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Bombay High Court Dismisses PILs Challenging Iron Ore Mining Expansion Over Lack of Locus and Public Interest: “Public Interest Litigation Cannot Be a Tool to Wreak Vengeance or Win Notoriety”

RawlawJuly 16, 20255 min read

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Bombay High Court Grants Bail in ₹242 Crore Bank Scam Case Citing Illegal Arrest of Woman After Sunset Without Magistrate’s Permission and Failure to Communicate Grounds of Arrest to Relatives “Guarantee of life and liberty under Article 21 cannot be denied even to an accused”

RawlawJuly 16, 20256 min read

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Karnataka High Court Grants Bail to Accused in Alleged Murder Case of Social Activist Citing Inconsistencies in Witness Statements and Delay in Recording Eye-Witness Accounts as Ground for Doubt. “The inconsistencies between Section 161 and 164 CrPC statements of eyewitnesses create reasonable doubt in the prosecution’s story, entitling the accused to bail.”

RawlawJuly 16, 20256 min read

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Calcutta High Court allows reopening of partition suit and directs impleadment of co-sharer excluded from preliminary decree, holding “ends of justice require rectification of such wrong”

RawlawJuly 16, 20256 min read

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Delhi High Court Denies Quashing of FIR in Alleged Bribery Case Involving Director of Customs Refund Company, Citing Serious Offences Against Public Administration and Commercial Integrity

RawlawJuly 16, 20256 min read

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Calcutta High Court Modifies Interim Order Directing Status Quo in Property Dispute After Finding Inconsistency in Possession Claim, Says “Claimant Cannot Seek Possession and Yet Claim to Possess”

RawlawJuly 16, 20255 min read

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Calcutta High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings under Section 153A IPC for News Publication on Ground of No Mens Rea, Lack of Sanction, and Mechanical Cognizance by Magistrate “The graver the offence, the greater should be the care taken so that the liberty of citizen is not lightly interfered with.”

RawlawJuly 16, 20256 min read

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Orissa High Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail to Petitioners Accused of Multiple Offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Citing No Change in Circumstance and Seriousness of Injuries Alleged in Prior Order “Merely because co-accused was released on bail cannot be treated as a change in circumstances”

RawlawJuly 16, 20255 min read

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Orissa High Court Rejects Anticipatory Bail to Accused Citing Bar under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Lack of Case Records to Establish False Implication “Without the case diary, no material can be assessed to invoke judicial discretion.”

RawlawJuly 16, 20255 min read

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Orissa High Court Declines Third Anticipatory Bail Plea in Attempt to Murder Case Despite Chargesheet, Directs Expeditious Consideration of Bail by Magistrate and Higher Forum on Same Day “Taking into account the nature of allegations, this Court is not inclined to entertain the application”

RawlawJuly 16, 20255 min read