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The petitioners sought quashing of Berhampore P.S. Case No. 1396 of 2018, corresponding to G.R. Case No. 4518 of 2018, arising from allegations that petitioner no. 1’s wife was subjected to physical and mental cruelty...
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Merril Impex Private Limited availed credit facilities from the State Bank of India in 2007. The company was subsequently renamed Global Metcoke Private Limited and thereafter Janmani International Private Limited. Th...
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The petitioner and Opposite Party No. 2 entered into a court marriage on 19 July 2018 and a social marriage on 11 December 2019. After residing together in Meerut and subsequently in Dwarka, New Delhi, the parties sep...
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The respondent-workman, a Steno-Typist in the petitioner hospital’s Pathology Department, was alleged to have refused a routine security check of his bags while leaving the clinic on 23 September 2014.
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The petitioner-husband instituted Matrimonial Suit No. 19 of 2025 seeking divorce under Sections 27(1)(b) and 27(1)(d) of the Special Marriage Act, 1954. The opposite party-wife filed an application under Section 36 o...
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The appellants challenged an arbitral award dated 30 August 2011 arising from disputes concerning reconstruction of a bridge under a government contract.
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The petitioner held a registered 999-year lease dated 13 February 1974 from the Government of West Bengal concerning Plot No. DC-J/15, Sector-I, Salt Lake, Kolkata, intended for construction of a house to be used as a...
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The adjudicating authority passed an order under Section 73 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (“CGST Act”) on 13 March 2023, which was communicated to the petitioner through the GST portal.
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HIDCO and Rosedale Developer Pvt. Ltd. (RDPL) entered into a development agreement dated 24 February 2006 for developing a 16.32-acre bulk plot as a residential housing complex, with ancillary facilities including ret...
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The appellant manufactured and cleared Vanaspati and vegetable fats allegedly bearing the brand name “Shiva”. Following an investigation, the Revenue alleged that, after 1 March 2003, the appellant had cleared 116.052...
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The opposite party instituted Title Suit No. 998 of 2024 before the Civil Judge (Junior Division), 3rd Court, Howrah, seeking, inter alia, a declaration of its right to run a hotel and restaurant business and a perman...
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The petitioner’s father was the registered consumer of electricity supplied by WBSEDCL. The petitioner was alleged to have used the connection unauthorisedly for operating a husking mill. A provisional assessment of R...
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The plaintiff presented a plaint alleging infringement of intellectual property rights and passing off and sought dispensation of the pre-institution mediation requirement under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Ac...
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Punjab National Bank challenged the order dated 18 August 2026 passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipore, South 24 Parganas, in Misc. Case No. 471 of 2026 under Section 14 of the Securitisation and R...
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The petitioners—Arindam Ghosh, his mother, and his sister—were the husband, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law of the de facto complainant.
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The complainant alleged that Abhijata Construction Pvt. Ltd. agreed to sell him a flat for ₹2.5 crore on 5 June 2015 but failed to deliver possession. The company allegedly issued five cheques towards refund, includin...
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The petitioners, the brother-in-law and sister-in-law of the de facto complainant, challenged the order dated 29 November 2024 by which the Judicial Magistrate, 10th Court, Alipore, took cognizance against them and ot...
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Ddev Plastiks Industries Limited supplied polymers, polyethylene and PVC compounds to Gupta Power Infrastructure Limited, Accused No. 1, against 18 invoices raised between July 2022 and February 2023, creating an alle...
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The petitioner, Shreya Banerjee, was formerly a partner of M/s Steakalicous Restauranteur, which entered into a lease agreement and utility agreement with the opposite party on 9 March 2018 for occupation of premises...
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