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Expert Committee on developing GIFT IFSC as 'Global Finance and Accounting Hub' submits report to IFSCA(28.03.2024)
The Expert Committee on developing the Gujarat International Finance Tech-City International Financial Services Centre (GIFT IFSC) as 'Global Finance .....
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Gauhati High Court Frames Policy For Persons With Disabilities(04.03.2024)
Gauhati High Court has framed the 'Equal Opportunity Policy for Persons with Disabilities' in order to avoid discrimination and harassment taking plac.....
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Supreme Court Seeks Response from Centre on SSC Paper Leak(13.03.2018)
Supreme Court has asked the Centre to respond to a plea seeking a probe into the alleged leak of Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Tier II Exam 2017 condu.....
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SC Rejects Bail Application of Akhil Gogoi in UAPA Case Relating to Anti-CAA Protests(11.02.2021)
Supreme Court has dismissed plea by peasants' rights activist Akhil Gogoi, challenging the Gauhati High Court order rejecting his bail plea. The Court.....
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Allahabad High Court Directs Disclosure of Criminal History of Citizens on Public Domain(27.12.2021)
Allahabad High Court has asked the Director-General of Police, Uttar Pradesh Police to disclose the details of the website/platform from where informa.....
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Justices Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran and KM Joseph Take Oath in SC as Per Order Notified by Centre(07.08.2018)
Justice Banerjee was the first to take oath followed by justices Saran and Joseph. The swearing-in ceremony started at 10.30 AM in the CJI's courtroom.....
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Calcutta HC Orders CBI Probe in Another Teacher Recruitment Scam Case in WB Govt Run Schools(07.03.2022)
Calcutta High Court has ordered for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in another matter pertaining to the alleged illegal appointment of a.....
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'You'll Never Let Country Remain in Peace': Supreme Court Junks Plea for Worship at Ayodhya Site(12.04.2019)
The SC bench was hearing an appeal filed against the January 10 order of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, which had dismissed the plea s.....
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Delhi HC: Disclosure by Arbitrator is Not a Discretionary But a Mandatory Requirement(09.12.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that disclosure by the arbitrator under Section 12 r/w 6th Schedule of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act is not a discretio.....
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Lalu Prasad Flays CM Nitish Kumar Over SC Order in Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Rape Case(08.02.2019)
The apex court on Thursday came down heavily on the Bihar government for its management of 16 shelter homes in the state, other than that at Muzaffarp.....
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SC Refuses to Entertain Speaker's Plea Against HC Stay on Disqualification Notice to Babulal Marandi(13.01.2021)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a special leave petition filed by the Speaker of Jharkhand assembly challenging the stay ordered by the Jharkha.....
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SC to Centre: Respond to Army Docs’ Plea for Retirement Parity by Monday(29.07.2016)
SC has directed Centre to respond by Monday to a plea by Army Doctors for parity with civilian medicos in the retirement age at 65.
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Delhi HC Stays Order on Letting Private Schools Hike Fees(04.04.2019)
Delhi High Court has put an interim stay, till April 8, on a single-judge bench's order allowing private unaided schools in city to hike their fees to.....
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SC Asks Centre to Draft MoP, Based on Suggestions Given by People(19.11.2015)
SC has asked Centre to frame draft of Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), based on suggestions given by people, to be followed by collegium for appointment.....
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Mamata Banerjee Seeks Collegium Like SC to Appoint Election Commissioners(07.06.2019)
Hitting out at the Election Commission for what she alleged was its partisan approach during the Lok Sabha polls, she said three nominated members of .....
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Del HC: Stay on Delhi Govt’s Circular Asking Private Unaided Schools to Get Sanction Before Fee Hike(02.05.2024)
Delhi High Court has stayed the circular issued by the Delhi Government making it mandatory for private unaided schools to get prior sanction from the.....
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Supreme Court Grants Bail to Accused on Deposit of Amount in GST Scam(29.03.2022)
Supreme Court has granted bail to one of the Directors of M/s Miraj Products Private Limited on a condition to deposit Rs. 200 crores as a pre-require.....
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SC Stays Delhi HC Order on Probe Agencies' Power to Arrest(28.09.2016)
SC, while providing relief to agencies dealing with customs, excise and service tax evasions, has stayed operation of a Delhi High Court order restrai.....
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J&K Moves SC Over Top Cop's Transfer, Says 'Want SP Vaid's Replacement at Earliest'(07.09.2018)
Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Shesh Paul Vaid was removed from his position on Thursday days after the release of militants' rela.....
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SC Denies to Take PIL on Pruning Blacklist(13.07.2016)
SC has denied to take PIL seeking directive to Centre and Punjab Government against ‘reckless’ removal of persons from blacklist of terrorists and ant.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Applicability of New Pension Scheme to Judicial Officers(03.02.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued a notice in a plea challenging the 'New Pension Scheme' of the Delhi Government, insofar as it applies to Judicial Officer.....
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Fixation of pay scale is in realm of employer and Court should exercise restraint unless entitlement is denied due to irrational consideration(09.11.2023)
The Respondent is an Association of Employees in the Head Quarters of Ordnance Factory Board. They sought for upgradation of the pay scales of Assista.....
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Simply Filing False Complaint Not Punishable Under SC/ST Act: Kerala High Court(09.07.2018)
Kerala High Court has held that simply filing a false complaint against a member of Scheduled Caste, before any authority, is not punishable under Sch.....
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Madras High Court: Schools Cannot Force Parents to Buy Accessories(20.05.2019)
Madras High Court has directed schools not to insist upon parents to buy accessories other than textbooks.
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Central Government implements Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme(15.03.2023)
The Department of Commerce is implementing the Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES) w.e.f. FY 2017-18 to assist Central and State Government .....
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Gurugram Court: Bail Denied to Accused in GST Scam Case(03.06.2022)
Gurugram Sessions Court has denied bail application of an accused of GST scam allegedly involved in availing and passing on fraudulent ITC to non-exis.....
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SC Grants Relief to Yatin Narendra Oza in Contempt Case(01.09.2016)
SC has granted relief to Ahmedabad-based senior advocate and politician Yatin Narendra Oza from contempt charges after he tendered an unconditional ap.....
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SC Lifts Stay on Investigation in Bulandshahr Gangrape Case(09.09.2016)
SC has lifted the stay on its investigation in the sensational Bulandshahr gangrape case, thus modifying its earlier order.
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Kerala High Court: PSC’s Power to Keep Alive Ranked List Cannot be Utilized After its Expiry(13.08.2019)
Kerala High Court has ruled that the discretionary power available in the Public Service Commission/PSC to keep alive a ranked list under the Kerala P.....
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Rajasthan HC: No Criminal Action Against Advocate if Legal Advice Goes Wrong(20.06.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has held that if any legal advice rendered by an Advocate goes wrong, the same would not subject him to criminal prosecution, as .....
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Supreme Court to Odisha: Let Miners Resume Operations(05.04.2016)
SC, while citing provisions of the amended Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulations) Act, 1957, has asked Odisha to consider allowing 102 minin.....
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SC Refuses to Stay Amendments Made to SC/ST Act(25.01.2019)
Supreme Court has refused to stay the amendments made to SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act which restored the no anticipatory bail provision for th.....
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Govt: Aadhaar Mandatory For TB Patients to Get Cash Assistance Under Government Scheme(22.06.2017)
Government in exercise of its powers u/s 7 of Aadhaar Act 2016, has notified that Aadhaar is necessary as an identity proof for availing of conditiona.....
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News18 Daybreak | SC to Hear Plea Over Rahul Gandhi's Citizenship and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For(09.05.2019)
Get a fresh dose of the news that matters delivered directly to your inbox, every morning. The perfect way to get you started and informed for the day.....
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SC: Legitimate Disciplinary Action Against Student Does Not Amount to Abetment of Suicide(25.11.2022)
Supreme Court has held that a college's professor and management could not be held liable for abetment of suicide under Section 306 of Indian Penal Co.....
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SC Directs Family to Pay Rs 4 Lakh to Destitute Homeless Woman as Ad Hoc Arrangement(30.03.2020)
Supreme Court has directed the family of a deceased man, who was allegedly the woman's husband, to pay her a lump sum amount of Rs 4 lakhs by the end .....
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Bom HC: Emp. to Ensure That Minor Mistakes Due to Candidate’s Disability Shouldn’t Lead to Job Loss(29.02.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that minor errors stemming from the impairment of disabled candidates should not result in discrimination or unfair treatme.....
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SC Dismisses Plea Against AKTU’s Decision to Conduct Examinations via Offline Mode(11.02.2021)
Supreme Court refused to interfere in the petition filed against decision of the Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow (AKTU) to conduct semester .....
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Kerala High Court Allows Virtual Solemnisation of Marriage Amid Omicron Scare(23.12.2021)
Kerala High Court has allowed a couple to solemnise their marriage through online mode and directed the Marriage Officer to register the same, conside.....
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SC Reiterates: High Courts Cannot Entertain Challenges To Special Court Orders In Coal Scam Case(14.07.2017)
Supreme Court has reiterated that challenges to orders passed by Special Court during pendency of trial in the infamous Coal Scam can only be entertai.....
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Delhi HC: Centre Compulsorily Reqd to Implement Delhi Govt's Suggestion on Pay Scales of Prosecutors(11.06.2019)
Delhi High Court has ordered the Centre to extend all the benefits to the prosecutors as recommended by the Government of NCT of Delhi way back in yea.....
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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Filed by Union Government Draging Armymen Into it(13.08.2015)
Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Union Government against an order of Delhi HC granting benefit to civilian employees in Army under Assu.....
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Aircel Maxis Case: SC Nudges Centre to Probe Charges Against ED Officer(29.06.2018)
A vacation bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra and S K Kaul said that allegations levelled against senior ED official Rajeshwar Singh, who is probin.....
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Woman Who Accused CJI of Sexual Harassment Says Will Not Get Justice From SC Inquiry Panel, Withdraws(30.04.2019)
The woman said she felt intimidated as she has to appear alone at the in-chamber sittings and even her lawyer was not allowed to be a part of the proc.....
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Calcutta HC: Benefit under Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme is Optional(04.04.2022)
Calcutta High Court has observed that the benefit provided under the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme is optional while condoning the delay in a bun.....
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SC to Centre: Can Govt. Force to Retain Surname Before Permitting Individual to Start Business(28.09.2015)
SC has issued notice to Centre on plea of Nishant, alleging violation of his constitutional rights, as though he has a passport, a PAN card and even a.....
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Should Not Attribute Motives to Judicial Officers for Their Zeal, Says SC in Private Detective Case(18.09.2018)
The bench said it would not be proper to look at the conduct of the judicial officers with suspicion only because they speed up certain cases or refus.....
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Gujarat HC: To Prosecute Person Under SC/ST Act, Accused Should Have Knowledge of Caste(18.02.2022)
Gujarat High Court has held that to prosecute a person under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, it must b.....
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Karnataka HC: Distribution of CD Containing Lascivious Material is Offence Under Section 67 IT Act(08.05.2020)
Karnataka High Court has held that the dissemination of "material which is lascivious or appeals to the prurient interest" by way of Compact Disks wou.....
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Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2015.(14.08.2015)
SEBI made regulations to amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009. The amendm.....
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Prolonged Sexual Relations as Good as Marriage? SC Seeks Centre's Views; Puts Liability on Male Partners(02.07.2018)
The Supreme Court has sought the views of the central government in deciding if a prolonged sexual relationship should be considered as ‘de facto ma.....
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Cabinet approves MoU between SEBI and FSC(11.10.2017)
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Securi.....
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SC: Patient with 92 Percent Burn Injuries Can be in Healthy State of Mind to Give Dying Declaration(12.08.2019)
Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a murder convict by upholding the dying declaration given by his deceased wife. The Court ruled that mere fact.....
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Once a business rescue plan is accepted, it will be implemented by the business rescue practitioner on the terms stipulated therein(28.04.2023)
The issue before the Supreme Court was whether in business rescue proceedings, Section 153(4) of the Companies Act, 2008 is to be applied after a bind.....
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CRIMINAL - Forcibly Kissing Child can Constitute 'Aggravated Sexual Assault' Under POCSO Act: Sikkim HC(08.03.2019)
Sikkim High Court has held that an act of forcibly kissing a girl child of 11 years of age and hugging her can amount to "aggravated sexual assault" a.....
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SC In Tirupati Temple Case: Constitutional Court Can't Interfere In Daily Rituals Of Temple(17.11.2021)
In a petition filed by a devotee alleging irregularities in the rituals at Tirupati Tirumala Temple, the Supreme Court has observed that a constitutio.....
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'24 Months in Jail is Nothing': SC Dismisses Lalu Prasad's Bail Plea in Fodder Scam Cases(12.04.2019)
The CBI had on Tuesday vehemently opposed in the apex court the bail plea of Prasad, saying the ailing leader suddenly claimed to be 'fully fit' to un.....
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Cal. HC Summarizes Law Related to Exercise of Discretion for Grant of Interlocutory Injunction(05.12.2022)
Calcutta High Court has summarized the tests and principles that govern the exercise of judicial discretion in respect of grant of interlocutory injun.....
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SC to Delhi Govt.: Shift Millennium Bus Depot or Amend Master Plan(05.02.2016)
SC has asked Delhi Government and DTC to either shift out Millennium Bus Depot on banks of Yamuna within a year or get the master plan amended to lega.....
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Madras HC: Mother of Murdered Dalit Son Entitled to Enhanced Compensation(24.01.2017)
Madras High Court has said that a Dalit woman whose son was murdered by a group of caste Hindus in May 1995 is entitled to enhanced compensation of ?8.....
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SC/ST Bill Passed by Lok Sabha(05.08.2015)
Lok Sabha has passed a bill which provides for stringent action against those compelling any member of SC or ST communities to carry human or animal c.....
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Family Physicians Seek Recognition; SC Asks Them to Approach Govt, MCI(09.07.2018)
The top court granted liberty to the family physicians to approach the Centre and the Medical Council of India with a proper representation, saying th.....
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Relaxation in adherence to prescribed timelines issued by SEBI due to Covid 19(13.04.2020)
1. In wake of the current nationwide lock down of 21 days as directed by Government of India due to issue of Covid-19, a need has been felt to extend .....
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SC: PwD Allowed to Attend Interview if They Have Got Minimum Marks Prescribed For SC/ST Categories(22.05.2024)
Supreme Court while granting an interim relief, has passed an order allowing persons with disabilities (PwD) to appear in the interview for appointmen.....
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SC: Open Schools Recognized by CBSE Shall be Recognized by National Medical Council For NEET(05.03.2024)
Supreme Court has held that open schools recognized by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and State Education Boards shall be recognized by t.....
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Parents Should Send Children to School by Bus: Bombay High Court(16.03.2018)
Bombay High Court, while observing that parking in a city like Mumbai should be treated as social interest rather than commercial, has suggested the M.....
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SC Stays Delhi HC’s Direction to Insurance Company to Provide Life-Time Warranty on Prosthetic Limbs(11.02.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea filed challenging the Delhi High Court's order directing the Insurance Company to provide a life time warran.....
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TDSAT Stays TRAI Order on Allowing Subscribers to Port Out of Network from Service Provider(28.12.2021)
Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has stayed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) orders which allowed subscrib.....
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Delhi HC Put Stay on Govt Order on Pvt. Driving Schools(28.09.2015)
Delhi HC while staying Govt. order on Pvt. Driving Schools, has ruled that condition restraining relatives of Transport Department officials to operat.....
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News18 Daybreak | SC May Quash Cases Against 5 Activists, Coup Rumours Take Ground in Karnataka, And Other Stories You May Have Missed(18.09.2018)
Get a fresh dose of the news that matters, delivered directly to your inbox, every morning. The perfect way, to get you started and informed, for the .....
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J&K&L HC: Investigating Agency of State Government Can Probe Scheduled UAPA Offences(21.12.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently has held that provisions of National Investigation Act do not prohibit investigation of Scheduled off.....
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SC to Parsvnath Developers: Deposit Rs 12 Crores for Delayed Ghaziabad Project(15.09.2016)
Supreme Court has directed Parsvnath Developers to deposit Rs 12 crores with the court’s registry in four weeks in a case related to delay in possessi.....
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Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: SC Directs CBI to Complete Probe on Murders by June 3(06.05.2019)
A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta said that since the matter was urgent, it would be heard by a vacation bench on.....
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MCA Unveils Companies Fresh Start Scheme(31.03.2020)
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has introduced the Companies Fresh Start Scheme and modified the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Settlement Scheme t.....
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SC to Zee News Editors: Submit Voice Samples in Extortion Case(29.07.2016)
SC has directed Zee News Editors Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia to submit their voice samples in connection with a case of alleged extortion fro.....
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Unaided Private School Staff can't be Roped in for Election Duty: Bombay HC(04.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has ordered that teaching and non-teaching staff of unaided private schools cannot be called for election duty since they are not co.....
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‘Stolen Rafale Files’ in Public Domain, Can't Be Untouchable: SC Terms Govt Defence Bad in Law(06.03.2019)
On the government's argument that the a defence deal should not be open to examination by courts, the Court asked Attorney General KK Venugopal if the.....
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SC: Fixing Rs 15,000 Per Annum As Notional Income For Non-Earning Members Not Reasonable(17.11.2021)
While hearing civil appeal preferred by appellant claimants aggrieved Jharkhand HC’s judgment, SC observed that despite repeated directions, Schedule-.....
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SC Seeks Response of Finance Ministry, RBI & SEBI on Panama Plea(10.05.2016)
SC has sought response from Finance Ministry, RBI and SEBI on a plea seeking a CBI probe against those named in the Panama papers.
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Central Government amends Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme through a Notification(19.04.2017)
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (c) of Section 199B of the Finance Act, 2016 (28 of 2016), the Central Government has amended through a .....
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Centre, EC Take Contrary Stands in SC on Electoral Bonds Scheme(12.04.2019)
The top court was hearing the plea of NGO, Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR)', which has sought interim reliefs that either the issuance of elec.....
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'Can't Silence Speech Due to Fear of Mob': SC Fines Mamata Govt for Shadow Ban on Political Satire(12.04.2019)
The movie ‘Bhobishyoter Bhoot’ had to be pulled out of several theatres after the Kolkata Joint Commissioner of Police had written to them, citing.....
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Calcutta HC Directs Conduct of Enquiry into Alleged Misappropriation of Govt Scheme Funds(20.01.2022)
Calcutta High Court has directed the District Magistrate, South 24 Parganas to conduct an enquiry into the alleged misappropriation of funds allocated.....
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AMU to Wait for SC Verdict on Minority Status Before Implementing EWS Quota(06.02.2019)
AMU spokesperson Shafey Kidwai said that the university will maintain status quo on its admission policy as the case of minority status is currently s.....
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SC: Authorities Have No Power to Confiscate Animals During Pendency of Case(05.01.2021)
Supreme Court has said authorities have no power under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 to confiscate animals from traders during penden.....
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Gujarat HC: CGST Undervaluation Or Change Of Route Not A Ground To Detain The Goods(10.01.2022)
Gujarat High Court has held that mere undervaluation of the goods or change of route of the consignment cannot be considered to be sufficient grounds .....
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Uttarakhand HC asks Centre: Where Did Rs 80,000 Scholarship Go(15.09.2016)
Uttarakhand HC has asked Union Ministry of Science and Technology to submit its reply in case related to a student Pooja Joshi, who claimed that despi.....
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Amendment in Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS), 2016(20.01.2017)
The Government of India, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, had notified Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS), 2016 vide N.....
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25 Held For 'Social Boycott' of SC Community Members In Telangana(09.01.2019)
There was a simmering dispute since some members of the SC community, belonging to Marampally village, had dug and erected pillars in an open land nea.....
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Bombay High Court Stays Investigation Against Sony Pictures in FIR Over 'Scam 1992' Series(23.08.2021)
Bombay High Court has stayed the investigation on Pune Police FIR in which Karad Urban Co-operative Bank (KUCB) claimed to be defamed by the web serie.....
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SC Introduces Reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Staff Recruitments(07.07.2025)
SC has introduced reservations for OBCs in staff recruitments by substituting Rule 4A of the SC Officers and Servants (Conditions of Service and Condu.....
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Del. HC: National Commission For Scheduled Castes Cannot Initiate Enquiry On Specious Complaint(17.10.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that National Commission For Scheduled Castes (SC) cannot initiate an enquiry under Article 338 of the Constitution of I.....
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SC Issues Notice to Centre on PIL Seeking Stricter Penalty in Cases of Animal Cruelty(13.05.2016)
SC has sought response of Centre on a PIL seeking its intervention to address rising instances of barbaric cruelty to animals and inhuman exploitation.....
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30 Years On, SC Orders Man to Compensate First Wife or Go to Jail for Polygamy(03.06.2018)
A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Uday U Lalit noted that the second marriage had taken place in 1987 and thus, payment of fine amount to the first .....
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Schemes for Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) and Additional Ad-hoc Incentive for export of garments and made-ups(19.02.2020)
1. Government had notified the scheme for Rebate of State Levies (RoSL) to mitigate the incidence of State VAT and other State taxes on export of garm.....
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SC: Accused's Plea on Applicability of S. 300 CrPC Has to be Considered at Discharge Stage(13.12.2022)
Supreme Court has held that the accused's plea on applicability of Section 300 CrPC has to be considered at the stage of discharge under Section 227 C.....
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SC Observes, Economic Empowerment of Women is Need of The Hour(10.02.2016)
SC, while observing bi-directional relationship between economic development and women’s empowerment, has said that women have gradually shattered gla.....
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Punjab National Bank Scam: Won't Pre-empt Govt Action, Says Supreme Court(21.02.2018)
The apex court said it will go by only legal arguments, not emotional appeals. The SC will next hear the matter on March 16.
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Should 'Minority' be Redefined? SC Directs Committee to Take Decision in Three Months(11.02.2019)
The plea said that Hindus, who are a majority community as per national data, are a minority in several north-eastern states and in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Needs of Society as Important as Personal Liberty, Says SC in Ruling on Preventive Detention(28.07.2019)
The court order came as it set aside a judgment of the Bombay High Court, which had quashed detention orders against Nisar Aliyar, alleged kingpin of .....
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ITAT, Delhi: Subscription Fee Towards Cloud Services Not Taxable as Royalty(29.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has held that the subscription fee received towards Cloud Services is not taxable as royalty.
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#MeToo: SC Declines Urgent Hearing of PIL Asking for FIRs Based on Allegations(22.10.2018)
Besides FIRs, the petition also seeks a direction to the National Commission for Women (NCW) to give security and assistance to women who have come ou.....
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ICAI Announces Cut-off Date for Conversion from Earlier Scheme to Revised Scheme(28.07.2020)
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ( ICAI ) has announced the cut-off date for conversion from Earlier Scheme to Revised Scheme of CA Final E.....
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Pat. HC: Bihar Law Increasing Reservation for SC, ST & OBC Communities to 65%, Set Aside(20.06.2024)
Pat. HC has set aside the Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (Amendment) Act, 2023 and the Bihar (in admission in educational instit.....
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Why Was CBI’s Deputy Chief Abruptly Moved Out, SC Asks Government(12.12.2016)
The Centre's decision to appoint Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as interim CBI director has come under the Supreme Court's lens.Apex Court h.....
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SC Permits Italian Marine Massimiliano Latorre To Stay in Italy(29.09.2016)
SC has allowed Italian marine Massimilano Latorre to remain in Italy till jurisdiction issue is decided in a case pertaining to killing of two Indian .....
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Love Wins: SC Overturns Colonial-era Ban on Gay Sex(07.09.2018)
The Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex in a landmark judgment that sparked celebrations among LGBTQ activists who welcom.....
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SC: Mere Production of Laboratory Report that Sample Tested was Narcotics Cannot be Sufficient Proof(31.07.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that mere production of a laboratory report that sample tested was narcotics cannot be sufficient proof under the Narcotic Dr.....
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Mumbai Court: Woman Groped on Street Can't be Prosecuted as Participant to Crime(12.04.2023)
Mumbai Sessions Court while upholding discharge of Shilpa Shetty in a 2007 obscenity case has observed that a woman being groped on the street can’t n.....
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Madras HC: Graduates from School of Excellence in Law Also Eligible for Government Stipend(13.07.2021)
Madras High Court has held that Students who had graduated from School of Excellence in Law (SOEL), run by Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, wil.....
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Hinduism Won't Remain Property of One Sex After SC Decision on Sabarimala Temple: Maneka Gandhi(29.09.2018)
A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in its 4:1 verdict, said that banning the entry of women into the shrine is gende.....
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Sabarimala Hearing LIVE: SC Reserves Judgment on Review Petitions, Devaswom Board Backs Women Entry(06.02.2019)
Sabarimala Hearing LIVE Updates: Changing its stand on Sabarimala row, Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which manages the shrine, tells Supreme Court .....
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Arbitral process could be interfered under Article 226/227 of the Constitution by the High Court only in exceptional circumstances(06.01.2021)
In facts of present case, on 13th February, 1991, Respondent No. 1 entered into a contract with the Appellant to manufacture and supply bricks. The af.....
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Supreme Court Stays High Court's Order Recalling Non-Bailable Warrants Issued Against An Accused(14.01.2022)
Supreme Court has stayed the Gauhati High Court's order granting relief to an accused in the Assam Public Service Commission cash for jobs scam by rec.....
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SC: Centre Should Do Away with Sterilisation Camps in 3 Years(15.09.2016)
SC has directed Centre to do away with sterilisation camps within 3 years and strengthen primary healthcare centre system, saying "it is time that wom.....
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'Learn to Trust Your Judges': SC Gives Harsh Mander A Dressing-Down, Dismisses Plea Seeking Recusal of CJI(03.05.2019)
The strategy by Mander to argue the matter himself by discharging his activist advocate Prashant Bhushan boomeranged as the apex court asked Bhushan t.....
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SC: Detenues Who Have Completed More Than Three Years in Assam Detention Centers Should Be Released(13.05.2019)
Supreme Court has come to rescue of those who have spent long period of detention in the Assam detention centers' and are awaiting their deportation a.....
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SC Suspends Direction on National Disaster Mitigation Fund(02.08.2016)
SC has suspended its direction to Centre for creation of National Disaster Mitigation Fund to tackle drought-like situation in certain states, saying .....
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Rajasthan HC Directs ICMR to Brief Hospitals to Discharge Completely Cured Corona Affected Patients(25.03.2020)
Rajasthan High Court has asked the Director of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to pass necessary instructions to all medical and health .....
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Cal. HC Upholds Order Disallowing Murder Accused from Rejoining Home Guard Service(02.02.2023)
Calcutta High Court while upholding an order disallowing accused in murder case from rejoining his post as a Home Guard, has observed that a volunteer.....
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Mandatory requirement of AADHAR for individuals availing facilities under the Bonded Labour Rehabilitation Scheme(06.03.2017)
Whereas, the use of Aadhaar as identity document for delivery of services or benefits or subsidies simplifies the Government delivery processes, bring.....
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Mandatory requirement of AADHAAR for availing the benefit under Central Scheme of "Grant in Aid to Government of Tripura and Mizoram for rehabilitation of Bru Migrants"(02.02.2021)
Whereas, the use of Aadhaar as identity document for delivery of services or benefits or subsidies simplifies the Government delivery processes, bring.....
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Bombay HC Dismisses NIA's Appeal to Set Aside Bail Granted to Bookie in Ambani Terror Scare Case(21.12.2021)
Bombay High Court has dismissed the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) appeal and refused to set aside the order granting bail to bookie Naresh Gau.....
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Madras HC: Govt School Teachers Placing Their Kids in Pvt Schools Exhibits Their Failure(29.06.2017)
Madras High Court has lamented sad state of affairs at government schools and observed that government school teachers placing their children in priva.....
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SC to Deliver Verdict Tomorrow on Countrywide Ban on Firecrackers(23.10.2018)
Firecrackers manufacturers earlier told SC that use of firecrackers should not be completely banned and it should instead be regulated. Last year, the.....
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Supreme Court Accepts CBSE and ICSE Scheme for Evaluation of Students(17.06.2021)
Supreme Court has accepted the scheme formulated by CBSE and ICSE for evaluation of students, while asking the Boards to incorporate the provision for.....
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Cabinet approves Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme for implementation of Offshore Wind Energy Projects(19.06.2024)
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme for offshore wind energy projec.....
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Mamata vs Centre LIVE: Bengal CM is Main Pillar of Oppn, TMC Will Win All 42 LS Seats in State, Says Naidu(05.02.2019)
Mamata vs Centre LIVE: Banerjee Says SC Order a 'Moral Victory', But Won't Call Off Dharna
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P&H HC: No Harm in Publishing Names of Persons Declared as Absconding Accused(05.01.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that there is no harm in the publishing of the names of persons declared as absconding accused as are statu.....
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There Can't be Blanket Ban, Balance it With Right to Protest, Says SC as it Allows Voices at Jantar Mantar(23.07.2018)
The judge told Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Delhi Police and the Central government, that the police will have to lay d.....
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Enabling Dealings by IFSC - Banking Units in Bullion Unallocated Accounts(04.03.2021)
To facilitate development of the bullion market in India, generate interest in trading & hedging activities, and serve as a precursor to International.....
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Principle of alternative remedy is a rule of convenience and not a rule of law(27.03.2018)
The Writ Petitioners have moved present court in its extraordinary writ jurisdiction for setting aside the order passed by the Excise Commissioner. By.....
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India and Finland ink MoU to enhance bilateral defence cooperation(15.01.2020)
Defence Secretary, Dr. Ajay Kumar and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence of Finland Mr. Jukka Juusti signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) .....
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SC Put Stay on P&H High Court Order for Electoral Roll Revision(18.05.2016)
SC has stayed an order of Punjab and Haryana High Court for revision of electoral rolls at the instance a person who wanted to contest the Kurukshetra.....
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E-ticket Holders May Board Trains, Occupy Berths in Cases of 'No Show' as SC Junks Railways' Appeal(02.06.2018)
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the Railways against a judgment, which asked the ministry to consider doing away with the discrimin.....
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Meghalaya HC: No Discretion for Governor in Appointments in District Councils in Tribal Areas(19.02.2020)
Meghalaya High Court has held that the Governor of the State does not have any discretion in the matter of appointments to the Executive Committee of .....
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Allahabad HC Orders Actions Against Cop for Absolving Accused of Charges During POCSO Probe(12.12.2022)
Allahabad High Court has directed State's Director General of Police (DGP) to initiate disciplinary proceedings against a police officer for deliberat.....
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SC: Governor Can't Summon Assembly Session on His Whims, Fancies(09.02.2016)
SC has said that Arunachal Pradesh Governor, Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa, can't summon on his "whims and fancies" the assembly session to test majority of C.....
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Railways Relaxes Age Limit, Makes Regional Language Avaliable for Recruitment Tests(20.02.2018)
The revised upper age limit for the unreserved category has been fixed at 30 years, while it was 28 earlier. For OBCs it has been revised to 33 years .....
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New Scientific Standard of Kg(05.02.2019)
The prototype of one kilogram (NPK-57) is already available in India and placed at National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi as per the provisions made .....
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Rajiv Gandhi's Assassination Case: Convict in SC Seeks Recall of its Conviction Order(24.01.2018)
A bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R Banumathi asked the probe agency to file its response to the application filed by convict A G Perarival.....
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Justice Rajendra Menon May be Recommended by SC Collegium Soon But Slim Chances for Delhi Judges(22.01.2019)
Another name in contemplation, sources said, will be Justice Surya Kant, who is currently the chief justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court.
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Allahabad HC Asks to Take Steps for Expeditious Examination of Viscera Samples(08.11.2021)
Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to take up the issue for expeditious examination of viscera samples to help the Investi.....
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To be eligible for interview, candidate must satisfactorily completed recognised Vocational Training Scheme in General Practice or acquired rights under EU Directive on specific training(06.04.2017)
Plaintiff/Appellant in present proceedings (Dr. Hussain) complained that, he was not awarded a contract under General Medical Services Scheme (GMS Sch.....
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Allahabad High Court Directs All DMs to Give Fitness Report of School Buses by March 2(17.02.2020)
Allahabad High Court has ordered all the District Magistrates (DMs) of the state to conduct a fitness test of school buses as per Supreme Court orders.....
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SC Declares Old Dilapidated School Building as 'Unsafe'(24.06.2016)
SC has denied permission to a Mumbai school to continue its academic session from an old building, declared unsafe and unauthorised by civic authoriti.....
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Eight Years Ago, SC Had Refused to Put Ayodhya Verdict on Hold for Mediation(08.03.2019)
In September 2010, various attempts were made to defer a decision by the High Court on the ground of attempting mediation, but all ended being rejecte.....
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Is Turban Size Part of Sikh Religion, asks SC as Cyclist Challenges Disqualification for Refusing Helmet(04.08.2018)
The court, which was hearing a plea of Delhi-based cyclist Jagdeep Singh Puri, who was allegedly disqualified for a cycling event after he refused to .....
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Ayodhya Case: Mediation Panel Gets More Time, SC Sets August 15 as Deadline for Amicable Solution(10.05.2019)
During the brief proceedings, the Muslim parties told the court that they are open to all possibilities of mediation, but the Nirmohi Akhara complaine.....
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SERVICE - Drunkenness While on Duty A Serious Misconduct: SC(29.03.2019)
Supreme Court has upheld dismissal of a police constable for drunkenness and misbehavior with the public and observed that drunkunness while being on .....
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SC Rejects Pleas Challenging HC’s Order Directing 2015 to be Taken as Base Year for Reserving Seats(30.03.2021)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a batch of pleas filed challenging the Allahabad High Court's order dated 15th March that directed State of UP .....
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SC to Centre: Formulate Scheme for Regulating Funds of NGO(09.01.2023)
Supreme Court while hearing a plea filed by ML Sharma against Anna Hazare for withdrawing money from government and using it for himself, has directed.....
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SC Grants Relief to Lanco Infratech(19.10.2015)
SC while providing relief Lanco Infratech, has directed Andhra Pradesh Power Utilities to refund about Rs 175 crore of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) col.....
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SC Rejects Plea Filed by P. Ramkumar’s Father for Private Doctor at Ramkumar’s Autopsy(29.09.2016)
SC has refused to entertain a plea of Swathi murder case accused P. Ramkumar’s father, who allegedly committed suicide in jail, to have an independent.....
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'History Owes an Apology': Top Quotes as SC Rules Gay Sex Not a Crime(07.09.2018)
Constitutional morality can't be equated with popular sentiments, said the Supreme Court while decriminalising gay sex.
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Acting on SC Order, UP Govt Delivers Rs 25 Lakh Cheque to Unnao Rape Survivor's Family(02.08.2019)
The rape survivor is currently battling for life at King Georges Medical University's Trauma Centre in the state capital.
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Amendments under Interest Equalisation Scheme in respect of UIN(20.04.2023)
1.Attention of Trade and Industry is drawn towards Trade Notice no. 38/2021-22 dated 20.04.2023, wherein the eligible Interest Equalisation beneficiar.....
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Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie, Prashant Bhushan Move SC Seeking FIR in Rafale Deal(24.10.2018)
The three have sought a direction to the CBI to probe the offences disclosed in their complaint in a 'time-bound' manner and submit periodic status re.....
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P & H HC Stays Haryana Govt. Notifications Including OBC Community in SC Category(13.08.2020)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed two notifications of the Government of Haryana including the OBC 'Gadaria' community as Scheduled Caste, noti.....
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SC: Can’t View Slum Rehabilitation Scheme as Real Estate Development Project(02.08.2024)
Supreme Court has held that Slum Rehabilitation Scheme cannot be treated as a real estate development project since there is a public purpose involved.....
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SC: Constitution Doesn’t Take Away Right of Non Tribal Person to Vote in Scheduled Area(15.05.2023)
Supreme Court has held that Representation of People 1950 Act is applicable to Scheduled Area and therefore any person eligible to vote who is ordinar.....
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Impermissible disclosure of confidential information is no less impermissible because information is passed on in confidence, or “off the record”(19.10.2016)
Claim by Ingenious Media and Mr McKenna was brought by way of an application for judicial review, it was a straightforward claim for breach of a duty .....
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Sabarimala Verdict LIVE Updates: Supreme Court to Decide Today if Temple Should Open Doors to Women(28.09.2018)
Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on ban of women in Sabarimala temple: Kerala government, which has been changing its stand on the contentious issu.....
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Implement SC Order, Expert Panel Proposal on Nurses Pay As Early As Possible: HC Directs Delhi Govt(22.07.2019)
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued the direction to the Delhi government while hearing pleas by two nurse associatio.....
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Delhi High Court Declines Relief to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Liquor Policy Scam Case(28.03.2024)
Delhi High Court while issuing notice to the Enforcement Directorate on plea by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Liquor Policy Scam case, has r.....
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SC Extends Stay on Bombay HC Order, Delaying Women’s Entry to Haji Ali(10.10.2016)
SC has extended stay granted by Bombay HC to facilitate an appeal against its decision to lift the ban on entry of women near the sanctum sanctorum of.....
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Matters which come purely under the realm of a contract between two parties are not amenable to writ jurisdiction(22.06.2020)
The Appellants/Petitioners are aggrieved by the judgment passed by the learned Single Judge dismissing a writ petition filed by them praying for issua.....
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Gujarat High Court Issues Notice to ED, State & DGP on SIT Probe Demand on Hawala Scam(03.08.2015)
Gujarat High Court has issued notices to the State Government, the Director General of Police and the Director of Directorate on a PIL that sought to .....
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Legalise Prostitution, Law Can’t Abolish Vices: Retired SC Judge Santosh Hegde(09.07.2018)
"A person who thinks vices can be abolished by law is living in a fool's paradise," said the former Solicitor General of India.
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Full Strength at SC for First Time Since 2008 as Four New Judges Administered Oath of Office(24.05.2019)
In 2008 Parliament had increased the number of judges from 26 to 31.
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Supreme Court: Can’t Order Confiscation of Vehicle Without Hearing its Registered Owner(21.05.2024)
SC has observed that the plain reading of Section 63 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 indicates that the court cannot order.....
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#Union Budget 2022-2023: Launch of PM Development Initiative Scheme for North East(01.02.2022)
Finance Minister has informed on launch of PM Development Initiative Scheme for North East to fund infrastructure in spirit of PM Gati Shakti. This wi.....
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Income Declaration & Tax Dispute Resolution Schemes to Come into Force from Tomorrow(31.05.2016)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has said that the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 and the Direct and Indirect Tax Dispute Resolution Schemes 2016.....
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DGFT Issues Notice on Non-Compliance and Misclassification of Imported Goods(20.01.2020)
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued the notice stating that Non-Compliance and Misclassification of Imported Goods under ‘Others’ C.....
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SC: Validity of E-Voting Process for Winding Up of Franklin Templeton's 6 Mutual Fund Schemes Upheld(12.02.2021)
Supreme Court has negated all objections and upheld the validity of e-voting process for winding up of six mutual fund schemes of Franklin Templeton. .....
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Bombay HC: Proceedings Related to SC/ST Act Must be Video Recorded Even if Held in Open Court(14.03.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that it would be necessary to video record any proceeding relating to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention.....
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Google wins lawsuit against scanning of copyrighted works(16.10.2015)
A United States Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Google in a lawsuit concerning its book scanning activities. It determined that such digitisation o.....
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SC Extends Subrata Roy’s Parole(12.07.2016)
SC has extended till August 3 parole granted to Sahara Chief Subrata Roy on humanitarian grounds following death of his mother, with a strict conditio.....
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SERVICE - Delhi HC Sets Aside State's Order, Allows Interim Fee Hike by Schools(18.03.2019)
Delhi High Court has allowed private unaided schools in national capital to go ahead with an interim hike in fees to implement recommendations of Seve.....
