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Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari administered the oath of office to Justices D. Lingeswaran and B. Karthikeyan on Thursday
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The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that where the very basis for issuance of cheques is disputed through cogent material, the question of whether they were issued in discharge of a...
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A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi deferred the matter after Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju informed it that a reply has been filed in the matter
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The Calcutta High Court has upheld a divorce decree granted to a woman on the ground of cruelty, observing that the husband's indifference towards his wife and son, coupled with their separation for...
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The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently dismissed a steel factory's plea claiming that the closure order passed against it was without providing a show cause notice and thus violating natural justice...
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Prior to the worldwide theatrical release of the Telugu film 'Ranabaali' today, a Bengaluru Court granted an ex parte interim relief against defamatory and false content against the film across social...
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The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has directed authorities to ensure that no fuel-powered motorboat, including motorised shikaras and Jet Skis, operates in Dal Lake until further orders,...
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The Kerala High Court recently clarified that the detaining authority is bound to supply the detention order and material documents to a detenue in a language known to him and omission to do so...
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"Courts have never lagged behind in protecting rights. If you still keep condemning, it's very unfortunate," CJI Surya Kant said.
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The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has sought an explanation from a Srinagar trial court for not pronouncing an order on an application seeking clarification of an earlier order, despite...
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The Delhi High Court has refused to quash a man's conviction under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on the basis of a settlement with the victim, describing the memorandum...
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With online case status and court orders available, litigants are in a better position to follow up their case, Court said.
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a plea by an association of private self-financing colleges in Haryana seeking an extension of the admission cut-off for the two-year Diploma in...
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The Allahabad High Court has held that a court dealing with an application for a succession certificate under Section 372 of the Indian Succession Act cannot finally decide who is entitled to family...
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Allahabad High Court directs UP trial courts to decide maintenance execution applications within six months, warning that non-compliance may amount to contempt.
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The top court directed Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the Union government, to file a detailed affidavit within three weeks setting out the arrangements made for the library
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The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a petition filed by the Kerala High Court Advocates' Association (KHCAA) challenging the steep increase in court fees in Kerala, including the imposition...
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The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a demand notice under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, need not repeat the cheque amount in its concluding paragraph if the notice, read...
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A Full Bench of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court comprising Chief Justice (Acting) Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sanjay Dhar and Justice Mohd Yousuf Wani held that the right to regularization under Section...
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The Rajasthan High Court has held that a request to extend the date of voluntary retirement cannot be ignored if it is made before the retirement takes effect, even if the applicable service rules do...
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The SC has issued a notice to the Centre on a plea challenging Section 16 of the 2023 law, which grants CEC and ECs lifelong immunity for actions taken in discharge of official duties; the provision is more expansive than constitutional immunities provided to the President and Governors; as well as…
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‘We all want regime change, getting regime change is every citizen’s constitutional right,’ says Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan. Dipke asks Gyanesh ‘so important’ to PM Modi.
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On March 24, the Supreme Court said that only persons belonging to the Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh faiths can claim the Scheduled Caste status.
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The court directed the foreign ministry to issue a public notice inviting compensation claims from the families of those who died while fighting for Moscow.
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