When can a civil miscellaneous application be dismissed for non-prosecution due to the petitioner’s non-appearance?

  Summary Category Data Case Name C.Misc./614/2022 of Smt. Ujjwala Shahi @ Ujjwala Mishra Vs The State of Bihar CNR

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August 19, 2025 | Patna High Court

Can a High Court condone delay and recall a dismissal for default in a writ petition under Article 226?

Calcutta High Court upholds its inherent power to condone delay and restore a writ petition dismissed for default, offering persuasive

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August 19, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Can a Dowry-Death Conviction Stand Solely on Circumstantial Evidence Without a Valid Dying Declaration or Proof of Demand?

High Court Reaffirms That Section 113B Presumption Requires Proved Dowry Demand and Valid Dying Declaration, Setting Aside Convictions Under Sections

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August 19, 2025 | High Court of Jharkhand

Can a Juvenile Accused Be Granted Anticipatory Bail Under Section 482 of the BNSS 2023 to Waive Custodial Interrogation in a Private Consensual Marriage Case?

The High Court held that where parties are married and living together—and the accused is a juvenile—custodial interrogation is unnecessary.

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August 19, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Can a writ petition challenging recruitment orders be disposed of as infructuous when parties consent to a fresh advertisement?

Court allows disposal of service-law petitions by consent with direction for a fresh, transparent recruitment process   Summary Category Data

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can a recruitment process include blood pressure monitoring not specified in the advertisement or recruitment rules?

High Court reaffirms strict adherence to prescribed physical standards under Odisha Forest Service Recruitment Rules, 2013, and quashes extraneous blood

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can Parity with Co-accused Bail Grants Under Section 483 BNSS Justify Release?

Granting bail when similarly situated co-accused have already been enlarged on bail, affirming coordinate-bench precedents and providing persuasive authority for

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can a High Court Condone Delay and Reduce an Employee’s Compensation Award by Agreement When the Insurer Fails to Prove Policy Lapse?

Orissa High Court condones an 87-day delay, upholds deposit of full award and—by mutual consent—reduces compensation from ₹12.09 lakh to

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can a writ petition be dismissed as withdrawn upon the petitioner’s prayer?

Orissa High Court upholds the dismissal of WP(C) petitions when counsel seeks withdrawal, affirming ordinary practice   Summary Category Data

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can a High Court Direct Consideration of a School’s Correction Request without Adjudicating Merits?

Affirms the principle that a court may dispose a mandamus petition by ordering an administrative authority to consider a representation

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can Counsel’s Endorsement Alone Lead to a Writ Petition Being Dismissed as Withdrawn?

Reaffirming that, upon formal endorsement, a writ petition under Article 226 can be dismissed as withdrawn without costs, upholding established

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August 19, 2025 | Madras High Court

Does Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 empower courts to grant bail in a prohibition offence with specified surety safeguards?

Clarifies that inherent bail jurisdiction under BNS 2023 § 483 applies to an owner prosecuted under TN Prohibition (Amendment) Act,

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August 19, 2025 | Madras High Court