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Mad. HC: Allegation of Discrimination on the Basis of Caste in Madras Bar Association is Far-fetched(09.11.2023)
Madras High Court while observing that allegation of petitioner that there is discrimination on the basis of caste in the Madras Bar Association is fa.....
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SC: Co-Accused can be Tried after Death of Graft Accused(11.08.2016)
SC has held that death of a tainted public servant before trial begins in a corruption scam does not bar a special court from trying the fellow accuse.....
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Madras HC Directs State Govt. to File Report on Steps Taken for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers(14.02.2020)
Madras High Court has asked the State Government as to what steps have been taken for the rehabilitation of the families of manual scavengers, apart f.....
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SEBI proposes changes to InvIT disclosures(15.06.2016)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India released a consultation paperTags : invit regulations, disclosure, accounting standards
Disclosure in the "Notes to Accounts" to the Financial Statements - Divergence in the asset classification and provisioning(01.04.2019)
Please refer to our circular DBR.BP.BC.No.63/21.04.018/2016-17 dated April 18, 2017, on the captioned subject, requiring disclosures by banks where di.....
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Karnataka HC Urges State to Resume Midday Meals in Schools(17.03.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to respond on whether cooked meals are being provided to children in Anganwadis as well as to o.....
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SC: Inducting Partner to Premises will not Amount to Subletting Only When Such Partnership is Genuine(08.01.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that inducting the partner in his business or profession by the tenant will not amount to Sub-Letting only when such partne.....
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SC Grants Ad Interim Protection from Arrest to Anup Majee in West Bengal Coal Scam Probe(26.03.2021)
Supreme Court has granted ad interim protection from arrest to the prime accused in the West Bengal coal scam probe, Anup Majee, conditional on him jo.....
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Madras HC Orders Sale of Shares Owned by Disc Assets Lead India Ltd(19.03.2018)
Madras High Court has directed the registry of its Madurai bench not to entertain any plea moved by the directors of Disc Assets Lead India Limited wh.....
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SC: Judgment Which Excluded Persons with Over 50% Impairment from Judicial Service No Longer Binding(12.02.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that its decision in V Surendra Mohan v. State of Tamil Nadu would not be a binding precedent, after the coming into force .....
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Kerala HC Directs CBI Investigation Into Scam Involving Misappropriation from Advocates Welfare Fund(29.12.2021)
Kerala High Court directed a CBI investigation into a scam involving misappropriation of over Rs. 7.5 crores from the Kerala Advocates Welfare Fund. T.....
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SC: Different Pay for Similar Post Allowed if There is Reasonable Classification(23.02.2023)
Supreme Court has held that if classification of posts and determination of pay scale have reasonable nexus with the objective or purpose sought to be.....
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Ministry of Finance “E-Sahyog" Pilot Project to Facilitate Taxpayers(27.10.2015)
The Ministry of Finance has launched a pilot project, “e-Sahyog” to reduce the need for taxpayers to appear physically before tax authorities. It will.....
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AgustaWestland: CBI Court Dismisses Christian Michel's Interim Bail Plea to Celebrate Easter(19.04.2019)
Special CBI Court has dismissed an interim bail application by British Businessman Christian Michel alleged middleman arrested in AgustaWestland chopp.....
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P&H HC: Mechanical Grant of Bail is a Disturbing Trend emerging in the Trial Courts(15.12.2023)
Punjab and Haryana High Court while observing that a very disturbing trend of granting bail mechanically is emerging with the trial Courts, has stated.....
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Courts Can’t Sit As An Appellate Authority To Examine UPSC Selection Committee Recommendations: SC(16.04.2018)
SC while observing that courts cannot sit as an appellate authority or umpire to examine the recommendations of Selection Committee of UPSC has said t.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Regarding Non Implementation of Guidelines for Scrapping of Vehicles(18.01.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea filed by the Society for Alternate Fuel and Environment (SAFE) for non implementation of the Guidelines f.....
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SC Denies To Stay Non-Bailable Warrant against Pankaj Bhujbal(19.05.2016)
SC has denied to stay a Non-Bailable Warrant against Pankaj Bhujbal, son of senior NCP leader Chaggan Bhujbal, in a money laundering case in connectio.....
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Why Should We Give You Copy of Film, SC Asks Congress Activist Seeking Stay on PM Modi Biopic(08.04.2019)
The apex court said it will hear the matter on Tuesday and possibly can pass an order if the petitioner brings on record that what the film depicts is.....
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SC Modifies Cauvery Order(12.09.2016)
SC has reduced quantum of Cauvery water to be released by Karnataka but expressed displeasure over the deteriorating law-and-order situation across so.....
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Why Attacking NGT Chairperson Justice Goel Over His Earlier Judgment in SC Should Set Off Alarm Bells(02.08.2018)
A judgment is always open to be criticised. Besides, any academic discussion following the judgment may also be relevant, but it must never involve th.....
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SC Upholds Validity Of 2018 Karnataka Law Granting Reservation In Promotion For SC-ST Staffs(10.05.2019)
Supreme Court has upheld the Constitutional validity of the Karnataka Extension of Consequential Seniority to Government Servants Promoted on the Basi.....
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MP HC: Casting Doubt on Conduct of Elections via Social Media not an Offence u/s 505(2) of IPC(22.01.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that merely casting a doubt upon the conduct of free and fair Legislative Assembly elections through a social media.....
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EDUCATION - Delhi HC Upholds Circular Asking Schools to Follow Textbooks Prescribed by SCERT/NCERT/CBSE(28.03.2019)
Delhi High Court has dismissed a challenge against the circular issued by Directorate of Education, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi,.....
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Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt to File Response Seeking Implementation of Manual Scavenging Law(26.03.2021)
Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to file its response in a plea moved seeking implementation of the provisions of the Pr.....
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SC Asks Assam NRC Authority to Minimise Inconvenience of Claimants Left Out in Draft List(12.04.2019)
The SC bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi has asked NRC Coordinator Prateek Hajela to file a report on the progress made towards finalisation of the NRC.....
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Kerala HC Enquires on Progress of Crowd Funding Scheme for Patients with Rare Disease(27.01.2022)
Kerala High Court has directed the Centre and State to file affidavits within a month indicating inter alia the progress of the crowd funding scheme s.....
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SC Asks NGT to Take Decision on Sea Port in Vizhinjam(04.02.2016)
SC has asked National Green Tribunal (NGT) to consider finally a case regarding construction of a deep sea port in Vizhinjam, near Kovalam, Kerala. Th.....
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Supreme Court: Mandatory For Private Schools on DDA Land to Seek Prior Approval For Hiking Fees(23.01.2017)
Supreme Court has dismissed a petition challenging Delhi High Court verdict that made it mandatory for private unaided schools, built on DDA land, to .....
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Bar Out to Kill Judiciary, Some Lawyers Carry Dagger: SC During Contempt Plea Against Bhushan(06.02.2019)
A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra, while taking up contempt petitions filed by Attorney General KK Venugopal and the central government against ad.....
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Interest rate of deposits made under the Special Deposit Scheme for Non-Government Provident, Superannuation and Gratuity Funds(06.01.2021)
It is hereby notified that, the deposits made under the Special Deposit Scheme for Non-Government Provident, Superannuation and Gratuity Funds, announ.....
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All. HC: Causing ‘Annoyance to Others’ A Prerequisite to Invoke Section 294 of IPC(31.05.2024)
Allahabad High Court has observed that in order to invoke Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, mere performance of an obscene act is not suffic.....
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‘It Will Give Rise to HIV Cases’: Subramanian Swamy Frowns at SC Verdict on Section 377(07.09.2018)
The Supreme Court on Thursday decriminalised consensual sex between homosexuals and read down Section 377 of the IPC.
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News18 Daybreak | SC Likely to Hear Ayodhya Land Dispute Case Today and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For(02.08.2019)
Get a fresh dose of the news that matters delivered directly to your inbox, every morning. The perfect way to get you started and informed for the day.....
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Kerala High Court: Can’t Expect Witness to Recall Sequence of Events Accurately(06.06.2024)
Kerala HC has observed that a witness cannot be expected to recall an accurate sequence of events and minor discrepancies in the statements do not amo.....
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SC Directs Gujarat Govt. to Reply Hardik Patel's Fresh Plea(16.12.2015)
SC has sought a response from Gujarat Government on a fresh plea of Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel challenging High Court's decision declin.....
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Bombay HC Finds No Merit in PILs Based on News Report Alleging LED Lights Scam(13.11.2018)
Bombay High Court has dismissed a couple of PILs based on an article that appeared in The Times of India with the headline which claimed that NMC pay.....
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PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks To Make Health & Yoga Science Mandatory Upto 8th Standard Curriculum(16.05.2022)
Public interest litigation has been filed in the Court seeking directions on the Centre and the Delhi Government to make "Health and Yoga Science" a m.....
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Lok Sabha Passes Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019(25.07.2019)
Lok Sabha has passed the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019 in a bid to save gullible investors from ponzi schemes. The Bill seeks to p.....
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Amendment under Interest Equalisation Scheme(25.05.2023)
1. Attention of Trade and Industry is drawn towards the extension of Interest Equalisation Scheme (IES) upto 31.03.2024, as notified by RBI vide its C.....
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Bombay HC Seeks Response on Plea Challenging Goa Victim Compensation Scheme, 2012(07.07.2021)
Bombay High Court has sought response of the Central Government and Goan administration on a plea challenging the amendment made in Goa Victim Compens.....
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Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Principal After Complainant Sought Extra Judicial Remedy(09.06.2022)
Bombay High Court while granting anticipatory bail to the accused for an offence under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities.....
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SC: Bank Employees App. Under SC Quota Entitled to Retain Post After their Caste is De-scheduled(29.08.2024)
SC has held that person who joined service of a Nationalized Bank/GOI undertaking based on a certificate that identified him/her as belonging to SC/ST.....
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Rafale LIVE: Setback to Govt on Election Eve as SC Allows Classified Documents to be Used in Review Petition(12.04.2019)
Rafale LIVE: In a setback to the government, the Supreme Court today rejected the Centre’s objections to petitions seeking review of the earlier jud.....
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SC Dismisses Plea Seeking GST Exemption for Medicines to Cure Spinal Muscular Atrophy(06.12.2022)
Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking removal of levy of Goods and Services Tax on medicines to cure spinal muscular atrophy stating that it is a.....
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SC Issues Contempt Notice over Filing Plea Challenging SC Order in District Court(08.02.2016)
As the top most court of the country, the Supreme Court’s verdict is final but a resident of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh did the unthinkable and challeng.....
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Delhi HC: ‘Will Children of Bureaucrats Study in Govt Schools? ’(25.01.2017)
Delhi HC has asked, ‘Will children of bureaucrats study in Government schools’, as it directed City Administration to improve infrastructure in its ow.....
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Nitish Kumar Govt, CBI Under Fire as SC Transfers Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Rape Cases to Delhi(07.02.2019)
A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, ordered the Saket trial court in New Delhi to conclude the trial within six months.
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NCLT, Kochi Allows Reduction of Paid Up Share Capital Structure of Josco Jewellers Pvt. Ltd.(12.01.2021)
National Company Law Tribunal, Kochi has allowed a company petition filed by Josco Jewellers Pvt. Ltd. for reduction of its share capital from Rs. 120.....
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CBI Should Not File SLP Before SC in Bofors Case: Attorney General K K Venugopal(29.01.2018)
In a recent letter to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), K K Venugopal Venguopal has said the investigating agency(CBI) should present i.....
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SC: Govt Servant Cannot Complain About Service Conditions or Retiral Benefits Before Consumer Forums(12.11.2019)
Supreme Court has clarified that a government servant is not a consumer for the purpose of Consumer Protection Act, 1986 and cannot raise any dispute .....
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AP HC Grants Bail to Chandrababu Naidu in Skill Development Scam Case(21.11.2023)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has granted regular bail to former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu in the multi-crore Skill development scam case.
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Order to disclose PM’s university degree stayed(01.07.2016)
Gujarat High Court allowed an interim stay of a CIC decision directing Gujarat University to disclose details of Prime Minister Modi’s university degr.....
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'Aren't Cars Worse?' SC Rethinks Ban on Firecrackers, Says People Can't be Rendered Jobless(12.03.2019)
The top court had last year put nationwide curbs on bursting of firecrackers. It had also imposed severe restrictions on manufacturing and sale of cra.....
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Supreme Court Approves Scrapping of LARSGESS Scheme for Railway Employees(02.02.2021)
Supreme Court has upheld the termination of Liberalized Active Retirement Scheme for Guaranteed Employment for Safety Staff (LARSGESS) for Railway Emp.....
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There's No Such Thing as ‘Green Firecrackers’, Say Manufacturers After SC Order, Cops Can't Count Decibels(24.10.2018)
The cracker industry in and around Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu has already completed production for this year.
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When personal business interests of importers clash with public interest, the former has to give way to the latter(17.06.2021)
In present set of appeals, the Union of India and the authorities related with customs have questioned the orders dated 15th October, 2020 and 5th Jan.....
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MP HC: Accused Cannot be Prosecuted by Married Woman for Rape on False Promise of Marriage(01.07.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court while quashing a rape FIR, has observed that on the date of developing physical relationship, the prosecutrix was a married .....
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Amendment in paragraph 3.06 and 3.08 of Handbook of Procedures of Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20(26.08.2015)
The Director General of Foreign Trade made amendments in paragraphs 3.06 and 3.08 - Jurisdictional RA / RA Concerned and Port of Registration of Scrip.....
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SC Orders Investigation against Pastor, Woman for Marriage Swindle(23.09.2016)
SC has approved an investigation against a pastor and a woman for allegedly abducting a mentally challenged man, who she had divorced six years ago, a.....
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Plea in SC Against HC Order Restraining Media from Reporting on Probe in Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case(05.09.2018)
The Patna High Court had on August 23 expressed displeasure over the leak of details of the investigation and asked the media to refrain from publishi.....
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Delhi HC: Suit Can Be Rejected Without Trial Where Proceedings Are Time Barred(06.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has ruled that where the plaintiff’s pleading discloses that a suit is barred by time, there is no fetter on the trial Court to rejec.....
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CESTAT, Mumbai: Acceptance to Pay Duty Exempt from Liability of Confiscation and Redemption Fine(14.04.2022)
Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has observed that voluntarily acceptance and willingness to pay the duty at the enhanced rate.....
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SC to UP Govt.: Introducing More Electric Furnaces at Crematorium, Offer Last Rite Services Free(15.12.2015)
SC while responding to UP Govt.’s plea that shifting crematorium which stands next to Taj Mahal will hurt “religious sentiments”, has asked Uttar Pra.....
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‘Fantastic! Ex-minister on Run and Nobody Knows’: SC Raps Bihar Govt Over Shelter Home Case(12.11.2018)
Eatrlier, during a hearing on October 31, the Bihar government told the SC that former social welfare minister Manju Verma has gone into hiding and co.....
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Gauhati HC Admits NIA's Appeal Against Discharge of Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi in Chandmari Case(16.07.2021)
Gauhati High Court has admitted National Investigating Agency's appeal against the order of the Special NIA Court discharging him of all the charges i.....
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SC Permits Spl. Court to Deliver Final Verdict on Gulbarg Society Massacre Case(03.09.2015)
SC has permitted special SIT court to deliver final verdict in 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre case - the only litigation among all post-Godhra riot cas.....
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SC Orders Strict Implementation of Ban on Chewing Tobacco(26.09.2016)
SC has made it clear that it has banned sale of all forms of chewable tobacco or nicotine and has therefore directed authorities, including Food Safet.....
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J&K&L HC: School Records Have Priority Over Village Records While Determining Claims for Juvenility(21.11.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that in order to ascertain the claims of juvenility, courts should give priority to the certificate i.....
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SC Directs Supertech to Deposit Rs 5 Crore(20.07.2016)
SC has directed Supertech to deposit Rs 5 crore in its Registry as a part of refund to homebuyers for project in which Allahabad High Court had ordere.....
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Kerala Church Scandal: SC to Hear Tomorrow Anticipatory Bail Plea of Priest(16.07.2018)
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud agreed to hear the plea of the priest after he sought urgent hear.....
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Supreme Court Issues Notice to Madras HC, Stays Disciplinary Proceedings Against Labour Judge(04.03.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice in plea filed by a Labour Court Judge against disciplinary proceedings against him ordered by the Madras High Court. T.....
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All. HC: Can’t Challenge Orders u/s 482 CrPC if Appeal Lies Under Section 14A of the SC/ST Act, 1989(14.02.2024)
Allahabad High Court has held that in cases where an appeal against an order would lie under Section 14A of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.....
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SC Questions Govt. for its Mandate on Framing Uniform Civil Code for all Religions(13.10.2015)
SC while hearing petition challenging legal provision that compels Christian couples to wait for at least 2 years for divorce, whereas this period is .....
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Bombay HC Takes Suo Motu Cognisance of Dangerous Journey for Young Children to Reach School(01.02.2022)
Bombay High Court has taken suo moto cognisance of a news report about the pitiable conditions in which young girls from a village in Satara District .....
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Bombay HC Irks over Violations of Transport Rules and Malpractices in Transportation of School Kids(26.10.2015)
Bombay HC while taking serious note of violations of transport rules and malpractices in transportation of school children, has issued detailed direct.....
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DDA to Launch Special Online Housing Scheme 2019 for SC/ST Category(15.06.2019)
Application fee for the scheme will be received online only, the DDA said in a statement. The ratio will be 2:1 for SC and ST category applicants and .....
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Bombay HC: Astronomical Returns Promised By Scamsters Are “Unrealistic”(26.10.2016)
Bombay High Court, while warning gullible investors against parking their money into Ponzi schemes, has observed that astronomical returns promised by.....
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Indiscipline by Lawyers: Supreme Court Seeks Report from BCI(11.07.2019)
Supreme Court has called upon the Bar Council of India (BCI) to submit a list of lawyers who have been acted against throughout the country for unruly.....
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SC: Punishment by Disciplinary Authority Can be Interfered With Only if Grossly Disproportionate(20.01.2023)
Supreme Court has held that power of judicial review can be exercised by the Court against punishment imposed by disciplinary authority, only if it is.....
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DGFT Issues Advisory on Safe Custody of Digital Tokens, Documents, Scrips(30.11.2021)
Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued the Advisory on safe custody of digital tokens, documents, scrips, etc. Under the revamped online.....
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Karnataka HC Stays CBSE's Disaffiliation of NPS Group of Schools(15.09.2016)
Karnataka HC, while giving relief to NPS Schools, has stayed further proceedings pursuant to FIR lodged against them and also stayed CBSE's disaffilia.....
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At Verge of Losing Faith in Justice, Says Woman Who Accused CJI of Sexual Harassment After Clean Chit(06.05.2019)
The former SC staffer said gross injustice had been done to her after the panel said that it has “found no substance†in the allegations against J.....
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NHA Relaxes Criteria to Rope in Private Hospitals Under Ayushman Bharat Scheme(06.04.2020)
National Health Authority (NHA) has relaxed its criteria to rope in private hospitals in smaller towns and cities to be empanelled under Ayushman Bhar.....
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SC Issues Notice to Centre on Plea for Preventing Cruelty to Hens(29.07.2016)
SC has issued notice to Centre seeking its response in a week to a petition seeking rules to prevent cruelty to egg-laying hens in poultry farms.
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'Why Can't You Vote on a Holy Day': SC Refuses Urgent Hearing Over Polling on 'Maundy Thursday'(04.04.2019)
Appearing for a Catholic Christian association from Tamil Nadu, the lawyer requested a bench headed by Justice SA Bobde to urgently hear the petition .....
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Madras HC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Reservation of Chairman Post for Scheduled Tribes(03.02.2022)
Madras High Court has issued notice to the State Election Commission on a plea seeking reservation of the Chairman Post of a town panchayat for Schedu.....
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EDUCATION - TRB Scam: Madras HC Sets Aside Government’s Decision to Scrap Exams(08.03.2019)
Madras High Court has set aside Tamil Nadu Government’s decision to cancel examinations for recruitment of 1,058 lecturers in government polytechnics,.....
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Mumbai Court Allows Police's Plea To Declare Param Bir Singh "Absconder"(18.11.2021)
Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Mumbai has issued a proclamation against "absconding" accused Param Bir Singh, former Mumbai police commissioner and .....
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SC to BCCI: Don’t Want to Reduce Popularity, Seek More Transparency(11.05.2016)
SC has clarified to Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) that it does not intend to reduce the popularity of the Board or hinder its growth, .....
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Supreme Court Says 'No' to Plea Seeking to Incorporate Sikh History in School Syllabus(25.04.2017)
Supreme Court has rejected a plea to incorporate detailed life history and teachings of all 10 Sikh Gurus along with Guru Granth Sahib in syllabus of .....
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Setback to Govt Day Before Election as SC Allows Classified Papers to be Used in Rafale Review Petitions(12.04.2019)
A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, decided by unanimity that the new documents will be relied upon by the top court w.....
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Delhi HC to BCI: Consider Having 'Pre-Set Schedule' for All India Bar Examination(06.12.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to inform it about the next scheduled date of All India Bar Examination (AIBE), so that t.....
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Delhi HC Refuses to Stay CIC Order Requiring Hockey India to Disclose List of Salaries Under RTI(14.01.2022)
Delhi High Court has refused to stay the order passed by Central Information Commission (CIC) directing Hockey India to disclose certain information, .....
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Calcutta High Court Cancels Madan Mitra's Bail, Accused in Saradha Scam(20.11.2015)
Calcutta High Court has accepted petition of Central Bureau of Investigation seeking cancellation of bail granted to Trinamool Congress leader Madan M.....
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Mining Scam: SC Permits ex-Karnataka Minister Reddy to Visit Ailing Father-in-law(07.06.2019)
Former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law B V Srinivas Reddy, managing director of the Obalapuram Mining.....
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Cash-For-Jobs Scam: Calcutta High Court Denies Bail to Former WB Education Minister(03.05.2024)
Calcutta High Court has declined the bail prayer of former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee in the cash-for-jobs recruitment scam, involving the i.....
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MP HC Upholds Punishment of Compulsory Retirement of Court Staff Taking Bribe(30.03.2022)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld its verdict of not interfering with the order of the Disciplinary Authority, and has directed compulsory retireme.....
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SC Orders H.D. Kumaraswamy to Face Trial in Land Case(28.09.2016)
SC has sets aside 2011 ruling of Karnataka HC that quashed criminal proceedings against Ex-Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy in 2007 land allotment case.....
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Gay Sex Not a Crime But Needs to Be Dealt With at Psychological Level: RSS on SC Verdict on Section 377(07.09.2018)
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh said the Indian society did not recognise such relations and same-sex marriages were against the laws of nature.
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Only Kingfisher Assets Must be Attached, Mallya Tells SC as He Seeks Stay on Confiscation of Properties(28.07.2019)
In the petition, Mallya has said that no other properties other than that of Kingfisher Airlines facing cases of alleged irregularities should be atta.....
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SC: Speaker Can't Deny Pension & Other Benefits to MLAs While Disqualifying Them Under 10th Schedule(29.09.2022)
Supreme Court has held that under the Xth Schedule of the Constitution, the Speaker of a Legislative Assembly does not have power to deny pension and .....
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SC Denies to Stay Payment to Reliance Power's SPL(30.06.2016)
SC has denied to stay order of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) that directed a group of state electricity distribution companies to pay aro.....
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You Will be in Trouble if Anything is Done to Aravalli, SC Warns Haryana Govt(09.03.2019)
The apex court had earlier ordered for demolition of illegal constructions in the forest area of Aravalli hills in Haryana.
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Delhi HC: Department Failed To Pass Re-Assessment Order Within Prescribed Time Limit(14.10.2022)
Delhi High Court has quashed the show-cause notice and the reassessment order as the department failed to pass the reassessment order within the presc.....
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SC: Examiners Identity Can't Be Revealed Under RTI(10.02.2016)
SC has held that revealing identity of examiners evaluating answer sheets in competitive exams under the RTI Act will lead to dire consequences and cr.....
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Supreme Court: State Govt. Can Take Over Private Schools(20.02.2018)
Supreme Court has held that state decision to run Primary schools which were decided to be closed by their respective management was in public interes.....
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Gujarat Riots: Zakia Jafri Seeks Hearing After Polls on Plea Against Clean Chit to Modi, SC Agrees(11.02.2019)
The high court in its October 5, 2017, order said the SIT probe was monitored by the Supreme Court. However, it partly allowed Zakia's petition as far.....
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SC Warns BCCI over Improper Implementation of Lodha Panel Report(28.09.2016)
SC has warned Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for not complying with its directives on reforms in cricketing Body after Lodha Panel submi.....
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Facebook Changes DP, Google Homepage Puts up 'Rainbow Flag' After SC Decriminalised Gay Sex(07.09.2018)
The rainbow flag, commonly known as the gay pride flag or LGBT pride flag, is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride and LGBT.....
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Vijay Mallya's Plea Challenging Confiscation of Properties to be Heard by SC on Friday(29.07.2019)
The fugitive liquor baron, who is currently in the UK, has been charged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of defaulting on bank loans to the tune of.....
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SC: Limited Scrutiny by Court Under S.11 of A&C Act is Necessary And Compelling(11.04.2023)
Supreme Court has held that under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Court’s are not expected to act mechanically and observ.....
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'No Such Restrictions Even in Mughal Era': Ujjain BJP MP Vows to Defy SC Ruling on Firecrackers(24.10.2018)
In a social media post, Chintamani Malviya said time limit could not be set on festivals and he was ready to go to jail to uphold his traditions.
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SC Asks P&H HC to Hear Father's Plea for Second Post-mortem in Jaipal Bhullar Encounter(21.06.2021)
Supreme Court has set aside an order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had dismissed the petition filed by the father of alleged gangs.....
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Supreme Court Denies to Introduce Moral Science in Curriculum(25.07.2016)
Supreme Court has refused to hear a plea seeking a direction to Government and Central Board of Secondary Education to introduce moral science as a se.....
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Supreme Court Seeks Records in Kerala Church Sex Scandal Case(27.07.2018)
Supreme Court has called for records of the investigation carried out by the Crime Branch in the case of alleged rape and molestation charges against .....
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Delhi High Court Upholds Amendments to Marketing Discipline Guidelines 2012(13.01.2022)
Delhi High Court has upheld the amendments to the Marketing Discipline Guidelines 2012(MDG) issued by the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to the Petrol.....
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SC Junks Plea to Stop Central Funds for Kashmiri 'Separatists'(15.09.2016)
SC has dismissed a PIL that sought to stop Central funds and security being given to 'separatists' in Kashmir and slammed a lawyer for calling Hurriya.....
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Bengaluru Pub Owners Wary of Implementing SC Order on Playing Music(04.08.2018)
As per law, a 'licence' is a must and in order for one to play music live or recorded music in places of public entertainment.
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Mayawati Wants Death Penalty For Alwar Gang-rape Accused, Asks SC to Act Against Leaders Defaming Women(11.05.2019)
A woman was allegedly raped by five men in front of her husband in Alwar district on April 26.The assailants also filmed the crime and uploaded the vi.....
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CIVIL - Saradha Chit Fund Case: SC Seeks Response from Airtel, Vodafone to CBI’s Plea(30.03.2019)
Supreme Court has sought a response from telecom service providers Bharti Airtel Ltd. and Vodafone on a CBI plea that they came out with “surprisingly.....
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Calculator in Board Exams for Dyslexic Students: SC Asks CBSE to Decide on Case-by-case Basis(21.10.2018)
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said that there cannot be uniform rule in this regard and the CBSE should make a decision taking.....
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Allahabad HC Grants Bail to Accused Parveen Kumar Gupta in UP Power Corporation EPF Scam(09.02.2022)
Allahabad High Court has granted bail to the former General Manager of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited and prime accused in the Corporation's .....
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SC Allows Team Access to Sinha Visitors' Diary(01.10.2015)
SC while monitoring coal scam inquiry, has granted access to original visitors' diary at former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha's residence to ex-CBI Specia.....
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Muzaffarpur Shelter Rapes: No New Probe Team as SC Stays Patna HC Order(19.09.2018)
The Supreme Court said changing the CBI team at this stage will be detrimental to the ongoing investigation.
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Meg HC: Consistency & Finality of Judgments Paramount Over Correctness to Ensure Judicial Discipline(13.02.2023)
Meghalaya High Court has held that judicial discipline commands that a level of consistency is maintained and the concept of finality that is of param.....
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SC Asks Gujarat Govt. to Reply on Pleas to Defreeze Accounts of Teesta and Others(17.08.2016)
SC has sought response of Gujarat Government on pleas filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand and two NGOs challenging the f.....
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SCDRC Upholds Penalty of Rs. 5 Lakh Imposed on Airtel(05.07.2024)
Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC) has upheld a penalty of Rs. 5 Lakh imposed on Airtel for making indiscriminate calls and ob.....
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Court has to be very cautious in interfering with an appeal unless there are compelling and substantial grounds to interfere with order of acquittal(09.11.2016)
Instant appeal arises out of judgment passed by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, whereby the High Court has partly allowed the appeal preferred by th.....
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Bhima-Koregaon Case: SC Verdict on Activists’ Arrest ‘Unfortunate, Unexpected’, Say Family Members(29.09.2018)
A disappointed family member of P Varavara Rao, who is under house arrest here for his alleged links with Maoists, said that he was hoping the case wo.....
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SC: Special Court Can Take Cognizance of Offence Without Committal if Special Act Authorizes It to Do(24.07.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that when there is a clear provision in the Special Act empowering the Special Court to take cognizance of an offence without .....
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Del HC: Rejecting Appln. Under SVLDR Scheme Without Hearing is Violates Principle of Natural Justice(24.05.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that rejecting of application under Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 (SVLDR Scheme) without granting a.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on NewsClick Plea for Quashing of ED's Money Laundering Case(06.07.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on M/s PPK NewsClick Studio Pvt Ltd and its founder Prabir Purkayastha's petition seeking quashing of an ECIR again.....
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Section 377 Verdict LIVE: 4 Judges to Write Separate Judgments as SC Decides on Decriminalising Gay Sex Today(06.09.2018)
The court had earlier made clear that it may not strike down the law completely and deal with it to the extent it relates to consensual acts between t.....
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Madras HC: Quota for Government School Students in Medical Admissions Justified(08.04.2022)
Madras High Court has upheld the validity of Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Indian Medicine and Homeopathy on f.....
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BCI Directs SBCs to Initiate Discipl. Action Against Advocates Soliciting Work Through Online Portal(09.07.2024)
Bar Council of India (BCI) has issued directions to State Bar Councils to take disciplinary action against advocates soliciting work through online po.....
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UJALA scheme launched in Melaka, Malaysia(06.09.2017)
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) , under Ministry of Power, Government of India has launched UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable Lighting for Al.....
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After SC Verdict, Sabarimala Temple’s First Job — Build More Toilets for Women(30.09.2018)
Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president A. Padmakumar said he discussed the matter with Kerala CM after which the board decided to arrange for toile.....
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Delhi HC Seeks Centre's Response on Plea to Disclose Names of Persons Arrested in Delhi Riots Cases(13.07.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed the Central Government to file a response in plea alleging that Delhi Police had violated section 41C of the Criminal Pr.....
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Bombay High Court: Tariff Authority’s Interpretation of Scale of Rates is Binding(15.07.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that the interpretation of the ‘Scale of Rates’ by the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP), fixed by it for services an.....
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Madras HC Sets Aside Rejection Order Directing Processing of Application Under Pension Scheme(25.01.2022)
Madras High Court has set aside the rejection order by Freedom Figher Revenue Division (F.F.R) and directed the processing of Petitioner's application.....
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Madras HC Issues Notice to Tamil Nadu over TNPSC Appointments(04.02.2016)
Madras High Court has issued notice to Tamil Nadu Government on a petition filed by senior DMK leader T.K.S. Elangovan challenging appointment of advo.....
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Supreme Court to Centre: Set Up Mobile Subscriber Verification Mechanism Within Two Weeks(23.01.2017)
Supreme Court has given Government two weeks to put in place a mechanism for proper verification of all mobile phone subscribers at time of issuing SI.....
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After SC Stops CBI From Arresting Rajeev Kumar, MHA Seeks Disciplinary Action Against Top Cop(06.02.2019)
Former MHA officials who have dealt with Centre-State relations said the MHA action appears to me more for optics.
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SC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Appointment of Full-Term Member for National Commission for SC/ST(11.01.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a plea seeking appointment of full-term Chairman, Vice-Chairman and other members of the National Commissions for S.....
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Cabinet approves Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016(20.07.2016)
The Union Cabinet approved the introduction of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016 in Parliament.
The Bill envisages .....
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CCI Slaps Rs 87 Crore Fine on Hyundai for Unfair Discount Curbs(20.06.2017)
Competition Commission of India has imposed a penalty of Rs 87 crore on Hyundai Motor India for unfair business practices with respect to providing di.....
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Centre Returns to Collegium 2 Names Recommended for Elevation as SC Judges(08.05.2019)
On April 12, the Supreme Court collegium had recommended the names of Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice Aniruddha Bose and Gauhati HC Chief Justice A.....
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Del HC: Denial of Caste Certificate on Basis of Single Mother’s Certificate is Policy Discrimination(24.11.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that the denial of caste certificate to the children of single mothers, belonging to other backward class (OBC) on the basis.....
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Karnataka High Court: St John's Post Graduation Admission Policy Violates Regulation(14.04.2017)
Karnataka High Court has said that admission procedure adopted by St John's National Academy of Health Sciences (St John's Medical College) is contrar.....
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SC Allows Sale Of 10% Of Unsold BS-IV Vehicles for 10 Days After Lockdown(30.03.2020)
Supreme Court has granted some relaxations to the 31st March, 2020 deadline for the sale and registration of BS-IVvehicles.The Court allowed the sale .....
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Bombay HC: Physical Force Used Only to Correct School child is Not Offence(06.02.2023)
Bombay High Court while observing that teachers are backbone of education system, and it would be difficult to maintain discipline if they are constan.....
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J&K HC Directs Trial Courts to Avoid Disclosing Identities of Rape Survivors(28.12.2020)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the trial Courts of the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh "to avoid disclosing identity of .....
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J&K HC: No Violation of Detenue’s Rights for Non-Disclosure of Confidential Intel in Public Interest(10.04.2025)
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that merely because confidential information was not provided to detenue for public interest, it ca.....
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SC Raps AAP Govt. over it’s "Ill-Advised" Move on Demarcation of Constitutional Powers(20.04.2016)
SC has rapped AAP Government for its "ill-advised" move seeking a direction to the Delhi High Court to refer adjudication of a bunch of petitions for .....
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SERVICE - SC/ST Candidates Applying for High Court Jobs Not Exempted from Paying Examination Fee: Calcutta HC(22.02.2019)
Calcutta High Court has held that imposing examination fee on Scheduled Caste Schedule Tribe applicants to Group D Posts in the High Court is not ille.....
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Delhi HC Grants Temporary Stay on Order for Extension of Benefits Under CM Advocate Welfare Scheme(21.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has granted a temporary stay on a single judge order for extension of benefits under CM Advocates' Welfare Scheme to all lawyers who .....
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SC Asks Advocate to Get AG's View on Contempt Plea in JNU Row(01.03.2016)
SC has asked petitioners to get opinion of Attorney General (AG) before it accords hearing to his plea seeking contempt action against JNUSU President.....
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CBI Court Convicts Ex-Secy HC Gupta, Others in Colgate Scam(22.05.2017)
A Special CBI Court in New Delhi has convicted Former Coal Secretary HC Gupta along with two serving bureaucrats in a case relating to irregularities .....
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Saradha Scam: SC Vacates Order Granting Protection from Arrest to Ex-Kolkata Police Commissioner(17.05.2019)
Supreme Court has vacated its order granting protection from arrest to former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar in the Saradha chit fund scam c.....
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SC: Rehabilitation Scheme Under SICA Binds All Creditors(20.03.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that rehabilitation scheme under Section 18 of the SICA, 1985 shall bind all the creditors including the unsecured credi.....
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SC Clears Appointment of Candidate for Range Officer Post while Setting Aside J&K High Court’s Order(16.11.2015)
SC while setting aside J&K High Court’s order whereby it was upheld that candidate having BSC degree with Forestry as major subject was ineligible for.....
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Madras High Court: State Health Scheme Not Charity(03.06.2019)
Madras High Court has ruled that medical reimbursement claimed by the employees and pensioners or their family members is not the bonus or bounty.
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HP HC: Revenue Officer has Discretion to Convert Itself to Civil Court to Decide Plea of Possession(06.03.2023)
Himachal Pradesh High Court while observing that while adjudicating the plea of adverse possession revenue officer has discretion, either to convert i.....
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SC Issues Notice to Centre, States on Lokpal, Lokayukta(15.09.2016)
SC has issued a notice to Centre on a PIL seeking direction to set up expeditiously an autonomous Lokpal in spirit of Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 2013. .....
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Actress Sexual Assault Case: SC Stays Trial, to Consider Dileep's Plea for Access to Video of Crime(04.05.2019)
The Kerala government had last month told the SC that it will not press for framing of charges against Dileep before the trial court in the case till .....
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Supreme Court Vacates Stay On SSC Exam Results(13.05.2019)
Supreme Court has vacated the stay on declaration of results of the SSC Examination 2017—both Combined Graduate Level Examination and Combined Higher .....
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SC Issues Notice to Rajasthan in Panchayati Raj Case(28.07.2016)
SC has issued notice to Rajasthan Govt. on constitutional validity of legislation fixing minimum qualification for contesting panchayat elections in t.....
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RBI to Decide on Required Action After SC Order, Says Arun Jaitley(02.04.2019)
Earlier on Tuesday, the Supreme Court quashed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) circular February 12, 2018, on company insolvency, which mandated that l.....
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Karnataka HC Directs State to File Status on Implementation of Shuchi Scheme(02.04.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to file a status report with regard to the implementation of Shuchi scheme and to state as to w.....
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Patna HC Directs Government to Ensure Transgender Persons Benefit Under Social Security Schemes(26.05.2020)
Patna High Court has directed the Government to ensure that the persons belonging to the Transgender community are not deprived of food grains distrib.....
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Kar HC: Disciplinary Authority Must Look Into Past Conduct of Workman While Passing Dismissal Order(29.05.2024)
Karnataka High Court has observed that the disciplinary authority, while taking into consideration the findings of the inquiry officer and passing the.....
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SC Grants Relief to NMRCL on Satkar Land(03.10.2016)
Supreme Court, while granting relief to Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL), has stayed decision of Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on the.....
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Section 377 Verdict LIVE Updates: India Decriminalises Gay Sex, SC Says Can't Punish Consenting Adults(07.09.2018)
Section 377 verdict LIVE Updates: The Supreme Court has decriminalized consensual sex between homosexuals and read down Section 377 of the IPC.
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News18 Wrap: SC Sets Deadline in Unnao Case, Pak Offers Consular Access to Kulbhushan & Other Stories You Missed(02.08.2019)
News18 Wrap brings you some of the biggest stories on News18.com today to help you stay updated at all times.
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Ker. HC: Bail to be Granted if No Requirement for Custodial Interrogation, a Misconception(05.06.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that there appears to be a serious misconception of law that if no case for custodial interrogation is made out by the pros.....
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Alok Verma on Forced Leave But Still the Boss, Says CBI as Govt Builds Case Ahead of SC Hearing(25.10.2018)
A CBI spokesperson said that joint director M Nageshwar Rao was given the charge to look after the duties and functions of the director only as an int.....
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Release of Minor Accused in Pune Porsche Case Ordered by Bombay High Court(26.06.2024)
Bombay High Court has ordered the release of the minor accused in the Pune Porsche Case which resulted in the death of two individuals. The order was .....
