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Allahabad High Court Grants Bail to Manjeet Kumar in Harassment and Abduction Case

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail to Manjeet Kumar in Harassment and Abduction Case

Lack of Direct Evidence and Supreme Court's Bail Principles Influence Decision...

Allahabad High Court Upholds Presumption of Legitimacy in Child Maintenance Case

Allahabad High Court Upholds Presumption of Legitimacy in Child Maintenance Case

Court dismisses DNA test request in maintenance proceedings, reinforcing protection under Section 112 of the Indian Evid...

Kerala High Court Halts Recovery of Gratuity and Pension from Retired Government Employees

Kerala High Court Halts Recovery of Gratuity and Pension from Retired Government Employees

In a landmark judgment, the Kerala High Court rules against the deduction of gratuity and pension for loan recovery, cit...

Delhi High Court Upholds Single Judge’s Decision, Rejects Appeal in Real Estate Arbitration Case

Delhi High Court Upholds Single Judge’s Decision, Rejects Appeal in Real Estate Arbitration Case

Court affirms the setting aside of arbitral award related to withdrawn claims, maintaining minimal judicial interference...

Madras High Court Remands India Cements' Tax Case for Fresh Consideration

Madras High Court Remands India Cements' Tax Case for Fresh Consideration

High Court Sets Aside Tribunal's Ruling on Bad Debt Deductions and Interest Non-Chargeability to Subsidiaries...

Bombay High Court Grants Relief to NSE Against Trademark Infringement on Social Media

Bombay High Court Grants Relief to NSE Against Trademark Infringement on Social Media

Court Orders Removal of Unauthorized Use of "NSE" Trademark from Social Media and Domain Names to Protect Public Interes...

Bombay High Court Quashes Penalty Order Against GM Modular Pvt. Ltd. in Landmark Income Tax Case

Bombay High Court Quashes Penalty Order Against GM Modular Pvt. Ltd. in Landmark Income Tax Case

Court rules no penalty under Section 270A due to a bona fide reliance on a jurisdictional precedent and full disclosure ...

Gauhati High Court Protects Retired Employee from Impermissible Gratuity Recovery

Gauhati High Court Protects Retired Employee from Impermissible Gratuity Recovery

Recovery of Excess Gratuity from Pension Benefits Declared Unlawful in Absence of Employee Fraud or Misrepresentation...

Bombay High Court Upholds Key Income Tax Deductions for ACC Limited

Bombay High Court Upholds Key Income Tax Deductions for ACC Limited

The court affirms the exclusion of sales tax subsidies and other capital receipts from book profit calculations under Se...

Kerala High Court Mandates Insurance Company to Compensate Gratuitous Passenger, Allows Recovery from Vehicle Owner

Kerala High Court Mandates Insurance Company to Compensate Gratuitous Passenger, Allows Recovery from Vehicle Owner

The Court enhances compensation to Rs. 3,02,460/- applying the "pay and recover" principle, ensuring justice for acciden...

Gauhati High Court Denies Pension Claims, Upholds Rights to Leave Encashment and Salary Arrears

Gauhati High Court Denies Pension Claims, Upholds Rights to Leave Encashment and Salary Arrears

Resignation under Assam Services (Pension) Rules, 1969 results in forfeiture of past service benefits; Court directs pro...

Bombay High Court Shields Actor Kartik Aaryan from Unauthorized Exploitation of Personality Rights

Bombay High Court Shields Actor Kartik Aaryan from Unauthorized Exploitation of Personality Rights

Court Grants Ad-Interim Relief to Protect Kartik Aaryan's Image and Privacy from Commercial Misuse, Including AI-Generat...

Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Doctor for Alleged Covid-19 Protocol Violations

Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Doctor for Alleged Covid-19 Protocol Violations

Court finds no evidence of negligence or disobedience in case against Dr. Bhagwandas Shankardas Zawar, clearing him of c...

Bombay High Court Orders Reinstatement of Wrongfully Dismissed Bajaj Auto Employee

Bombay High Court Orders Reinstatement of Wrongfully Dismissed Bajaj Auto Employee

Court Upholds Section 33(2)(b) Compliance Requirement Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947...

Madras High Court Dismisses Actress Tamanna Santhosh Bhatia's Claim Against Power Soaps Limited

Madras High Court Dismisses Actress Tamanna Santhosh Bhatia's Claim Against Power Soaps Limited

Court finds lack of concrete evidence in actress's claim of unauthorized image use post-endorsement agreement expiration...

Jammu and Kashmir High Court Grants Bail in NDPS Case

Jammu and Kashmir High Court Grants Bail in NDPS Case

Abdul Rashid Kohli Released from Custody; Court Finds Insufficient Evidence for Continued Detention...

Bombay High Court Upholds Revocation of Development Permission Due to Fraudulent Misrepresentation

Bombay High Court Upholds Revocation of Development Permission Due to Fraudulent Misrepresentation

Jhalak Constructions' plea dismissed; strict judicial stance against unauthorized constructions reaffirmed...

Jammu and Kashmir High Court Quashes FIR in Dowry and Cruelty Case

Jammu and Kashmir High Court Quashes FIR in Dowry and Cruelty Case

Court finds allegations vague and proceedings an abuse of legal process, warns against misuse of Section 498-A RPC....

