Miss Malini Entertainment
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The plaintiff was shocked to find that the defendant unilaterally uploaded a short video clip of the interview on Instagram without prior approval displaying the defendant’s logo, ‘Miss Malini,’ while deliberately obscuring the plaintiff’s ‘Mirchi®’ logo, violating the agreement on usage permissions.

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Madras High Court
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“What has been stated in the book “Manusmriti” had been only made as his speech and in the facts and circumstances of this case, this Court does not find that any of the offences as alleged by the complainant is made out.”

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Punjab and Haryana High Court
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“The concept of right to life and personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India includes the right to live with dignity and the petitioners by running away from their parental home is not only bringing bad name to the family but also is violating the right of the parents to live with dignity and honour.”

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Allahabad High Court
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“Differences of perception towards life may give rise to different behaviours by individuals. Such a difference of perception and behaviour may be described as cruel by others by observing the behaviour of another. At the same time, such perceptions are neither absolute nor such as may themselves give rise to allegations of cruelty unless observed and proven facts are such as may be recognized in law to be acts of cruelty.”

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Andhra Pradesh High Court
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Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed proceedings under Section 138 NI Act, ruling that the dishonor of a cheque issued on a State Bank of Hyderabad account, rendered invalid due to the bank’s merger with SBI and expiry of its validity in March 2018, does not attract liability under the NI Act.

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Orissa High Court
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The State Officials/police personnel have been directed to strictly follow the SOP formulated by the State Government on ‘Arrest of and Interaction with Members of Armed Forces in Police Stations’, and to circulate the same in Odia language to all the police stations and the police outposts of the State.

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Bombay High Court
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“Such inter se discrimination between resignation simplicitor (on health grounds) and resignation for joining another CPSE, even though a similar Scheme is not available, in fact is clearly discriminatory, and has no nexus with the object sought to be achieved.”

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