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Supreme Court: Why Can't Children With Special Needs Have Separate Schools(24.10.2017)
Supreme Court has asked Uttar Pradesh government why separate schools cannot be set up to impart education to children with special needs, instead of .....
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A petition based on unconfirmed news reports without verifying their authenticity should not normally be entertained(19.08.2020)
The Petitioner in present Criminal Miscellaneous Petition/application is the Petitioner in writ petition. The said writ petition was filed under Artic.....
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SC Scraps Medical Admissions through Private Counselling in MP(23.09.2016)
SC has cancelled admissions to private medical and dental colleges done through private counselling sessions in Madhya Pradesh and instead ordered a c.....
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Bhushan Steel Ex-promoter Neeraj Singal to Remain Out on Interim Bail; SC Transfers Case to Itself(04.09.2018)
A bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, however, stayed the operation of the Delhi High Court judgement and transferred to its.....
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Karnataka HC Refuses to Quash UGC Notification Restricting Physical Jurisdiction of NLSIU(02.06.2021)
Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a public notice and regulations issued by University Grants Commission by which it restricts the physical ju.....
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Del. HC: Order of ITSC Final & Conclusive for a Particular AY for Which Application is Filed(05.07.2024)
Delhi High Court while allowing the appeal filed by the department, has held that the order of the Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC) is final an.....
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Kerala HC Directs to Ensure That Child is Provided with Seat in Government School(01.12.2021)
Kerala High Court has directed that all efforts shall be taken in an expeditious manner to ensure that the child is provided with a seat in the govern.....
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Advance Discharge Voucher(12.07.2016)
The Insurance Regulatory Authority of India tightened instructions for life insurers that issue advance discharge vouchers.
It now require.....
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SC to Employers: Forgive Past Errors of Youth(26.07.2016)
SC has held that employers may forgive youngsters who suppress or submit false information in their job verification forms if their criminal past invo.....
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Madras HC: Benefit Under MEIS Can’t be Denied on Ground of Inadvertent Omission(04.03.2020)
Madras High Court has held that benefit under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) notified under the Foreign Trade Policy cannot be denie.....
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J&K&L HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Reimbursement Under PM Special Scholarship Scheme(28.12.2022)
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed a Jaipur-based University's plea for reimbursement of expenses incurred by it with regard to tuiti.....
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Attorney General Refuses to Argue in Section 377 Case, Hints Govt Doesn't Support Decriminalisation(12.07.2018)
KK Venugopal said he appeared for the curative petition challenging the SC order that criminalised homosexuality in 2012. "I'm told the governme.....
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Allahabad HC Directs to Take Decision on Representations to Include Rajbhar Community in ST List(17.03.2022)
Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to take a decision over the representations forward to it by the Centre seeking inclusi.....
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SC to CBI: Take Over all Vyapam Cases, Whatever Their Stage Is(14.09.2015)
Supreme Court has denied to acknowledge CBI's plea to distinguish between cases which were under inquiry and those pending trial in courts. The court .....
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SC Fines Delhi Health Minister over Chikungunya Menace(03.10.2016)
SC has ordered Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain to cough up a cost of Rs 25000 in his personal capacity over delay in disclosing names of officers.....
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Union Minister Athawale to Move SC Over Usage of 'Dalit' to Refer to Scheduled Castes(07.09.2018)
RPI leader and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said the word Dalit symbolises the struggle undertaken to give these communities their rights.
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Kerala Muslim Body Moves SC Against New Law Criminalising Triple Talaq; Another Plea in Delhi HC(03.08.2019)
Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema, a religious organisation of Sunni Muslim scholars and clerics in the state, has sought that the court declare the new.....
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Ker. HC: Criminal Misc. Cases to be Numbered Only After Producing Witness Statements & Docs.(07.06.2024)
Kerala High Court has directed its registry to number criminal miscellaneous cases only after producing the final report along with witness’s statemen.....
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Supreme Court Stays Akrama Sakrama Scheme Intended to Regularize Unauthorized Construction(16.01.2017)
Supreme Court has stayed Akrama Sakrama scheme, exactly a month after Karnataka High Court gave nod to State Government to regularise unauthorised bui.....
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SC Clarifies Article 14 Does not Forbid Reasonable Classification for Purposes of Legislation(11.10.2019)
Supreme Court has upheld a compassionate appointment regulation of Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation which restrained dependants of a decease.....
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Calcutta HC Orders Removal Of Illegally Appointed Assistant Maths Teacher(08.06.2022)
Calcutta High Court has directed West Bengal Board of Secondary Education to cancel the illegal appointment of assistant math teacher from government .....
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SC Seeks Status Report in Multi-Crore QNet Case(02.09.2016)
SC has directed Maharashtra Government to file latest status report regarding investigation on anticipatory bail plea filed by Michael Ferreira and fo.....
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SC: Govt. Should not be Funding Jammu and Kashmir Separatists(09.09.2016)
SC, while agreeing to take a plea sharing the concern of a Delhi-based lawyer protesting against government funds to Jammu and Kashmir-based separatis.....
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Bombay HC: Neither Union nor State has Authority to Issue Guidelines to Govern Judicial Discretion(20.08.2019)
Bombay High Court has rejected a petition filed by a man who challenged the constitutional validity of Section 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.....
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Supreme Court: Restaurants with Live Band, Discos Should Obtain Licence(29.01.2018)
Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of ‘The Licensing and Controlling of Places of Public Entertainment (Bangalore City) Order 2005’ issued.....
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Now, a Plea in SC Challenging Appointment of Rakesh Asthana as DG of Aviation Security(24.01.2019)
Asthana, a Gujarat cadre IPS officer was at loggerheads with his boss former CBI Director Alok Verma for several months and both of them had levelled .....
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Madras HC Asks to Consider Revising Quantum of Compensation for Deaths of Manual Scavengers(11.11.2021)
Madras High Court has observed that the current quantum of compensation payable upon death due to manual scavenging may be inadequate and thus urged t.....
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SC to DDA: Refund Rs 450cr Deposited by Pvt. Builder(30.06.2016)
SC has directed Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to refund over Rs 450 crore deposited by a builder under a tender for constructing flats near the Ri.....
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RBI: Banks Cannot Refuse to Accept Scribbled, Coloured, Faded Bank Notes(01.05.2017)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has clarified by its notification dated 25th April 2017 that bank branches cannot refuse to accept scribbled/coloured/fade.....
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Coal Scam: Supreme Court Grants Time to Centre to Recommend Names for Special Public Prosecutor(07.02.2020)
Supreme Court has given the Centre time till February 10 to suggest names of lawyers for appointing a special public prosecutor to conduct trials for .....
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SC: No Right to Seek Parole or Premature Release for Terrorists(30.06.2016)
SC, while setting aside a P&H High Court judgment directing Gujarat Govt. to release life convict Lal Singh alias Manjit Singh on parole for 3 months.....
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Grant of pay-scale of the higher post would be justified only if the employee was actually performing duties of the higher post(25.09.2017)
The present writ petition assails the order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, whereby the Tribunal has dismissed the Petitioner's transfe.....
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CBDT Issues Approval for Notifying CIT(A) to Exercise Jurisdiction Post Faceless Appeal Scheme(09.04.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued the approval for notifying Commissioners of Income-tax (Appeals) to exercise jurisdiction over appeals.....
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Mad. HC: Supporting Driver Before MACT Doesn’t Preclude Transport Corp. from Initiating Disc. Proc.(03.04.2024)
Madras High Court has held that if State Express Transport Corporation management has taken a stand for the driver before the Motor Accident Claims Tr.....
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Rajasthan HC Dismisses Plea Opposing Closure of Century Old Railway School Running in Losses(16.02.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation opposing the decision of the railway authorities to close down the railway senior seco.....
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Special Advance Authorisation Scheme for export of Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories(11.08.2016)
Central Government makes amendments in the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020 with effect from 1st September 2016, In exercise of the powers conferr.....
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Calcutta HC Asks Trial Courts to Stop Relying Upon Non-Binding Observations of SC, HCs(01.12.2021)
Calcutta High Court has asked the trial Courts across the state to stop the serious adverse trend to rely upon the non-binding observations of the Sup.....
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Clarifications on the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016(14.07.2016)
The Central Board of Direct Taxes released additional clarifications on the Income Declaration Scheme 2016.
In answers to ten additional qu.....
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SC Issues Guidelines for Selection Process of Judicial Officers(27.07.2016)
SC has issued guidelines to make selection process more transparent for appointment of Judicial Officers for trial courts in the national capital.
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CBDT: Direct Tax Case Pending in Arbitration Without Appeal Eligible Under Vivad se Vishwas Scheme(06.03.2020)
Central Board of Direct Taxes has clarified that if the direct tax case is pending in arbitration without appeal pending, it is eligible to apply unde.....
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All. HC: Removing Body from Murder Scene to Another Place Doesn't Come U/S 201 IPC(29.12.2022)
Allahabad High Court has observed that removing dead body from the scene of the murder to another place does not come within the ambit of Section 201 .....
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Supreme Court Asks for Status Report from CBI, ED on Investigation in Coal Scam Cases(18.09.2019)
Supreme Court has sought to know from Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) the status of investigation and trial in .....
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P&H HC: Can't Approach HC U/S 438 CrPC After Rejection of Pre-Arrest Bail for Case Under SC/ST Act(04.07.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that once the plea for anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC is rejected by Sessions Court to accused under .....
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Complaint in Bandra Court against BeerBiceps, Samay Raina and Others(11.02.2025)
A social activist has moved to the Bandra Magistrate Court and sought criminal action against YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia (Beer Biceps), comedian Sama.....
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SC: NGT Not Barred from Hearing Plea on Delhi Pollution(22.01.2016)
SC has clarified that it has not stopped National Green Tribunal (NGT) from passing any order in matters pertaining to pollution in Delhi and asked a.....
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Advocate Who Was Fined Rs 50,000 for Frivolous PIL Now Moves SC Against Govt's Snooping Order(25.12.2018)
According to the government's notification, 10 Central probe and snoop agencies are now empowered under the Information Technology (IT) Act for comput.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notices in Plea Challenging 'Faceless Income Tax Appeal Scheme 2020'(20.10.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued a notice to Union of India and Income Tax Department on a petition challenging the 'Faceless Income Tax Appeal Scheme, 202.....
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Statute refers to an actual practice of "Sati" and not to a visual depiction of an imaginary work of fiction portrayed in the film(22.02.2018)
Present writ petition seeks directions to the Central Board of Film Certification, to take "appropriate steps to stop glorification of the practice of.....
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SC: Homebuyers Cannot be Deprived of Interim Compensation Merely for Want of Execution of Sale Deed(11.02.2021)
Supreme Court has opined in connection with the Maradu flat demolition case that once it has been established that the home buyers have in fact made p.....
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Calcutta High Court Upholds Vires of State Government's Duare Ration Scheme(24.12.2021)
Calcutta High Court has upheld the vires of the ambitious meal scheme of the West Bengal Government, the Duare Ration Scheme which essentially seeks t.....
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Dump Garbage Outside L-G’s House: SC Fumes Over ‘Emergency Situation’ in Delhi(07.08.2018)
The bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta sought details on pilot project for segregation of household waste launched in some areas.....
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NCLT, Jaipur: Personal Guarantors of NBFC/FSC Cannot be Proceeded Against Unless Threshold Satisfied(28.02.2022)
National Company Law Tribunal, Jaipur has held that Personal Guarantors of Non-Banking Finance Company/ Financial Services Provider cannot be proceede.....
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2004 Ponzi Scam: Supreme Court Paves Way for Trial of S Natarajan(03.10.2017)
Supreme Court has paved the way for prosecution of S Natarajan in the high-profile ponzi scam involving Chennai-based PNL Nidhi Limited which allegedl.....
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SC: Magistrates Can’t Ask Police to Investigate Private Criminal Defamation Complaint(28.07.2016)
SC, while prima facie finding fault with a lower court order asking Maharashtra cops to probe defamation case against Congress VP Rahul Gandhi, has sa.....
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Bilkis Bano Case: SC Asks Gujarat Govt to Take Action Against Erring Cops in Two Weeks(30.03.2019)
The top court has also termed the Rs 5 lakh compensation offered by the Gujarat government 'interim', adding that the plea for exemplary compensation .....
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SC: Deposit Made Under Section 21(5) MMDRA for Illegal Mining Not "Proceeds Of Crime" Under PMLA(31.03.2021)
Supreme Court has expressed a prima facie view that deposit made under Section 21(5) of the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation Act, 1957 (M.....
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REAL ESTATE - Allahabad HC: Either Husband or Wife Eligible for Noida Flat Schemes(25.03.2019)
Allahabad High Court has ruled that in a case pertaining to a man and wife who applied separately for Noida authority residential flat scheme and both.....
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Supreme Court: All Parents to Pay 100% School Fees for Lockdown Period(12.02.2021)
Supreme Court has announced that parents will have to pay full fees to the schools during the pandemic period. This will be equal to the fees that sho.....
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Delhi HC: Can’t Promote Officers of Central Health Services Mechanically(10.01.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that promotion under Dynamic Assured Career Progression Scheme of Central Health Services cannot be made in a mechanical man.....
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‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ copied screenplay claims registered copyright holder(18.10.2015)
‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, after its ‘selfie’ headache, visits the court again, this time for claims that the movie’s screenplay is copy of a story that was.....
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Supreme Court Asks If Creamy Layer Would Apply to SCs, STs(17.08.2018)
Supreme Court has sought to know if the creamy layer concept would apply to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) so that the backward in .....
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24,000 Teaching and Non-Teaching Jobs Invalidated by Calcutta High Court(23.04.2024)
Calcutta High Court has cancelled 24,000 teaching and non-teaching jobs for government and aided schools filled up in 2016 SSC Recruitment process on .....
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Kerala High Court Denies to Grant Immediate Stay on Vigilance Court Order in Bar Bribery Scam(09.11.2015)
Kerala HC has denied to grant an immediate stay on a Vigilance court order directing further inquiry against state Finance Minister K M Mani in bar br.....
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Murder Accused 'Saravana Bhavan' Founder Rajagopal Surrenders in TN Court(09.07.2019)
Earlier in the day, an SC bench dismissed Rajagopal's plea seeking more time on medical grounds to surrender, saying his illness was not raised before.....
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SC: Difference in Pay Scale Based on Academic Qualification is Valid(17.01.2023)
Supreme Court has held that an academic qualification is a valid criterion to differentiate pay scale for different employees even when the nature of .....
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SC Notices Centre & UP Government over Exemption to Minority Schools under Right to Education Act(06.10.2016)
SC has issued notice to Centre & Uttar Pradesh Government on a plea seeking a relook by a constitution bench on whether minority institutions both aid.....
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Delhi HC Restrains Historian Audrey Truschke & Others from Publishing Defamatory Material(18.02.2022)
Delhi High Court has restrained historian Dr. Audrey Truschke and other persons from publishing any defamatory material against historian Dr. Vikram S.....
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Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2015(14.08.2015)
SEBI made regulations to amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009. These are .....
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It Can't Go on Like This: SC Tells Govt on Huge Vacancies in CIC, State Information Commissions(02.07.2018)
A bench headed by Justice AK Sikri expressed strong displeasure over the fact that the government's failure in appointing Information Commissioners ha.....
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Allahabad HC Issues Notices on Plea for Waiver of School Fees for Children with Disability(29.05.2020)
Allahabad High Court has issued notice to Central Board of Secondary Education on a Public Interest Litigation seeking to waive off school fee for dif.....
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Karnataka High Court: Provisions of RTE Act Apply to Residential Schools(31.05.2024)
Kar. HC has held that under Section 18 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 read with Karnataka RTE Rules, it is mandat.....
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ITAT, Mumbai: Assessing Officer Cannot Make Addition on Basis of Suo-Moto Disclosure of Assessee(15.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has ruled that the Assessing Officer cannot make any addition to assessee's income on the basis of the suo-moto .....
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SC: We Can’t Force Anyone to Do Yoga(15.12.2015)
SC while declining a request by 85-year-old advocate petitioner J C Seth seeking early hearing of his PIL seeking to make yoga compulsory in schools, .....
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No Open Court Hearing of 19 Review Petitions Against Supreme Court’s Sabarimala Verdict(13.11.2018)
Prior to the review petitions being heard, there are also three writ petitions that have been filed against the SC verdict. These writ petitions would.....
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CESTAT, Mumbai: Reliance Industries Entitled to Avail CENVAT Credit for Employees Opting for VSS(13.05.2022)
Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has observed that Reliance Industries is entitled to avail CENVAT credit on the service tax .....
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Compulsory manual selection of cases for scrutiny during the Financial Year 2015-2016(31.08.2015)
The Central Board of Direct Taxes lay down procedure and criteria for manual selection of returns and cases for scrutiny during the financial-year 201.....
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SC Seeks Centre’s Response on Agustawestland Chopper Purchase by Chhattisgarh(26.09.2016)
SC has sought Centre’s response on PIL that alleged financial irregularities in purchase of helicopters by Raman Singh Government in Chhattisgarh from.....
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SC Deplores Harassment of Scribes with Multiple FIRs(20.05.2020)
Supreme Court has deplored the practice of harassing journalists by filing multiple First Information Reports in different parts of the country in the.....
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Punjab and Haryana High Court Grants Bail to Rapists for Girl's 'promiscuous attitude'(25.09.2017)
Punjab and Haryana high court has granted bail to three convicts in the infamous blackmailing and gang rape case of a student of OP Jindal Global Univ.....
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Scheme for relaxation of time for filing forms related to creation or modification of charges under the Companies Act, 2013(17.06.2020)
1.The companies are required to file forms related to creation or modification of charges within the timelines provided in section 77 of the Companies.....
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Notification of procedure for General Authorisation for Export of Telecommunication items (GAET) under Category 8A5 Part I of SCOMET(27.03.2024)
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 1.03 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 as amended from time to time, the Directorate.....
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Bombay High Court: Preserve Valuables of Scientists(05.08.2015)
Bombay High Court has suggested to the Maharashtra and Central Government that steps should be taken to ensure protection and preservation of valuabl.....
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Gay Sex Law in SC Today After Court Rejects Govt's Plea to Defer Hearing(10.07.2018)
The apex court had in 2013 had restored the criminality of the sexual relationship between persons of the same sex, after the Delhi High Court' had de.....
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Bombay HC Directs High Power Committee to Discuss Discriminatory Release of Prisoners(27.04.2020)
Bombay High Court has directed the high power committee constituted by the State Government to decide whether the distinction made between prisoners/u.....
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Delhi HC: No School Fee Hike till Aug 22(01.08.2016)
Delhi HC has ordered unaided private schools not to hike fees till August 22 and to submit their account details to the Delhi Government.
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Mamata vs CBI: Agency Moves SC to Arrest Former Kolkata Top Cop Rajeev Kumar in Saradha Case(06.04.2019)
Pursuant to a liberty given by a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, CBI has filed the fresh application, citing alleged instances wh.....
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SC: Discrepancies Between FIR and Subsequent Statement Not Grounds for Discharge(07.02.2022)
Supreme Court observed that discrepancies between the FIR and any subsequent statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 canno.....
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Punjab and Haryana HC Notices State Government over School Buses’ Safety(18.10.2016)
Punjab and Haryana HC has asked Punjab government to explain about arrangements made by it to secure school children commuting through buses.
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Supreme Court: Cannot Burden Insurer to Follow Up on Insufficient Disclosure of Material Facts(19.06.2019)
Supreme Court has noted that it is responsibility of the insured while making the proposal to make a clear and specific disclosure of material facts a.....
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Madras HC Directs School Education Secretary to Address Complaints of Lack of Toilets in Govt. School(03.11.2016)
Madras High Court has directed School Education Secretary to address complaints of lack of operational toilets, sanitary workers, security staff, func.....
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News18 Daybreak | SC to Hear Plea of 10 Rebel MLAs, Karnataka Speaker Today and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For(12.07.2019)
Get a fresh dose of the news that matters delivered directly to your inbox, every morning. The perfect way to get you started and informed for the day.....
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Supreme Court Paves Way for Reimbursement of 14 Lakh Investors in GFIL Scam(14.08.2018)
Supreme Court has cleared the way for reimbursements for almost fourteen lakh investors affected by the scam orchestrated by Chandigarh-based Golden F.....
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SC: Communicating ACR to Employee w/o Sufficient Time to Challenge it is Same as Non-Disclosure(27.02.2023)
Supreme Court has held that failure to accord sufficient time for an employee to challenge assessment of their performance for a particular year in an.....
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SC Issues Notice to J&K Traders Who Challenged Sarfaesi Act(03.11.2015)
SC on special leave petition challenging judgment of J&K HC, which ruled that Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of.....
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Meghalaya High Court Orders Add CS to Head Panel to Check CBI Report on 2009 Education Job Scam(08.07.2019)
Meghalaya High Court has directed that the state additional chief secretary (Add CS) in charge of the political department will head a panel formed to.....
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Gujarat HC Declines Permission to Reconnect Sewer Lines for Discharge of Industrial Effluents(14.02.2022)
Gujarat High Court has stressed the significance of effluent management in the textile industries discharging wastewater in the Sabarmati River, empha.....
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Calcutta HC to Decide on Permitting Schools to Expel Students for Fees Default(05.07.2021)
Calcutta High Court has said that it will decide on permitting school authorities to expel students for non-payment of fees in the absence of good cau.....
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Madras High Court Quashes Disciplinary Proceedings Against IPS Officer(13.01.2017)
Madras High Court has quashed disciplinary proceedings and charge memo against senior IPS officer and additional DGP Pramodkumar who was under suspens.....
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SC: Extension of Time will not Discharge Plaintiff of Obligation to Prove Readiness and Willingness(11.10.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that mere extension of time for deposit of balance sale consideration will not exonerate the Plaintiff of obligation to prove .....
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ITAT: Limited Scrutiny Can be Converted to Regular Assessment After Approval of Competent Authority(07.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Ahmedabad has held that limited scrutiny can be changed to the regular assessment with the approval of the compe.....
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SC Upholds Allahabad HC’s Decision over ‘Visiting’ Lawyer(02.09.2016)
SC has upheld rules framed by the Allahabad HC that made it mandatory for a 'visiting' lawyer to co-opt a locally-enrolled lawyer to appear in either .....
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Suven Life Books Patent for Neuro-Degenerative Drug(09.09.2016)
Drug firm Suven Life Sciences has been granted a patent each by Canada, Europe and Hong Kong for a drug used in the treatment of neuro-degenerative di.....
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Top Court Stays Appellate Tribunal’s Order in RCom OTSC Case(20.08.2019)
Top Court has stayed an Appellate Tribunal’s order which had stalled the Telecom Department’s demand for Rs 2,000 crore from Reliance Communications (.....
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NEET(UG)-2019 Wrong Answer Key: SC Refuses to Hear Plea of Students(15.06.2019)
A vacation bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Surya Kant said that the judges cannot become subject expert, and therefore, cannot sit as an ap.....
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Punjab & Haryana HC: Lower Courts Cannot Entertain School Fees Hike Cases(02.11.2016)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that Lower Courts will no longer entertain cases against private schools in fee-related matters or pass judgme.....
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KHC: Providing Transportation Facilities is Not Replacement to Establishing Schools(11.07.2019)
Kerala High Court (KHC) has held that mere transportation facilities to the students is not a replacement to establishing schools for elementary educa.....
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Kerala Govt. Introduces Legal Internship Programme For ST Community Law Graduates(23.01.2023)
Kerala Government has introduced 'Unnathi', a Legal Internship Programme for 25 LLB graduates from the Scheduled Tribe community at an estimated cost .....
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SC Slams BCCI for Disbursing Money to States(07.10.2016)
SC has threatened to dismiss top rung of BCCI following allegations of defiance of sweeping reforms recommended by Lodha Panel set up to clean up worl.....
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PNB Scam: Singapore High Court Commands Freezing of Bank Accounts of Nirav Modi's Family(03.07.2019)
Singapore High Court has ordered the freezing of bank deposits worth Rs 44.41 crore, kept in that country by PNB fraud accused Nirav Modi's sister and.....
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Ori. HC: Proper Infrastructure and Manpower Must be Provided by State to Forensic Labs(18.04.2024)
Orissa High Court while explaining the importance of receiving chemical examination reports on time in criminal cases has observed that the State shou.....
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Delhi HC: Periodic Inspection of School Buildings Mandatory(16.09.2016)
Delhi HC has directed ‘mandatory periodic inspection’ of all buildings and premises of government and private schools in the national capital to ensur.....
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SC Committee Clears CJI Ranjan Gogoi in Sexual Harassment Case(07.05.2019)
Supreme Court appointed committee conducting an in-house inquiry into sexual harassment charges against CJI Ranjan Gogoi has cleared him, finding “no .....
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Karnataka HC Suggests State to Issue General Direction to Stop Manual Scavenging(18.02.2021)
Karnataka High Court has suggested to the State government to consider issuing a general direction to all authorities and agencies and instrumentaliti.....
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Rajasthan HC: Appellate Court’s Scope of Interference is Limited When Equitable Jurisdiction(07.02.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has observed that the appellate court's scope of interference is limited when the trial court has exercised its discretionary and.....
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SC Directs Parsvnath to Refund Rs. 22 Crore to 70 Flat Buyers(18.10.2016)
Supreme Court has imposed penalty on Parsvnath Developers and ordered it to make a refund of Rs 22 crore to 70 flat buyers for not handing over posses.....
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'Pave Way for Construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya': VHP in Haridwar Passes Resolution(21.06.2019)
VHP here passed a resolution, which stated that the judiciary should not turn away from its responsibility regarding the case which is pending before .....
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Karnataka High Court Urges State to Fill Up Vacant Posts in Forensic Science Laboratories(19.11.2021)
Karnataka High Court has urged the state government to fill up vacant posts in Forensic Science Laboratories in the state, to improve its functioning .....
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SC Asks Centre to Create a Disaster Mitigation Fund(11.05.2016)
SC has asked Centre to create a disaster mitigation fund to tackle drought-like situation and directed Agriculture Ministry to hold a meeting within a.....
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Mayawati Vacates One Govt Bungalow After SC Order, But Holds On to Second One(30.05.2018)
The former CM is still holding on to a second, sprawling bungalow which, according to her party, is a memorial to BSP founder Kanshi Ram.
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PNB Scam to be Heard by One Court Designated Under Both PMLA and PC Act: Bombay HC(12.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has ruled that one court designated under both Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and Prevention of Corruption Act (PC) will .....
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Bom. HC: Informant Is Entitled to Opportunity of Hearing in Discharge Application of Accused(08.12.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that first informant has a right to opportunity of hearing in the discharge application filed by the accused before the Cou.....
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Delhi Government order towards 75% quota-free school admissions stayed(04.02.2016)
Delhi High Court restored the management quota in private, unaided schools, after the same had been done away with pursuant to a government order. The.....
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Mayurbhanj District Odisha Recruitment 2018: 111 Teachers Posts, Apply Before 14th August 2018(27.07.2018)
The Mayurbhanj District aims to engage selected candidates in various category-wise posts on contractual basis in different Schools under ST & SC .....
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Supreme Court Grants Bail to Former T.N. Minister Rajenthra Bhalaji in Job Scam Case(13.01.2022)
Supreme Court has granted former AIADMK Minister K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji bail for four weeks in connection with a job scam case.
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SC Asks Centre to Draft Scheme for Army Porters(15.09.2016)
SC has asked Centre to come up with a "considerate" scheme to regularise 12,000 civilian porters working with the Indian Army, saying they should "see.....
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NC, PDP Take Out Protest Rallies in Srinagar Ahead of SC Hearing on Article 35A(04.08.2018)
The protestors tried to march towards the city centre Lal Chowk but had to turn back due to a posse of policemen that stood guard at the park.
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In a First, Chief Justice Will Preside Over SC Vacation Bench to Hear Urgent Cases After Election Results(11.05.2019)
The top court has a vacation bench functioning every year during the summer holidays but the Chief Justice of India never presides over it.
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A Movie Can't Affect Ayodhya Mediation, Observes SC as it Refuses to Stall Release of 'Ram Ki Janmabhoomi'(29.03.2019)
The film 'Ram Ki Janmabhoomi', directed by Sanoj Mishra, revolves around the controversial issue of Ram Mandir.
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Karnataka High Court: Give Wide Publicity to Crop Insurance Scheme Under PMFBY for Farmers' Benefit(30.03.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to give wide publicity to the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY) scheme for the benefit of.....
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SC Declines PIL Seeking Directions to Police to Follow 'Arnesh Kumar' Guidelines for Arrest(12.02.2021)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition which sought directions to ensure that police strictly followed the.....
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RBI Consumer Confidence Survey(10.09.2015)
The Reserve Bank of India has been conducting consumer surveys on economic conditions, income spending and prices and other criteria since 2010. It re.....
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SC Announces 25 Years of Jail to Convicts Vikas, Vishal Yadav in Nitish Katara Murder Case(03.10.2016)
SC has held that Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal, the convicts in 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, will be in jail for 25 years.
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RIP, Section 377: As India Decriminalises Homosexuality, Celebs on Twitter Rejoice(07.09.2018)
In a landmark verdict on Thursday, the SC scrapped Section 377, making "India for all" again.
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Mediation in Ayodhya Land Dispute Fails, SC Orders Day-to day Hearing from Aug 6; RSS Welcomes Move(02.08.2019)
The mediation panel in its report submitted on Thursday said that the Hindu and the Muslim parties have not been able to find a solution to the vexati.....
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Kerala High Court: Scribe Should Have Completed Matriculation But Not 12th Standard(06.06.2024)
Ker. High Court while allowing a candidate with ninety percent disability to attend the Kerala Engineering Architectural Medical Examination (KEAM), 2.....
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Bhima Koregaon Case: Maharashtra Govt Moves SC Challenging Bombay HC Order(25.10.2018)
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi considered the submissions of lawyer Nishant Katneshwar, appearing for the Maharashtra government, that t.....
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Decriminalising Section 377: What's at Stake as SC Set to Review Gay Sex Law From Today(10.07.2018)
Section 377 prohibits ‘unnatural sex’ or carnal intercourse against the order of nature. It is a colonial-era law (1861) that prohibits non-penova.....
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SC Asks Union Govt to Consider Suggestions on Using Rapid Anti-Body Test as Screening Tool(29.04.2020)
Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to take decision on the suggestions made by a Nagpur based Pulmonologist, Dr. Rajesh Swarnakar, in h.....
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Madhya Pradesh HC Expands Scope of Matters to be Heard by Subordinate Courts(05.05.2020)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued a circular stating that in addition to hearing of extremely urgent matters, the Subordinate Courts in the State w.....
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Collection of fee for preventing illegal activities of unrelated third parties a gambit for preventing manufacturers from exporting industrial alcohol(12.08.2015)
Duty payable for grant of permit to export rectified spirit from the state, favouring buyers of rectified spirit in the state, is a tax not a fee. Fro.....
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Muslim Woman Who Filed PIL in SC Against Nikah Halala, Polygamy Faces Rape, Death Threats(29.06.2018)
Sameena Begum has requested the court that Section 2 of Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, be declared arbitrary and violation of Co.....
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Justice AK Sikri Breaks Down as Lawyers Bid Emotional Farewell to SC Judge(06.03.2019)
Justice Sikri was sitting with Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi when a bunch of lawyers showed up to bid warm farewell to the outgoing judge.
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SC: Admission Supervisory Committee Can Take Suo Motu Action Over Self Financing Colleges Admissions(17.11.2021)
Supreme Court while upholding Kerala HC judgment has held that Admission Supervisory Committee in Kerala has jurisdiction to initiate proceedings suo .....
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Supreme Court Eases Directives on Diesel Taxis(11.05.2016)
SC has modified its earlier order, which will now benefit 64,000 taxis and employees of BPO firms, who are picked up from Delhi and dropped to their o.....
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Award Scheme For Outstanding Writings In The Field Of Banking Hindi Declaration Of Result For The Year 2015-16(17.04.2017)
Reserve Bank of India had invited entries under the captioned scheme vide press release dated 14 July 2016. On evaluation of the entries received, it .....
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SC Bats for Press Freedom, Says No Law Gives Govt Power to Stop Publication of ‘Secret’ Rafale Papers(12.04.2019)
While the Attorney General had argued that these news reports and the illegally obtained documents cannot be taken on record, the SC held that "t.....
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Jharkhand HC: Scope Of Judicial Review In Matters Concerning Re-Evaluation Of Answer Key Is Narrow(28.01.2022)
Jharkhand High Court negating to interfere with the decision of Jharkhand Public Service Commission on disputed answers of the Preliminary Test, state.....
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CESTAT Allows to Pay Service Tax for Construction of Residential Complex(10.05.2022)
Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate, Bangalore has allowed to Pay Service Tax under Composition scheme of Works Contract (Composition Scheme for P.....
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Calcutta HC Issues Interim Stay on Teacher Recruitment Process for Upper Primary Schools(02.07.2021)
Calcutta High Court has imposed an interim stay on West Bengal government's ongoing process of recruitment of teachers for primary schools till the ne.....
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Govt. Bans Zero Duty Import of Capital Goods for Power Plants under EPCG Scheme(02.02.2016)
Government has banned duty- free import of capital goods for power generation and transmission projects under Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) sc.....
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Amid Mekadatu Tussle, Tamil Nadu Moves SC Seeking ‘Independent Person’ as Head of Cauvery Body(10.12.2018)
The move comes just two days after the state assembly came down heavily on the Central Water Commission chairman, who also holds the additional charge.....
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Madras HC Directs HC Registry to Take Steps to Notify Witness Protection Scheme 2018(05.08.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the High Court Registry to take steps through the government to notify the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018, and impleme.....
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SC: De Novo Hearing at Decided Case would Amount to Intra-Court Appeal(31.08.2016)
SC has ruled that de novo (afresh) hearing of a case already decided by a larger bench of the SC would amount to an intra-court appeal which is not "p.....
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Aadhar card not mandatory(11.08.2015)
The Supreme Court, deciding that citizens are not required to obtain Aadhar cards, directed the government to disseminate the same widely. Save for th.....
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CSCs To Function As GST Suvidha Providers(29.05.2017)
A workshop on "CSCs as GST Suvidha Provider" to train the top performing VLEs and the State level representatives of CSC SPV for enabling implementati.....
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Supply of Ice-Cream Scoop Would Attract 18% GST: AAR(30.04.2019)
Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR), Maharashtra has held that supply of an ice-cream Scoop would attract 18 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST).
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CBDT Notifies E-Assessment of Income Escaping Assessment Scheme 2022(31.03.2022)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified that the e-Assessment of Income Escaping Assessment Scheme, 2022 and Faceless Jurisdiction of Income.....
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SC to Akhilesh Yadav Govt.: Decide Soon on Taking over Shivpal Singh’s College(28.09.2016)
SC has directed Akhilesh Government to decide on taking over the management of Chaudhary Charan Singh College, whose governing body is headed by Shivp.....
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India Joins 125 Nations Where Homosexuality is Legal as SC Decriminalises Gay Sex(07.09.2018)
72 countries and territories worldwide still continue to criminalise same-sex relationships, including 45 in which such relationships between women ar.....
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SC Sets Age Limit on Dahi Handi Festival Participation(17.08.2016)
SC has upheld Bombay High Court’s decision banning youth below age of 18 to participate in Dahi Handi ritual and restricting the height of the human p.....
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Bibek Debroy Says Vacancy in Judiciary Not High, Questions Vacations Enjoyed by SC Judges(14.07.2018)
Debroy wondered whether the country needs more judges as huge amount of tax payers' money is involved.
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Supreme Court Upholds One Rank One Pension (OROP) Scheme in Defence Forces(21.03.2022)
Supreme Court has upheld the Union Government's One Rank One Pension (OROP) Scheme in Defence Forces. As per the said scheme, uniform pension is to be.....
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Nearly 2 Lakh Children Go ‘Missing’ Between Two Surveys Done by Centre, SC ‘Shocked’(22.08.2018)
The court also proposed setting up of national-level and state-level committees for monitoring and overview of shelter homes so that recent incidents .....
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Karnataka High Court: SC /ST Prevention Of Atrocities Act Is Prospective In Nature(08.03.2022)
Karnataka High Court has observed that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, is prospective in nature and all.....
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SC Grants Custody of Daughter to Polish Mother(23.08.2016)
SC has directed a boarding school in Himachal Pradesh to hand over custody of a 10-year-old Polish child to her mother (Polish National), four years a.....
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Rahul Gandhi Should Appear in Person Before SC in Contempt Case, Says Mukul Rohatgi(23.04.2019)
The criminal contempt notice was issued to Gandhi for his 'chowkidar chor hai' remark while attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Rafale ju.....
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Daughter of Indian immigrant in UK gets British passport(18.10.2015)
Calling the British Home Office’s assertions of Deelavathi Bondada being fathered by someone other than her claimed biological father “absurd” in ligh.....
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Bombay High Court: Gowari Community Falls Under ST Category(16.08.2018)
Bombay High Court has ruled that the Gowari community falls in the Scheduled Tribes category.
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Discontinuation of Safeguard measures on import of Isopropyl alcohol (IPA), under Chapter 29 of ITC (HS) 2022, Schedule - I (Import Policy)(18.04.2024)
1. Reference is invited to DGFT Notification No. 64/2015-20 dated 31.03.2023 and Public Notice No. 04/2015-20 dated 11.04.2023 whereby country-wise Qu.....
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SC Confirms Kerala Govt.’s Decision to Ban Online Lottery(06.11.2015)
SC while upholding Kerala Government decision to ban online lottery, has termed gambling through lottery as a social evil destroying poor families and.....
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News18 Daybreak | SC to Hear Petition on Encephalitis Outbreak Today and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For(24.06.2019)
Get a fresh dose of the news that matters delivered directly to your inbox, every morning. The perfect way to get you started and informed for the day.....
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Allahabad HC: Weapon's Discovery on Disclosure Statement of Accused Not Enough to Prove Guilt(11.04.2022)
Allahabad High Court has held the discovery of the material object/crime weapon at the disclosure of the accused is important under Section 27 of the .....
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All. HC: Constitution Doesn’t Allow Citizens to Proselytize(10.07.2024)
All. HC has observed that Constitution confers on each individual fundamental right to profess, practice and propagate his religion. However, the indi.....
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Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt to Fix Dates for Bidding Process for CM Advocates Welfare Scheme(17.07.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to start the tender process for the Chief Minister Advocates Welfare Scheme by fixing the opening a.....
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SC Strikes Down Resolution Merging One Community in Backward Class to another Community of SC List(16.07.2024)
Supreme Court has struck down resolution issued by Bihar Government in the year 2015 that merged one community in the backward class by the name “Tant.....
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Gujarat HC Permits Appointment under ST Quota Pending Scrutiny of Caste Certificate(24.05.2022)
Gujarat High Court has permitted a person claiming to be from Scheduled Tribe community, to be provisionally appointed to the post of Sales Tax Inspec.....
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Operating Guidelines for Investment Advisers in International Financial Services Centre(09.01.2020)
SEBI has issued SEBI (International Financial Services Centres) Guidelines, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as 'IFSC Guidelines') on March 27, 2015 for .....
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Kerala HC: No Bar on Disciplinary Action Against Teacher Pending Prosecution Under POCSO(31.10.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that here is no ban on the continuation of disciplinary proceedings by Educational Authorities against teachers who are sub.....
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SC Summons Centre over Turf War with Delhi Govt.(16.05.2016)
SC has taken cognizance of Delhi Government’s suit under Article 131 of the Constitution and issued summons to the Centre. Delhi Government had moved .....
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Bombay HC Expresses Displeasure Over Slow Pace of Probe in Dabholkar Murder Case(27.01.2017)
Bombay High Court has expressed its unhappiness over pace of progress in Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare murder cases even as CBI informed Court.....
