advocate challenged Court's authority alleging Government pressure
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“By using scandalous and intemperate language and by shouting in open Court in a loud and aggressive manner, applicant’s advocate has prima facie committed acts which tend to lower the dignity of the Court and interfere with the administration of justice.”

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NLU Odisha campus security
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Institutions of higher learning must remain spaces of safety, dignity, and intellectual freedom, and any trend of lawlessness, vigilantism, or disorder in and around the campus environment not only jeopardises students’ welfare but also undermines the institutional ethos.”

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100-year-old murder convict
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Where the passage of time has been so extraordinary that an accused has spent a larger part of his remaining life under the shadow of a pending criminal case, the punitive function of the law inevitably loses much of its practical and moral force.”

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Anticipatory bail in child trafficking case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Custodial interrogation of the accused/applicant is necessary in order to unearth if more children in similar fashion have been trafficked by the accused/applicant for being used in commission of crimes.”

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Maternity leave cannot be clubbed with regular leaves
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court stated that extraordinary situations require extraordinary measures. In this unique case, where the petitioner had to avail both maternity and medical leave in the same year, the general rule of termination for exceeding one year’s leave cannot be rigidly applied.

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Acquittal in cheque dishonour case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“A complainant under Section 138 of the NI Act is a victim as defined in Section 2(wa) CrPC as the expression ‘victim’ includes not only the person who has suffered any loss or injury caused by reason of any act or omission for which the accused person has been charged, but also includes his or her guardian or legal heir.”

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Temple encroachment
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“Neither the intention of the legislation nor any provision in the Places of Worship Act gives protection to a structure put up on Government land by encroaching.”

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criminal case filed by RSS member resident against RWA
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Prima-facie, a highly disciplined and respected cultural organization like the RSS has been maligned and the membership has been misused in the present case by the informant.”

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State Gratuity authorities lack jurisdiction for multi-state establishments-State establishments
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The fundamental error permeating both the impugned orders is the assumption that merely because the claimant worked or claimed to have worked in Delhi, the Controlling Authority appointed by the State Government and the Appellate Authority derived jurisdiction to adjudicate the dispute.”

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Punjab Kesari Hotel's plea against demolition
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Section 269 of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 makes it abundantly clear that the appeal lies against orders to the Court of District Judge of the city where the premises are situated, within the period specified in the order for demolition of the erection and the petitioner instead of approaching the Court of District Judge has filed the present petition.”

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Scandalous allegations against Judges
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Instead of expressing regret or tendering an apology, he persisted with such allegations and even called upon the Court to tender an apology.”

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suspicion cannot substitute legal proof
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The appeal claims the Trial Court wrongly convicted the appellant because the evidence was weak and misapplied. No selection committee members testified, no forged documents were recovered, and no witness confirmed that the appellant misused his position for promotions.

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Section 151 CPC applies to clerical error
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Clerical mistakes are those that occur in the course of typing or writing, while arithmetical mistakes are those that occur during calculation. As to accidental slip or omission, the decisive test is whether it is apparent from the record that the Court intended to do something but failed to do so owing to an accidental or inadvertent omission.”

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GREF Oversees services falls under Armed Forces
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The instant case cannot be termed as a ‘simple accident’ as is understood in common parlance, however, it definitely falls within the definition of ‘accident’ under Rule 3 (1) (ii) of the EOP Rules, which covers within its ambit a mishap due to an act of devotion to duty in an emergency arising otherwise than by violence out of and in the course of service.”

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MS Dhoni IPL betting
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In normal circumstances and in a suit filed by the plaintiff, it is the plaintiff who has to do the above work and file the documents along with his plaint.”

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Additional Subject facility for private candidates
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The petitioners acted in accordance with the existing Bye Laws and the consistent past practice of CBSE and, therefore, had a legitimate expectation that after passing Class XII examination on 13.05.2025 the right to appear as private candidates for the Additional Subject examination, would be available.”

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Remuneration to junior resident doctor counts as salary
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The fact that the remuneration was reflected in the pay slips as ‘gross salary’, subjected to statutory tax deductions and reported through Form-16, fortifies the conclusion that the payment was compensatory in nature and not a scholarship granted solely to defray educational expenses.”

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ex-gratia benefits Covid-19
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In such trying times when the employee contracted Covid, to expect him to be admitted only in a government hospital for claiming an entitlement, is arbitrary and unjust.”

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resignation on medical grounds
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The resignation of an employee entails forfeiture of service, and a clear distinction can be drawn between resignation and voluntary retirement, as both are disparate in terms of their operation and consequence, and therefore unlikely to hold an equivalent character.”

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order passed without hearing
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the case at hand, it was alleged that the date of personal hearing and the date of filing a reply are the same.

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