the implementation of the Justice .....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Mumbai Cricket Association

Bombay High Court: Cost of Food and Water Inside Multiplexes Are Exorbitant(05.04.2018)

Bombay High Court, while noting that the cost of food and water inside multiplexes was exorbitant, has opined that it should be sold at regular prices.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Multiplexes

Bombay High Court: Issue New Birth Certificates Without Father's Name to Single Mother(05.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to issue new birth certificates for a girl child born through the test tub.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Birth Certificates

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.

Tags : High Court

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 .....

Tags : High Court

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Navy Offers Job in Private Company to Transgender Ex-sailor(07.12.2017)

The offer was made by the Indian Navy in the Delhi High Court before a bench of Justices GS Sistani and VK Rao. It said that while there was no job in.....

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Rape Case: SC asks Goa Court to go Ahead with Trial Against Tarun Tejpal(07.12.2017)

The apex court asked the Bombay High Court, which had earlier directed the trial court not to examine the witnesses, to decide within three months the.....

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Madras High Court: Furnish Steps to End Crime Against Women(19.04.2018)

Madras High Court has directed state government to furnish the steps taken to prevent crimes against women.

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Bombay High Court: We Can’t Decide If Mumbai Metro Should be Underground(20.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that it cannot decide if the proposed Metro II-B line connecting the western and eastern suburbs of the metropolios should .....

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Bombay High Court: India Seems Like Nothing But a Country of Crimes and Rapes(20.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has observed that India's image today has taken a beating with a growing perception abroad that it's a country of crimes and rapes a.....

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Delhi High Court: Make Pavements Disabled-friendly in University(20.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has directed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, Delhi police and North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to make pavements in DU’.....

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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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Delhi HC: Mandatory Requirement of Experience With Govt. for PSU Law Officer Job Not Arbitrary(20.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has ruled that the mandatory requirement of one year experience as Law Officer with Government / Semi Government/ Public Sector Under.....

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Delhi HC: Grant of Bail to Rape Accused on Plea of Community Service Unwarranted(20.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has quashed the order of a trial court granting anticipatory bail to a 26-year-old MBA student accused of rape after he offered to do.....

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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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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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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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Delhi High Court: Inspect Deer Park Over Stray Menace(20.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has ordered inspection of the Deer Park in South Delhi after lawyers and Petitioner in a PIL alleged that stray dogs in the area reg.....

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Bombay High Court to Hear CBI Appeal Against Acquittal in Scarlett Death Case(20.11.2017)

Bombay High Court has passed an order to hear the CBI's appeal challenging the Goa children court's order which acquitted the two accused in the myste.....

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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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Name Hauz Khas Eateries Near Protected Monuments: Delhi High Court(15.05.2018)

Delhi High Court has directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to apprise it of all the restaurants in south Delhi's Hauz Khas Village that ar.....

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Madras High Court: Take Measures for Pilgrims Convenience(05.04.2018)

Madras High Court has directed the authorities to take measures for the convenience of pilgrims who congregate on the occasion of the 1,001st birth a.....

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Kerala High Court to State: Publish Notification on Minimum Wages for Nurses(05.04.2018)

Kerala High Court has allowed the State government to publish the notification on the minimum wages for nurses working in private hospitals in the Sta.....

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Delhi High Court Seeks CBI Probe Status on Over-invoicing of Coal, Equipment by Power Firms(05.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has sought the CBI's response on its inquiry into alleged over-invoicing of coal and equipment imported by power generating companies.....

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Kerala High Court: Make Process of Nomination, Election of Devaswom Board Members Open(05.04.2018)

Kerala High Court has highlighted the necessity to make the process of nomination and election of members to the Devaswom Board open and transparent.

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Bombay High Court Disposes of PIL Filed Against Airport Authority(06.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has disposed of a PIL, filed by a lawyer, alleging that the Airport Authority India (AAI) granted permission for construction of bui.....

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Bombay High Court Says Teesta Setalvad, Javed Anand Cannot be Arrested till May 2(06.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that social activists Teesta Setalvad and her husband and associate Javed Anand cannot be arrested till May 2 in a criminal.....

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Delhi High Court Asks Fortis Healthcare to Respond on Daiichi's Plea(06.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has asked Fortis Healthcare Ltd, which is going through the process of restructuring, to give its response on Japanese pharma major D.....

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Delhi HC To Police: Install CCTVs At Vulnerable Spots, Light Up All Dark Spots(14.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi government and Delhi Police to ensure that CCTVs are installed at all vulnerable areas in the city within eight we.....

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Delhi High Court Disposes Of Mukul Roy's Plea Alleging Phone Tapping(14.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has disposed of former TMC leader Mukul Roy's plea alleging phone tapping, after the centre and the West Bengal government said his n.....

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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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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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