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Govt Says May Bring Ordinance if SC Rejects Review Petition on Reservation for University Teachers(08.02.2019)
The University Grants Commission (UGC) had announced last year that an individual department should be considered as the base unit to calculate the nu.....
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SC: Agricultural Societies Entitled to Deduction Even if They Give Loans for Non-Agricultural Purpose(13.01.2021)
Supreme Court has ruled that Cooperative Societies registered as primary agricultural credit societies are entitled to deductions under Section 80P (2.....
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RBI Issues Guidelines for the Gold Monetisation Scheme(23.10.2015)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued guidelines for the Gold Monetisation Scheme. RBI has issued directions for banks on implementation of the gold .....
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Journalist Jailed for ‘Defaming’ Yogi Adityanath Walks Out Day After SC Rap Over 11-Day Custody(13.06.2019)
Prashant Kanojia was released from Lucknow jail on a personal bond of Rs 20,000 and two other bonds of Rs 20,000 each.
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Draft Regulations to address informal broadcast agreements(03.11.2015)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released draft Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Interconnection (Digital Addressable .....
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SC: Aadhaar Card May Be Used Voluntarily For Social Schemes(15.10.2015)
SC while providing relief to the government which has been trying to persuade the Supreme Court to extend Aadhaar's uses, has said that Aadhaar Card m.....
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Tamil Nadu moves SC Against NGT Order Allowing Vedanta to Access Tuticorin Plant Unit(14.08.2018)
On August 9, the NGT had allowed Vedanta to enter its administrative unit inside the plant, observing that no environmental damage would be caused by .....
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Delhi HC Dismisses Various Petitions Challenging Agnipath Scheme(27.02.2023)
Delhi High Court while dismissing various petitions challenging Central Government’s Agnipath scheme, has observed that the Scheme was made in nationa.....
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Government to set up National Tribal Advisory Council(29.10.2015)
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs will set up a National Tribal Advisory Council to monitor and implement tribal welfare schemes. The Council is proposed.....
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Bombay HC Rejects Bail Plea of Youth Who Posted Obscene Pictures for Fifth Time(22.10.2018)
Bombay High Court has rejected the bail application of a 27-year-old call centre employee from Nashik who was accused of posting videos and pictures o.....
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SC: Benefits Under Freedom Fighters Pension Schemes to be Awarded to Only Who Entitled(11.02.2022)
Supreme Court has observed that benefits under freedom fighters pension schemes should be awarded only to those persons who are entitled for the same.
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SC Issues Notice to Maharashtra on Beef Ban in the State(17.08.2016)
SC has issued notice to Maharashtra Government on a petition challenging a Bombay High Court order permitting consumption of beef brought from states .....
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Supreme Court Acquits Man for Allegedly Abandoning Lady of SC-ST Community(15.04.2022)
Supreme Court has acquitted a man who had allegedly abandoned a lady belonging to SC-ST Community with whom he was living together. The Court has obse.....
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SC Directs Finance Secretary to Probe into BSP MLC’s Rs 10k Cr Assets(15.12.2015)
SC on PIL filed against BSP Member Mohd Iqbal alleging that he possess assets worth more than Rs 10,000 crore through illegal means and had attempted .....
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Sabarimala Row: Supreme Court to Hear Petitions Seeking Review of Verdict Today(13.11.2018)
The SC verdict had led to violent protests at the base camps outside the hill shrine as devotees and several Hindu outfits blocked women from entering.....
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Discontinuation of monthly Solvency Returns(12.05.2022)
Ref: Circular No. IRDAI/F&A/Cir/Misc. 126/05/2021 dated 6th May 2021
In view of the difficult and challenging times faced by the Indian econo.....
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Delhi HC Dismisses Salman Khurshid’s Plea For Stay of Expulsion By DPS(06.06.2018)
Delhi High Court has refused to stay the expulsion of former Union Minister Salman Khurshid from Delhi Public School (DPS) Society.
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Punjab and Haryana HC grants Bail to Advocate Allegedly Involved in GST Scam(28.02.2020)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted bail to an Advocate who was allegedly involved in registering bogus firms for performing Goods and Services .....
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Mad. HC: Under NDPS Act, Conscious Possession With Physical Possession Essential Element For Offence(26.02.2024)
Madras High Court has held that under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) physical, as well as mental possession of drugs,.....
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Delhi HC Seeks Response From L-G, MHA over Odd-Even Scheme(12.02.2016)
Delhi HC has sought response from L-G Najeeb Jung and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on PIL which alleges that Government has maliciously misdirected .....
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Madras High Court Rejects PIL Seeking to Stay Subsidised Moped Scheme(23.02.2018)
Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL plea seeking to stay the Amma Two Wheeler Scheme of the Tamil Nadu government which would allow women to purchas.....
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Delhi High Court Demands Information on Wildlife Rescue(14.02.2019)
Delhi High Court has sought the response of Delhi Government, its forest department and the Central Zoo Authority on a PIL seeking setting up of rescu.....
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PMLA Court Grants Bail to Sanjay Raut in Patra Chawl Scam Case(10.11.2022)
Special PMLA court has granted bail to Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Sanjay Raut in the Patra Chawl redevelopment money laundering case be.....
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SC: Landowner Can Seek Compensation from Builder under Consumer Protection Act(25.07.2016)
SC has held that a landowner who signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a builder to develop apartments on his land is a consumer and can dema.....
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'Tired of Snake and Ladder, Call Your Director': SC Pulls up CBI Over Manipur Fake Encounter Cases(27.07.2018)
The Supreme Court said it wants the CBI chief to explain in person the impediments in complying with the orders and also the long in-house process of .....
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SC: Any Premises Belonging to Council of Scientific and Industrial Research is Public Premises(14.01.2022)
Supreme has Court has held any premises belonging to, or taken on lease by, or on behalf of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research is public pr.....
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SC: Borrower Has No Right To Be Represented By Lawyer Before In-House Committee(13.05.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that a borrower has no right to be represented by a lawyer before the In-House Committee of banks constituted for the purpo.....
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Delhi HC Rejects Private Schools’ Review Plea over Fee Hike(28.07.2016)
Delhi HC has rejected review petition against its earlier order that no private unaided school allotted land by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) .....
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CRIMINAL - London Court Denies Bail to Nirav Modi in PNB Scam(30.03.2019)
Westminster Magistrates Court has denied bail to fugitive Indian diamantaire Nirav Modi for the second time after the prosecution raised the prospect .....
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Plea in SC Challenges Ordinance to Make Instant Triple Talaq Penal Offence(25.09.2018)
Seeking to allay fears that the proposed law could be misused, the government has included certain safeguards, such as adding a provision of bail for .....
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Babri Masjid Demolition Case Special Judge Seeks Six More Months from SC to Deliver Verdict(15.07.2019)
The special judge has informed the SC that he is due to superannuate on September 30, 2019 following which a bench headed by Justice RF Nariman direct.....
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SC Upholds BCI's Order Dismissing Complaint Against Lawyer Alleging Professional Misconduct(22.07.2020)
Supreme Court has upheld an order passed by Bar Council of India dismissing a complaint alleging professional misconduct by a lawyer.
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Bom. HC: Govt’s Decision to Exempt Pvt. Schools From 25% RTE Quota 'Unconstitutional'(19.07.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that the decision of Maharashtra Government to exempt private unaided schools from providing 25% quota in Class I or Pre-sc.....
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SC to Punjab Govt.: Ensure Absconding NDPS Accused are Brought to Book(27.05.2022)
Supreme Court has directed the State to put in place appropriate provisions to ensure that the absconding NDPS offenders/Accused are brought to book w.....
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Govt. Reiterates Tax on Gold Monetisation Scheme(25.01.2016)
Govt. has said that interest earned on deposits under Central Government’s Gold Monetisation Scheme will not attract any tax; gain through trading or .....
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Even I Accompany my Daughter if She is Late: SC Judge on BHU Curfew Timings for Girls(04.01.2018)
Advocate Prashant Bhushan contended that the restrictions were "draconian" in nature and that hostel rules smacked of bias and prejudice.
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SC:Matriculation Certificate Does not Have Preference Over DOB Certificate to Determine Juvenility(29.07.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 for determining juvenility the matriculation or eq.....
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SC to Centre: Frame National Policy on Menstrual Hygiene for School-Going Girls in the Country(11.04.2023)
Supreme Court while directing Central Government to frame a National Policy on menstrual hygiene for school-going girls in the country has stated that.....
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Sovereign Gold Bond 2017-18 Series-IV(13.10.2017)
In terms of GoI notification F. No. 4(25) - B/(W&M)/2017 and RBI circular IDMD.CDD.No.929/14.04.050/2017-18 dated October 06, 2017, the Sovereign Gold.....
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SC Put Stay on AFT Order Demoting Mehta from Lt General to Brigadier Rank(31.05.2016)
SC has stayed an Armed Force Tribunal (AFT) order demoting an officer of the rank of Lt General to Brigadier for allegedly misrepresenting facts and i.....
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Supreme Court Issues Notice to Centre on Minority Schemes(21.01.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notices to the Central Government on a Petition filed by a self-styled Vedic outfit challenging the annual budgetary outlay f.....
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SC: Grant of Leave for Compounding Offences at Appellate Stage is not Automatic on Settlement(12.02.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that grant of leave as contemplated by Section 320(5) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is not automatic nor it has t.....
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Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Inclusion of Gudugudupukarar Caste in ST List(15.03.2024)
Madras High Court has held that the Presidential order of Scheduled Tribes (ST) list cannot be tinkered with by the Court. The National Commission for.....
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Reserve Bank of India (Gold Monetization Scheme) Direction, 2015.(22.10.2015)
Reserve Bank of India has introduced a ‘Gold Monetization Scheme’, amending the ‘Gold Deposit Scheme’ and ‘Gold Metal Loan Scheme’. It encompasses Dir.....
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CJI Gogoi Appears Before SC Inquiry Panel Probing Allegations of Sexual Harassment Against Him(01.05.2019)
Gogoi appeared for questioning a day after the complainant withdrew herself from the panel, saying that she felt she was unlikely to get any justice.
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Delhi Court: Manish Sisodia 'Architect of Criminal Conspiracy' in Liquor Policy Scam(03.04.2023)
Rouse Avenue District Court, Delhi while denying bail to former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia in liquor policy scam case, observed tha.....
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SC Extends Sahara’s Chief Parole Till Oct. 24(29.09.2016)
SC has allowed Sahara Chief Subrata Roy and two other company directors to remain on interim bail till October 24 on payment of Rs 200 crore.
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History Owes an Apology to LGBT Community, Says Justice Indu Malhotra in Historic SC Verdict(07.09.2018)
Writing her first judgment in a Constitution Bench, Justice Malhota said social ostracism against LGBT persons prevents them from partaking in all act.....
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Cabinet Approves Increasing Strength of SC Judges from 31 to 33 Excluding CJI(01.08.2019)
Once Parliament gives approval to the bill, the apex court will have a sanctioned strength of 34, including the CJI.
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SC: Can’t Claim Deduction U/S 80IB IT Act on Amount Received from DEPB and Duty Drawback Claims(13.04.2023)
Supreme Court has held that profit from Duty Entitlement Pass Book Scheme (DEPB) and the Duty Drawback claims cannot be said to be an income “derived .....
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‘No Compromise with People’s Health’: SC Bans Sale, Registration of BS-IV Vehicles From April 1, 2020(24.10.2018)
Bharat stage emission norms are standards instituted by the government to regulate output of air pollutants from motor vehicles. The BS IV norms have .....
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Bombay HC Asks Mumbai Police If They Intend to Further Investigate Arnab Goswami(18.03.2021)
Bombay High Court has sought to know from the Mumbai Police if they intended to further investigate ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd and Arnab Goswami in the.....
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SC Issues Notice to Centre on Rape Victim's Plea against Abortion Law(21.07.2016)
SC has sought response from Centre and Maharashtra Govt. on a plea of an alleged rape victim challenging provisions of the abortion law which prohibit.....
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'Everyone Can Go, No Concept of a Private Temple': SC on Entry of Women in Sabarimala(19.07.2018)
The Constitution Bench hearing the case said there is no concept of a private temple. If there is a temple then it is a public place and everyone is a.....
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Bombay High Court: State Government Ban on School Fee Hike Prospective(04.03.2021)
Bombay High Court has asked the State Government to deal with complaints regarding fee hike in schools on a case-to-case basis, while disposing off a .....
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Madras HC Directs to Extend Scope of Garima Greh Scheme to All LGBTQIA+ Community(28.12.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the Union Government to extend the scope of Garima Greh Scheme to all members of the LGBTQIA+ Community and not transge.....
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Bihar Shelter Home Case: SC Expresses Concern Over Rape Incidents in Country(07.08.2018)
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), which conducted an audit of shelter homes, told the court that out of 110 such institutions in Bihar, ".....
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SC Raps AP, Telangana for Using Teachers as Lawmakers’ Pas(08.09.2016)
SC has passed an order instantly ending the tenures of teachers working as Personal Secretaries or Assistants (PSs/Pas) to lawmakers in Andhra Pradesh.....
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Allahabad HC Upholds Constitutional Validity of Appeal Provision under SC/ST Amendment Act(11.10.2018)
Allahabad High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 14A (2) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015, which make.....
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Delhi HC Grants Bail to Six Persons in PCAL Scam Case(20.06.2022)
Delhi High Court has granted bail to six persons arrested in the CBI case in connection with an alleged Ponzi scheme being run by Pearls Golden Forest.....
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Bombay High Court to Hear CBI Appeal Against Acquittal in Scarlett Death Case(20.11.2017)
Bombay High Court has passed an order to hear the CBI's appeal challenging the Goa children court's order which acquitted the two accused in the myste.....
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SC: Legal Metrology Act Eliminates Only Those Offence with Regard to Weight or Measure under IPC(05.09.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that though Section 3 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 completely overrides the provisions of Chapter 13 of the Indian Penal C.....
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CESTAT: Floor Limits of Bond & Bank Guarantee for Provisional Release of Confiscated Goods Reduced(29.06.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai Bench has reduced floor limits of bond and bank guarantee prescribed for allowing .....
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SC Paves Way for Shimla Flights by May 4(22.04.2016)
SC has put virtually Shimla on air route map and tourists would soon be able to fly their way to the city to beat the scorching heat of plain within h.....
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News18 Daybreak | SC Likely to Hear Petitions Against Article 35-A on Rights of J&K Residents and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For(25.02.2019)
Get a fresh dose of the news that matters delivered directly to your inbox, every morning. The perfect way to get you started and informed for the day.....
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Madras HC: All Schools Must Have Playgrounds as Sports & Physical Activities Integral to Education(02.09.2022)
Madras High Court while disposing a petition seeking guidelines for proper instruction of physical education in schools has directed State to constitu.....
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Hyderabad HC Vacates NGT’s Stay Order in Irrigation Scheme with Riders(04.01.2017)
Hyderabad High Court has vacated stay order of National Green Tribunal (NGT) for Palamuru Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) on condition that.....
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SC: Conducting Separate Interviews for General and Reserved Category Candidates Totally Illegal(19.09.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that the process of conducting separate interviews for general and reserve category candidates is totally illegal. The Cour.....
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Delhi HC to State: Ensure Uninterrupted Supply of Sanitary Napkins in Government Schools(07.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to ensure that there is uninterrupted supply of sanitary napkins to the girl students in government.....
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SC: Error in Framing Question of Law would not Render Judgment in Second Appeal to be Rejected(15.10.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that mere error in framing a question of law would not render a judgment in Second Appeal liable to be set aside if it is f.....
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Delhi HC: Subscription Fees for E-Journal is Not Royalty(17.07.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that subscription amount received from subscribers of e-journals cannot be treated as royalty as all the assessee did was se.....
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Supreme Court Rejects Bail to Ex-UP Minister Kushwaha in NRHM Scam(21.08.2015)
Supreme Court has rejected interim bail to Ex UP Cabinet Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha who is in jail since March 3, 2012 in multi-crore National Rural.....
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SC to Karnataka: Live and Let Live(05.09.2016)
SC has told Karnataka to Live and let live, while urging the State to consider releasing water from the Cauvery river to neighbour Tamil Nadu.
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Delhi High Court: Will Seek Implementation of Report on Excess School Fee(22.08.2017)
Delhi High Court has said that it will seek implementation of recommendations of a panel set up by it to look into excess fees charged by private scho.....
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Delhi HC Directs Meeting to be Held on Increase in Premium Rate for CM Advocate Welfare Scheme(31.08.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed the Life Insurance Corporation and New India Insurance Company to hold meetings with the Technical Evaluation Committee .....
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Karnataka HC Stays Investigation against IIM-B Faculty for Caste Based Discrimination(02.01.2025)
Karnataka High Court has stayed investigation initiated for caste based discrimination against the director and certain faculty members of Indian Inst.....
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Bombay High Court Rejects PIL Seeking Orders to Make School Bags Lighter(09.07.2019)
Bombay High Court has rejected a public interest litigation (PIL) that sought court directions to the State Education Department to reduce the weight .....
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Delhi HC to YRF: Prepare Audio Description & Subtitles for Hearing & Visually Impaired People(17.01.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed Yash Raj Films (YRF) to prepare audio description, close captioning and subtitles in Hindi language for the OTT release .....
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Calcutta HC Grants Interim Bail to Kunal Ghosh in Saradha Scam Case(06.10.2016)
Calcutta HC, while rejecting CBI’s plea to keep Ex-Transport Minister Madan Mitra, under house arrest and police surveillance, has granted him interim.....
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Marital Rape As Ground for Divorce; SC Turns Down Petitioner And Asks to Approach HC(01.07.2019)
A bench of Justices SA Bobde and BR Gavai asked the petitioner advocate Anuja Kapur to approach the high court for the relief. Kapur then withdrew her.....
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SC Clarifies That Judgement Stating B.Ed Graduates Can't Be Primary School Teachers Operates Prospe.(09.04.2024)
Supreme Court has clarified that the judgment delivered by the Court that Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree holders cannot be primary school teache.....
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Chattisgarh High Court: Additional Sessions Judge Has Jurisdiction to Award Compensation Under POSCO(15.05.2017)
Chattisgarh High Court has noted that Additional Sessions Judge trying cases under POCSO would have the same power as a Special Judge (POCSO) to awar.....
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AP HC: Caste-Based Insult Over Telephone Conversation Not an Offence U/S 3 SC/ ST Act(29.04.2022)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has reiterated that to constitute an offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevent.....
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Delhi High Court: Bail Granted to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Liquor Policy Scam Case(21.06.2024)
Delhi High Court has granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in liquor policy scam case, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Mar.....
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High Court Not a Disciplinary Authority, Says SC(12.12.2016)
Supreme Court has said that a High Court is not a disciplinary authority and it is not its job to impose a punishment even if an employer hands down a.....
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Prime Minister Extends Faceless Assessment Scheme to All Taxpayers(14.08.2020)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expanded the faceless assessment scheme to all taxpayers, unveiled a single-page Taxpayers’ Charter and promised a fa.....
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SC: Relief Granted to UPSC Aspirant Who Missed His Re-Medical Test in 2014(05.08.2024)
SC has granted relief to a UPSC aspirant who missed his re-medical test, by invoking its plenary jurisdiction under Article 142 of COI in order to do .....
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SC Denies to Make Yoga Compulsory at Schools(08.11.2016)
Supreme Court has said that it could not impose yoga on anyone or frame its curriculum as it declined to entertain a PIL seeking direction to make yog.....
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News18 Daybreak | Adultery Decriminalized, SC Verdict on Ayodhya Dispute and Other Stories You May Have Missed(28.09.2018)
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Should MPs, MLAs be Disqualified Before Conviction in Criminal Case? SC to Decide Today(25.09.2018)
A five-judge Constitution bench will hear the PIL on Tuesday. The Union government has opposed the PIL seeking to remove lawmakers with criminal backg.....
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Karnataka High Court Asks Schools to Obtain Parents’ Nod to Issue TC’s(15.07.2019)
Karnataka High Court has ruled that elementary schools cannot expel students and issue them transfer certificated (TC’s) on the grounds of short payme.....
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SC Issues Notice to IT Dept on DK Shivakumar's Plea for Discharge from Tax Evasion Charges(21.07.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notice to the Income Tax Department in a plea filed by Karnataka Congress President, DK Shivakumar, urging the removal of cha.....
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Ker. HC: Sexual Intercourse Which is Not the Outcome of Misconception of Fact is Not Rape(17.07.2024)
Kerala High Court while considering quashment of a criminal proceeding initiated against a man for raping a woman, has observed that if the materials .....
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CESTAT: Order for Confiscation of Goods Cannot be Made through Corrigendum to Original Order(25.05.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai bench has held that the corrigendum to original order can only correct typo error.....
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Karnataka HC: KPSC Candidates Can Seek Own Evaluated Answer Scripts Under RTI(01.09.2020)
Karnataka High Court has held that a candidate who has appeared for examination conducted by a public service commission can seek for copies of his ow.....
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Kerala HC Upholds Validity of SBI Contributory Pension Scheme(20.08.2020)
Kerala High Court has upheld the validity of the State Bank of India Employees Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, setting aside the judgment passed .....
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Madras HC: School Can’t Force Students to Have Food from Canteen(23.09.2016)
Madras HC has temporarily restrained a private school in the city from making it mandatory for students to have lunch and snacks provided by the insti.....
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Setback for TN Govt as SC Rejects Urgent Hearing on Vedanta’s Access to Sterlite Tuticorin Plant(04.09.2018)
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said it will hear the plea next week.
The state government had on.....
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Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Assailing CBSE Scheme for Re-Evaluation(01.06.2021)
Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition seeking general directions regarding CBSE scheme for re-evaluation of papers, observing that it is unjustifi.....
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Pat. HC: Can’t Treat Report of Inquiry Officer as Evidence When Improper Examination of Evidence Done(04.07.2024)
Patna High Court has held that in a disciplinary proceeding, the report of Inquiry Officer cannot be treated as evidence by disciplinary authority whe.....
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Interest Equalization Scheme on pre and post shipment rupee export credit - extension(01.07.2021)
1. This is with reference to the instructions issued vide circular DOR.CRE.REC.06/04.02.001/2021-22 dated April 12, 2021.
2. Government of I.....
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Keep Religion Out of Section 377 Debate, Centre Urges SC During Hearing on Gay Sex Law(13.07.2018)
Tushar Mehta reiterated that he has already clarified the stand of the Central government that the decision on Section 377 is to be left to the wisdom.....
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Allahabad HC Asks UP Govt to Reconsider Ban Imposed by Fee Hike in Private Schools(17.03.2022)
Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh Government to reconsider the ban imposed by it on fee hike in private schools. The Court has ordered .....
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How Many Special Courts Have Been Set up to Try Cases of Politicians, SC Asks Govt(22.08.2018)
The top court had on December 14 last year directed the Centre to set up 12 special courts to exclusively deal with cases involving politicians and sa.....
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Gujarat HC: Anticipatory Bail Can Be Granted If No Prima Facie Offence Is Made Out(08.03.2022)
Gujarat HC has observed that anticipatory bail can be granted if no prima facie offence is made out against the person charged under the Scheduled Cas.....
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SC Asks Petitioner to Provide Bonafide in Yeddyurappa Case(23.08.2016)
SC has asked a petitioner to prove his bonafide for filing a plea challenging a Karnataka High Court order quashing order sanctioning prosecution of e.....
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Procedural Impropriety Shown By CJI, Says SC Advocates On Record Association on Sexual Harassment Charges(22.04.2019)
The allegation of the ex-employee of the Supreme Court have to be dealt with as per the established procedure of law and law must be applied in each a.....
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Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman launches Central Scrutiny Centre and IEPFA's Mobile App to leverage digital solutions to achieve Prime Minister's vision of 'Digitally empowered India'(25.03.2021)
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman here today virtually launched Central Scrutiny Centre (CSC) and Investor Educat.....
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Lowered education loan criteria for SC/ST students to be decided by RBI and Government(13.10.2015)
Kerala High Court dismissed petitions against the decision of the State Bank of Travancore to not grant the petitioners educational loans for failing .....
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Families of ‘Fake Encounter’ Victims in Assam Welcome SC Notices to Centre, State Govt(15.08.2018)
Alleging that ‘fake encounters’ are a common occurrence in the district, Jeorge Islary, a villager in Auxiguri said security personnel who indulge.....
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Chhattisgarh HC: Can’t Assume Accused Sexually Exploited Victim Because She Belongs to ST Community(02.03.2023)
Chhattisgarh High Court has held that merely because victim belongs to Scheduled Tribe (ST) community, it cannot be assumed that accused was able to d.....
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Delhi HC Restrains Reliance from Launching Copy of Roche's Breast Cancer Drug(05.11.2015)
Delhi High Court has restrained Reliance Life Sciences from launching a copy of Swiss Pharma Company Roche's breast cancer drug trastuzumab.
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Delhi HC: Complete Disclosure of Food Article Being Vegetarian or Non-Vegetarian Fundamental(03.03.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that since the right of a person under Article 21 and 25 of the Constitution of India is impacted by what is offered on .....
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You Want Everybody in India to Become Vegetarian, SC Asks Petitioner Who Challenged Meat Export(12.10.2018)
The petitioner's counsel told the Supreme Court that they have already raised this issue before the government but no steps have been taken in this re.....
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SC: Escalation of Prices Cannot Be Sole Ground to Deny Specific Performance(12.04.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that escalation of prices cannot be the sole ground to deny specific performance. The Court has also observed that, once a .....
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SC Asks If Death Penalty is to be Done Away, Then Shouldn't Life Term be Till Death?(25.09.2015)
SC while taking note of push on abolition of death penalty, has asked from legal experts whether abolition of death penalty and limiting life term to .....
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Up to Centre to Implement Report on Demarcation of Boundary Between Andhra, Karnataka: SC(17.09.2018)
In its order, the SC bench noted that the report has "exhaustively" dealt with the boundary demarcation and while Karnataka has accepted the.....
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Allahabad HC Directs UP Bar Council to Take Disciplinary Action Against Striking Lawyers(17.02.2022)
Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council to take disciplinary action against striking lawyers at Uttar who continuously abstain.....
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Himachal HC Issues Notice to Authorities over Private School Fee Hike(26.07.2016)
Himachal Pradesh HC has stayed fee hike by a private school in Shimla and has issued notices to Secretaries of State Education Department and Union Hu.....
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SC:Termination of Workmen on the Ground That Their Appointment is Illegal Will Amount to Retrenchment(29.05.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 will be applicable even in cases of workmen terminated on the ground .....
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Delhi HC: Faceless Assessment Scheme Does Not Mean No Personal Hearing(17.01.2022)
Delhi High Court has made it clear that the Central government's recent faceless assessment scheme, launched with an aim to eliminate the human interf.....
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SC Orders Status Quo on Medical Counselling in MP(15.09.2016)
SC has ordered status quo in admission to undergraduate medical courses in private medical institutes in Madhya Pradesh on a contempt plea by the Stat.....
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CJI Case: SC Denies Justices Nariman, Chandrachud Met Panel to Raise Questions on In-House Hearings(05.05.2019)
The SC statement denied the meeting, but did not confirm or reject whether Justice Chandrachud had on May 2 written to the panel to suggest it should .....
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'Consumer' includes not only a person who has hired or availed of service but even a beneficiary of a service(17.03.2020)
In facts of present case, the Respondent obtained a Labour Beneficiary Identity Card on 29th December, 2011 under the Welfare Board from the Appellant.....
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SC Orders NBCC to Inspect Supertech’s Towers in Noida(28.07.2016)
SC has ordered National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) to inspect and submit a report on real estate major Supertech’s Emerald Towers wheth.....
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Ori. HC: In Maintenance Proceedings it is Mandatory to File Affidavit Disclosing Assets(14.02.2025)
Orissa High Court while directing fresh disposal of a maintenance case, has stated that it is mandatory to file affidavit disclosing assets while maki.....
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For a valid blacklisting order, show cause notice must clearly mention intention to blacklist the noticee(16.11.2020)
Present appeal is directed against the order passed by the High Court. By the impugned order, the High Court has dismissed the writ petition and has u.....
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Gujarat HC: Giving Probe Papers to Complainant Before Chargesheet is filed Is 'Prima Facie Dangerous'(11.08.2025)
Gujarat HC, while directing SP to take action against IO, who gave investigation papers to complainant, has held that sharing investigation papers wit.....
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Madras HC Quashes Appointment of 11 TNPSC Members(23.12.2016)
Madras High Court has quashed appointment of 11 people as members of Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC), holding that process was "deeply fl.....
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Sajjan Kumar Surrenders in Anti-Sikh Riots Case, Will Appeal in SC After Winter Break(31.12.2018)
Former MLAs Kishan Khokhar and Mahender Yadav, who were also convicted in the case, surrendered before a Delhi court to serve a 10-year jail term.
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Madras HC Reprimands Practice of Displaying Photographs of CM on School Bags(10.09.2021)
Madras High Court has reprimanded the practice of displaying photographs of Chief Ministers or other public functionaries on school bags, textbooks an.....
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Gauhati HC: Notice Issued to Centre on Plea Claiming Denial of ST Benefits to Yobin Community(08.05.2025)
Gauhati High Court has issued notice to the Central Government and Arunachal Pradesh Government on a PIL claiming that Scheduled Tribe benefits provid.....
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Cisco Wins U.S. Patent Dispute over Wifi Technology(29.12.2015)
A U.S. Appeals Court has cleared Cisco Systems Inc of infringing another company's wifi technology, reversing a near $64-million judgement against the.....
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CBI Director Challenges ‘Patently Illegal’ Midnight Order That Sent Him on Forced Leave, SC to Hear Today(26.10.2018)
Verma filed the writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, as per which individuals may seek redressal for any violation of their fu.....
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Calcutta HC Directs to Withdraw Notice Preventing Students from Classes for Default of Dues(20.04.2022)
Calcutta High Court has reiterated that unaided private schools whose names had come up regarding allegations of arbitrary fee hike during the pandemi.....
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SC Backs Delhi Govt.'s Odd-Even Car Formula, Mulls Banning Entry of Trucks Registered Before 2005(16.12.2015)
SC has backed Delhi Government's odd-even car policy but refused to stamp it. The court also hinted at increasing Environment Compensation Charge and .....
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National Herald Case: SC to Hear Final Arguments on Pleas by Rahul, Sonia Gandhi on December 4(13.11.2018)
The Income Tax department had filed a caveat in the apex court that it should be heard in case any appeal is filed against the high court order.
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CESTAT: Stability Studies, Technical Testing & Analysis of New Drugs Not Subject to Service Tax(17.05.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has ruled that the stability studies, technical testing and analysis of new drugs are no.....
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CIC Stays Order on Disclosure of Information on Non-Performing Assets(08.07.2021)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has stayed the order of the First Appellate Authority (FAA) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which had directed.....
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Gujarat High Court Upholds State Law to Regulate School Fees(29.12.2017)
Gujarat High Court has upheld the Gujarat Self-Financed Schools (Regulation of Fees) Act, 2017 that was passed by the state legislative assembly in Ma.....
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Delhi Pollution: SC Directs MOEF to File Report on Stubble Burning in Punjab, Haryana & Western UP(15.10.2019)
Supreme Court has directed the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change to file a status report on the recommendations of a high level task.....
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SC Stays Del. HC Order Which Held that Old Pension Scheme is Applicable to Paramilitary Forces(10.07.2023)
Supreme Court has stayed the judgment of the Delhi High Court which has held that benefit of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) in accordance with CCS (Pens.....
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HP HC Directs State Govt to Revisit Policy on Payment of Fees to Private Schools(26.08.2020)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the State Government to revisit the policy on payment of fees to private schools, while setting aside a Gover.....
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Cal. HC: Award Liable to be Set Aside When Arbitrator Fails to Disclose His Appearance for Claimant(31.07.2023)
Calcutta High Court while observing that Arbitration Act cast a continuous duty on arbitrator to remain neutral, has held that award is liable to be s.....
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SC Junks Plea Questioning Custody of Mysuru Golden Throne(29.08.2016)
SC has dismissed a plea which questioned the custody of the golden throne and the golden howdah that is housed in the Mysuru Palace and are used durin.....
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Justice Indu Malhotra Inducted into SC Panel Probing Sexual Harassment Charges Against CJI Gogoi(26.04.2019)
The move came after Justice NV Ramana recused himself from the panel after the complainant objected to his presence, claiming he was 'a close friend' .....
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Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Bar on Media for Reporting Mass Scale Deaths(04.05.2021)
Delhi High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions for evolving and enforcing the Code of Ethics/Regulations on the TV New.....
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Del HC: Discretionary Power to Grant Bail on Medical Ground Under PMLA Must be Exercised Judiciously(06.06.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that power to grant bail on medical grounds under PMLA is discretionary in nature, has held that the same must be exe.....
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SC Rejects FIMI Plea Against Retrospective Levy of Social Impact Fund(08.12.2015)
SC has refused to entertain plea by lobby group Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI), which challenged retrospective levy of royalty for its.....
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Bhima-Koregaon Case: SC May Deliver Verdict on Arrest of Five Activists Tomorrow(27.09.2018)
The Maharashtra police had arrested the activists on August 28 in connection with an FIR lodged following a conclave on December 31 last year that had.....
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As Doctors Protest Against Attacks on Colleagues, SC to Hear Plea Seeking Their Safety Tomorrow(17.06.2019)
Due to the protests, the healthcare services in the country have been badly disrupted and many people are dying because of absence of doctors, the ple.....
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J&K HC Directs Government to Protect Schools(02.11.2016)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of arson at schools in Valley and has asked Civic and Police officials to take steps to pro.....
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News18 Daybreak | SC to Hear Pleas of Karnataka's Rebel MLAs and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For(11.07.2019)
Get a fresh dose of the news that matters delivered directly to your inbox, every morning. The perfect way to get you started and informed for the day.....
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Guahati HC: Accused Absconded May Reflect Guilty Mind; Same Is Not Substantive Evidence of his Guilt(23.01.2023)
Gauhati High Court has ruled that an absconding accused reflects guilty state of mind, however, the same cannot be a substantive evidence of his guilt.....
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Supreme Court: Forcing Husband to Separate from Family is Ground for Divorce(07.10.2016)
SC while allowing husband’s plea to annul 24-year wedlock has held that forcing a husband to separate from family is an act of “cruelty” and a ground .....
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Supreme Court Lens on Governments’ DBT Schemes Just Before Elections(03.07.2019)
Supreme Court has agreed to examine the validity of a string of direct cash transfer schemes that were announced and implemented by ruling parties at .....
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Madras High Court Refuses to Entertain Plea Challenging Handing Over of Sceptre to Widow(18.04.2024)
Mad HC has observed that the objection to handing over Sceptre to a woman/widowed woman prima facie is an affront to equality guaranteed under the Con.....
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NFRA: Chartered Accountant Penalized with One Lakh Rupees Fine for Professional Misconduct(24.06.2022)
National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has penalized chartered accountant with a fine of one lakh rupees for professional misconduct and debarr.....
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CBI Officer Who Was Investigating Rakesh Asthana Moves SC Against Transfer, Claims Bribery Proof(30.10.2018)
AK Bassi was transferred to Port Blair following the upheaval in the CBI last week when special director Rakesh Asthana and agency director Alok Verma.....
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SC Declines to Release for Three Months Rs 10 Cr Deposited by Karti Chidambaram for Travelling Abroad(09.09.2019)
Supreme Court has refused to release for three more months the Rs 10 crore deposited by Karti Chidambaram with the apex court's registry for travellin.....
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Bom. HC: State Ordered to Create a Social Media Handle for Reporting Instances of Manual Scavenging(23.08.2024)
Bom. HC has directed Department of Social Welfare to create a Social Media handle where citizens and non-governmental organisations can report instanc.....
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SC Junks Plea to Inquire Bribery Charges Against Ranjit Sinha(07.04.2016)
SC has dismissed a plea to order an inquiry into bribery allegations against Ex- CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, accused of demanding money from a person f.....
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: SC to Hear Centre's Plea Seeking Additional Funds for Compensating Victims in April(29.01.2019)
The Centre is seeking a direction to Union Carbide and other firms for an additional amount of Rs 7,844 crore over and above the earlier settlement am.....
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SC: Armed Forces Personnel Liable to Face Disciplinary Action for Adultery(01.02.2023)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench has held that striking down of Section 497 of IPC which criminalized adultery will not impact court martial proceedin.....
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Calcutta HC: 20% Reduction in Private School Fees to Continue Only Till March 15, 2022(20.12.2021)
Calcutta High Court has observed that the previously stipulated 20% reduction in fees charged by private schools would end on March 15, 2022, owing to.....
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SC Raps Tripura High Court over Dismissing Woman's Plea to Clailm ‘Streedhan’(23.11.2015)
SC has rapped Tripura HC for dismissing plea of woman for 'streedhan' on ground that she lost right over it after judicial separation. The court said .....
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A Court’s finding of its lack of jurisdiction prevents any binding decision by that court on merits of the matter(03.06.2019)
The Respondent, Mr Anil Bhagwan Maharaj, a professional racehorse trainer, instituted proceedings in terms of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention.....
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SC: Minimum 1/3rd Women's Reservation in SCBA Posts is on Experimental Basis(07.05.2024)
Supreme Court has clarified that its previous order directing reservation of a minimum 1/3rd seats for women in the Supreme Court Bar Association's ex.....
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Delhi High Court Seeks Government’s Reply to PIL on Boy's Death in School(12.08.2015)
Delhi High Court has asked City Government to explain how a 16-year-old boy died after sustaining injuries while playing at his school.
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GST Council Sets Stage For July 1 Roll Out, Seals Tax Rates of Final Six Items(05.06.2017)
GST Council in its 15th meeting held at New Delhi has fixed rates of gold, apparels, footwear, biscuits etc. As a corollary, 5% tax will be imposed on.....
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SC Dismisses Center’s Appeal Against 2012 Judgment by Punjab and Haryana HC(08.01.2016)
SC has shot down yet another attempt by Centre to deny differently-abled three per cent reservation in promotional posts and dismissed an appeal filed.....
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Amrapali CFO Gets Rs 2 Crore Income Tax Cleared, Gifted Luxury Car Worth Rs 43 Lakh, SC Told(01.11.2018)
The top court was told that the Amrapali Group has even given a luxury car worth Rs 43 lakh to its CFO Chander Wadhwa.
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SC: Relief of Specific Performance can be Declined for Non Performance of Essential Promise(12.09.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that a vendee who does not perform one of the essential promises in a contract is not entitled to the discretionary relief .....
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SC Grants Bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Liquor Policy Scam Case(13.09.2024)
Supreme Court has granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi Liquor Policy scam case on considering the ground that the trial is un.....
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Little Data on Vrindavan Widows Make Them Invisible in Poverty Matters: SC Panel Report(05.02.2018)
In August 2017, when the Supreme Court formed a panel to devise a working plan to uplift the condition of the widows of Vrindavan, the division bench .....
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‘Don’t Play With the Law’: SC Asks Karti Chidambaram to Deposit Rs 10 Crore for Foreign Travel Nod(30.01.2019)
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi made it clear to former finance minister P Chidambaram's son that the court will not tolerate &q.....
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P&H HC Directs DGP to Not Register FIR Under SC/ST Act at Instance of Third Party(19.10.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Director-General of Police, Punjab to not register FIR under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tri.....
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AIMPLB Hails SC Decision on Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Dispute(09.03.2019)
Mahant Ram Das of the Nirmohi Akhara said besides the mediation efforts, the court hearing in the matter should also go on simultaneously so as to see.....
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Calcutta High Court Seeks Response from West Bengal Government on Medical Services(24.11.2021)
Calcutta High Court has sought response from the West Bengal government on the medical services provided under its Swasthya Sathi scheme, a subsidized.....
