denying advocate to legally untrained person
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“When a party demonstrates genuine inability to represent itself and seeks professional assistance without mala fides, the Labour Court ought to grant such leave unless strong reasons exist to the contrary.”

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Principal secretary affidavit custodial deaths
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“However, the Secretary was only called upon to file an affidavit indicating all cases of custodial death, whether in prison or in judicial custody.”

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trust usurpation case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Petitioner has surreptitiously attempted to usurp the entire control of the Trust for his family’s benefit to the exclusion of the will and intention of the original Trustees.”

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Lighting lamp atop hill
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The unoccupied portion of the hill has been in the possession of the temple from time immemorial and has been treated by the temple authorities as their property.”

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Consuming Beef Essential to Being Good Hindu
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The forwarded message allegedly included assertions relating to ancient rituals, such as claims that consuming beef was essential to being a good Hindu, bull sacrifices and meat consumption were obligatory on certain occasions, Brahmins regularly consumed bovine meat, and cows and bulls were allegedly slaughtered in various religious ceremonies.

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Bokashi BucketTrade mark
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“When it is proved that the defendant is improperly using the trade mark of the plaintiff, an order of injunction would be issued.”

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Vaikom Sree Mahadeva Temple
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Vaikom Sree Mahadeva Temple is one of the oldest and most revered Shiva temples in Kerala. It is especially famous for its deep historical roots, unique worship traditions, and the Vaikom Satyagraha.”

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cyber-terrorism
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court rejected Honey-trap theory and held that the BrahMos engineer is not guilty of espionage, but liable only for negligence under Official Secrets Act

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Cough Syrup Deaths
Case BriefsHigh Courts

At the outset, the Court remarked that the subject case was one of the most shocking cases in the medical history where as many as 30 children died by alleged consumption of the Coldrif cold syrup.

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advocates with criminal antecedents
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It has come to the Court’s notice that in many districts, advocates who possess criminal backgrounds and are facing serious criminal charges are occupying positions of authority within the respective District Bar Associations.”

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Customary Divorce
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Section 29(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 protects only valid customary divorces, and in the present case the evidence was insufficient in law to prove either the existence of such a custom in the community or the factum of her own divorce.

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Maharashtra Municipal Election
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If the public mood is disclosed by declaring the result on 3.12.2025 of the polls to be held on 2.12.2025, it may materially affect the result of the polls to be held on 20.12.2025.”

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assets transfer not business transfer
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Purchase in case of assets of dormant business, auction purchaser is not liable to discharge liability arising out of business of erstwhile owner.”

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WeWork India
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“A party who approaches the court with unclean hands or by withholding material documents and/or information is disentitled to any reliefs from the court.”

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Visa Forgery by Chinese national
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Chinese national by committing forgery in his visa extended its validity from 2020 to 2022 though it had expired in the year 2020.”

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international cricket betting racket
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The petitioners were engaged in large scale hawala transactions and illegal international cricket betting that were conducted through a Super Master Login Id and by creating subordinate Ids for individual bettors and earning commission.

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family unit cap delhi race club
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“There is huge amount of betting on each of the horse races and therefore, a monopoly of any race by any owner/ ‘family unit’ would have the potential of rigging of horse races.”

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Kunbi caste claim
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“There was no reason for the Revenue Officer to give false opinion or fabricate a certified copy of the document, and hence the submission of fraud deserves to be rejected on this count alone.”

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insurance policy with arbitration clause
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The respondent submitted that no arbitration clause existed in light of the IRDAI Circular dated 27-10-2023 and Gazette Notification dated 23-1-2024, which had de-notified and superseded arbitration clauses in fire insurance policies.

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grievance system of banks
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Increased use of various instruments for undertaking monetary transactions, such as — credit cards, debit cards and digital payment platforms also raises the possibility of misuse and resultant frauds.”

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