anti ragging law
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Despite the recommendations of the Raghavan Committee Report, the Supreme Court directions, and the UGC Regulations, the menace of ragging has not been able to be curbed. That resulted in the unfortunate incident wherein a young, promising student lost his life at the prime of his youth, 21 years.”

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Interim bail to murder convict to write exams
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The petitioner is a life convict currently imprisoned, and pursuing a five-year B.Com., LL.B course at Anantha College of Law, Tirupati. He was unable to appear for his X Semester examinations scheduled in June 2024 due to his incarceration.

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consensual adolescent relationship
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If the Courts started accepting that a major boy of age 25 years on-wards took away the girl who was a minor and then came with the defence of adolescent love, then it would not be a good sign from the legal point of view, because particular Acts were legislated with certain aims and objects.”

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Mohammed Shami interim maintenance
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The ex-wife of cricketer Mohammed Shami, lodged FIR under Sections 498A, 328, 307, 376, 325, and 34 of the Indian Penal Code against Shami and his family members.

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FIR on online complaint
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Section 173 of the BNSS granted statutory recognition to the concept of Zero FIR, which now deals with the registration of FIRs in cognizable cases. Zero FIR has been introduced with the primary purpose of ensuring that victims can file complaints regardless of jurisdiction.”

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JEE (Main) 2025 Unfair Means
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“It is a settled proposition of law that whenever any stigmatic order is passed against a person, which causes stigma on his career in future, it is bounden duty of the authority concerned to provide him opportunity of hearing, before passing such an order.”

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electricity board duty wire trees
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the present case, the live wires were hanging and had come near to the ground while touching the trees. Thereafter, due to negligence on the part of the board, the Respondent 2’s son died untimely.

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employee hard tribal posting
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Court noticed in many cases that employees having good political relation and influence were hardly sent to hard/tribal area, and employees, who did not have any say in the corridors of Government, were repeatedly sent to hard/tribal areas, which resulted in heartburn.”

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i love you sexual intent
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If somebody said that he was in love with another person or expressed his feelings itself would not amount to an “intent” showing some sort of his “sexual intention”. What constituted such “sexuality” or “sexual intent” and what was not, was a question of fact.”

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illegal demolition of community centre
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The use of demolition as a tool of enforcement, absent procedural compliance and judicial finality, transforms what should be a lawful act into a coercive one.”

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misuse of S.498-A IPC
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Court observed that the police does not take proper precautions and appropriate investigation when it came to offences under Section 498-A IPC and called their attitude of proceeding with investigation with presumptions/prejudicial mind, ‘dangerous’.”

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assignment of music rights in perpetuity
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Since Defendant 2 has perpetual right to use music and songs; he also has perpetual right to grant licence to others in respect of the said music and songs.”

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promote festivities which spread peace and communal harmony
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The salvation of the country lies in identifying human being as a human being and as an Indian with the other identities playing a secondary role”.

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money for husband's bail not dowry
Case BriefsHigh Courts

It was not the prosecution’s case that any demand for dowry or any valuable security or other property was made by the accused. Rather, it was an admitted case that the only demand was to arrange Rs 50,000 to meet the legal expenses for applying bail of the husband and her father-in-law, who were in judicial custody.

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Dynamic+ Injunction JioStar India
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The present cause of action arose on 26-05-2025 when the plaintiff discovered that rogue websites were unlawfully streaming IPL 2025 matches without authorization. Given the plaintiff’s exclusive rights over such content, the plaintiff reasonably apprehends similar unlawful streaming during the upcoming India Tour of England 2025.

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amicable settlement Shiva linga dispute
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court noted that since the subject matter pertained to religious property and religious sentiments were involved, therefore requested the Single Judge to resolve the issue through mediation or settlement.

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Parachute-Cocoplus trade mark dispute
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The defendant’s use of the plaintiff’s trade mark cannot be said to be an honest adoption as though having a registered trade mark, the defendant deviated from the mark and adopted a mark which is deceptively similar to the plaintiff’s registered trade mark.”

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Child Trafficking Orchestra Groups
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In the garb of running orchestra/dance groups, minor children are subjected to trafficking and exploitation, which is impermissible and if allowed to be continued unchecked, would only lead to frustration of the very policy for protecting the children.”

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NEET UG 2025 power outage
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The exam was only three hours, in which even for ten minutes, if a student faces a difficulty in reading and writing due to a power outage, the same has the effect of rattling one’s mental condition, and is sufficient to disturb his or her composure and focus for the remaining time.”

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