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SC Seeks CBDT, SFIO Reports on Mohammad Iqbal(09.02.2016)
SC, after being informed by Enforcement Directorate (ED) that it had found evidence linking former MLC Mohammad Iqbal of BSP to the National Rural Hea.....
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Railways Relaxes Age Limit, Makes Regional Language Available for Recruitment Tests(20.02.2018)
The revised upper age limit for the unreserved category has been fixed at 30 years, while it was 28 earlier. For OBCs it has been revised to 33 years .....
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Can’t Dream of Violating Orders: Former CBI Boss Apologises to SC for Removing Officer in Bihar Rape Case(11.02.2019)
On February 7, the Supreme Court had come down heavily on Rao for transferring the investigating officer of the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape cases de.....
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Madras HC Allows Remission of GST as Quantified Under SVLDR Scheme(01.12.2021)
Madras High Court has allowed the remission of goods and services tax as quantified under SabkaVishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) (SVLDR) Scheme subj.....
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Plea in SC to Intervene in Case Against Election of Maharashtra CM to State Assembly(22.07.2019)
The SC is seized of an appeal filed against the Bombay HC's order dismissing his plea seeking annulment of Mahendra Fadnavis's election to the Maharas.....
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ITAT, Chennai: Subscription Money Received in Advance by DTH Operators is Taxable(12.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chennai has declared that subscription money received by direct-to-home (DTH) providers in advance is not taxable. The .....
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Karnataka HC Directs State to Submit Plan for Infrastructure Development in Government Schools(02.07.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to submit a plan of action for spending the Rs 100 crore allocated towards infrastructure devel.....
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SC Appoints Committee to Refund PACL Investors(02.02.2016)
SC has appointed a committee under the chairmanship of EX-Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha, empowering Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) .....
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Madras High Court Directs Centre to Disburse Funds for SC/ST Students(10.12.2018)
Madras High Court has directed the Central Department of Finance to allocate funds of Rs 822.91 crore, enabling the Department of Social Justice and E.....
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DGFT Issues Export Authorisation for SCOMET Items from New Online Restricted Exports IT Module(05.08.2021)
Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued the Export Authorisation for Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment, and Technologies .....
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'Why Wasn't BJP Activist Released Immediately': Contempt Notice to Mamata Govt Over Meme Row(01.07.2019)
Questioning why activist Priyanka Sharma was not released immediately after the SC order in May, the court asked the state to file a response in four .....
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Delhi High Court Upholds Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Arrest in Liquor Policy Scam Case(09.04.2024)
Delhi High Court has dismissed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate and upheld his arrest by ho.....
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Supreme Court: Confiscation Proceedings Independent of Main Criminal Case(15.05.2017)
Supreme Court has clarified that confiscatory proceedings are independent of main criminal proceedings, and it is meant to provide a deterrent mechani.....
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Karti Chidambaram Moves SC Seeking Return of Rs 10 Crore Deposited in Court Registry(14.05.2019)
The probe agency had earlier opposed the plea of Karti seeking permission to travel abroad and alleged that he has been evasive, non-cooperative and c.....
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Rajasthan HC Puts Ban on Fresh Permissions Under Rajasthan Tourism Guest House Scheme, 2020(25.03.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has put a ban on fresh permissions for residents planning to develop a homestay or guest houses in their residences under the for.....
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SC: Producer, TV Channel must Face Trial for Serial 'Bidaai'(24.08.2016)
SC has said that producer of a tele-serial allegedly insulting Valmiki community and the channel in which it was aired, will have to face trial.
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News18 Daybreak | SC Asks Lawyer to Back Conspiracy Claims Against CJI in Second Affidavit and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For(25.04.2019)
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Karnataka Breathes Sigh of Relief as SC Rejects TN's Plea for Stay on Mekedatu Dam(13.12.2018)
Tamil Nadu maintained that allowing its neighbouring state to build the dam would be a direct interference in the Cauvery case. However, the counsel r.....
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Karnataka HC: SC/ST Act Cannot be Invoked Merely Because Victim’s Mother is SC(06.06.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that a person, whose one parent belongs to the scheduled caste community and another parent to forward caste, will have .....
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Bombay HC Pulls Up CBI for ‘Not Applying Mind’ while Filing Report(02.09.2016)
Bombay HC has pulled up Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for non-application of mind while filing a report with regard to a criminal application,.....
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SC: Conduct Counselling to Fill Vacant PG Seats in Government Medical Colleges(09.09.2016)
SC has rejected special leave petitions of Medical Council of India and directed that counselling to be done to fill up vacant seats in government med.....
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SC: Doctor Cannot be Subjected to Criminal Prosecution on Ambiguous Allegations of Medical Negligence(19.08.2019)
Supreme Court has reiterated that to prosecute a medical professional for negligence under criminal law it must be shown that he did something or fail.....
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Calcutta HC Orders Removal of Chairman of WB Board of Primary Education(21.06.2022)
Calcutta High Court has removed Trinamool MLA Manik Bhattacharya from the post of Chairman of the Board of Primary Education with immediate effect in .....
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Delhi HC: COVID-19 Vaccination Can’t Be Insisted Upon By Employer to Government School Lecturer(24.01.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that COVID-19 vaccination cannot be insisted upon by the employer, has granted relief to a government school lecturer.....
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SC: Any Person Can Now be Tried under Domestic Violence Act(10.10.2016)
Supreme Court has widened scope of Domestic Violence Act by ordering deletion of words “adult male” from it, paving the way for prosecution of women a.....
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Paralysed Assam Man Declared Foreigner as He Fails to Appear Before Tribunal, SC Seeks Reply from Assam Govt, Centre(03.07.2019)
Azizul Hoque, who is lodged in a detention centre since March 24, 2017, was declared a foreigner by a tribunal in Assam in an ex-parte proceedings as .....
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Supreme Court: Strict Penalties Required for Official Misconduct During Elections(19.04.2024)
Supreme Court has observed that the issue of official misconduct during elections is very serious and there should be strict penalties regarding the s.....
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SC Directs Akhilesh Govt.to Pay Rs 10 Lakh Compensation for His Father's Wrong(18.11.2015)
SC has directed Akhilesh Govt to compensate for harassment it meted out to Dr Ram Lakhan Singh,Indian Forest Service officer by UP Govt led by his fat.....
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SC Directs Maharashtra to Conduct Final Counselling for Admissions to PG Medical, Dental Courses(05.06.2019)
Supreme Court has directed the Maharashtra government to conduct the final round of counselling by June 14, 2019 for the problems being faced by stud.....
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Bom. HC: State Must Ensure that Eligible Women Receive Benefits under Ladki Bahin Scheme(03.01.2025)
Bombay High Court has observed that necessary steps must be taken by the State to ensure that all the eligible women receive benefits under 'Mukhyaman.....
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SC Asks Nabam Rebia to Establish Plea’s Maintainability(08.01.2016)
SC has asked Nabam Rebia, who was allegedly removed by rebel Congress and BJP MLAs from the post of Assembly Speaker in Arunachal Pradesh, to establis.....
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'What About Diwali for 46,000 Homebuyers': SC Raps Amrapali Directors After Plea to Visit Home(01.11.2018)
What about Diwali for 46,000 homebuyers who gave you their life’s savings for getting a home but are suffering, Supreme Court asked Amrapali directo.....
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Supreme Court Raps Chopper Scam Accused: Don’t do this Nonsense, Justice Cannot be Bought(12.09.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that Justice cannot be bought while coming down heavily on VVIP chopper scam accused Gautam Khaitan in a case related to th.....
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Mad. HC Deals with Rampant Usage of Cool Lip Tobacco Products Amongst School Kids(17.09.2024)
Madras High Court while hearing the plea on rampant usage of cool lip tobacco products amongst school kids, has stated that even though the Government.....
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Bombay High Court: Not All Can Afford 'School Bus'(06.02.2018)
Bombay High Court, while asking the state transport department to collate data on the number of accidents in the past few years involving school buses.....
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SC Seeks Centre's Response on Plea for Setting up Human Rights Courts in all Districts(08.07.2019)
The SC bench issued notices to all 29 states on the plea which also sought appointment of Special Public Prosecutors for conducting speedy trial of of.....
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Government Extends Due Date for Submission of Applications under PLI Scheme for Textiles(16.02.2022)
Ministry of Textiles has further extended the timeline for submission of applications under the PLI Scheme for Textiles till 28.02.2022. Earlier the .....
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SC Rejects Owners’ Plea over Compensation for Land Acquired by Reliance Gas(05.10.2016)
SC has dismissed appeals by more than 50 land owners of Surat alleging that Reliance Gas Transportation and Infrastructure Ltd had not adequately comp.....
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PIL in SC Challenging Article 370 Granting Special status to Jammu and Kashmir(22.09.2018)
The plea has said the special provision was "temporary" in nature at the time of framing of the Constitution and Article 370(3) lapsed with .....
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Cal HC: All Unilateral Appointments Not Invalid Unless Appointed Arbitrator Falls Within Schedule 7(15.02.2023)
Calcutta High Court has held that all unilateral appointment of arbitrator are not invalid per se unless the arbitrator’s relationship falls within th.....
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HC Cites ‘Reputed’ VHP’s Role to Confirm Woman’s SC Quota Job Post Conversion From Christianity(23.08.2018)
The judge noted that the petitioner originally belonged to the Christian (Scheduled Caste) community and subsequently she voluntarily wanted to embrac.....
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ITAT, Bangalore: Unascertained Business Loss Cannot be Allowed as Deduction(09.03.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has ruled that unless the recovery of embezzled amount in the course of business was impossible, it could not.....
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# GST Changes Applicable From 01.01.2021: Schedule II, CGST Act, 2017 Only to Classify Supply(29.12.2020)
Finance Act, 2020 has made a retrospective amendment effective from 01.07.2017 to the effect that the aspect of presence/absence of consideration will.....
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SC Slams Gujarat over Not Submitting Affidavit on Drought Situation(21.04.2016)
SC has slammed Gujarat for submitting a note instead of an affidavit on the drought situation and said, “Why have you not filed affidavit? Don't take .....
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No Change in Stance on Article 35A, Only Elected Govt Can Take Stand: J&K Administration(24.02.2019)
The J&K government's counsel had sought permission from the SC for circulating a letter among the contesting parties for adjourning the upcoming h.....
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SC: Arbitrator Has Discretion to Award Post-Award Interest on Part of The Sum(02.09.2022)
Supreme Court has held arbitrator has the discretion to determine the rate of reasonable interest, the sum on which the interest is to be paid, that i.....
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Supreme Court: HC’s Interference With Disciplinary Inquiry Justified on Violation of Natural Justice(04.01.2017)
Supreme Court has said that a High Court can interfere with disciplinary inquiry or orders passed by competent authority if the probe itself is vitiat.....
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SC: Appellate Authority Cannot Override Statutory Requirements of Pre-Deposit to Maintain Appeal(19.09.2019)
Supreme Court while upholding Section 62(5) of Punjab Value Added Tax Act, 2005 has observed that the Appellate Authority cannot override statutory re.....
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SC Quashed Complaint Alleging Offence Under SC/ST Act(09.01.2023)
Supreme Court while quashing a complaint alleging complaint under Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, has observ.....
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2G Scam Case: SC Dismisses Kanimozhi Karunanidhi Plea But Allows her to Move High Court(04.11.2015)
Supreme Court while dismissing Kanimozhi Karunanidhi's plea for quashing charges against her in an alleged bribe-turned-corporate loan case, has allow.....
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'Who Are You to Ask For Women Entry Into Mosque?' SC Dismisses Hindu Mahasabha Plea(08.07.2019)
SC upheld the Kerala High Court order which had said that the PIL was "motivated" and used for "cheap publicity"
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Rajasthan HC: Disputed Question of Title of Plot Outside Scope of Extraordinary Writ Jurisdiction(14.02.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has observed that the disputed question of fact regarding title of the plot in question cannot be gone into by the High Court whi.....
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SC: Give Bail to Repetitive Offenders Cautiously(05.10.2015)
Supreme Court has held that habitual offenders could be a nuisance, terror to society and asked courts to be cautious in granting bail to such individ.....
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Jammu & Kashmir Acting DGP Dilbag Singh to Continue in Office, Says Supreme Court(20.09.2018)
Supreme Court has said that newly appointed acting Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir shall continue in office till Union Public Se.....
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Performance Audit Report No. 14 of 2022 "Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme (SVLDRS) 2019" of C&AG of India (Indirect Taxes-GST, Central Excise & Service Tax)(06.02.2023)
1. The Performance Audit Report No. 14 of 2022 "Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme (SVLDRS) 2019" of C&AG of India (Indirect Taxes-GST, .....
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India Can't Be Refugee Capital of World: On Assam NRC, Centre Tells SC Lakhs Wrongly Included in List(19.07.2019)
The Centre had on Tuesday also sought to suitably modify the timeline fixed for publication of final NRC from July 31, 2019, to a future date, stating.....
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P&H HC: No Ground for Default Bail U/S 167(2) CrPC(03.05.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court, Has held that, for an offense of sexual assault, final report would be complete on statement of the prosecutrix and For.....
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Chh. HC: Continuance of Benefit of Advance Increment Can’t be Claimed by Employee after Promotion(09.08.2024)
Chhattisgarh High Court has held that continuance of advance increments granted for family planning purposes cannot be claimed by employees once they .....
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SC Issues Contempt Notice over Allowing Demolition of Ambedkar Sthal-Bhagidhari Bhawan Boundary Wall(01.02.2016)
SC has issued contempt notices to UP Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary of Urban Planning Department for allegedly violating its orders by allowi.....
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Kerala HC Directs State to Give Wide Publicity to Flood Benefit Scheme of Govt(05.12.2018)
Kerala High Court has directed that government should give wide publicity about the flood benefit scheme with the objective of making maximum persons .....
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Bombay HC Orders Preliminary Inquiry Against Lawyer for Alleged Professional Misconduct(02.08.2021)
Bombay High Court has ordered a preliminary inquiry against a lawyer into allegations of alleged professional misconduct. The Court has directed the P.....
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SC: In Cases Involving Cross-FIRs It’s Prudent if Investigation Carried Out in Comprehensive Manner(30.04.2025)
Supreme Court has held that in cases involving cross-FIRs, it would be prudent and fair if the investigation was carried out in a comprehensive manner.....
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SC Issues Notice to Centre on Appeal Against Dismissal of Jat POs in Banks(16.02.2016)
SC has issued a notice to Centre to submit a reply on appeal against dismissal of the 40 Jat Probationary Officers (PO) serving in three public sector.....
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Uttarakhand HC to State: Merge Existing Govt. Schools Instead Of Building New Ones(10.01.2018)
Uttarakhand High Court has recommended that the State Government may frame a scheme to merge existing Government schools, instead of establishing new .....
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Minor Student Delivers Baby in School Hostel, Six Employees Suspended(13.01.2019)
The school 'Seva Ashram High School' at Daringibadi in Kandhamal district is run by the SC and ST development department of Odisha.
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Telangana HC Instructs on Not Opening Residential Schools with Hostels(01.09.2021)
Telangana High Court has instructed the State government not to reopen its residential schools with hostel facilities, including those being run by So.....
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Allahabad HC: Mediums like Television, Internet are Resulting in Loss of Innocence of Adolescents(25.07.2025)
Allahabad High Court while expressing serious concerns over 'disastrous' effects of television, internet, and social media on adolescents has observed.....
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SC Rejects Relief to Ex- Union Minister Santosh Bagrodia in Coal Scam Case(08.09.2015)
Supreme Court has rejected plea filed by former Union Minister Santosh Bagrodia, seeking exemption from personal appearance before a special court in .....
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SC Issues Notice to Centre, Others over Plea Seeking Guidelines on Raids(27.09.2016)
SC has sought responses from Centre and investigating agencies including CBI and ED on a PIL seeking framing of guidelines to safeguard rights of comm.....
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Uttarakhand Govt to Move SC on High Court’s Ban on Night Stay in High Himalayan Meadows(26.06.2019)
State Forest Minister said the ban on camping and night stay in that came last year has badly hit trekking activities and traders associated with adve.....
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ITAT, Mumbai: Circular Due to Difficulties in E-filing Software Can’t be Relied(11.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has ruled that the private discretionary trust shall be treated as AoP and has rejected the plea of the assessee.....
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Allahabad HC: Application U/S 482 CrPC Not Maintainable Against Summoning Order under SC/ST Act(30.05.2022)
Allahabad High Court while taking into account Section 14A(1) of the S.C./S.T. Act has held that Application under Section 482 of CrPC can't be filed .....
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Gujarat HC Upholds State’s Power To Check Excessive School Fee(08.01.2018)
Gujarat HC has upheld Gujarat Self-Financed Schools Act, 2017, to check excessive fee & profiteering by schools by fixing the maximum limit for pre-.....
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Ker. HC: State Government to Implement its Monthly Scholarship Scheme for Disabled Children(02.04.2025)
Kerala High Court has directed the State to ensure strict compliance of its 2015 policy for persons with disabilities providing for monthly scholarshi.....
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SC Raps States, UTs over Illegal Religious Structures(19.04.2016)
SC has rapped States and Union Territories for their failure to comply with its directions to file affidavits spelling out steps they have taken for r.....
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EDUCATION - Educational Officers Have No Disciplinary Control over Teachers in CBSE Schools: Kerala HC(21.02.2019)
Kerala High Court has held that the educational officers under the Kerala Education Act and Rules made thereunder have no disciplinary control over te.....
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Bombay HC Dismisses RSS Worker Plea Seeking Directions to Exhibit Transcripts of Rahul Gandhi(21.09.2021)
Bombay High Court has dismissed Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) worker Rajesh Kunte's petition seeking directions to a Magistrate in Maharashtra to .....
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Madras HC: CBSE Schools Need Not File Self Declaration Forms(26.02.2016)
Madras HC has restrained School Education Department from insisting that CBSE schools should submit self declaration form, in accordance with amendmen.....
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SC Clarifies Acquittal by Criminal Court Does not Prevent Departmental Inquiry(17.09.2019)
Supreme Court has clarified that acquittal by a Criminal Court does not prevent a Departmental Inquiry against the delinquent officer and the Discipli.....
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Bombay HC Rules ‘Court Cannot Ignore Illegal Detention’(04.11.2016)
Bombay High Court, while granting bail to a Gondia man arrested for murder and cases under Arms Act and SC/ST Act, has said that court can’t turn Nels.....
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Rajasthan Cops Booked for Gangraping Dalit Woman Whose Brother-in-Law Died in Custody(14.07.2019)
A case has been registered under sections 376-D (gangrape), 343 (wrongful confinement for three or more days), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the I.....
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Bom. HC: Failure To Adjust Interest Paid Is Hyper-Technical, Should Not Affect Sabka Vishwas Scheme(25.01.2023)
Bombay High Court has ruled that failure to adjust interest paid by the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) was hyper- technical and should.....
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Allahabad HC Rejects PIL Challenging CM’s Free Smartphone Scheme(10.10.2016)
Allahabad HC has rejected a PIL challenging the Samajwadi Smartphone Scheme proposed by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
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SC Grants Interim Stay on Execution of 7 Death Row Convicts in Rohtak Gangrape and Murder Case(05.07.2019)
Supreme Court has put an interim stay on the execution of seven death row convicts, who gangraped and killed a mentally challenged woman in Rohtak.
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SC: Investigating Officer Must Narrate Statement of Accused to Prove Disclosure Statement(22.04.2024)
SC has held that for proving disclosure statement the Investigating Officer would be required to narrate what accused stated to him. He essentially te.....
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After Bombay High Court’s Rejection, Will SC Allow Woman’s Plea to Terminate 22-week Pregnancy?(09.07.2018)
According to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (MTP) 1971, a fetus cannot be aborted after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
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Minutes of full house of Bar Council should not be disclosed and put in public domain(14.02.2017)
Petitioner impugns orders passed by Central Information Commission directing that, details sought by Respondent no. 2 be put in public domain voluntar.....
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SC: Disputes About Properties which are not Subject Matter of Dispute can be Settled in Mediation(26.11.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that Settlement Agreement which has become part of a Court’s order is executable irrespective of the fact whether the agree.....
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SC to Delhi Govt.: Notify 'Motor Vehicle Aggregator & Delivery Service Provider Scheme' by Sept. 30(14.08.2023)
Supreme Court has extended the time granted to Delhi Government to notify Delhi Motor Vehicle Aggregator and Delivery Service Provider Scheme, 2023, t.....
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SC Slams BCCI over Issue of Capping Age of Its Office Bearers(02.05.2016)
SC has pulled up BCCI for resisting Justice R M Lodha-led committee's recommendation on capping age of its office bearers to 70 years , observing "whe.....
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News18 Daybreak | SC Hearing on Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Land Dispute Case Today and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For(26.02.2019)
Get a fresh dose of the news that matters delivered directly to your inbox, every morning. The perfect way to get you started and informed for the day.....
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SC: Proceedings under Section 34 of Arbitration Act, 1996 not Sustainable Against Foreign Award(30.11.2020)
Supreme Court has noted that the proceedings under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is not maintainable to challenge a foreign.....
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SC Rejects Review Plea on WB SSC Jobs, Upholds Quashing of 25k Appointments(20.08.2025)
Supreme Court has dismissed West Bengal’s review petition against its April 3 ruling that invalidated nearly 25,000 SSC appointments. It held that the.....
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Kar HC: Educational Institutions Must Recognize & Reconsider Malady of Harsh Disciplinary Actions(28.06.2023)
Karnataka High Court while observing that harsh discipline is closely linked to internalizing mental problems of a child and lowering the child’s cogn.....
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SC Imposes Fine of Rs 25 Lakh Each on 3 Firms for Loss of 'Judicial Time'(20.04.2016)
SC has imposed fine of Rs 25 lakh each on three companies, GGL, MGG and RUIAS, which have been involved in legal battles emanating from their contract.....
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J&K Govt Moves SC Seeking Transfer of 7 Pakistani Terrorists from Jammu Jail to Tihar(22.02.2019)
Jammu and Kashmir government's standing counsel Shoaib Alam said terrorists belonging to various organisations need to be shifted out of Jammu jail as.....
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Calcutta High Court Dismisses Plea Against WB Govt 'Ration At Doorstep' Scheme(27.09.2021)
Calcutta High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the West Bengal government's newly introduced 'Duare Ration' (ration at doorstep) program hol.....
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SC Suggests Imposing Fine of Rs 50,000 on Construction Sites for Dust Pollution(22.01.2016)
SC has favoured imposing a fine of Rs 50,000 on a daily basis on construction sites for generating high levels of dust in Delhi and National Capital R.....
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Ensure Implementation of SC Order on Fire Crackers on New Year: Central Pollution Control Board to Delhi police(29.12.2018)
The Supreme court had directed that bursting of crackers on Diwali and other festivals be limited to two hours and only "green firecrackers".....
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Karnataka HC: Abuses Hurled in Basement Which was Not in Public View is Not Offence(22.06.2022)
Karnataka High Court while quashing proceedings under Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015, has he.....
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HP HC Orders Action Against Officials Who Failed to Prevent Illegal Dumping of Muck in Forest Areas(06.07.2023)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has ordered disciplinary action against government officials for their failure to prevent the illegal dumping of muck in f.....
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SC Pulls Up Centre over Not Taking Action to Provide Relief to Drought-Hit People(07.04.2016)
SC has slammed Centre for not taking action to provide relief to those affected by drought which forced many farmers to commit suicide and directed th.....
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Not Necessary to Appoint Prosecutor of Victim's Choice Under SC/ST Act: Delhi HC(28.01.2019)
Delhi High Court has held that it is not necessary for the Magistrate to appoint an advocate of the victim's choice to act as the public prosecutor un.....
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# GST Changes Applicable From 01.01.2021: Amendment to Composition Scheme Under CGST Act(29.12.2020)
Finance Act, 2020 has amended Section 10(2) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 to provide that a registered person seeking to pay the tax.....
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SC: Father Can Give Property to Married Daughter(21.04.2016)
SC has ruled that a man is legally entitled to nominate his married daughter to own his cooperative society flat after his death, depriving his wife a.....
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Rescue Ops For Trapped Miners to Continue as Per SC Directions: Meghalaya Minister(31.01.2019)
Nearly 200 rescue personnel from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Navy, Odisha Fire Service and state agencies are involved in the search .....
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Telangana HC Issues Notice on PIL Seeking Mechanism to Regulate Fee Structures in Private Schools(20.10.2021)
Telangana High Court had issued notices to the State government in a Public Interest Litigation petition seeking creation of a mechanism to regulate f.....
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Duty to secure rights calls for a more proactive role than requirement to respect rights(08.02.2017)
In fact of present case, Appellant lived with his partner for ten years before December 2009. On Christmas Eve, they became engaged. Sadly, Lenny McMu.....
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SC:State Cannot Alienate Water Bodies for Industrial Activities under Guise of Providing Alternatives(26.11.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that it is not permissible for the State to alienate common water bodies for industrial activities under the guise of providin.....
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SC to Centre: Provide Response on PIL to Decriminalise Consensual Sex Between 16-18 Year Olds(21.08.2023)
Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre on seeking a direction to decriminalise consensual sexual acts of 16 to 18 year old adolescents. The.....
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Supreme Court: No Benefit of Deduction to an Industry If It Ceases to be a Small Scale Industry(07.12.2017)
Supreme Court has held that an assessee is not entitled to benefit of exemption if it loses its eligibility as a small scale industrial undertaking in.....
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Karnataka HC Directs State to Implement Scheme for Providing Sanitary Napkins(28.04.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to strictly abide by the time schedule it has enunciated for procurement of sanitary napkins/pa.....
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SC Rejects ONGC Plea Against RIL(16.09.2015)
SC has dismissed plea by ONGC against Reliance Industries seeking re-opening of arbitration in London over dispute with Govt related to Panna-Mukta an.....
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SC Seeks Centre’s Opinion over Impact of Mobile towers(04.10.2016)
SC has initiated a scrutiny of "deleterious" effects of radiation emanating from mobile towers and sought a report from Centre on several aspects incl.....
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Is This Some Kind of a Joke, Says SC on Trial Through WhatsApp(09.09.2018)
The case, involving a former minister of Jharkhand and his MLA wife, saw the lower court judge in Hazaribagh putting these accused on trial by pronoun.....
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Unnao Rape Victim Develops Pneumonia, Remains Critical; SC to Decide Her Transfer to AIIMS on Monday(03.08.2019)
The 19-year-old girl is still on life support, but her lawyer, who too was injured when their car was hit by a truck is breathing without ventilator, .....
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Delhi High Court: U/S 9 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Scope of Inquiry is Limited(14.06.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that the scope of inquiry under Section 9 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is limited to prima facie examination of.....
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CCI Approves RBS India-Sanctum Wealth Acquisition Deal(30.12.2015)
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved acquisition of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group's India wealth management business by Sanctum Wea.....
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Supreme Court Directs Rajasthan Private Schools to Give Deduction in Annual School Fees(04.05.2021)
Supreme Court has permitted the private unaided schools in Rajasthan to collect annual school fees from their students as fixed under the Rajasthan Sc.....
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Additional disclosures by NBFCs in public issue of debt securities(15.09.2015)
The Securities Exchange Board of India notified new disclosures to be made by Non-Banking Financial Corporations in offer documents for public issue o.....
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SC Allows Dera Sacha Sauda Chief’s Plea to Examine Ex-CBI Official(05.10.2016)
SC has allowed Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s plea seeking summoning of a Ex-CBI official, who had recorded statements of two allege.....
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Relief for Home Buyers as SC Orders Construction of 514 Unitech Flats from Auctioned Property Funds(12.09.2018)
The property was auctioned at Rs 116.95 crore and so far around Rs 28.89 crore has been received.
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Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt to Fix Dates for Bidding Process for CM Advocates Welfare Scheme(04.08.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to comply with its order wherein the said Government was directed to start the tender process for t.....
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Orissa HC Rejects Plea Seeking Judicial Action over Leaving of Cuttack from Smart City Scheme(17.11.2015)
Orissa High Court has rejected plea seeking judicial intervention alleging that millennium city of Cuttack was left out from Central Government-sponso.....
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DSCDRC: McDonald’s to Remunerate Rs 70,000 for Insect in Burger(04.06.2019)
Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission/DSCDRC while upholding the order of a district forum has granted a Delhi resident Rs 70,000 almost .....
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Del. HC: Language of Web Series ‘College Romance’ Doesn’t Pass Community Test of Common Man(07.03.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that language used in web series “College Romance” doesn’t pass community test of common man and transgresses into ar.....
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SC: Plea against Detention has to be Given Immediate Attention(29.08.2016)
SC has said that a habeas corpus plea, relating to legality of arrest, detention or imprisonment of a person, has to be given “immediate attention” an.....
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Former SC Judge AK Patnaik to Probe 'Conspiracy' Against CJI After Sexual Harassment Charges(26.04.2019)
The court said it would pass orders at 2pm Thursday on whether an investigating team would be set up to probe whether the sexual harassment allegation.....
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Orissa High Court: Right to Education Includes Right to Safe Education(07.05.2021)
Orissa High Court has held the "Right to education includes right to safe education", and when the very purport of the Right to Education Act, 2009 is.....
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Executive Directors are authorized to extend validity of waiting lists of candidates for further period of one year(13.11.2017)
The Petitioner, working as Junior Engineer with Respondent No. 1-the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Limited ("the MSEDCL") has approached .....
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SC: High Court Cannot Impede in Manner of Investigation in Exercise of Powers under Section 482 CrPC(05.09.2019)
Supreme Court has reiterated that the High Court while exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(CrPC) cannot .....
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Bombay HC: No Absolute Right Under RTE Act for Admission to Unaided Minority Schools(01.07.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that a student doesn't have a right to admission to a private un-aided minority school under the Right of Children to Free .....
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SC Dismisses Petition Seeking Directions to Amend Constitution to Make Hindi as Official Language(05.04.2016)
SC has junked a petition seeking direction to amend Constitution to make Hindi as official language of work in the apex court and High Courts. Taking .....
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Plea in SC Challenging Centre's Power to Notify a Community as Minority(24.01.2019)
The petition said the benefits given to minorities in the name of Articles 29, 30, are similar to the benefits given to SC/STs under Articles 15, 16, .....
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Karnataka HC Directs State to Consider Opening Schools in Taluks with Less Covid Cases(22.12.2020)
Karnataka High Court has directed the state to consider opening up schools on a regular basis in taluks having less number of Covid-19 cases, rather t.....
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HP HC Denies Anticipatory Bail to Man Accused of Flesh Trade of Adolescent Girls(07.04.2021)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has denied anticipatory bail to a man apprehending arrest in a case for allegedly being a part of racket involved in fishi.....
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Mad. HC: Supporting Driver Before MACT Doesn’t Preclude Transport Corp. from Initiating Disc. Proc.(03.04.2024)
Madras High Court has held that if State Express Transport Corporation management has taken a stand for the driver before the Motor Accident Claims Tr.....
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SC Says, Spurt in Violent Protest on Religious and Caste Lines is “Unfortunate”(16.08.2016)
SC has expressed concern over sudden spurt in violent protest on the line of religion, language, caste divisions across the country and termed it "unf.....
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With Administrative Tussle Refusing to Die Down, SC to Hear AAP's Plea Over Exercise of its Power(10.07.2018)
The apex court had in its July 4 ruling, vindicated Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has long accused the L-G of preventing his government fr.....
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SC Tells Centre to Consider Viability of Implemention of "One Nation One Ration Card Scheme"(29.04.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that the feasibility of a plea seeking implementation of the "One Nation One Ration Card" forthwith for benefitting the mig.....
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Gujarat HC Pulls Up Tribal Land Owners And Lawyer For Misusing Atrocities Act(14.07.2017)
Gujarat High Court pulled up tribal land owners and a lawyer for blackmailing and extorting money from builders by utilizing the “powerful potent weap.....
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Gujarat HC: Scolding Employee to Maintain Office Discipline Does Not Amount to Abetment of Suicide(07.07.2022)
Gujarat High Court has held that an employer scolding its employee to maintain discipline in the office would not amount to the former abetting suicid.....
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SC: When FIR Registered Under Stringent Laws, Strict Scrutiny is Required(14.02.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that when FIR is registered under stringent laws like Uttar Pradesh Gangsters Act, 1986 then its strict scrutiny is require.....
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SC Orders to Extend President’s Rule in Uttarakhand(27.04.2016)
SC has extended President’s rule in Uttarakhand, ruling out a floor test in the State assembly that was scheduled on April 29.
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Supreme Court: Frame Guidelines to Ensure Safety of School Children(18.04.2018)
Supreme Court has directed the Ministry of Human Resources Development to draft effective guidelines to ensure the safety and security of children ins.....
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Maintenance of Escrow Account with a Scheduled Commercial Bank(17.11.2020)
1. A reference is invited to the instructions issued by Reserve Bank of India vide (a) DPSS.CO.PD.No.1164/02.14.006/2017-18 dated October 11, 2017 (up.....
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SC Admits Plea Challenging to Maharashtra’s New Obscenity Law(30.08.2016)
SC has sought a reply from Maharashtra Government to a challenge raised by dance bar owners against a new State prohibition law classifying any dance .....
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SC Denies to Intervene in Plea against Lodha Panel(07.09.2016)
SC has declined to intervene on allegations raised by Vyapam whistleblower Dr. Anand Rai against the apex court-appointed Oversight Committee led by f.....
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Ayyappa Devotees Warn of ‘Bleak Future’ for Kerala Govt if SC Decision on Sabarimala Not Reversed(07.10.2018)
The Nama Japa Yatra, which had women believers of Lord Ayyappa in large numbers, stated that there “can be no interference in Hindu religionâ€.
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SC Clarifies Enquiry Report Submitted by SC Judge on Conspiracy Angle Against Former ISRO Scientist(26.07.2021)
Supreme Court has clarified that the enquiry report submitted by former Supreme Court judge Justice DK Jain on the conspiracy angle against former ISR.....
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Service Export from India scheme(14.12.2016)
The Government has introduced the Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) w.e.f. 01.04.2015 under the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2015-20 replacing t.....
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Ayodhya Dispute: Original Litigant Moves SC for Early Hearing, Says ‘Nothing Much Happening’(09.07.2019)
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi was told by senior advocate PS Narsimha that the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute needed to be l.....
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SC: Joining Force After Suppressing Criminal Cases is a Grave Misconduct(18.01.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that entering service of disciplined force like CISF by suppressing criminal cases is a gross misconduct, has held that .....
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SC Slams Centre over Noncompliance of its Direction to Tackle Drought(06.10.2016)
SC has slammed Central Government and States for not complying with its directions to supply food grain to the drought-affected areas under the Nation.....
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Is Kerala Above Rule of Law, Asks SC While Hearing Matter Related to Jacobite-Orthodox Church Feud(02.07.2019)
The bench also warned that it may put the chief secretary of Kerala behind bars if the orders passed by the apex court are not implemented by the stat.....
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Del. HC: ITSC Can Only Grant Immunity from Penalty & Prosecution in Case of Full & True Disclosure(15.04.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that the power to grant immunity from penalty and prosecution is entrusted to the Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC) on.....
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Govt: Specified Notes Confiscated on or before 30.12.2016 Can be Deposited in Any RBI Branch(17.05.2017)
Govt has notified rules regarding deposit of Rs. 1000 and Rs. 500 Currency Notes confiscated on or before 30.12.2016 which makes it possible for enfor.....
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Gujarat HC: Legislature Conferred Precedence of POCSO Act Over SC/ST Act(08.10.2020)
Gujarat High Court has ruled that the comparative analysis of provisions of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.....
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Madras HC: Only ‘Preponderance of Probability’ Required in Disciplinary Proceedings(25.10.2024)
Madras High Court while upholding the dismissal of two workers, has affirmed that in matters of disciplinary proceedings only preponderance of probabi.....
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Supreme Court Directs CBI to Take Over All 212 Cases in Vyapam Scam(24.08.2015)
Supreme Court has asked Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to takeover all investigations related to the controversial Vyapam scam.
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SC Gives 4 Weeks to Centre to Respond on Triple Talaq(05.09.2016)
SC has given Centre four weeks' time to file its response on the right of Muslim women in matrimonial matters relating to divorce and maintenance, inc.....
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Rapid Response Teams, Water Cannons and Social Media Messages: SC Lists Steps to Control Mob Violence(02.10.2018)
The top court said the person, who has initiated or instigated any act of violence against cultural programmes resulting in loss of life and damage to.....
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SC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Verdict for Converting Govt Schools to English Medium(03.09.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court Order which had quashed Government Orders seeking to implement Eng.....
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SC: Purchasers of Non-GST Goods Entitled to 'Form C' Under CST for Concessional Rate(31.03.2021)
Supreme Court has upheld the views taken by various High Courts that the Goods and Services Tax Act does not affect the right of purchasers of goods n.....
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Aadhaar useable for more government schemes; remains voluntary(15.10.2015)
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court delivered a succinct verdict on the Aadhaar card, picking up where it previously left off. It allowed the Ca.....
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Need to Transcend Personal Ambitions: CJI Dipak Misra Breaks Silence on Dissent by SC Judges(15.08.2018)
The CJI underlined the news to “transcend one’s personal ambitions†and suggest “constructive checks†in order to effect change.
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SC: Schools Can't be Without Playgrounds(06.03.2023)
Supreme Court while disapproving an order passed by Punjab & Haryana High Court which permitted regularization of encroachments near school, observed .....
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Bombay HC asks CBI to Probe Further in Adarsh Scam(05.10.2016)
Bombay HC has asked Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe further into allegations of four benami flats in the Adarsh scam case.
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Fill Up Teaching Vacancies in School for Visually Impaired: Delhi HC to State(24.09.2018)
Delhi HC has directed the state government to appoint 10 contract teachers to vacant posts in a school for visually impaired boys and provide the stud.....
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Rahul Asks Chhattisgarh CM to File Review Petition Against SC Order on Eviction of Tribals(24.02.2019)
The Congress president has said that 'Jal, Jangal and Zameen' is integral to the Right to Life guarantee for forest dwellers. Against this Right, evic.....
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SC: Arbitrator Has Discretion to Award Post-Award Interest on Part of The Sum(02.09.2022)
Supreme Court has held arbitrator has the discretion to determine the rate of reasonable interest, the sum on which the interest is to be paid, that i.....
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J&K&L HC: Person Absconding And Evading Execution of Warrant Not Entitled to Anticipatory Bail(06.07.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that a person against whom a warrant who is absconding and evading the execution of a warrant, is not.....
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SC Calls for Suggestion in Preventing Suffering of Adolescent Girls in POCSO Cases(14.02.2025)
Supreme Court while hearing a matter where a minor girl victim of sexual assault married the man charged under POCSO Act, 2012 has called for suggesti.....
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Supreme Court: Indiscipline in Armed Forces Should Be Dealt "Seriously"(22.12.2016)
Supreme Court has ruled that indiscipline in armed forces should be dealt with "seriously" and refused to reinstate a constable dismissed by Central I.....
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How Are Green Crackers Produced? SC Asks Centre to Give Formula as Confusion Prevails(30.12.2018)
Manufacturers have requested the SC to seek clarity from the central government and the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO) regarding .....
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Calcutta HC Condones Delay in Appeals Filed by Revenue in Penny Stock Scam(14.04.2022)
Calcutta High Court has condoned the delay in a bunch of appeals filed by the Revenue, holding that the benefit provided is optional under the Direct .....
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Requirement that all registered companies having a turnover of more than Rs 500 crore as well as CPSE’s shall be on board the Trade Receivable Discounting Platform(02.11.2018)
In exercise of powers conferred by section 9 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2006), the Central Government her.....
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Cabinet Notifies Continuation of CSS for Development of Infrastructure Facilities(15.07.2021)
Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary for ano.....
