Trial Court lethargy in duty
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Trial Court after almost 11 years issued Non-Bailable Warrants to the persecution witnesses but till date, not a single witness has appeared before it to give evidence.”

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Personal Service of Section 13(2) Notice
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

“It was observed that even in the petition filed before the District Magistrate, the appellants produced only postal receipt and copy of paper publication, and proof of service of personal notice was not produced.”

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O 3+ trade mark case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Freecia Professional is a cosmetic company selling facial kits under the house mark ‘PROADS’ similar to the plaintiff’s O 3+ range.

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Higher post in officiating capacity higher salary
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the present case, the petitioner, who was working as Trained Graduate Teacher, was not promoted to the post of Head Master (Junior Wing) formally but had taken over the said post as the vacancy arose due to superannuation.

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maintenance not debt
Case Briefs

“The Family Court’s order directing husband to pay maintenance had already been challenged in the criminal revision proceedings, and therefore, allowing the present petition would permit the husband to adopt two parallel proceedings after electing one.”

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interim relief to Foundever
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“There is a preliminary objection raised by ESIC Corpn. as to the maintainability of the petition before the Bench on the ground that the petition should have been filed before the Single Judge or before the Bench having the assignment of Labour and Service Matters.”

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doctor did not rise upon MLA's arrival
Case BriefsHigh Courts

During the COVID-19 pandemic, an MLA visited hospital and was annoyed that the Government Casualty Medical Officer did not rise upon his arrival. Thus, a Show Cause Notice was issued to him regarding initiation of disciplinary proceedings.

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list petitions attached with black & white photos
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Directions should be circulated within the AORs that unless proper coloured photographs, along with distance dimensions and supported by a conceptual plan, are appended, no such material shall be allowed to be placed on record”.

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production of call details right to privacy
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It enables the Court to secure important documentary evidence that may be in the possession of individuals or organization and helps prevent the destruction, tampering or loss of crucial documents, thereby maintaining the integrity of the judicial process.”

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Ketan Parekh
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The right to travel abroad has been considered to be a facet of right to life and personal liberty, and, thus, cannot be subjected to unreasonable and arbitrary restrictions, even when a person is facing a prosecution.”

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mobile usage not cruelty
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The husband married the wife of his own volition through social media, and if household habits or lifestyle preferences were material factors to him, they could have been ascertained before marriage.”

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stipend to foreign national students
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The respondents had been admitted in various post graduate courses under the ‘Sponsored/Foreign Nationals’ category through a prospectus specifying that the candidates admitted under this category would not be entitled to emoluments.

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Asian Paints trade mark
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“This Court came to a prima facie finding of overall deceptive similarity in the rival marks and that the impugned marks and the artwork adopted by the defendant is deceptively and confusingly similar to that of the Asian Paint Ltd.’s mark.”

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Issuance of multiple birth certificates
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It appears that anyone at any point of time can get a date of birth certificate issued with whichever date they want from wherever in the State.”

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suppression of facts writ petition
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court observed that imposition of costs was necessary to send a clear message that Court time is valuable and cannot be taken for granted.

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Protection to live-in couple without dissolution of marriage
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the case at hand, two adults were living in a live-in relationship and the women involved was a legally wedded wife of another man and their marriage was not dissolved yet.

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Disciplinary action against SPs
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“No doubt, the Superintendents of Police have to monitor the investigation conducted by the lower-level officers; however, merely because some of the officers have violated the procedure and not filed the final report or closure report in time, that negligence cannot be attributed to the Superintendents of Police.”

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Raj Shamani personality rights
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Raj Shamani sought action against third-parties who were using his personal attributes to generate reels and videos via artificial intelligence to create fabricated/deepfake/morphed/distasteful content, which were misleading and contained false information.

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NUJS VC
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court clarified that its intention in adding the impugned sentence was only to apprise the public with regard to the incident which had taken place involving the Respondent.

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institutional preference to MBBS graduates
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Giving institutional preference in the first round would most likely entail filling up all the postgraduate seats from the institutional candidates who have qualified for MBBS from colleges within MP, as the number of postgraduate seats is far less than MBBS seats.”

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