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Child Of Inter-Caste Parents, Raised Alone By Backward-Caste Parent Can Be Considered 'Backward' Only If He Faced Caste Bias: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has dismissed a student's plea seeking a caste validity certificate under the Scheduled Caste category ...
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Calling A Person 'Gunda', Alleging 'Gunda Raj' Without Justification Amounts To Defamation: HP High Court Convicts Chief Editor Of Newspaper
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that calling a person “Gunda” and accusing him of disturbing the peace and spreading ...
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Excluding Degree Holders Unreasonable: Chhattisgarh High Court Strikes Down Sub-Engineers Recruitment Rule Having Diploma As Sole-Criteria
Recognising this, the Rules (Schedule II, Sr.No.1, Clause 8) allow Diploma/Degree holders among departmental candidates to be ...
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Kashmir University Doing Great Disservice To Students By Hiring Guest Faculty To Circumvent Need For Contracutal Teachers: J&K High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court has delivered a judgment reinforcing the legal principle that “one ad hoc arrangement cannot ...
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Developer Can't Be Blamed For Delay When Plea Seeking Permission For Construction Kept Pending By Development Authority: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that when the application for grant of permission for construction has been kept ...
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AP High Court Overturns Husband's Conviction U/S 306 IPC, Says Single Instance Of Questioning Wife's Morality Not Abetment Of Suicide
The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently set aside a conviction under Section 306 of IPC on the grounds that beating of the ...
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Pujari Merely A 'Grantee' Appointed To Manage Deity's Property, Can't Claim Rights Over Temple Land: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has recently held that a Pujari or priest is merely a “grantee” entrusted with the management of ...
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Allahabad HC Restrains UP Police From Making Late-Night Domiciliary Visits To Alleged History-Sheeter
The Allahabad High Court recently restrained the Uttar Pradesh Police from making late-night 'domiciliary' visits to a man ...
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Contract Clause Favouring Employer Over Contractor In Claiming Damages Are Deemed Knowingly Included If Not Challenged Before Tribunal: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri has held that clauses of the contract giving an advantage to the ...
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A Man Who Walked The Road Less Travelled
The life and times of Justice Krishna Iyer is, in itself, a festival that coronates the most fitting of any memory. He was ...
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'Heavy Workload, Depleting Strength Of Judges': Advocates' Association Bengaluru Requests CJI To Fill Vacancies In Karnataka High Court
The Advocates' Association Bengaluru has written to the Chief Justice of India B R Gavai, requesting the Supreme Court ...
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Madras HC Rejects Plea Seeking Direction To Centre For Pursuing Reforms In UN To Secure India's 'Due Place'
The Madras High Court recently dismissed a petition filed seeking a direction to the Ministry of External Affairs to consider ...