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SC Stays J&K HC Order Directing Arrest of Army Officer in Custodial Disappearance Case(03.09.2015)
SC has stayed J&K High Court order, which had directed SIT of J&K Police to arrest Brigadier Kishore Malhotra. SC has also directed state police not t.....
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SC: Rejection Of Consumer Complaints On Technical Grounds Defeats The Purpose Of Granting Justice(14.05.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that dismissal of consumer complaints on mere technical grounds, add to the burden of litigation and defeat the purpose of .....
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Bombay HC Allows Appeal Against Order Granting Interim Injunction on Holding EGM to Remove CEO(23.03.2022)
Bombay High Court has allowed an appeal filed by Invesco Developing Markets Fund, against a single-judge order granting interim injunction on holding .....
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Discontinuance of Freight Subsidy Scheme, 2013(23.11.2016)
Government has decided to discontinue the Freight Subsidy Scheme, 2013, notified vide notification F.No.11(5)/2009-DBA-II/NER dated 22.01.2013, with i.....
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Govt Ready With Ram Mandir Law, '2-3' SC Judges Should Quit if They Can’t Give Justice: RSS Leader(28.11.2018)
The RSS national executive member warned that the country is not so handicapped that it would let “two-three†judges “throttle its beliefs†by.....
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SC Stays Disciplinary Proceedings Against Madhya Pradesh District Judge(07.09.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notice & also stayed disciplinary proceedings against a Senior District Judge from Madhya Pradesh on account of sexual harass.....
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AP HC: SC/ST Act Not Attracted if Offence Not Done With Intention That Victim is of Particular Caste(12.07.2022)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that when the offence is not done with an intention that the victim belongs to a particular case, then the provisio.....
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SC Asks Companies for Pre-Deposits for Fast Hearing(02.05.2016)
SC, while noting that corporate cases are time-consuming for the judiciary, has asked for pre-deposits by companies and said, “People file cases and t.....
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Ayodhya Case: 8 Translators to Take 120 Days to Translate Nearly 11,500 Pages in English, SC Told(26.02.2019)
The report was submitted in pursuance to the apex court's earlier direction after which the Secretary General had constituted two committees for visit.....
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Delhi HC Issue Notice on Plea Challenging Decision Not to Allow Unvaccinated Staff in School(25.10.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea challenging the decision of Delhi Government not to permit teachers and staff working in the city schools.....
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SC Rejects Review Plea on WB SSC Jobs, Upholds Quashing of 25k Appointments(20.08.2025)
Supreme Court has dismissed West Bengal’s review petition against its April 3 ruling that invalidated nearly 25,000 SSC appointments. It held that the.....
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Karnataka Govt Passes Amendment Act to Provide Horizontal Reservation for Karnataka Students(05.05.2020)
Karnataka Government has given the assent to the National Law School of India (Amendment) Act, 2020, whereby National Law School of India, Bengaluru s.....
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Delhi High Court Seeks Govt’s Reply on Reconstruction of Minority School(13.08.2015)
Delhi High Court has directed State Government to file its response to a PIL filed by civil activist Firoz Bakht Ahmed, seeking reconstruction of a bu.....
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AIADMK MLAs Disqualification Case: SC Appoints M Satyanarayana as Third Judge After Split Verdict(29.06.2018)
The apex court also pulled up disqualified MLAs for making "casual" and "irresponsible" statements regarding the delay in deliveri.....
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'Satisfy Us it is Not Political': SC Asks CBI for Proof Against Ex-Kolkata Top Cop in Saradha Scam(30.04.2019)
It also sought direct evidence from the CBI on Kumar's involvement, especially the data on laptop, mobile phones, or diaries which allegedly contained.....
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Del. HC Partially Allows Plea Against Discharge of Sharjeel Imam & Others in Jamia Violence Case(28.03.2023)
Delhi High Court while partially allowing petition against discharge of Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha and eight others in Jamia viol.....
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SC Asks Maharashtra Govt. to Fill Vacant Seats through Centralized Counseling in Medical Colleges(29.09.2016)
SC has extended deadline till October 7 for Maharashtra to complete the process of medical admissions and held that all vacant seats in Maharashtra wi.....
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Road Ministry issues advisory for implementing Rent a Motor Cab/Cycle Schemes(01.06.2020)
1.The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued advisory based on the issues received from certain stakeholders in implementing "Rent a Motor.....
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SC Approves Panel Selected to Inquire against CBI Ex-Chief Ranjit Sinha(15.09.2015)
SC has approved team selected by former CBI special director M L Sharma in order to give shape to high-level team to inquire whether former CBI direct.....
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SC Seeks Opinion of Gurdwara Committee over Implementation of Ban on Sardar Jokes(04.10.2016)
SC has expressed serious doubts over enforceability of a ban on jokes on any community and asked Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and De.....
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Review Litigation Policy, File Report: SC Directs Tamil Nadu Transport Corp Chief(09.09.2018)
Expressing "shock" at the casual attitude of the officials of the TNSTC, the top court directed that the Managing Director of the corporatio.....
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RBI dispels rumour on non-acceptance of scribbled-on currency(14.12.2015)
The Reserve Bank of India issued a clarificatory statement to dispel rumours in social media that banks will not accept currency notes which have been.....
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Sabarimala LIVE: Devaswom Board to Move SC Seeking More Time to Allow Entry of Women(16.11.2018)
Sabarimala LIVE: Can't Compare Piravom Church Verdict With Temple Row, Says Kerala HC
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Chotta Rajan-Netflix Row: Bombay HC Refuses to Direct Netflix to Take Down 'Scoop' Web Series(02.06.2023)
Bombay HC, while refusing to grant relief to Gangster Chhota Rajan in a suit filed by him against the makers of Netflix series ‘Scoop’ for allegedly d.....
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RBI Consumer Confidence Survey(10.09.2015)
The Reserve Bank of India has been conducting consumer surveys on economic conditions, income spending and prices and other criteria since 2010. It re.....
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#Noida Land Allotment Scam: Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Former UP Chief Secretary(03.08.2017)
Supreme Court has upheld conviction of former UP Chief Secretary Neera Yadav and former IAS officer Rajiv Kumar in Noida land allotment scam that took.....
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Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020 extended till 31.12.2020(28.09.2020)
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs had introduced a new scheme known as the Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020, valid from 01.04.2020 to 30.09.2020 to .....
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Cal HC to CBI & ED: Submit List of Beneficiaries in Teachers Recruitment Scam(17.07.2023)
Calcutta High Court has directed CBI and ED to place on record the details of the beneficiaries of the teachers recruitment scam particularly the teac.....
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Delhi HC Seeks Status Report Over Denial of Admission to Kids in Govt Schools(30.08.2017)
Delhi High Court has sought reply of AAP government on a PIL alleging denial of admission to children of Kapsahera area here by government schools and.....
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Madras HC Issues Notices on Plea Seeking Govt to Take Over Fee Collection in Pvt Schools/ Colleges(03.09.2020)
Madras High Court has issued notices on a Public Interest Litigation seeking a direction upon the State Government to "take over" the financial transa.....
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SC: Centre to Frame Cashless Treatment Scheme for Road Accident During ‘Golden Hour’ by 14th March(09.01.2025)
Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to make a scheme for cashless treatment for victims of motor vehicle accidents during the “golden ho.....
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SC Quashes Army’s Gender-Biased JAG Policy as ‘Against Equality’(11.08.2025)
Supreme Court struck down Army policy reserving more JAG posts for men, holding it discriminatory. The Court has ordered gender-neutral recruitment an.....
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Karnataka High Court Extends Judicial Custody of SC Jayachandra in Money Laundering Case(23.12.2016)
Karnataka High Court has passed an interim order asking jail Authorities not to release SC Jayachandra, the suspended bureaucrat arrested on charges o.....
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Sajjan Kumar to Surrender Today in Anti-Sikh Riots Case, Will Appeal in SC After Winter Break(31.12.2018)
The 73-year-old Congress leader was sentenced to life for the 'remainder of his natural life' by the Delhi High Court on December 17.
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CBDT Notifies Exception to Faceless Assessment Scheme(07.09.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified that Assessment Orders to be passed by National Faceless Assessment Centre (NaFAC) under section 144.....
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SC: Mere Execution of Full & Final Settlement Receipt or Discharge Voucher Can’t be Bar to Arbitratio(07.05.2025)
SC has observed that mere execution of a full and final settlement receipt or a discharge voucher cannot be a bar to arbitration even when validity th.....
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SC Appoints Arbitrator to Adjudicate Dispute between Sidhu and Star India(24.11.2015)
SC has appointed retired judge Justice S B Sinha as an arbitrator to adjudicate a dispute between former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu and TV ch.....
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SC Seeks Centre’s Response on Bureaucrat’s Plea in Adarsh Society Scam(17.08.2016)
Supreme Court has sought Centre’s response on a plea of Ex - Maharashtra Government official seeking to implead himself as a party in the Adarsh Socie.....
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Make it Compulsory to Disclose Wedding Expenditure: SC Asks Govt to Consider(12.07.2018)
The apex court observed that the move will discourage demands of dowry and at the same time, it could also ward off false cases under the dowry prohib.....
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P&H HC Issues Notice to Govt Over Prescribing NCERT and CISCE Approved Textbooks(10.05.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the Punjab government over an application filed by the CBSE Affiliated Schools Association, submi.....
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Can Affluent Among SC/STs be Denied Quota in Promotions: SC Asks Centre(20.08.2018)
It is the President who notifies a class to be SC or ST under Article 341 and 342 of the Constitution and the changes, if any, will have to be "m.....
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SC Sentences 3 Contemnors to 3 Months Imprisonment for Scandalous Allegations Against Judges(06.05.2020)
Supreme Court has sentenced three contemnors to three months imprisonment for raising scandalous and scurrilous allegations against sitting Supreme Co.....
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SC Refuses to Stay Punjab & Haryana HC Judgment Quashing Parliamentary Secretaries Appointment(03.10.2016)
SC has declined to stay a judgment of Punjab and Haryana HC that had quashed appointments of 18 Chief Parliamentary Secretaries in Punjab.
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Happy Feet! Delhi Hotel Staff Dance Up a Storm After SC Verdict on Section 377 | Watch(07.09.2018)
LGBT rights activist Keshav Suri owned The Lalit hotel breaks out in celebration after SC scraps Section 377.
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SC Issues Notice to Lalu's Son Tej Pratap & Shahabuddin(23.09.2016)
SC has sent notices to RJD supremo Lalu Yadav’s son and Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav and gangster-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin in .....
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As India Awaits SC Verdict on Section 377, Here’s What Hangs in the Balance for the LGBTQ Community(06.09.2018)
Decriminalising 377 will also lead to a discussion regarding the country’s rape laws, which are currently gender specific in terms of who the victim.....
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Allahabad HC: Exercise of Discretionary Power Without Relevant Considerations Under Statute Invalid(08.04.2022)
Allahabad High Court has ruled that if an authority, conferred with discretionary powers by a statute, avoids or does not take into account relevant c.....
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BCI Directs SBCs to Initiate Discipl. Action Against Advocates Soliciting Work Through Online Portal(09.07.2024)
Bar Council of India (BCI) has issued directions to State Bar Councils to take disciplinary action against advocates soliciting work through online po.....
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Show cause notice under the CHALR has to be issued within ninety days of the receipt of the offence report(10.07.2024)
The Appellant is challenging the proceedings initiated against them under the provisions of Customs House Agent Licensing Regulations, 1984. The Appel.....
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SC Says, We Cannot Be Soft on Terror Accused(25.11.2015)
SC has refused to grant an interim release from Tihar jail on health grounds to Marie Emmanuelle Verhoeven, accused of murdering Chilean senator in te.....
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Quota to 'Backward' Marathas Not to Hit SC Limit Hurdle, Saya Maharashtra Minister(20.11.2018)
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Sunday said the Maharashtra government has accepted the State Backward Class Commission's report and decided to give .....
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SC: Offence Established Only When Insult Based on SC-ST Status of Person(06.11.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that the offence under Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 is not established me.....
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Tel. HC: Employee Can’t be Denied Promotion on Pretext of Pendency Disciplinary Proceedings(28.09.2023)
Telangana High Court has held that employee cannot be made to suffer for long period of time without his case being considered for promotion on the pr.....
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SC Orders Govt. to Ensure Flights to Uneconomical Sectors Such as Delhi-Shimla(17.02.2016)
SC has asked Government to ensure that every airline had flights to uneconomical sectors such as Delhi-Shimla, instead of opting only for profitable s.....
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SC Judges' Press Conference Will Damage Judiciary's Image, Says Former SC Judge Santosh Hegde(12.01.2018)
The four judges have got good reasons to challenge the monopoly of the CJI. But they should have challenged him in the confines of the four walls of t.....
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SC Declines to Entertain Plea by PMC Bank Account Holders for Lifting Cash Withdrawal Restrictions(18.10.2019)
Supreme Court has declined to entertain plea by Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative Bank account holders seeking directions to Reserve Bank of India aga.....
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CESTAT, Ahmedabad: Base Oil SN50 Cannot be Classified as High Speed Diesel(05.10.2021)
Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad, while setting aside the redemption fine and penalties imposed on Rajkamal Ind.....
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MP HC: Taxpayers with Appeals that are Pending are Eligible for 50% Relief under Samadhan Scheme(02.07.2025)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that taxpayers with pending appeals are eligible for relief of 50% under The Madhya Pradesh Karadhan Adhiniyamo.....
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Separated by Parents, United by Court: SC Brings Together Siblings for Raksha Bandhan(25.08.2018)
The brother-sister duo, that has been admitted in boarding schools at Nainital under the orders of the Court, will meet each other to celebrate the fe.....
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Orissa HC: Deposit of Amount in No-Lien/Escrow Account Will Not Constitute Actual Payment(11.03.2022)
Orissa High Court has ruled that deposit of amount in no-lien/escrow account will not constitute actual payment under Section 43-B of the Income Tax A.....
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Bombay HC Directs SSC Board to Pass a Girl with Learning Disability(24.08.2016)
Bombay HC, while observing that students with learning disability deserve sympathy and grace from authorities in their performance, has directed State.....
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Lawyer Claims Two Sacked Employees Behind Plot to Frame CJI, SC Says Will Get to Bottom of It(24.04.2019)
The bench asked lawyer Utsav Singh Bains, who has made claims of a larger conspiracy, to file another affidavit by Thursday morning after he claimed t.....
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Meghalaya Govt to Move SC on Stopping Operations to Retrieve Bodies From Flooded Mine(04.04.2019)
During the operations, only two highly decomposed bodies of the 16 trapped miners were pulled out by the Navy's remotely operated vehicle on January 1.....
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Supreme Court: MACP Scheme Has Nothing to Do With Next Promotional Post(31.01.2022)
Supreme Court has observed that Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) Scheme has nothing to do with the next promotional post and what the employ.....
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Supreme Court Transfers 300 Cases to NGT, Central and State-Level Committee(21.10.2015)
SC in order to speed up various projects across the country that are stuck awaiting for permission from Supreme Court’s Green Bench, has transferred m.....
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Muslim Man Who Converted to Hinduism For Marriage Moves SC For Wife's Custody(20.08.2018)
Mohd Ibrahim Sidhiqui, who had converted to Hinduism and taken the name of Aryan Arya, challenged the Chhattisgarh High Court order, saying it had err.....
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24,000 Teaching and Non-Teaching Jobs Invalidated by Calcutta High Court(23.04.2024)
Calcutta High Court has cancelled 24,000 teaching and non-teaching jobs for government and aided schools filled up in 2016 SSC Recruitment process on .....
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Delhi HC Quashes Quota for Bureaucrats’ Children in Sanskriti School(09.11.2015)
Delhi HC while referring to the " Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb" to underscore need to have an inclusive primary education system where students from diverse b.....
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News18 Wrap: Terror Alert Halts Amarnath Yatra, SC Orders Hearing in Ayodhya Dispute & Other Stories You Missed(03.08.2019)
News18 Wrap brings you some of the biggest stories on News18.com today to help you stay updated at all times.
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Rajasthan HC: Can Rely on Testimony of Injured Witness Unless There are Major Contradictions(10.06.2024)
Rajasthan High Court has observed that the court can rely on the testimony of an injured person and it cannot be rejected on the ground that there are.....
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SC Orders Acquittal in Murder Case on Finding that Govt Lab Outsourced DNA Test(29.12.2015)
SC has acquitted a man of killing his wife by reversing verdict of a trial court and Patna HC, as it found loopholes in enquiry when a government fore.....
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Controversy Over Clean Ganga Activist GD Agarwal’s Dead Body: HC Allows Last Respects, SC Orders Stay(27.10.2018)
Agarwal died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rishikesh on October 11 after fasting for 111 days, demanding measures from the.....
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Madhya Pradesh HC: Benefit of MEIS Scheme Can't Be Availed If Not Opted in Shipping Bill(20.04.2022)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that the benefit of the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS Scheme) can’t be availed if it is not opted fo.....
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Supreme Court Bans Registration of 2000cc+ Diesel Cars in NCR(16.12.2015)
SC has banned registration of diesel-run SUVs and cars having engine capacity beyond 2000 cc with immediate effect till March 31, 2016. Commercial veh.....
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Act Maturely, Don’t Implement Order: Congress to Kerala Govt as SC Refuses to Stay Women Entry(14.11.2018)
Speaking to reporters here, Vijayan said the state government would take legal advice on the matter.
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Information relating to wages of employees has to be voluntarily disclosed by public authority(11.05.2017)
Appellant sought information regarding M/s. Laxmi Distribution. Specifically, he sought relationship between one Mr. H.B. Singhvi and M/s. Laxmi Distr.....
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Ex-Kolkata Top Cop Faces Arrest in Saradha Case as SC Orders Withdrawal of Protection in 7 Days(17.05.2019)
The CBI had told the apex court that it wanted custodial interrogation of Kumar, who was earlier heading West Bengal Police SIT probing chit fund scam.....
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Show cause notice issued under section 28 of the Customs Act, 1962 in the case of M/s. Blue-Fin Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd.- Section 28(9A)(c)(13.03.2023)
1. Reference is invited to your letter vide F. No. S/26-211/ADJ.DRI/Torrent/2019-20 dated 01.02.2023 (read with letters dated 09.01.2023 and 06.03.202.....
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SC Salms Uttar Pradesh Govt. Over Bad Roads Condition around Taj(17.11.2015)
SC has slammed UP Govt. and said, "Taj Mahal was built in 17th century by hands, hammer and chisel. But your government can't build a proper road wit.....
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SC: No New Appointments to be Made from In-Service Candidates Against Bar Quota to the Post of DJ(16.05.2019)
Supreme Court has ordered that no new appointments to the post of District Judges shall be made from in-service candidates against quota reserved for .....
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Supreme Court Seeks Foolproof Norms to Identify Scheduled Tribes(28.03.2022)
Supreme Court wants to fix foolproof parameters to determine if a person belongs to a Scheduled Tribe and is entitled to the benefits due to the commu.....
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Allahabad HC: In Application for Discharge, Court Only to See Prima Facie Case Made Out(15.03.2022)
Allahabad High Court has reiterated that while dealing with an application for discharge under Section, the Court is required to only see whether a pr.....
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SC Pulls Up Jayalalithaa(24.08.2016)
SC has pulled up Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for using criminal defamation proceedings to silence criticism of her government's functioning.....
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Justice NV Ramana Explains Why He Recused Himself From SC Panel Probing Charges Against CJI Gogoi(26.04.2019)
The complainant, who is supposed to appear before the panel on Friday, had objected to his presence on the ground that he is a close friend of CJI Ran.....
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SC Upholds Constitutional Validity of the Rajasthan Schools (Regulation of Fee) Act 2016(04.05.2021)
Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the Rajasthan Schools (Regulation of Fee) Act, 2016. The Court has however read down Sections .....
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Rahul Gandhi Refuses to Apologise For Misquoting SC in Rafale Case, Says BJP Seeking Mileage(30.04.2019)
In a fresh affidavit, Rahul Gandhi said he had no intention of dragging the court into the political arena.
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Calcutta HC Directs Former WBSSC Advisor To Disclose His Assets in SSC Group-D Recruitment Scam(30.03.2022)
Calcutta High Court has affirmed a Single Judge's order directing S.P. Sinha, former West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) advisor to provide d.....
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In an Appeal proceeding, the onus to prove that denial of information was justified shall be on the CPIO(10.10.2017)
The Appellant vide his RTI application sought information regarding file number relating to amendments made in the Central Excise Act by the Central E.....
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Calcutta HC Appoints Committee to Ascertain Schools Fees(19.08.2020)
Calcutta High Court has appointed a Committee to receive the accounts pertaining to the income and expenditure of schools to ascertain school fees on .....
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SC Rejects Plea Challenging Maharashtra’s Entrance Test for Law Courses(22.09.2016)
SC has dismissed Special Leave Petition filed by a student against Bombay HC validating the State’s first Common Entrance Test for law courses.
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2008 Malegaon Blasts: Blow to Lt Col Purohit as SC Refuses SIT Probe Into 'Abduction, Torture'(04.09.2018)
The apex court said entertaining Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit's plea at this stage may impact the trial and asked him to raise the issue before a l.....
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Supreme Court Acquits Ballistic Expert of Perjury Charge, in Jessica Lall Murder Case(11.01.2016)
SC has junked perjury proceedings initiated against a ballistic expert in Jessica Lall murder case by Delhi High Court in 2013 saying it was unjust to.....
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Karti Chidambaram Seeks Urgent Hearing to Travel Abroad, SC Refuses to Entertain Plea(01.11.2018)
Karti’s lawyer had asked for an urgent hearing saying that his client planned to travel from November 3 and needed the court's permission.
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SC: Undue Influence Cannot be Deduced Merely Because Family Member was Taking Care of Elderly(12.09.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that ‘undue influence’ in execution of a contract cannot be inferred merely because a family member was looking after his f.....
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Bom. HC: Person Working as Waiter Where Women are Dancing Cannot be Booked for Obscenity(20.09.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that a person working as a waiter in a bar and restaurant where women are dancing in obscene manner, cannot be booked for t.....
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Make Bail a Rule and Jail an Exception: SC Asks Judges to Show Humane Attitude, Compassion(06.02.2018)
A bench led by Justice Madan B Lokur emphasised that “a fundamental postulate of criminal jurisprudence is the presumption of innocence†and thus .....
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SC Quashes Madras HC Disciplinary Rules for Lawyers(31.01.2019)
Supreme Court has quashed Rules 14- A to 14-D of the Rules of High Court of Madras, 1970 holding that they are ultra vires to Section 34 of the Advoca.....
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President Gives Nod to SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act and others(08.01.2016)
President has given nod to Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act; Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Ac.....
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All's Not Well, Says Supreme Court After Bihar Govt Claims Ex-minister Manju Verma Can't Be Traced(31.10.2018)
The SC said it's “very strange that the government doesn't know where its former minister is. All is not well." The court also directed the CBI.....
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Satyam Scam: SAT Quashes 2-Year Ban on PwC from Auditing Listed Companies(09.09.2019)
Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) in a major setback to Securities and Exchange Board of India has overturned the markets regulator's order banning.....
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SC: Execution Court Can Entertain Application u/s 28 of Specific Relief Act(05.09.2024)
SC has held that an application under Section 28 of Specific Relief Act, 1963 either for rescission of contract or for extension of time, can be enter.....
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Bombay High Court Seeks Detail Over Hazards to Nuclear Scientist(06.03.2017)
Bombay High Court has directed Department of Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy Commission and Atomic Energy Regulatory Board to file affidavits specifying .....
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Gau. HC: Primary Duty of the State to Disburse Funds Under Victim Compensation Scheme(09.04.2024)
Gauhati High Court while stating that it is the primary duty of the State to provide fund for the disbursement of compensation to the victims under th.....
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Delhi HC to Pvt. Schools: Surrender Land if You cannot Follow Rules(22.08.2016)
Delhi HC has told private unaided schools as that they can surrender the land provided to them at concessional rates if they are unwilling to comply w.....
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SC: Non-production of Certificate under Section 65B Evidence Act Along With Chargesheet Not Fatal(14.05.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that failure to produce a certificate under Section 65B(4) of the Evidence Act at the stage when the charge-sheet was filed.....
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SC Refuses to Extend Time for Filing of Application Seeking Allotment Under PMAY Scheme(22.03.2022)
Supreme Court has refused to extend time for filing of application seeking allotment under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana by those who have been affec.....
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Do Relatives of Affluent SC/ST Employees Need Quota in Promotions, Asks Supreme Court(24.08.2018)
The bench questioned why 'creamy layer' principle, could not be made applicable to deny quota benefits in promotion to those affluent among the SC and.....
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Karnataka High Court Disposes PIL Challenging SIT Probe in Ramesh Jarkiholi Sex CD Scandal Case(10.03.2022)
Karnataka High Court has disposed of a public interest litigation seeking to quash the order passed by the Commissioner of Police, forming a Special I.....
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Madras HC: Injury Need Not be Physical Always(01.08.2016)
Madras HC, while clarifying that injury doesn’t always need to be physical, has held that parents of a minor girl who was allegedly abducted and marri.....
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'Will Send You to Jail': SC Warns Ranbaxy Promoters for Not Clearing Dues of Japanese Firm(06.04.2019)
The Japanese firm's contempt plea against the Singh brothers seeks recovery of Rs 4,000 crore from them as directed by the Singapore tribunal.
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Calcutta High Court: Magistrate Has to Record Reasons While Discharging Accused(04.02.2022)
Calcutta High Court has held that a Magistrate while discharging an accused under Section 245(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has to record rea.....
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SC: Bail Application Filed Through Advocate Not to be Considered Appearance of Absconding Accused(18.03.2024)
Supreme Court has held that filing of an anticipatory bail through an advocate would not and could not be treated as an appearance before a court by a.....
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Madhya Pradesh HC Puts on Hold All Proceedings against IAS Officer in ICD Scam(18.10.2016)
Madhya Pradesh HC has stayed entire proceedings against IAS Officer Sudhi Ranjan Mohanthy in multi-crore Inter-Corporate Deposit (ICD) scam.
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As Strikes End, SC Defers Hearing on Security of Doctors, Keeps Open 'Larger Issue' of Their Safety(18.06.2019)
A bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant said it will not issue notice to the Centre but is keeping the larger issue of protection of doctors o.....
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After Setting Deadline, SC Designates Delhi District Judge to Hold Trial in Cases Related to Unnao Rape(02.08.2019)
A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, which transferred the five cases from a CBI court in Lucknow to De.....
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Ker. HC: Grant of Bail if No Requirement for Custodial Interrogation, a Misconception(05.06.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that there appears to be a serious misconception of law that if no case for custodial interrogation is made out by the pros.....
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CBI vs CBI Live: Challenging Exile, Alok Verma Tells SC Not All Govt Influence is Explicit(24.10.2018)
CBI vs CBI Live: Director Alok Verma Didn't Cooperate With CVC in Probe Against Him, Says Govt
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Telangana HC: Arbitral Award A Nullity If Passed Beyond Prescribed Period(15.04.2022)
Telangana High Court has held that the provisions of Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) are cast in mandatory terms a.....
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SC Directs BSES Power Discoms to Reply over Rs 6,000-Crore Dues(15.12.2015)
Supreme Court has sought response from Reliance Infra-backed BSES power discoms as to why they should not be asked to immediately clear their electric.....
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CVC Submits Probe Report on Charges Against Alok Verma in Sealed Cover, Next SC Hearing on Friday(12.11.2018)
During the hearing, interim CBI Director M Nageswar Rao also filed his report on decisions taken by him from October 23 till date as head of the agenc.....
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Karnataka Government Extends Time to Complete Assessment Under Karasamadhana Scheme, 2021(19.07.2021)
Karnataka Government has extended the time for completion of Assessment or Reassessment or Rectification, withdrawal of the appeal, other proceedings .....
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SC Slams AAP Govt. over Installation of RFIDs(23.08.2016)
SC has came down on AAP Govt. for dragging its feet on installing Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFIDs) at 13 main entry points to Delhi and .....
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Delhi HC Asks State to Admit Students in Schools(24.04.2019)
Delhi High Court has asked Delhi Government to give admission to 130 students, who were denied admissions various grounds including lack of Aadhaar, i.....
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Delhi High Court Seeks Data from All Hospitals on Discharge of Covid Patients(03.05.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed all hospitals in the city to submit data from 1st April, 2021 onwards, of all beds that have been occupied for more than.....
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SC: It's Essential to Prove that Govt. Official had Demanded Money in a Bribery Case(17.09.2015)
SC has acquitted an assistant director of Andhra Technical Education Department, caught redhanded taking Rs 500 in cash in 1996 and has ruled that Gov.....
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SC Grants Relief to MP’s BJP MLA Rajendra Kumar Meshram(04.10.2016)
SC has upheld election of BJP lawmaker Rajendra Kumar Meshram by setting aside a Madhya Pradesh HC order nullifying his nomination on the ground of re.....
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Alwar Lynching Case: Rakbar Khan's Father Requests SC to Move Trial Outside Rajasthan(10.09.2018)
Rakbar Khan was killed on the intervening night of July 20-21 in Lalawandi village of Ramgarh after being beaten up by a mob on suspicion of cow smugg.....
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Delhi High Court Allows Judoka Jasleen Saini to Participate in CWG 2022(28.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to Judoka Jasleen Singh Saini by staying the order of suspension imposed on him by the Judo Federation of .....
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Bombay HC: Fresh Corruption Trial Allowed After Valid Sanction(01.08.2025)
Bombay High Court held that the discharge of a public servant in a corruption case due to invalid sanction does not bar a fresh trial once a proper sa.....
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Delhi Court Grants Bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav in Land for Job Scam Case(15.03.2023)
Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi has granted bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and daughter Misa Bharti in the alleged “land for job scam” case.
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SC: Two Years Jail for Rash Driving Causing Death Not Enough(29.08.2016)
SC, while expressing concern about menace of rash and negligent driving which claims nearly 400 lives on Indian roads every day, has said that the ex.....
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'It's the Last Opportunity': SC Orders RBI to Disclose Annual Inspection Reports of Banks Under RTI(26.04.2019)
Warning that any future violation of RTI would be viewed “seriouslyâ€, the court asked RBI to review its policy on disclosure of information under .....
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ITAT, Delhi: Subscriber Fee Not Taxable as Royalty as Per India-Singapore DTAA(28.03.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has held that the subscriber fee would not be taxable as royalty as per the India-Singapore Double Taxation Avoid.....
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SC: Sanofi Case Needs Consideration(23.09.2015)
SC has admitted I-T department's appeal to recover R1,058 crore in taxes from the French company for its 2009 purchase of Hyderabad-based Shantha Biot.....
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Go Wherever Ordered, by Land, Sea or Air: SC Reminds Army Men of Their Oath(07.09.2018)
The court made this observation when three personnel, including a Major and a Lieutenant Colonel of the Army Service Corps (ASC), challenged their pos.....
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SC Grants 60 Day Deadline to Centre to Set Up Courts in Every District for Child Abuse Cases(26.07.2019)
Supreme Court has ordered the Central Government to set up in 60 days exclusive courts in every district of the country to deal with cases related to .....
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Karnataka High Court Allows Rule Restricting Admission to Private Unaided Schools(04.06.2019)
Karnataka High Court (KHC) has upheld the validity of amendment of Rule 4 of Karnataka Right of Children to Free & Compulsory Education Rules, 2012 wh.....
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SC: Order of Compulsory Retirement Can be Set Aside if Found to be Punitive(07.03.2023)
Supreme Court has observed that order of compulsory retirement can be set aside if it is punitive in nature and was passed to circumvent the pending d.....
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SC Grants Bail to a Criminal Lawyer Accused of Rape Charges(29.08.2016)
SC has granted anticipatory bail to a lawyer, Nilesh Ghanekar, who has been accused of rape by a former assistant.
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'Big Blow to Integrity of SC as Institution': Former Judge on Harassment Charges Against CJI Gogoi(26.04.2019)
N Santosh Hegde, who earlier served as a Lokayukta of Karnataka, said it would take a long time for the Supreme Court to come out of 'these problems'......
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SEBI Notifies Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021(10.05.2021)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has notified the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (.....
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Judge must discharge Accused, if on examination of record, there is no sufficient ground for proceeding against him(04.10.2017)
Present petition challenges impugned judgment passed by Additional Sessions Judge, thereby dismissing the same filed by the Petitioner against the ord.....
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Setting Aside EC Notification, SC Says NOTA Can't be Permitted in Rajya Sabha Polls(22.08.2018)
NOTA was introduced in India following the 2013 Supreme Court directive in the People’s Union for Civil Liberties vs Union of India judgment.
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Delhi High Court Refuses to Stay Govt Order Prohibiting Discounts on Liquor MRP(09.03.2022)
Delhi High Court has refused to stay the order passed by Excise Department of the Delhi Government, prohibiting discounts on MRP of liquor by retail l.....
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SC to Lawyer: File Fresh Plea to Make All Mental Hospital Parties(23.08.2016)
SC has asked a lawyer, who has filed a PIL for release of about 300 persons from mental hospitals alleging they were still languishing despite being c.....
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News18 Daybreak | SC Judges' Set-up Panel on Sexual Harassment Allegations Against CJI Gogoi and Other Stories You Need to Watch out For(24.04.2019)
Get a fresh dose of the news that matters delivered directly to your inbox, every morning. The perfect way to get you started and informed for the day.....
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SC: Benefits Flowing from MACP Scheme are Incentives and Not Part of Pay(30.04.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that benefits flowing from Assured Career Progression Scheme ('ACPS') and Modified ACPS (MACPS) are incentives and are not .....
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SC to States: Stop Divisive Fights over Boundary Disputes(17.09.2015)
SC has suggested that states should refrain from creating “border inside the border” by fighting over their territorial boundaries. The court asked st.....
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MP HC Issues Directions for Implementation of Poverty Alleviation Schemes(08.07.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued directions to the District Legal Service Authorities and the State Authority for ensuring implementation of pover.....
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SC Directs Centre to Appoint NCST Chief in Three Months(17.01.2017)
Supreme Court has directed Centre to appoint Chairperson of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) without fail within three months.
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Ayodhya Case: SC Directs UP Govt to Provide Security to UP Waqf Board Chief Ahead of Ayodhya Hearing(15.10.2019)
Supreme Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to provide security "forthwith" to the UP Sunni Central Board of Wakf Chairperson Zafar Ahmed .....
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Delhi HC: RTE Act Cannot be Unconditionally Enforced Against Private Unaided Schools(13.06.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that while the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 guarantees the right to education, it nowh.....
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Delhi HC Seeks AAP’s Reply on CNG Scam Commission(20.08.2015)
Delhi High Court has sought a response from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government on petition challenging its notification on setting up of CNG Scam Commis.....
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SC Put Stay on Proceedings on Death Row Convict’s Plea in Delhi HC(05.09.2016)
SC has stayed a hearing on death row convict Sonu Sardar's plea before Delhi HC for commuting his sentence to life imprisonment after Chhattisgarh Gov.....
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‘Returning Land to Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas Least Govt Can Do as SC Keeps Delaying Ayodhya Hearing’(30.01.2019)
Rejecting suggestions that the timing had something to do with the general elections, Madhav told News18 that the temple trust had been demanding the .....
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Power Ministry mandates energy accounting of DISCOMs with a view to reduce electricity losses(11.10.2021)
As an important step under the ongoing power sector reforms, Ministry of Power today mandated electricity distribution companies to undertake energy a.....
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Government Makes 'Aadhaar' Mandatory for Members & Pensioners of EPS & MGNREGA(06.01.2017)
Ministry of Labour & Employment and Ministry of Rural Development have made ‘Aadhaar’ mandatory for members and pensioners of Employees’ Pension Schem.....
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SC Issues Notice on Plea Against Order Declining to Quash FIR on Grounds of Sedition Against Tribals(20.09.2019)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition challenging the judgment of the Jharkhand High Court which declined to quash an FIR for sedition registe.....
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Madras HC: No Court Order Required to Decide Internal Issue of Designated Committee(08.07.2022)
Madras High Court while directing Sabka Vishwas Scheme Designated Committee to issue discharge certificate in Form-4, has held that no Court order is .....
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SC Drops Contempt Proceedings Against Delhi and Tamil Nadu Governments(29.04.2016)
SC has dropped contempt proceedings against Delhi and Tamil Nadu Governments for allegedly misusing public money for “glorifying“ Arvind Kejriwal and .....
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Children of Army Officers Seek Protection for Personnel; SC Issues Notice to Centre, J&K Govt(25.02.2019)
The plea, filed by 19-year-old Preeti Kedar Gokhale and 20-year-old Kajal Mishra, seeks the formulation of a policy to curb human rights violations of.....
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ITAT, Hyderabad: Joint Holder in Husband’s Salary Account Not Undisclosed Foreign Account(01.06.2021)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Hyderabad has dismissed an appeal by the revenue department wherein it ruled that being a joint account holder in.....
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Mad. HC: Disciplinary Procee. to be Initiated Against Lawyers Soliciting Work Through Online Service(04.07.2024)
Madras High Court has directed State Bar Councils to initiate disciplinary proceedings against lawyers soliciting work through online websites and add.....
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J&K HC Directs State to Increase Vigil Around Schools(09.11.2016)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has ordered Government to rope in village education committees to curb burning of schools in Kashmir.
Tags : J&K HC, burning, schools, Kashmir
Bhima-Koregaon Case: Dissenting SC Judgment Vindicates Our Stand, Say Petitioners(29.09.2018)
The petitioners in the joint statement said their intention of approaching the apex court was to draw the attention of the judiciary to gross misuse o.....
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Supreme Court's Big Blow to Amrapali | Relief for Home Buyers(23.07.2019)
Supreme Court delivered a verdict which cancelled the RERA registration of Amrapali, banning them from undertaking any housing project ever. As many a.....
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Central Government notifies Mahila Samman Savings Certificate, 2023 as a Scheme framed for the purposes of section 194A(3) of the Income-tax Act, 1961(16.05.2023)
1.In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (c) of clause (i) of sub-section (3) of section 194A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the.....
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Supreme Court Directs Centre, States to Fill Up Vacancies in NCDRC & SCDRCs Within 8 Weeks(11.08.2021)
Supreme Court has directed all State Governments and Union Territories to fill up the vacancies in the State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commissions wi.....
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SC Grants Protection to Officials of Discovery Channel Over Threats for Documentary on Asaram Bapu(07.02.2025)
SC while hearing a plea filed by officials of Discovery India, has granted interim police protection to the officials and property of the broadcasting.....
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Bombay HC Seeks Detailed Defunct Textile Mill Workers’ Rehab Schemes(21.01.2016)
Bombay HC, while hearing a petition filed by Girni Kamgar Sanghatana, which had sought rehabilitation for mill workers, has ordered State Government t.....
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Ranchi CBI Court Convicts RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav In Fodder Scam(26.12.2017)
A Special CBI Court in Ranchi pronounced Former Chief Minister of Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav guilty in one of the cases emanating out of the infamous mu.....
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SC: Availability of Appellate Remedy can be 'Near Total Bar' for Exercising Supervisory Jurisdiction(04.10.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that the availability of an appellate remedy in terms of the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure can be construed as a ‘n.....
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SC Agrees to Consider Pleas Seeking Regulation of Obscene Content on OTT Platforms(29.04.2025)
Supreme Court while agreeing to hear a plea seeking regulation of obscene content on OTT platforms and social media has observed that the petition rai.....
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'Why Didn't You Mention Illness Earlier': SC Refuses to Give Saravana Bhavan Owner More Time to Surrender(09.07.2019)
Rajagopal was to surrender on July 7 to serve life term for murdering an employee in October 2001 to marry his wife.
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All. HC to Schools in UP: Refund/Adjust 15% Fees Paid During COVID-19 Pandemic(17.01.2023)
Allahabad High Court has directed schools in Uttar Pradesh to refund or adjust 15% of extra fees charged during 2020-21 academic session, when the COV.....