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Review of Service Charges for FIR Downloads

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Review of Service Charges for FIR Downloads

Court mandates prompt decision on representation challenging the imposition of fees for accessing FIRs and DDRs on Punja...

Chhattisgarh High Court Overturns Income Tax Disallowance on Debatable Contribution Deposits

Chhattisgarh High Court Overturns Income Tax Disallowance on Debatable Contribution Deposits

The court rules that the Assessing Officer's prima facie disallowance of delayed ESI and EPF contributions under Section...

Meghalaya High Court Quashes FIR Under POCSO Act in Romeo-Juliet Case

Meghalaya High Court Quashes FIR Under POCSO Act in Romeo-Juliet Case

Court Considers Societal Realities, Informed Consent, and Benefits for Victim in Landmark Judgment...

Delhi High Court Upholds Trial Court's Decision: Complainant's Recall Limited to Cross-Examination

Delhi High Court Upholds Trial Court's Decision: Complainant's Recall Limited to Cross-Examination

Judicial discretion exercised to balance rights; fresh examination-in-chief denied to avoid reopening decade-old testimo...

Delhi High Court Restrains Defamatory Campaign Against Toprankers Edtech Solutions

Delhi High Court Restrains Defamatory Campaign Against Toprankers Edtech Solutions

Court Orders Interim Injunction Against LPT Edtech for Unauthorized Trademark Use and Misuse of Minor's Identity...

Kerala High Court Upholds Regulation on Electricity Dues for New Connections

Kerala High Court Upholds Regulation on Electricity Dues for New Connections

Court Rules Subsequent Property Owners Must Deposit Arrears for Electricity Connections...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Strikes Down Seniority Condition in Engineer Promotions

Andhra Pradesh High Court Strikes Down Seniority Condition in Engineer Promotions

Court Upholds Tribunal's Decision, Declares Government Order Arbitrary and Discriminatory Against Assistant Engineers...

Karnataka High Court Upholds Amendments to Excise Rules, Validates State's Rule-Making Powers

Karnataka High Court Upholds Amendments to Excise Rules, Validates State's Rule-Making Powers

Court affirms State's exclusive privilege over intoxicants, supports reservation-based eligibility and non-renewal of la...

Delhi High Court Upholds Automatic Termination of Share Purchase Agreements in JLT Energy 9SAS Case

Delhi High Court Upholds Automatic Termination of Share Purchase Agreements in JLT Energy 9SAS Case

Court affirms that Emergency Arbitrator's order does not bind Indian courts, and interim relief cannot resurrect termina...

Delhi High Court Upholds Unified Challenge to Arbitral Awards, Rejects Fragmentation

Delhi High Court Upholds Unified Challenge to Arbitral Awards, Rejects Fragmentation

Court Affirms that Claims and Counter-claims from Singular Arbitral Reference Can Be Challenged Collectively...

Bhojshala case: Disputed structure built from remains of pre-existing temples, claims ASI

Bhojshala case: Disputed structure built from remains of pre-existing temples, claims ASI

It can be said that the existing structure was made from the parts of earlier temples, based on scientific investigation...

Kerala High Court Dismisses Frivolous PIL Over Kanjirapuzha Dam Tourism Tender

Kerala High Court Dismisses Frivolous PIL Over Kanjirapuzha Dam Tourism Tender

Court Imposes Costs on Petitioner for Misuse of Judicial Process; Highlights Importance of Transparency and Caution in P...

Allahabad HC seeks govt response on Ashutosh Maharaj's plea challenging opening of history sheet

Allahabad HC seeks govt response on Ashutosh Maharaj's plea challenging opening of history sheet

According to Ashutosh Maharaj, the history sheet was opened against him at the Kandhla police station in Shamli district...

Guj HC refuses to suspend Asaram's son Narayan Sai's sentence in rape case

Guj HC refuses to suspend Asaram's son Narayan Sai's sentence in rape case

Though Sai had undergone an 11-year jail term, he has not cooperated in the final hearing of his appeal against the conv...

Karnataka HC stays FIR against BJP’s Jeevaraj in vote tampering case

Karnataka HC stays FIR against BJP’s Jeevaraj in vote tampering case

The FIR was registered against Jeevaraj based on a complaint by a Congress election agent Sudhir Kumar Murolli on May 3,...

Constitutional functionaries like MPs, ministers, judges entitled to 'Hon'ble' honorific: Allahabad HC

Constitutional functionaries like MPs, ministers, judges entitled to 'Hon'ble' honorific: Allahabad HC

The affidavit also stated that the FIR was registered based on a Hindi complaint filed by one Khajan Singh, who was unaw...

BJP lawyers urge HC to defer adverse orders against Bengal govt amid power transition

BJP lawyers urge HC to defer adverse orders against Bengal govt amid power transition

Advocates Rajdeep Majumdar, Dhiraj Trivedi and Susmita Saha Dutta raised the matter in different courts, requesting that...

Allahabad High Court Quashes Judgment on Custody of Minor Children

Allahabad High Court Quashes Judgment on Custody of Minor Children

Case Remanded for Fresh Consideration after Father's Right to Transfer Custody Challenged...