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SC Confirms Death Penalty for Police Constable Turned Serial Killer(06.10.2016)
SC has confirmed death penalty for police constable-turned-serial killer B.A. Umesh on the basis of the evidence given by the sole witness in the case.....
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Delhi High Court Seeks AAP Govt Response on PIL Alleging Discrimination in Health Scheme(02.07.2019)
Delhi High Court has sought response of the AAP Government on a plea contending that its health scheme, being implemented by the Delhi Arogya Kosh wa.....
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SC: To Use Accused’s State. on Fact Discovery, Prose. Needs to Establish That No One Knew About it(12.04.2024)
Supreme Court has held that if the statement of the accused is to be used on discovery of a fact the prosecution will have to establish that, nobody h.....
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Separate charges for distinct offences must be framed separately and cannot be clubbed together for more than one year(08.05.2017)
Present appeals arise out of three separate judgments of learned Single Judge of High Court discharging three Accused persons namely; Lalu Prasad Yada.....
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SC: Delay In Filing The Complaint Can Be Condoned If Sufficient Cause Is Shown In The Complaint(15.05.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that cognizance of a complaint filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act can be taken by the Court even afte.....
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Gujarat HC Notices Ex-IAS Officer, State, UPSC over CAT Order Dispute(29.12.2016)
Gujarat High Court has issued notices to former IAS officer D Kishor Rao, State Government and Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on a petition mo.....
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‘We Will See’: SC on PIL Seeking Urgent Hearing Into Centre’s Computer Surveillance Order(03.01.2019)
The government's move authorising the 10 central agencies to intercept information from any computer set off a political storm with the opposition acc.....
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SCDRC: Insured Should Take All Reasonable Steps to Safeguard Vehicle Insured From Loss or Damages(14.07.2022)
State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission, Chandigarh has held that insured should take all reasonable steps to safeguard the vehicle insured from l.....
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SC: Competent Lawyers Should be Appointed to Represent Govt.(30.11.2015)
SC while hearing case on appointment of government lawyers in district courts in Uttar Pradesh, said, "In choosing them (lawyers), the State will not .....
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Delhi HC Directs Social Media Platforms to Remove Weblinks of Offending Article Against Judge(21.11.2018)
Delhi High Court has directed two social media platforms to block the weblinks of an offending article levelling scandalous allegations against a high.....
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Bombay HC: Rejection of Declaration under the SVLDR Scheme Communicated via Email Not Justified(12.11.2020)
Bombay High Court held that rejection of the application of declaration under the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 (SVLDR) commu.....
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SC: Power Generators Entitled to Claim Compensation for Cost Escalations from Regulatory Changes(28.05.2025)
Supreme Court while affirming APTEL’s appeal to allow Adani Power Rajasthan Ltd’s claim for compensation for cost escalations from regulatory changes,.....
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Gujarat HC Notices CBI over Plea to Quash FIR in Rs 770 Crore Scam(30.12.2016)
Gujarat High Court has issued a notice to CBI on a petition moved by wife of Ashish Jobanputra, director of city-based firm ABC Cotspin Private Limite.....
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'Every Minute Counts': SC Pulls Up Govt for Delaying Rescue of Trapped Meghalaya Miners(03.01.2019)
The Supreme Court had agreed to hear a plea seeking urgent steps to rescue the miners trapped inside an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya since December .....
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SC: Appeal Against Conviction Cannot be Dismissed on Ground That Convict is Absconding(15.07.2022)
Supreme Court has held that an appeal filed under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure by the accused against his conviction cannot be dismis.....
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Delhi HC Notice to CBI over 2010 Commonwealth Games-Related Street Lighting Scam(30.11.2015)
Delhi HC has issued notice to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on bail application filed by Superintending Engineer of Municipal Corporation of D.....
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'Is Parallel System Running in Jails': SC Frowns over Special Treatment to Unitech's Chandra Brothers(22.11.2018)
Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra and his brother Ajay are presently lodged in Tihar jail for allegedly cheating homebuyers.
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Madras HC: Disciplinary Proceeding in Case of Perfunctory Investigation Should be Initiated(13.11.2020)
Madras High Court has held that disciplinary proceedings should be initiated against investigating officers in case of 'perfunctory investigation'. Th.....
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Cal. HC: Municipal Corp. to File Proper Report Regarding the State of Kolkata's La Martiniere School(06.06.2025)
Calcutta High Court after taking note of partially collapsed building at Kolkata's La Martiniere for Boys school, has directed Kolkata Municipal Corpo.....
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Madras HC Reverses Acquittal of School Teacher for Sexually Assaulting 4 Year Old Student(20.10.2021)
Madras High Court has set aside a trial court order acquitting a school teacher in Puducherry who had been charged with sexual assaulting a minor stud.....
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Brokers to disclose proprietary commodity trading(25.05.2016)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has mandated disclosure of proprietary trading by brokers in the commodity derivatives market to clients. P.....
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CIVIL - SC Agrees to Hear Centre's Application for Stay of Eviction of Forest Dwellers(27.02.2019)
Supreme Court has agreed to hear Centre’s plea seeking a stay on possible eviction of around 11.8 lakh tribals and traditional forest dwellers, whose .....
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SC Issues Notice on Plea to Regulate Police Officers' Social Media Disclosures on Investigations(25.10.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice in a writ petition seeking issuance of directions to the Centre for framing rules and regulations or guidelines to gov.....
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Delhi HC: Advocates Bound by Client’s Instructions, Not Required to Verify Truthfulness of Claims(21.08.2025)
Delhi HC has held that an Advocate is bound by the instructions given to him by his client and it does not form part of the Advocate’s duty to verify .....
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SC: Proposer Duty Bound to Disclose Pre-Existing Ailments to the Insurer(22.10.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that a proposer who seeks to obtain a policy of life insurance is duty bound to disclose pre-existing medical condition to .....
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Andhra Pradesh High Court: Cannot Extend Benefits of SC&ST Act to Converts(05.05.2025)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the caste system is alien to Christianity and once an individual has converted to Christianity and professes t.....
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SC: Can’t Prove Discovery Against Person Who Wasn’t in Custody at Time of Confession(26.09.2023)
Supreme Court has held that being in custody and being accused of an offense are indispensable pre-requisites to render a confession made to police ad.....
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SC to RBI: Disclose Names of India's Biggest Loan Defaulters(17.02.2016)
SC has sought list of companies from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) who have defaulted in paying back loan to PSU banks and have contributed to massive l.....
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Deposit Money as Directed Else Tihar is Not Far, SC to Jaypee(10.01.2018)
The amount is part of the Rs 2,000 crore that the top court had directed Jaypee Associates to deposit with its registry to pay the home buyers of Jayp.....
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Lawyers' Act to Seek Unnecessary Adjournments Amounts to Professional Misconduct: MP HC(14.01.2019)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that seeking adjournments for no reason by lawyers amounts to professional misconduct.
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Delhi HC Quashes FIR Against 13 Persons Over Scuffle During Bar Association Elections at Local Court(03.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR registered against 13 persons in connection with a scuffle that ensued during Bar Association Elections at Dwarka .....
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Pressed For Proof of Ram Jamnabhoomi Possession, Nirmohi Akhara Tells SC ‘Lost Records After Dacoity in 1982’(09.08.2019)
The Akhara has been seeking management and proprietary rights over the disputed site on various grounds including that it was under its possession sin.....
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Delhi Court: Manish Sisodia Brain Behind Increasing Profit Margin for Wholesalers in Liquor Policy(01.05.2023)
Rouse Avenue Court while denying bail to Manish Sisodia in money laundering case connected to alleged Excise policy scam, has observed that evidence s.....
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Madhya Pradesh HC Grants Bail to Ex-MP Minister in Vyapam Scam(21.12.2015)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted bail to former state minister Laxmikant Sharma, an accused in 2012 scam of police constable recruitment examinat.....
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SC: Evidence that Offence was Committed Just Because Victim was SC/ST Essential to Sustain Conviction(28.08.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled in order to sustain conviction under Section 3(2) (v) of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1.....
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SC: Employees Can Only Claim Pension if Permissible Under Relevant Rules(29.07.2024)
SC has held that pension can be claimed only when it is permissible under the relevant rules or a scheme. If an employee is covered under the PF Schem.....
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SC Directs Karnataka to Give 6,000 Cusecs of Cauvery Water Every Day to TN(21.09.2016)
SC has directed Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery river water a day to Tamil Nadu from September 21 to 27.
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Like Sabarimala, SC Should Pronounce Judgment in Ram Temple Case, Says Adityanath(28.10.2018)
The UP chief minister clarified that for him and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the construction of the Ram temple was not an electoral issue.
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Madras HC: Mere Signing of Statement Admitting Tax Liability, Doesn't Amount to Self-Ascertainment(21.04.2022)
Madras High Court has ruled that merely because an assessee has, signed a statement admitting tax liability under the stress of investigation, and hav.....
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SC Directs Centre to Prepare MOP on Appointment of Judges(16.12.2015)
SC has asked Centre to take into consideration suggestions on issues of eligibility, transparency, setting up Secretariat for appointment of judges, r.....
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What Was the Need to Amend Offset Guidelines in Rafale Deal Retrospectively, SC Asks Govt(14.11.2018)
The court also ruled that it would not go into details of the price of the jets, for now, and said the government does not need to share those details.....
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CBIC Allows Export of Goods from Bangladesh to India by Rail in Closed Containers(20.05.2022)
Calcutta High Court has ordered that the daughter of West Bengal Minister, Paresh Chandra Adhikari
should not be allowed to enter the school premises.....
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Supreme Court Says Court Must Deal Corrupt People With an Iron Hand(08.09.2015)
SC while ordering termination of services of conductor in UP State Road Transport Corporation for allowing 25 passengers to travel ticketless in 1992,.....
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SC Allows Nestle to Destroy 550 Tonnes of Expired Maggi Noodles(04.10.2016)
SC has given its nod to Nestle India and the FSSAI to destroy 550 tonnes of Maggi noodles well past their shelf life.
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Scope of Principal-agent relationship in the context of Schedule I of the CGST Act(04.09.2018)
In terms of Schedule I of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the "CGST Act"), the supply of goods by an agent on.....
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Reply on Plea for CBI Probe Into Kidney Scam(05.08.2019)
Supreme Court has sought reply from the Centre on a plea seeking CBI or SIT probe into complaints of "large-scale" and "well-organised" kidney transpl.....
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Del. HC to Social Media Platforms: Remove Video Recording of Court Proceedings of Arvind Kejriwal(17.06.2024)
Delhi High Court has directed social media platforms to remove audio or video recording of court proceedings when Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addre.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Arvind Kejriwal, Liquor Policy Scam, Enforcement Directorate
Delhi HC to Govt.: Why Exempt Women, Two-Wheelers from Odd-Even Scheme(30.12.2015)
Delhi HC has asked Delhi Government why women and two-wheelers have been exempted from the odd-even traffic rule effective for 15 days starting Januar.....
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Karnataka Man Faked Accident for Insurance Money. 25 Years On, SC Gives Nod for CBI Prosecution(28.10.2018)
The incident dates back to 1993 in Karnataka’s Shimoga when BS Shantakumar’s Ambassador car was wrecked due to bad parking.
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Telangana HC: Power to Grant Stay Under Telangana VAT Act is Discretionary(21.04.2022)
Telangana High Court has observed that the power of the authorities under the Telangana Value Added Tax Act, 2005 is discretionary and the same should.....
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Supreme Court Denies to Pass Order on Sanskriti School's Quota Abolition(17.12.2015)
Supreme Court has denied to pass any order on plea of Centre challenging Delhi High Court decision quashing 60 per cent quota in Sanskriti School here.....
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SC Rejects PIL on Confidential Documents on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose(21.09.2015)
Supreme Court has rejected PIL seeking direction to Centre to declassify confidential documents on Subhash Chandra Bose.
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Guidelines for revised integrated housing scheme for workers(09.08.2017)
Ministry of Labour & Employment has released guidelines for the Revised Integrated Housing Scheme (RIHS), 2016 for workers. The scheme provides housin.....
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Acid Thrown on Triple Talaq Crusader for 'Refusing' Nikah Halala; SC Seeks Response from UP Govt(14.09.2018)
Rani's husband had asked her to undergo nikah halala with his brother in order to facilitate the couple to undo the 'Islamic divorce'. However, when s.....
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Karnataka HC Extends Deadline for Door-to-Door Survey on Eligible Children for School Admission(07.06.2021)
Karnataka High Court has extended till 15th July, 2021, the deadline to complete the door-to-door survey to identify children eligible for school admi.....
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No Application Of Mind In Changes To Manodhairya Scheme: Bombay HC(16.10.2017)
Bombay High Court has observed that there was no application of mind in the changes brought about by the state government to Manodhairya Scheme in Aug.....
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Entire process of grant of promotion to the eligible officials should be carried out in a completely transparent and objective manner(09.08.2017)
In present case, the Appellant sought information regarding details of total vacancies created in the cadre of Group 'A' (Assistant Commissioner), det.....
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SC Issues Notice to DLF on Non-Disclosure of Key Information in Qualified Institutional Placements(22.08.2019)
Supreme Court has issued a notice to the company based on a petition that highlighted how DLF had suppressed key information regarding judicial procee.....
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SC: Discipline is the Implicit Hallmark of the Armed Forces(31.07.2023)
Supreme Court while dismissing the appeal of Mechanical Transport Driver enrolled in the Army Service who was dismissed from service for overstaying t.....
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SC Pulls Up Delhi Govt. over Inadequate Public Transport Facility(06.01.2016)
SC has pulled up Delhi Govt. and said, "Delhiites have cooperated with government's odd-even vehicle rule. But look at the way they have travelled in .....
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Delhi High Court Asks State About Steps Taken to Implement its Circular on School Safety(31.10.2018)
Delhi High Court has asked Delhi Government about the steps taken by it to ensure implementation of its circular on ensuring safety of children in all.....
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Delhi High Court to AAP Government: Take Over Schools that Cannot Pay Teachers in Full(09.09.2019)
Delhi High Court has directed the AAP Government to take over management of private schools unable to pay hiked salaries as per the 7th Central Pay Co.....
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Cal HC: In Case of Identical Charges, Trial Findings Should Have Bearing on Disciplinary Proceedings(30.08.2024)
Calcutta High Court has held that when the charges against the employee are similar, findings of the criminal proceedings should have bearing on disci.....
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Delhi Records Worst Air Quality of Year After Diwali as SC Firecracker Ban Goes Up in Smoke(09.11.2018)
The sharp spike in pollution is caused by rampant burning of firecrackers that has led to the formation of a smoky layer across the national capital a.....
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Karnataka HC Issues Interim Directions to Ensure Proper Functioning of Forensic Science Laboratories(19.08.2021)
Karnataka High Court has issued several interim directions to ensure the proper functioning of the Forensic Science Laboratories in the state, observi.....
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SC: Whether Govt. Can Take Over Cricketing Activities of BCCI(15.04.2016)
SC has moved a proposal to have Government take over “public functions” of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) through a law enacted in Parli.....
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CJI Sacks Two SC Officials For Tampering With Order in Anil Ambani's Contempt Case(14.02.2019)
What prompted the extraordinary step from the CJI was an instance of tampering with Justice Nariman's order in January when a show-cause notice of con.....
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AAAR, Karnataka: IGST Applicable on Online Tests Scored After Human Intervention(01.12.2020)
Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR), Karnataka has ruled that the Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) is applicable on online tests score.....
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Guj. HC Expresses Displeasure Over Municipality’s Absolute Silence on Death of Sanitation Workers(06.03.2025)
Gujarat High Court has expressed displeasure over absolute silence by Chief Officer of Patdi Nagar Palika (Municipality) in a matter relating to death.....
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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Rakesh Asthana's Appointment as CBI Special Director(29.11.2017)
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Rakesh Asthana's Appointment as CBI Special Director
Tags : The Centre had opposed the plea, saying Asthana had an outstanding career and had supervised over 40 high-profile cases like coal scam, AugustaWestland scam, black money and money laundering cases.
Delhi HC:Seeking Permission to Travel to One Country & Going to Other Countries Instead is Misconduct(07.11.2019)
Delhi High Court has ruled that seeking permission from employer to travel to one country due to medical exigencies but going to different countries i.....
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Del. HC Upholds Order Staying Circular Mandating Aadhar Card for School Admission under EWS Category(21.09.2023)
Delhi High Court has upheld single judge order that stayed State’s circular mandating Aadhaar card of a child for online admission process in a privat.....
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After RSS Ideologue Govindacharya, Lawyers Move SC For Live Streaming of Ayodhya, Sabarimala Hearings(12.01.2019)
BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay has written to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and four other judges seeking live streaming of the Ayodhya title dis.....
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Tripura HC Discharges Machinery Due to Expiry of E-Way Bill on Undertaking(27.08.2021)
Tripura High Court has released the Machinery detained due to the expiry of the E-Way bill on an undertaking stating that if any tax or Penalty is cry.....
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Delhi High Court Restrains Zydus Lifesciences Limited from Selling Biologic Similar to Nivolumab(21.07.2025)
Delhi High Court while passing an interim order in favour of Nivolumab's manufacturer company, has restrained Zydus Lifesciences Limited from manufact.....
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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Case against Ex-Bharti Airtel CEO(17.01.2025)
Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a former Chief Executive Officer of Bharti Airtel booked for 'obscene' messages received by a p.....
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SC: Tendency to Treat Members of Denotified Tribes as Habitual to Crime Reinforces a Stereotype(04.10.2024)
SC has stated that the tendency to treat members of denotified tribes as habitual to crime reinforces a stereotype, which excludes them from meaningfu.....
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Shopian Firing: Army Major's Father Pleads SC to Quash FIR Against Son(08.02.2018)
The plea said the intention of his son was to save Army personnel and property and the fire was inflicted "only to impair and provide a safe esca.....
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Maharashtra City Taxi Scheme: Bombay High Court Gives Maharashtra Govt 2 months to Set Fare Bracket(31.01.2019)
Bombay High Court has given Maharashtra Government 2 months to set fare bracket for taxis & aggregator cabs like Ola & Uber.
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Delhi HC Takes Cognizance to Facilitate School Admission of Child Whose Parents Are in Custody(08.08.2022)
Delhi High Court has taken suo motu cognizance to facilitate admission of an 8 year old child to school which could not be facilitated for the reason .....
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JKL HC: Can’t Entertain WP on Ground of Mistake of Law/Facts Unless There is Miscarriage of Justice(23.08.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that petition under Article 227 of the Constitution cannot be moved merely on ground of mistake of fa.....
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Chit Fund Scam: NCLT Orders Winding up of 13 Saradha Group Companies(13.12.2018)
National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has ordered winding up of 13 companies of the now-defunct Saradha Group and official liquidator has also been dir.....
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CESTAT, Hyderabad: Exported Goods Cannot Be Confiscated Under Section 113 of Customs Act(26.04.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad has ruled that Section 113 of the Customs Act, 1962 only provides for confiscation of go.....
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SC Seeks Status Report from CBI on Custodial Death in Delhi(21.09.2016)
SC has asked CBI to file a status report on the progress of its probe into alleged custodial death of a man who had tried to intervene to settle a qua.....
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Attempt Was Made to Influence Me, Reveals SC Judge Justice Indira Banerjee(01.09.2018)
Justice Banerjee said an effort was made to influence her in a case related to Hotel Royal Plaza, hinting that somebody had telephoned her for the sam.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Police Officer's Plea Seeking Quashing of FIR Under SC/ST Act(16.04.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea moved by a police officer seeking quashing of a First Information Report (FIR) against him which was regi.....
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SC: Employee can’t be Denied Pension Citing Wrongful Deductions Made Towards CPF Scheme(11.05.2023)
Supreme Court has held that merely because there were some wrong deductions from salary and aggrieved was treated as member of the CPF Scheme, the sam.....
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SC: Del. HC Direction that OPS is Applicable to Paramilitary Forces/CAPF Personnel, Stayed(13.08.2024)
Supreme Court has stayed an order passed by Delhi High Court directing that the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), in accordance with Central Civil Services (P.....
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SC To JNU Student Kanhaiya Kumar: Go To High Court For Bail(19.02.2016)
SC, while taking petition of Arrested JNU student Kanhaiya Kumar that he didn't feel safe to move any other court for bail because of violence and pro.....
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CJI Dipak Misra Assures End to SC Crisis in Sight After Hectic Parleys With Lawyers’ Bodies(14.01.2018)
The BCI chairman said its panel also met justices J Chelameswar, M B Lokur, and Kurian Joseph and that they also assured it that everything would be s.....
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Manipur High Court Quashes 2016 MPSC Examination(22.10.2019)
Manipur High Court has quashed the results of 2016 examination conducted by Manipur Public Service Commission and also the appointment of those recrui.....
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SC to Centre: Grant Disability Pension to Kargil War Veteran Discharged Due to Alcohol Dependency(02.08.2022)
Supreme Court has suggested Union Government to not interfere with disability pension payable to a soldier who was discharged from service on discipli.....
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Kerala HC Orders Discharge of Patient Held Hostage by Hospital Over Non-Payment of Bills(26.10.2020)
Kerala High Court has ordered the Hospital, accused of not discharging the patient due to non-payment of medical bills, to immediately discharge the p.....
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SC: There is a Pattern of ED of Making Allegations without Reference(06.05.2025)
Supreme Court while hearing a bail plea of an accused in alleged Chhattisgarh liquor scam, has remarked that there is pattern of Directorate of Enforc.....
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SC: No Govt. Bungalow Can Be Used for Purposes Other Than Residence(24.11.2015)
SC while taking objection to official residences getting converted into memorials for departed political leaders, has ordered, "Henceforth, no memoria.....
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Malegaon Blast Case: SC Asks Bombay HC to Deal with Purohit's Plea(19.11.2018)
A special court on November 2 had commenced the formal trial against Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and five other accused after framing of charg.....
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Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt to File Reply in Plea Against Discontinuation of Food Security Scheme(04.11.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government and the Delhi Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to file a reply in 3 weeks in an Application which so.....
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MP HC: In Absence of Allegations of Annoyance and Obscene Words, Section 294 IPC Won’t be Attracted(26.09.2023)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that he absence of allegations of annoyance and alleged stated words to be obscene words cannot attract the charge .....
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No General Scheme for Adults to Opt Out of Aadhaar Programme, Says Govt(05.01.2019)
But, in line with the SC judgement, necessary measures are being undertaken to formulate an exit scheme only for the children attaining majority who d.....
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SC Refuses to Transfer to Itself Cases Challenging Agnipath Scheme in HCs(19.07.2022)
Supreme Court while refusing to transfer to it cases challenging Agnipath scheme, has transferred the petitions filed before it challenging the Agnipa.....
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SC Dismisses Anil Kumar Yadav’s Plea against Allahabad HC Order(30.11.2015)
SC has dismissed UPPSC Chairperson Anil Kumar Yadav’s plea, whose appointment was held as "illegal" by the Allahabad High Court and upheld the high co.....
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Manoj Tiwari Gets an Earful from SC Over ‘Machismo and Manner’, Spared Contempt Case(22.11.2018)
The SC said Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari levelled frivolous allegations against court-mandated committee, which shows how "low he can stoop".....
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Gujarat HC: SCN for Confiscation of Goods Cannot be Issued on Mere Suspicion(13.11.2020)
Gujarat High Court has held that the Show cause notice for Confiscation of Goods or Conveyances under section 130 of the Central Goods and Services Ta.....
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Mad. HC: Funds Payable to States by Centre Towards Discharging RTE Obligations Not be Linked to NEP(11.06.2025)
Madras HC has observed that implementation of Samagra Siksha Scheme is aligned to NEP 2020 but obligation under Right to Education Act, 2009 is indepe.....
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Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Against Odd-Even Scheme(24.10.2019)
Delhi High Court has rejected a Public Interest Litigation challenging the AAP Government's proposed odd-even road rationing scheme which is expected .....
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Saradha Case: SC Rejects Former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar's Plea(21.05.2019)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has accused Kumar of tampering with evidence in the Saradha case chit fund scam case to shield powerful poli.....
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All HC: S. 33-G UP Sec. Education Act a Benefi. Prov. for Teachers Serving for More Than 2 Decades(20.05.2024)
All. HC observed that provisions contained under Section 33-G of Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education (Service Selection Boards) Act, 1982 is a beneficia.....
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Delhi HC Seeks Govt.'s Response on Chautala's Parole(19.11.2015)
Delhi High Court has sought Delhi Government's response on plea of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, serving 10-year jail term in a t.....
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Uttarakhand High Court: Grandchildren from Daughter Will Not be Denied Advantages of Welfare Scheme(07.06.2019)
Uttarakhand High Court has noted that grandchildren from a daughter of a freedom fighter cannot be denied the advantages of welfare schemes available .....
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Madras High Court: Guidelines Issued to Eradicate Manual Scavenging(01.05.2024)
Mad. HC while issuing guidelines to eradicate manual scavenging, has observed that an act like this is nothing less than State-sanctioned casteism and.....
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SC Issues Notice to UP Govt. over Bulandshahr Gangrape(29.08.2016)
SC, while taking note of a plea of father of Bulandshahr gangrape victim that the probe and trial in the case be shifted out of Uttar Pradesh, has iss.....
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J&K HC: Feasibility or Viability of Infrastructural Project by Government Cannot Be Looked Into by Co(10.04.2025)
J&K HC has held that this Court is not equipped to decide upon viability & feasibility of infrastructural project by the government. Whether the propo.....
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Delhi HC to Govt.: Submit Response to Plea Against Odd-Even Scheme(20.04.2016)
Delhi High Court has sought Delhi Government's response on a plea to quash the odd-even traffic plan.
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Pulwama Attacks Aftermath: SC to Hear PIL Seeking Protection of Kashmiri Students Tomorrow(21.02.2019)
The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, took note of senior advocate Colin Gonsalves' submission that the plea needed to be hear.....
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Delhi HC Grants Temporary Stay on Order for Extension of Benefits Under CM Advocate Welfare Scheme(21.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has granted a temporary stay on a single judge order for extension of benefits under CM Advocates' Welfare Scheme to all lawyers who .....
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SC Directs Sanskriti School to Not to Restrict 60% Quota(22.01.2016)
Supreme Court directed Sanskriti school to admit wards of all central government employees with transferrable jobs for upcoming academic year 2016-17 .....
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Law to check scams in Banks(18.12.2018)
The Government has initiated formulation of laws to secure prudential banking and help effect a culture of credit discipline, including, inter alia, i.....
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Calcutta HC Orders Min 20% Reduction in Private School Fees(14.10.2020)
Calcutta High Court has ordered that the fees charged by private schools in the State should be reduced by 20%.
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SC Refuses to Entertain Plea Seeking Guidelines to Regulate ‘Ticket Scalping’(29.04.2025)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain plea that sought guidelines for regulation of 'ticket scalping' and black-marketing of tickets of concerts that.....
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HP HC: Caste is Assigned to a Person at Birth and Does Not Change after Marriage(30.07.2025)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that caste is assigned to a person at birth and does not change during the lifetime of a person even upon marryin.....
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Ayodhya Case : 'Ram Lalla's' Counsel to Continue Arguments on Day 3 of SC Hearing,(09.08.2019)
The bench had last Friday taken note of the report of the three-member mediation panel, headed by former apex court judge FMI Kalifulla, which said th.....
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NCDRC to Porsche: Pay 10 Lakh Compensation to Customer for Misrepresenting Car’s Manufacturing Year(26.04.2023)
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) while observing that act of Porsche in selling car by misrepresenting manufacturing year mount.....
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Delhi HC Refrains from Passing Order on PILs against Aap’s Odd-Even Scheme(21.12.2015)
Delhi High Court has refrained from passing any order on a batch of petitions against AAP Government's plan to impose odd-even number plate formula fo.....
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SC: Director of Company can be Made Accused Only if there is Enough Material to Prove His Active Role(26.08.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that an individual either as a Director or a Managing Director or Chairman of the company can be made an accused along with th.....
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Del HC: Can’t Restrict Discretion to Choose HC or Session Court for Anticipatory Bail Plea(12.06.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that it is discretionary for the Applicant either to approach the High Court or the Court of Session since both the Court ha.....
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Google Files Patent for Needle-Free Blood Draw Device with USPTO(10.12.2015)
Google Life Sciences has filed a patent for a needle-free blood draw device with US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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For Partner of AMU Prof Driven to Death for Being Gay, SC Verdict Has Come Eight Years Too Late(07.09.2018)
Professor Ramchandra Shrinivas Siras and his partner, Irfan, a rickshawallah, met outside the Arts Faculty of the AMU. The two were into a consensual .....
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SC: Criteria to be Considered for Cancellation of Bail and Challenging Bail Order are Separate(31.07.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that grounds for consideration of an application seeking cancellation of bail and an application challenging the bail order.....
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SC: To Claim Exclusion of Period When Court Remain Closed, S.34 Appln. Must be Filed Within 90 Days(12.04.2023)
Supreme Court has observe that exclusion of period during which Court was closed from computation of limitation is available only when application und.....
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Delhi HC: Benefits of CM Advocates’ Welfare Scheme to Extend to All Registered Advocates(13.07.2021)
Delhi High Court has ruled that the benefits of the Chief Minister's Advocates' Welfare Scheme have to be extended to all advocates registered with th.....
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CBDT Extends Time to Process Refunds in Non-Scrutiny Cases for Assessment Year 2017-18(07.07.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes has extended the time for processing refunds in non-scrutiny cases for assessment year 2017-18 up to 30th September, 202.....
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SC Pulls up Bihar in Shahabuddin’s Trial in Murder Case(27.09.2016)
SC, while pulling up Bihar Govt., has indirectly blamed it for delayed murder trial of Ex-RJD MP Mohammed Shahabuddin, a factor which might have helpe.....
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AgustaWestland Chopper Scam : SC Stays HC Order Allowing Rajeev Saxena to Go Abroad for Treatment(27.06.2019)
The bench, comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai, also asked the director of AIIMS to examine Rajeev Saxena's mental and physical health and.....
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Delhi HC: Exemption Cannot be Denied to Charitable Entity for Advertising Scholarship(12.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that the exemption under the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 can’t be denied to a charitable entity merely becaus.....
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Should Court Proceedings be Live Streamed Across the Country? SC Ruling Likely Today(26.09.2018)
A Supreme Court bench had reserved its verdict on August 24, saying it wanted to implement the concept of "open court" to decongest the cour.....
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Centre Sets up Expert Panel to Check Benefits of Aircraft Fumigation, SC Seeks Report in 3 Months(16.07.2019)
The SC had on July 2 directed the Centre to constitute within two weeks a high-level committee of experts to ascertain whether spraying insecticides o.....
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SC Refuses to Interfere with CBSE and ICSE Schemes for Evaluation of Class XII Students(23.06.2021)
Supreme Court has refused to interfere with schemes propounded by CBSE and ICSE for evaluation of Class XII students, noting that there are other set .....
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SC: Customs Duty to be Paid by Owner Even When Confiscated Goods are Redeemed by Paying Fine(24.07.2024)
Supreme Court has held that the owner of goods has a liability to pay customs duty, even after confiscated goods are redeemed after payment of fine un.....
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'How is it Possible': SC Asks Rajasthan Govt on Hate Speech Videos Posted from Jodhpur jail(18.12.2018)
The bench then asked the counsel for Rajasthan to verify whether the videos uploaded by Raigar from the jail were still available on the Internet and .....
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Calcutta HC Directs Parents to Pay Outstanding School Fees to Educational Institutions(09.08.2021)
Calcutta High Court has directed parents to pay at least 50 percent of the outstanding school fees failing which the Court will mull over allowing edu.....
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SC Directs Union Govt. to Make Necessary Changes to Address Caste-Based Discrimination in Prisons(29.01.2025)
SC while observing the discrimination done with prisoners in prisons on the basis of their castes, has directed the Union Government to make necessary.....
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Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes and Protection of Depositors’ Interests Bill, 2015(03.05.2016)
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Supreme Court Permits Vyapam Scam Accused to Travel Abroad for Studies(09.12.2019)
Supreme Court has allowed Vyapam Scam Accused, Sanket Vaidya, to travel abroad for further studies on the ground that he furnishes a fixed deposit of .....
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SC in Manish Sisodia’s Bail Application: Can’t Keep Someone Behind Bar Ad Infinitum(17.10.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that arguments on charges have not begun before the special courts trying the case of Manish Sisodia in Delhi excise pol.....
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Kar. HC to State: Submit Proposal for Effective Implementation of Centre's Vatsalya Scheme(08.09.2023)
Karnataka High Court has directed State Government to submit the financial proposal and plan for the year 2022-2023, for effective implementation of M.....
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Reserve Bank of India releases Discussion Paper on Charges in Payment Systems(17.08.2022)
1. As announced in the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated December 08, 2021, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today released .....
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SC: Recruiting Agency Cannot be Forced to Fill Available Posts When Persons of Merit Not Available(05.08.2019)
Supreme Court has clarified once again that recruiting agency cannot be forced to fill up all available posts even if the persons of desired merit are.....
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Pune Porsche Crash Case: Bom. HC Declines Urgent Relief to Minor(17.06.2024)
Bombay High Court has declined urgent relief for the minor accused in the Pune Porsche Accident case while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by h.....
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Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services (Fourth) (Addressable Systems) Tariff (Sixth Amendment) Order, 2015(29.12.2015)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released the Sixth Amendment to its Broadcasting and Cable Rules, in an effort to ensure choice availabl.....
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Voluntary Retirement Schemes have to be Strictly Adhered to: Supreme Court(29.10.2018)
Supreme Court has observed that voluntary retirement schemes have to be strictly adhered to and the very objective of having such schemes would be def.....
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Delhi HC: 50% Marks in Science in Intermediate Exam Necessary for Foreign Qualified MBBS(21.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has ruled that considering the provisions of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, a foreign qualified MBBS is required to obtain 50%.....
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J&K High Court Directs CBI Inquiry into Multi-Crore JKCA Scam(03.09.2015)
J&K High Court has directed CBI inquiry into multi-crore Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) scam.
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SC Reminds Govt. that Aadhaar Can’t be Mandatory(26.09.2016)
SC, while recalling an order, has clarified that “the Aadhaar card Scheme is purely voluntary and it cannot be made mandatory till the matter is final.....
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Congress Accuses BJP of 'Politicisation' of Judiciary, Ignoring Collegium Recommendation(24.06.2019)
BJP government's collusive laxity in ignoring repeated requests of SC to impeach J Shukla & overzealousness to ignore J.A.A.Kureshi from being app.....
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P&H HC: Call Conversations Between Co-Accused Sans Transcript Not Corroborative Material(11.04.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that sans the transcript of the conversations between the co-accused, mere call details would not be considered.....
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SC: Non-Questioning on Incriminating Circum. Vitiate Trial if Omission Causes Miscarriage of Justice(09.07.2024)
SC has observed that when incriminating circumstances are not put to question before accused and he is not given an opportunity to explain such incrim.....
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Delhi HC Seeks Govt's Reply in Plea Seeking Resumption of Corona Assistance Scheme(16.07.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Delhi Government in a plea seeking resumption of the Chief Minister Corona Assistance Scheme in order to ens.....
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No Reservation for SC/ST in Education, Jobs After Migrating to Another State, Rules SC(30.08.2018)
The SC said a person notified as a Scheduled Caste in State 'A' cannot claim the same status in another State on the basis that he is declared as a Sc.....
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Allahabad HC Seeks Report on Scheme Prepared to Provide Financial Assistance to Advocates(16.04.2020)
Allahabad High Court has sought a detailed report from both the Bar Council of India as well as the Uttar Pradesh State Bar Council regarding the moda.....
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SC: HC can’t Direct State Government to Recommend a Tribe for ST List(09.05.2023)
Supreme Court while hearing plea seeking SIT probe into Manipur violence and ongoing unrest in the State, has orally remarked that High Court didn’t h.....
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SC Seeks Records on Quadricycle Safety Standards(10.12.2015)
SC asked Union Govt. to give records of deliberation with regards to safety standards of the quadricycle- a light weight vehicle for intra-Delhi trave.....
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'SC Verdict on Adultery Will Give License to People to Have Illegitimate Relationships'(27.09.2018)
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal believed that the SC verdict on adultery is anti-women and that it has given an "open general lice.....
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Jagdeep Dhankhar, Senior SC Lawyer & Ex-Rajasthan MP, Now Appointed Bengal Governor(20.07.2019)
Jagdeep Dhankar was formerly a Janata Dal MP from Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan during 1989-91 and a Minister in the Central government. Later, he joined the B.....
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Rajasthan HC: Smuggling of Gold Can't be Treated As Terrorist Act Under UAPA(09.05.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has observed that Customs Act, 1962 is not included in Schedule-II of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and conseque.....
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Madras HC to Police: Register Offence of Cheating for Failure to Disclose Impotency Before Marriage(28.07.2022)
Madras High Court has directed the police to register offence of cheating under Section 417 and 420 of Indian Penal Code against the husband who decei.....
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Calcutta HC: Compromise Scheme Under Companies Act Overrides SARFAESI(01.08.2025)
Calcutta High Court ruled that once a scheme of compromise or arrangement is sanctioned by a company court, it cannot be frustrated by invoking the SA.....
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Orissa High Court Directs Mediation Between Private Schools and Parents(09.09.2020)
Orissa High Court has ordered the School and Mass Education Department of the State to convene a meeting between all the stakeholders including the pa.....
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Cal. HC: Transfer of School Teachers Doesn’t Violate Right to Life and Dignity(31.07.2023)
Calcutta High Court while upholding the constitutional validity of Section 10C of the West Bengal School Service Commission Act, 1997 which enables tr.....
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SC Forms Committee to Oversee Functioning of MCI(02.05.2016)
SC has constituted a committee of Justice (Retd.) R.M Lodha, Dr. Shiv Sareen of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) and former CAG Vino.....
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Days After Court Order, Centre Moves SC to Stop Eviction of Over 10 Lakh Forest Dwellers(28.02.2019)
The court order on February 13 had come on a petition, demanding that all those whose claims over traditional forestlands are rejected under the law s.....
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Madras HC Disapproves of Suspension of Doctor Who was Witness in Disciplinary Proceedings(27.10.2021)
Madras High Court has disapproved of punishment of suspension imposed by Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TNMC) against a gastroenterologist who was only a.....
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SC: WB SSC Gives Undertaking to Bar Tainted Candidates from Fresh Recruitment Exams(01.09.2025)
West Bengal School Service Commission has given an undertaking barring candidates, who had been specifically found to be tainted in relation to the 'c.....
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IAF Officers Make Special Appearance at Rafale Hearing, Tell SC No New Induction Since 1985(15.11.2018)
The top officers told the CJI-led bench that Sukhoi 30s was the latest to be inducted which is a 3.5 generation aircraft and said the IAF does not hav.....
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Calcutta HC Restrains WB Minister's Daughter from Continuing as Teacher until Further Orders(20.05.2022)
Calcutta High Court has ordered that the daughter of West Bengal Minister, Paresh Chandra Adhikari
should not be allowed to enter the school premises.....
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SC Slams Subordinate Court over Delay in Charging BSP Lawmaker in Murder Case(09.09.2015)
SC while taking exception to non-framing of charges by subordinate court in UP against a lawmaker in a murder case even two decades after he was accus.....
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SC Asks Expelled AIADMK MP to Join Probe in Criminal Cases against Her(27.09.2016)
SC has asked expelled AIADMK Rajya Sabha Member Sasikala Pushpa to join investigation into two criminal cases relating to alleged sexual harassment, i.....
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Ayodhya Dispute, Rafale and Contempt Case Against Rahul Gandhi: SC Set for Packed Schedule from July 1(01.07.2019)
The top court, which will function with its full judicial strength of 31 judges under the stewardship of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, reopens after a six-week su.....
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Delhi HC: Scholarship by Hamdard Foundation Eligible for Exemption Under Income Tax Act(12.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has upheld the factual findings that the merit-cum scholarship/financial assistance provided by Hamdard National Foundation was not c.....
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SC Releases New Standard Operating Procedure for Hearings via Videoconferencing(16.04.2020)
Supreme Court has released a Circular dictating the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) surrounding its modalities, giving detailed instructions about .....
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Bom. HC Refuses to Order Relaxation in Minimum Score Eligibility Criterion for IIT/NIT Admissions(03.05.2023)
Bombay High Court while declining to order relaxation of minimum 75 percent 12th standard board score eligibility criterion for admission to IITs, NIT.....
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Supreme Court: No SC/ST Reservation in Higher Judiciary(08.12.2015)
Supreme Court while rejecting a plea of a district-level judge from Uttarakhand who sought to be promoted as a high court judge, has refused to provid.....
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Aadhaar Architect Nandan Nilekani Hails SC Order, Says it's Critical to Meeting Development Goals(27.09.2018)
Nilekani, the co-founder and non-executive chairman of information technology giant Infosys, said the court had "unequivocally validated" th.....
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Decide BJP Leaders' Fate Within 9 Months, SC Tells Special Judge in Babri Demolition Case(19.07.2019)
The Supreme Court has given a deadline of 6 months, starting from Friday, for recording of all the evidence in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
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ITAT, Ahmedabad: Undisclosed Sale Consideration of Property Can Only Assessable as Capital Gain(02.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad has ruled that the undisclosed sale consideration of the property can be subjected to tax as capital gain und.....
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SC: Re-designation from Research Assistant to Assistant Professor Can’t be Termed as Regular Appoin.(07.08.2024)
Supreme Court has held that re-designation of an employee from the post of Research Assistant to Lecturer and subsequently as Assistant Professor cann.....
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Supreme Court Accepts SEBI Contention Over Ponzi Schemes Row, Trashes PIL(06.03.2017)
Supreme Court has accepted SEBI's contention that over 1500 cases of banned Ponzi schemes were referred to other agencies for further probe as they di.....
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Why Only 'Babus' Shortlisted for Appointment as Information Commissioners, SC Asks Govt(30.01.2019)
The apex court is hearing a plea filed by RTI activists Anjali Bhardwaj, Commodore Lokesh Batra (retired) and Amrita Johri who have claimed that over .....
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Bombay HC Rejects Plea Challenging Grant of Liquor Licence to Restaurant Near School(18.10.2021)
Bombay High Court has observed that the schools, that are inculcating standard moral values in students as envisaged by the father of the nation, Maha.....
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Patna HC Grants Bail to Intermediate Topper Scam Accused Bachcha Rai(15.02.2017)
Patna High Court has granted conditional bail to Amit Kumar alias Bachcha Rai in intermediate topper scam.
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SC: Husband who got Acquitted after Trial in Sec 498A IPC Case can Seek Divorce on Ground of Cruelty(25.11.2019)
Supreme Court has noted that when a husband undergoes a trial in which he is acquitted of the allegation of offence leveled by his wife under Section .....
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Allahabad HC Quashes UP Government Orders Notifying 17 OBCs as Scheduled Castes(05.09.2022)
Allahabad High Court while quashing the orders of the Uttar Pradesh Government recognizing or acknowledging 17 Other Backward Classes sub-castes as Sc.....
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SC to Centre: Don’t Allow People to Incite Violence in Kashmir Valley(29.08.2016)
SC has said that nobody can be allowed to flare up tempers or incite violence in the Kashmir Valley and added that those acting against the interest o.....
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Former SC Employee Who Accused CJI of Sexual Harassment Appears Before In-House Inquiry Panel(26.04.2019)
This was the first in-chamber sitting of the three-member panel, headed by Justice SA Bobde and comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and Indu Malhotra.
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ITAT, Delhi: Subscriber Fee Not Taxable as Royalty as Per India-Singapore DTAA(28.03.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has held that the subscriber fee would not be taxable as royalty as per the India-Singapore Double Taxation Avoid.....
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Supreme Court Dismisses Govt.'s Allegation Over RIL Arbitration(23.09.2015)
SC has dismissed Govt.'s allegation of biasness against an arbitrator in an ongoing arbitration to resolve a row with Reliance Industries over Panna-M.....
Tags : SC ,RIL Arbitration ,Panna-Mukta oilfields
If land holding is not subject to consolidation proceedings then, permission of Settlement Officer is not required before transferring the same.(11.08.2017)
In instant case, admitted facts are that, the suit property was land used as 'Abadi' and was declared 'Chakout' (meaning out of consolidation scheme) .....
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SC Orders Cinema Halls, TV Channels to Play Clip on Prevention of Child Abuse(26.07.2019)
The SC also directed setting up of a centrally funded designated court in each district having more than 100 FIRs under the POCSO Act to deal exclusiv.....
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Karnataka HC Directs State to Evolve Scheme on Monkey Menace in Bengaluru(09.06.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to evolve a scheme on the line of directions issued by the Delhi High Court in the case of New .....
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Delhi HC Rejects Plea Against Second-Phase of Odd-Even Scheme(19.02.2016)
Delhi HC has rejected a plea seeking non-implementation of second phase of odd-even scheme, saying that it is premature.
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Interest rates for Small Savings Schemes(11.01.2018)
1. Please refer to our circular DGBA.GBD.954/15.02.005/2017-18 dated October 12, 2017 on the above subject. The Government of India, had vide their Of.....
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Madhya Pradesh High Court: Cannot Shift Officers Probing Sex Scandal(24.10.2019)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has prevented the authorities from changing the officer-in-charge and special investigation team probing a high-profile sex .....
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Uttarakhand HC: PwD Entitled to Horizontal Reservation Cutting Across All Categories(02.08.2022)
Uttarakhand High Court while quashing advertisement issued by UKPSC, finding it to be violative of Rule 11(4) of Rights of Persons with Disability Rul.....
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Madras High Court Ruling on Incentive Increments of Schoolteachers(17.12.2015)
Madras High Court has held that cap of two sets of incentive increments fixed by the State government for schoolteachers who acquire additional educat.....
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Congress Walks Out of All-Party Meeting on Sabarimala, BJP Warns of Protests Outside Kerala(15.11.2018)
Vijayan signalled he would stay firm on the stand of implementing the SC order by not inviting the state's law minister to the meeting after he sugges.....
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Kerala HC: Nullifies BPCL's Order Barring Employees from Enrolling In Post-Retirement Medical Scheme(20.05.2022)
Kerala High Court has directed Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) to continue to provide the Post Retirement Medical Benefit Scheme (PRMBS) t.....
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CESTAT, Ahmedabad: Service Tax Cannot be Levied Based on Income Declared Under IDS(13.04.2022)
Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad has observed that service tax cannot be levied merely because the income declared under.....
Tags : Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, service tax, Income Declaration Scheme, 2016
Is Namaz in Mosque Essential to Islam? SC Ruling Tomorrow May Impact Ayodhya Verdict(26.09.2018)
At the beginning of the case, CJI Misra had said that the appeals would be treated as purely a civil suit consisting of a land dispute and religion wo.....
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Scarlett Keeling Case: Bombay High Court Convicts One For Murder of UK Teenager In Goa In 2008(18.07.2019)
Bombay High Court's Goa bench has convicted a person in the 2008 British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling death case, overturning his acquittal by the .....
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Karnataka High Court Allows Service of Notice by Email to BBMP, BESCOM, KIADB(05.07.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed that in all the appeals/petitions/applications filed in the High Court, where the Bengaluru Electricity Supply Compa.....
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Delhi HC Reserves Order on Nursery Admissions Controversy(03.02.2016)
Delhi HC has reserved its order regarding Delhi Government’s scrapping of a list of 62 criteria being followed by private unaided schools in their adm.....
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Absolutely Nothing in Medical Report of Accused Showing Torture, Says SC in Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case(11.12.2018)
A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said they have perused the report of medical board and the doctors have not found any injuries to s.....
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Calcutta HC: Litigant Should not be Penalised for Advocate's Misconduct(06.06.2022)
Calcutta High Court while allowing application for condoning delay of 9 years in filing revision petition has held that litigant should not be penalis.....
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Delhi HC to Centre: Take Steps to Include Third Gender in UPSC Exam(01.09.2016)
Delhi HC has directed the Centre to take necessary steps to "expeditiously" modify the rules regarding the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to i.....
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SC Slams Kerela Govt. for Not Presenting Enough Evidence to Prove Guilt of Accused(09.09.2016)
SC, while rapping the prosecution, has said that there was no place for guesswork in a death penalty appeal and slammed Kerala Government for not pres.....
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Delhi HC: Employees of Unaided Private School Entitled to Benefits of Government Run Schools(13.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has ruled that the employees of an unaided private school are allowed to the benefits as being given to the employees of the governme.....
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UIDAI Sees Victory in SC Judgement on Aadhaar, Says Private Usage Restricted(26.09.2018)
The top court said Aadhaar is serving much bigger public interest and Aadhaar means unique and it is better to be unique than being best. There are th.....
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SC Grants Permission to TISS Project Koshish to Interact With Victims of Bihar Shelter Home Abuse(18.07.2019)
Supreme Court has granted permission to TISS Field Action project to interact with the victims of the Muzaffarpur home shelter case for their rehabili.....
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Kerala HC: Disciplinary Sub Committee Not Competent to Issue Memo of Charges(28.06.2021)
Kerala High Court has observed that the jurisdiction of issuing memo of charges is vested with the Managing Committee of the Society which cannot furt.....
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Kerala HC States it can Initiate Disciplinary Proceedings Against Judges in Lakshadweep(22.06.2023)
Kerala High Court has stated that it has got the power to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the presiding officers of the district court and c.....
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SC: Can’t Initiate Disciplinary Proceeding After Employee Retires from Service(20.11.2024)
Supreme Court has held that a subsisting disciplinary proceeding may be continued post superannuation but no disciplinary proceeding can be initiated .....
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SC Notices Maharashtra Govt., BCI over Law CET(30.08.2016)
SC has issued notice to Maharashtra Government and Bar Council of India (BCI) and adjourned by a week a petition challenging a recent Bombay HC order .....
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Karnataka HC Grants Transit Bail to Republic TV COO Priya Mukherjee in TRP Scam FIR(26.11.2020)
Karnataka High Court has granted transit bail for 20 days to Chief Operating Officer Priya Mukherjee of ARG Outlier Media Private Ltd in the First Inf.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Priya Mukherjee, TRP Scam
Patna HC:Before Harshest Punishment, Authority Must Consider Officer’s Reply(12.08.2025)
Patna HC has quashed a Bihar officer’s dismissal in a bribery case, citing failure to consider his second show cause reply and other procedural lapses.....
Tags : Patna High Court, Disciplinary Proceedings, Natural Justice, Harish Kumar, Bihar Govt Officer
Karnataka HC Dismisses Criminal Appeal in Fake Stamp Paper Scam Case(29.12.2016)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed criminal appeals filed by Abdul Kareem Telgi and Badruddinalias Badru alias Shanal Jamedar alias Azaruddin in conne.....
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2 Women Devotees Under 50 Pray at Sabarimala in a First Since SC Verdict, Shrine Reopens After 'Purification'(02.01.2019)
The Sabarimala head priest, Kandaru Rajeevaru, had ordered to shut the temple till 11:30 am for purification after reports of women's entry into the t.....
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Allahabad HC Summons UP DGP in 16-Yr Old Girl's Death Case Who Was Found Hanged in School(15.09.2021)
Allahabad High Court has directed the Director-General of Police, Uttar Pradesh to remain present before the Court tomorrow in the case regarding the .....
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Madras HC Stays Principal’s Decision to Discharg a UKG, Class II Students(25.11.2015)
Madras HC has stayed order of Principal of C.E.O.A. Matriculation Higher Secondary School discharging a Class II girl and a UKG student from school fo.....
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Supreme Court: Can’t Apply Decision to Reduce Pay Scale, Retrospectively(12.08.2024)
Supreme Court has held that any decision taken by the State Government to reduce an employee's pay scale and recover the excess amount cannot be appli.....
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SC Pulls Up States for Not Implementing MGNREGA and Other Schemes(01.02.2016)
SC has pulled up certain States for not implementing welfare legislation National Food Security Act, saying that why a state like Gujarat is not imple.....
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Bombay High Court Acquits Schizophrenic Man Imprisoned for 8 yrs in Murder Case(07.12.2018)
Bombay High Court has acquitted a man from the charge of murdering his grandfather, giving him benefit of doubt, as he was undergoing treatment for 'p.....
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Introduction of a new proforma for filing applications for revalidation of SCOMET export authorisation(27.07.2021)
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 1.03 of the Foreign Trade Policy(FTP) 2015-20, the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) hereby.....
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SC: New Vice-Chancellors can Stay(30.08.2016)
SC, while providing relief to Telangana Government, has allowed all the eight newly-appointed Vice Chancellors in the State to continue in their posts.....
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SC Asks Dadlani to Get FIR Quashed by HC(08.09.2016)
SC has denied to protect music composer Vishal Dadlani from arrest for a tweet mocking Digambar Jain guru Tarun Sagar, who delivered a lecture in the .....
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Supreme Court to Hear Aadhaar Pleas After Concluding Delhi-Centre Matter(29.11.2017)
Supreme Court to Hear Aadhaar Pleas After Concluding Delhi-Centre Matter
Tags : The Centre, meanwhile, informed the bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that it was willing to extend up to March 31 next year the deadline fixed for mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various schemes.
SC: Presence of Advocate not Essential when Confession of Accused Recorded by Audio-Video Means(08.11.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that it is not essential that a confession or statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 should ne.....
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All. HC: Gravity of Misconduct and Past Conduct Relevant to be Considered by Disciplinary Authority(25.09.2023)
Allahabad High Court has held that gravity of misconduct, past conduct, nature of duties, position in organisation, previous penalty, if any and requi.....
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SC: Let Centre and Parliament Take Decision on Euthanasia(16.02.2016)
SC has asked Centre and Parliament to take a call on legalizing euthanasia saying that issue needed to be first debated and decided by people's court.
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Govt to Have Final Say on ‘Respect’ for Anthem After SC Recalls Order(10.01.2018)
Meanwhile, the ministry of home affairs sent an advisory to all states and union territories, reiterating that plastic made national flags should be b.....
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Justice Patnaik's Views on 'No Evidence' Against Alok Verma Raise More Questions Than Answers(12.01.2019)
The retired SC judge, who supervised the CVC probe against Verma on a request made by the top court, does not say anywhere that he saw and analysed th.....
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Karnataka HC Directs DMs to Ensure Compliance with Manual Scavenging Law(31.08.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed District Magistrates of the concerned districts to ensure proper compliance of the Prohibition of Employment as Manu.....
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Madras HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Proportionate Quota to SC/ST Members in Local Bodies(05.01.2017)
Madras High Court has dismissed pleas seeking proportionate quota to members belonging to SC and ST community in local bodies in State saying that the.....
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SC: Refund Claim Cannot be Entertained unless Order of Assessment or Self-Assessment is Changed(20.09.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that the claim for refund under Section 27 of the Customs Act, 1962 cannot be entertained unless the order of assessment or se.....
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SC: Power to Pass Judgment on Admissions Cannot be Claimed as a Matter of Right(07.07.2022)
Supreme Court has held that the power to pass judgment on admissions under Order XII Rule 6 of Code of Civil Procedure is discretionary and cannot be .....
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SC Stays Andhra Pradesh HC’s Gag Order on Reports on Amaravati Land Scam FIR(25.11.2020)
Supreme Court has stayed the Andhra Pradesh High Court's gag order on media reporting and social media comments on the contents of the Amaravati land .....
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SC Refuses to Delete Remarks Against Senthil Balaji(12.08.2025)
The Supreme Court has declined to expunge remarks in past judgments against ex-TN minister, Senthil Balaji in the cash-for-jobs scam but clarified the.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Senthil Balaji, Cash-for-Jobs Scam, Expunction, Fair Trial, Surya Kant, Joymalya Bagchi
SC Directs Faridabad Municipal Corporation to Roll Out Provisional Rehabilitation Scheme(15.09.2021)
Supreme Court has asked the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad to roll out a provisional scheme for rehabilitation of residents in relation to the dem.....
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SC: Can’t Initiate Disciplinary Proceedings against Officer for Merely Passing Wrong Order(02.04.2025)
Supreme Court while quashing disciplinary proceedings against a quasi-judicial officer, has observed that merely passing wrong order in good faith can.....
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Delhi HC Seeks Suggestions to Frame Guidelines to Prevent Mishaps In Schools(26.02.2016)
Delhi HC has said that no untoward incident should occur in any school in future like the ones in which the two kids died after falling into water tan.....
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Government Notifies E-Assessment Scheme 2019 for Faceless Scrutiny of Income Tax Return(16.09.2019)
Central Government has notified that the E-assessment Scheme, 2019 that aims to completely eliminate the interactions between the tax authorities and .....
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MCA: Companies to Disclose Details of Crypto Currency in Financial Statements(11.08.2021)
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has stated that Companies have to disclose details of Crypto Currency in Financial Statements while answering a question.....
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Kar HC Refuses Relief to Provide 50% Reservation to SC/ST Community in Governing Body of Association(03.02.2025)
Karnataka High Court has refused to issue such directions to enable 50% reservation for few of the posts in the office bearers or governing council of.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, SC/ST Community, Backward Communities
Ker. HC: Vehicle Can’t be Confiscated if Registered Owner Didn’t Have Prior Knowledge of the Offence(19.10.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that once it is established that the owner of vehicle is devoid of any knowledge that the vehicle was used for illegally tr.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Confiscated, Vehicle, Owner
SC: S. 216 of CrPC Doesn’t Give Right to Accused to File Fresh Application Seeking Discharge(30.08.2024)
Supreme Court has held that Section 216 of CrPC does not give any right to the accused to file a fresh application seeking his discharge after the cha.....
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SC on Dance Bars: Better to Dance than to Beg(25.04.2016)
SC has irked at Maharashtra Govt., as had made dance bar associations "impossible" to get licences, despite the apex court’s nod and observed that it .....
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Medical Devices under the Jurisdiction of CDSCO(19.11.2019)
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare regulates the safety, efficacy and quality of .....
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SC: Employee Dismissed After Disciplinary Proceeding Can’t be Reinstated Merely Because of Acquittal(05.09.2022)
Supreme Court has held that an employee who was dismissed from service pursuant to disciplinary enquiry cannot be reinstated merely because he is acqu.....
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'Mosque Not an Essential Part of Islam' Remarks Need Reconsideration, Says Dissenting SC Judge(27.09.2018)
The judge said it is clear from the earlier decisions of the apex court that the question whether a particular religious practice is an essential or i.....
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Lok Sabha Passes NHRC Amendment Bill, Govt Assures Protection of Human Rights(20.07.2019)
The amendment provides for a reduction in the tenure of chairpersons of national and state human rights bodies to three years from the current five ye.....
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Delhi HC: Non Filing of Response Due to Technical Glitch in E-Filing Portal(04.05.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that the taxpayer could not file a response under the Faceless Scheme due to a technical glitch in the e-filing portal.
Tags : Delhi High Court, Faceless Scheme, e-filing portal, technical glitch
Supreme Court: Disclosure Made by Accused Irrelevant if Fact Previously Known to Police(12.08.2024)
Supreme Court has held that, if a disclosure is made by the accused under Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 regarding the crime, such disclo.....
Tags : Supreme Court, S. 27 of IEA, Disclosure
SC Junks Plea of Kashmir Valley's Longest Serving Prisoner(30.08.2016)
SC has rejected plea of Kashmir's longest serving prisoner, Ashiq Hussain Faktoo, to reconsider his conviction and life term.
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SC asks All States, UTs to Upload FIRs on Websites within 24 Hours(07.09.2016)
SC has directed all States and Union Territories to upload the FIRs on their websites within 24 hours of registration at police stations.
Tags : SC , States, Union Territories, FIRs
Deposit Rs 10 Crore in Consumer Commission for Fraud by Manager, SC Tells ICICI Bank(08.10.2018)
The Mumbai District Central Co-operative Bank had invested the money with ICICI in fixed deposits and this money was purportedly embezzled by the bran.....
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Bom. HC: Release of Film ‘Hamare Baarah’ Permitted After Agreement on Deletion of Certain Portions(19.06.2024)
Bombay High Court has allowed the release of the film ‘Hamare Baarah’ after the makers agreed to make changes in certain portions and adding disclaime.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Hamare Baarah, Disclaimers
Bombay HC: ‘Schools Are Not Commercial Venture’(06.12.2016)
Bombay High Court, while chiding a Navi Mumbai school for refusing to admit poor students in its pre-primary section under Right of Children to Free a.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Right of Children, RTE Act, Schools
Orissa HC: Disclosure of COVID Patients' Identities Must Pass 'Triple Test' of Privacy Judgment(13.08.2020)
Orissa High Court has cautioned the Authorities to ensure that in case they reveal the identity of a COVID patient/ suspect, the same is done in accor.....
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New Pension Scheme 'Vatsalya' Announced for Minors(23.07.2024)
A new pension scheme named 'Vatsalya' has been proposed for minors by Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in the Un.....
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Jaitley Hints Govt May Bring New Law After Supreme Court Bars Private Firms From Using Aadhaar Data(26.09.2018)
Asserting that some of the prohibitions imposed by the court cannot be assumed to be perpetual, Jaitley said the government would assess whether the S.....
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News18 Daybreak | SC to Take Decision on Petition of Karnataka Rebel MLAs Today and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For(17.07.2019)
Get a fresh dose of the news that matters delivered directly to your inbox, every morning. The perfect way to get you started and informed for the day.....
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Delhi HC Grants Interim Protection to NewsClick Editor-In-Chief in Money Laundering Case(23.06.2021)
Delhi High Court has granted interim protection to NewsClick Editor in Chief Prabir Purkayastha and PPK Newsclick Studio Private Limited, which owns t.....
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Delhi High Court: Educational Institutions Strong Pillar of Democracy(24.07.2024)
Del. HC has observed that educational institutions are a strong pillar of democracy and the entire country as the country's future depends on students.....
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Del HC: Discretion to Grant Bail in PMLA Case Not to be Exercised Only as Last Resort(13.06.2023)
Delhi High Court while granting bail to 'Indo Spirits' founder Sameer Mahandru in PMLA case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, has obser.....
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SC Questions Ban on Women Entry in Sabarimala Temple(12.01.2016)
SC has asked why women could not be allowed to enter Sabarimala temple. The court said women cannot be denied entry according to the Constitution of I.....
Tags : SC , Sabarimala Temple, Kerala Government
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Disclosure of Income Sources by Poll Candidates(30.01.2017)
Supreme Court has refused to hear petition filed by Lucknow-based NGO Lok Prahari seeking disclosure of sources of income by candidates for Parliament.....
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All Eyes on SC Today as CJI Sets Aside Precedent to Set Up Constitution Bench for Ayodhya Case Hearing(10.01.2019)
Justice Gogoi's order is unique because it has apparently nullified a judicial order in the same case whereby the prayer for a Constitution Bench had .....
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Calcutta HC Seeks Response on Plea Challenging Concept of 'Beneficial Nominees'(23.08.2021)
Calcutta High Court has issued notice on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of concept of 'Beneficial Nominees' under Section 39(7) of the.....
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Delhi HC: State Delaying in Challenging Orders is a Setback to Victim’s Pursuit of Justice(08.07.2025)
Delhi High Court has observed that when the State delays in challenging orders which may adversely affect the victim's case, such as an order of disch.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Pursuit of Justice, Order of Discharge
Bombay High Court: Tariff Authority’s Interpretation of Scale of Rates is Binding(15.07.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that the interpretation of the ‘Scale of Rates’ by the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP), fixed by it for services an.....
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Calcutta HC Lifts Stay on Teacher Recruitment Process for Upper Primary Schools(12.07.2021)
Calcutta High Court has lifted the interim stay order that had been imposed on the West Bengal government's ongoing process of recruitment of teachers.....
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SC: Domestic Violence Complaint not Valid if Parties are not Living Together in Shared Household(15.10.2019)
Supreme Court has upheld a dismissal of domestic violence complaint filed by a woman against persons not living with her in a shared household. The Co.....
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SC to Centre: Have Any Schemes Been Formulated for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers?(14.07.2023)
Supreme Court while hearing petition seeking implementation of Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, has .....
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Central Government hereby rescinds the notification No. 89/2009-Customs, dated the 31st August, 2009(18.08.2015)
The Central government rescinded its notification dated 31.08.2009 which imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of 'Flexible Slabstock Polyol', origina.....
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SC Questions Sahara over Rs 23,000 Crore Refund(05.09.2016)
SC has asked Sahara Group to disclose source from where it raised Rs 23,000 crore in 2013 to refund three crore investors who had parked their funds i.....
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SC: Are Tribal Rights Protected before Allowing Forest Projects?'(06.09.2016)
SC has asked Union Government to give detail mechanism put in place to evaluate traditional community rights of tribals and compensation paid to them .....
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Kathua Rape Case: SC Rejects Accused’s Plea for Fresh Probe(05.10.2018)
One of the accused in the Kathua gang rape and murder case had filed petition for fresh investigation on grounds that the earlier probe was motivated.
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Supreme Court Allows Andhra Govt to Withdraw Its Plea to Lift Stay on Investigation(22.07.2021)
Supreme Court has allowed the state of Andhra Pradesh to withdraw its petition filed against the stay imposed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court on the .....
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Delhi HC Slams AAP Government For Lack of Rules on Manual Scavenging(15.12.2016)
Delhi High Court came down on AAP Government over its “failure” to frame rules regarding rehabilitation of manual scavengers in National Capital despi.....
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Delhi Disappears in Thick Haze as SC Deadline on Diwali Crackers Goes Up in Smoke(08.11.2018)
Violations of the Supreme Court order were reported from Mayur Vihar Extension, Lajpat Nagar, Lutyens Delhi, IP extension, Dwarka, Noida Sector 78 amo.....
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Rescindment of notification number 43/2016-Customs (ADD) dated the 8th August, 2016(12.08.2021)
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act. 1975 (51 of 1975), the Central Government rev.....
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Kerala HC Sets Aside Government’s Move Not to Permit New Colleges(04.01.2017)
Kerala High Court has struck down as unconstitutional and void a Government decision not to grant permission for starting new self-financing Arts and .....
Tags : Kerala HC, Arts and Science Colleges
SC: Self-Serving Statements on Income will not be Enough to Prove Readiness and Willingness(19.09.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that self serving statements on income without any proof of financial resources will not be enough to prove that Plaintiff .....
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Delhi HC Dismisses Plea Challenging Acquisition Proceedings After 62 Yrs(07.07.2022)
Delhi High Court while dismissing plea challenging acquisition proceedings after 62 years, has held that the self evident delay in approaching the cou.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Discretionary Relief, Acquisition Proceedings
Del. HC: Customs Dept. to Inform Parties about Disposal of Confiscated Property Via Mail & on Mobile(18.02.2025)
Delhi High Court has held that it must be ensured by Customs Department that information regarding disposal of detained or confiscated property is giv.....
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SC: Common All-India Medical Entrance Test to be Held This Year(28.04.2016)
SC has said that a common all-India medical entrance test will be held this year for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses.
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Madras High Court Orders CBI Probe into Gutka Scam(27.04.2018)
Madras High Court has ordered a CBI probe into the multi-crore gutka scam in which a minister and top state police officers and government officials a.....
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SC Turns Down Police Plea to Cancel Bail Granted to Jamia Scholar Accused in Riots(24.11.2020)
Supreme Court has dismissed a Delhi Police petition seeking cancellation of bail granted to Faizan Khan, accused of supplying SIM card to Delhi riots .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bail Granted to Jamia Scholar Accused in Riots
Kerala HC: State to Upgrade System, FSL Reports to be Submitted Within 3 Weeks(13.04.2022)
Kerala High Court has released a man on bail and observed that the forensic science laboratories (FSL) in the State were collapsing and required an up.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Forensic Science Laboratory Division, Sessions Court
Creamy Layer is Applicable in SC/ST Reservations, Says Supreme Court(26.09.2018)
The bench ruled that while the Presidential Lists may include any group or community as SC or ST, the principle of creamy layer can be applied by a co.....
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Chopper Scam: Delhi High Court Seeks Defence Agent's Response on ED's Challenge to His Bail(18.07.2019)
Delhi High Court has sought a response from Sushen Mohan Gupta, an alleged defence agent arrested in a money laundering case related to AgustaWestland.....
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SC Directs All States to Implement ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ Scheme(29.06.2021)
Supreme Court has directed that all states must implement the "one nation, one ration card" scheme, which enables migrant workers to avail ration bene.....
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Madras HC to Madras Bar Association: Give Bar Membership Without Any Discrimination(23.06.2023)
Madras High Court while criticizing Madras Bar Association (MBA) for its strict bye-laws making it difficult for lawyers to become a member of MBA res.....
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SC: High Courts Fixing Time Bound Schedule for Disposal of Case Affects Functioning of Trial Court(26.11.2024)
SC has observed that High Courts rejecting bail applications in routine manner and then fixing time bound schedule for the conclusion of trials affect.....
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SC: Police Officers Should be Vigilant Before Invoking Stringent Laws Like SC-ST Act(12.05.2023)
Supreme Court has observed that police officers, who institute an FIR, based on any complaint, are duty bound to be vigilant before invoking any provi.....
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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Postponement of UPSC ESE 2021(02.07.2021)
Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking for the postponement of the UPSC Engineering Services Examination (ESE), 2021 in wake of the COVID-19 pande.....
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SC Asks Centre: Explain Move to Introduce GM Mustard(02.02.2016)
SC has sought an explanation from Central Government on its proposed move to introduce herbicide resistant mustard, cotton and corn in the face of a c.....
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Cyber Crime Hits SC Judge, User 'Influencing' Netizens Disguised as Madan B Lokur(10.12.2018)
Delhi Police Special Cell has now launched an investigation to apprehend the person using the email ID, which is identical to that of the apex court j.....
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Kerala High Court Quashes Administrative Tribunal's Order to Extend PSC Rank List Validity(04.08.2021)
Kerala High Court has quashed an order issued by the Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT) extending the validity of the Last Grade Servants (LGS) in S.....
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SC Asks Government: Can Salt be Pure?(31.08.2016)
SC has asked Centre, “Is salt a flavouring agent or a food product? “, to clarify the query that arose in a plea filed by an ITC Hotels nominee, chall.....
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International Financial Services Centres Authority grants recognition to NSE IFSC Clearing Corporation Limited for one year(26.05.2022)
The International Financial Services Centres Authority, having considered the application for grant of recognition under Regulation 12 of the Internat.....
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SEBI Issues Guidelines for MFs on Inter-scheme Transfer of Securities(09.10.2020)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has tightened rules on inter-scheme transfers (ISTs) in mutual fund schemes. The Board has said that int.....
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J&K HC: Complainant/Dependent to be Heard if Accused files Bail Application Under SC/ST Act(06.11.2024)
J&K High Court has observed that on filing of a bail application for being released in a case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989 the.....
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SC: Certificate by Institutions Unable to Bestow 'Degrees' Cannot be Granted Equivalence to 'Degree'(16.08.2019)
SC has observed that a certificate issued by an institution or an authority or person other than those specified in Section 22(1) of the University Gr.....
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Calcutta HC: No Illegality in State Government’s Door Step Ration Delivery Scheme(21.06.2022)
Calcutta High Court has held that there is no illegality in the West Bengal Duare Ration scheme, under which the State government delivers foodgrains .....
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JKL HC: Benefit Under Budgetary Support Scheme is Not a 'Right' But Only a Concession(28.06.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court while observing that benefit provided under the Budgetary Support Scheme is not a 'right' but only a concessio.....
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SC Allows Deemed Varsities to Move NAAC for Up-Gradation(20.04.2016)
SC, while giving a fresh ray of hope for deemed varsities graded 'B' and 'C' categories, has granted them liberty to seek upgradation by moving the Na.....
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Centre Not Delaying Appointment of Judges in Higher Judiciary, Collegium to Blame: SC(22.02.2019)
Most of the recommendations with regard to appointment of judges in high courts were pending with the collegium headed by the CJI, the SC said.
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Central Board Direct Taxes Issues E-Filing ITR 6 Schema Changes for AY 2021-22(23.09.2021)
Central Board Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued e-Filing ITR 6 Schema Changes for Assessment Year 2021-22. The purpose of this document is to track the c.....
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No Routine Arrest Under SC/ST Act If Sentence In Other Sections Is Less Than 7 Years: Allahabad HC(13.09.2018)
Allahabad HC has observed that the police would not make any routine arrest in matters related to the Act where offences under associated sections wer.....
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Gujarat HC Quashes Govt. Order Restraining Fee Collection by Private Schools(06.08.2020)
Gujarat High Court has quashed a government order restraining private unaided schools from collecting tuition fees until they reopened, stating that s.....
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SC Seeks Shahabuddin’s Reply over Plea Seeking Cancellation of Bail(19.09.2016)
SC has sought a reply from RJD leader Mohd Shahabuddin on petitions seeking cancellation of his bail in a murder case.
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Delhi High Court to Centre: Prescribe Norms for Appointment of UPSC Chairman, Members(08.08.2017)
Delhi High Court has directed Centre to examine necessity of laying down guidelines for appointment of Chairman and Members of Union Public Service Co.....
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AP HC Quashes Order Converting Govt Schools to English Medium(16.04.2020)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has quashed the Government Orders seeking to implement English as a compulsory medium of instruction at primary level in all.....
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Del. HC Denies Default Bail to NSCN(IM) Leader Alemla Jamir in Terror Funding Case(03.05.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that case has progressed to the stage where part evidence has already been recorded, implying that the charge-sheet f.....
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SC: B.Sc (Polymer Chemistry) Degree Can’t be Treated Equivalent to B.Sc(Chemistry) for Recruitment(07.08.2024)
Supreme Court while affirming the judgement of Kerala High Court, has held that for recruitment to the post of High School Teacher for Physical Scienc.....
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CBI vs CBI LIVE: SC Asks Alok Verma's Counsel to Explain Media Leak, Adds 'Nobody is Under Cloud'(20.11.2018)
CBI vs CBI LIVE Updates: None of You Deserves a Hearing, Says Miffed SC, Adjourns Alok Verma Plea to Nov 29
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SC: Insult of SC-ST Person Within Four Walls of Building is Not Offence(09.11.2020)
Supreme Court has held that insult or intimidation of a Scheduled Caste-Scheduled Tribe person within the four walls of the building, is not an offenc.....
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SC Issues Notice to Centre for Implementation of Child Victim Compensation Scheme(27.05.2025)
Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Central Government in a plea seeking implementation of the child victim compensation scheme for victims of cr.....
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HP HC: Home Guards Not Entitled to Compassionate Appointment Scheme(24.07.2025)
HP HC has held that when the job performed by Home Guards has been assessed to be purely of temporary nature, it will not be prudent to hold their dep.....
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SC Denies to Take Urgent Hearing over Odd-Even Scheme(14.01.2016)
Supreme Court has denied to hold urgent hearing of a plea challenging Delhi High Court’s order which allowed the odd-even scheme saying people should .....
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After Delay in Extradition of Vijay Mallya and Lalit Modi, SC Questions the 'Will' of Modi Govt(12.12.2017)
The court even questioned the will of the Ministry of External Affairs in getting the fugitives back from the foreign country.
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Only Legislation Can Resolve Ayodhya Dispute Now, Says VHP as SC to Form Bench Before Jan 10(05.01.2019)
The Supreme Court on Friday said that an appropriate bench constituted by it will pass an order in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case.
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Cal. HC: Higher Pay Scale Can’t be Claimed if Duties Performed Without Obtaining Prior Permission(21.07.2022)
Calcutta High Court has held that salary increment cannot be claimed when duties are performed without proper compliance of the relevant mandatory sta.....
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Meghalaya HC: State to Show Action taken by it Under 2023 Street Vendors Scheme(16.06.2025)
Meghalaya High Court while hearing a PIL involving identifying street vending areas, has asked the State Government to show by July 1 the action taken.....
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SC Slams AAP Government over Munak Canal Row(22.02.2016)
SC has slammed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi Government over controversy surrounding Munak canal row. The court also issued notices to Haryana Gover.....
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Pay Primary School Teachers’ Dues Within A Month: Delhi High Court(16.01.2018)
Delhi High Court has directed the Municipal Corporations of Delhi to pay their primary school teachers their salary for the last month within a week a.....
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SC to AAP: Explain How Stenos Selected(11.01.2016)
SC, over petition by Ved Prakash Aggarwal, who questioned rationale behind spending Rs 21 lakh every month from exchequer for two data entry operators.....
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Bofors: SC Dismisses CBI's Appeal to Reopen Case, Grounds of Delay Not Justified(02.11.2018)
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi rejected the CBI plea seeking condonation of the 13 year delay in filing the appeal against the May 31, 2.....
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Karnataka HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Conditions in Financial Aid Scheme(23.09.2020)
Karnataka High Court has issued notice on a public interest litigation challenging the scheme framed by Karnataka State Bar Council for distribution o.....
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Bom. HC: Scope of Examination u/s 11(6A) of A&C Act Confined to Existence of Arbitration Agreement(17.10.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that under Section 11(6A) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 the scope of examination is limited to existence of.....
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Supreme Court Orders Relief to Widow of ‘Schizophrenic’ Army Personnel(27.02.2017)
Supreme Court, while giving relief to widow of a ‘schizophrenic’ Army personnel, has ordered to pay disability pension to her and other substituted le.....
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SC Sets Up Panel to Examine Impact of Disinfectant Spray Inside Airplanes with Passengers On-Board(02.12.2019)
Supreme Court has set up a six-member committee of experts to appraise the effect of spray of disinfectants in airplanes while passengers are on board.....
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PFRDA Switches to PAN for Online Enrolment Under NPS Scheme(21.12.2015)
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority of India (PFRDA) has started using PAN instead of Aadhaar for validation of new customers who can no.....
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SC: Candidate who has Applied for General Category Cannot Claim Seat Reserved for Disabled Candidate(30.08.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that a candidate who has applied for General Category cannot claim the seat reserved for disabled candidates at a later stage......
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Mad. HC: Usage of Term “Tribal” Along With Name of the Government School Is Unwarranted(29.07.2024)
Mad. HC has held that usage of term “Tribal” along with name of Government School is unwarranted. Such usage, undoubtedly would result in stigmatising.....
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SC Seeks Centre’s Response to Italian Marine’s Plea(21.09.2016)
SC has sought Centre’s response in a week to plea of Italian marine Massimiliano Latorre, accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast on .....
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Article 35A Hearing Adjourned Till January 2019, SC to Decide After Panchayat Polls in Kashmir(31.08.2018)
Article 35-A, which was incorporated in the Constitution by a 1954 Presidential Order, accords special rights and privileges to the citizens of Jammu .....
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SC Refuses to Entertain Homeo Doctor's Plea to Explore Alternate Medicines for COVID-19(16.04.2020)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea seeking directions to the authorities to explore possibilities of alternate Unani and Homeopathic medici.....
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Delhi HC Scraps Civic Pension Scheme(21.01.2016)
Delhi HC has scrapped failed scheme of old-age pension floated by North, South and East civic bodies in Delhi, who have defaulted in payment for the p.....
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Does the 2G Verdict by CBI Judge Overrides SC Verdict of 2012? All Your Questions Answered Here(21.12.2017)
Judge OP Saini acquitting all the accused in the 2G scam case has again trained the spotlight on the Central Investigating agency and how it became &q.....
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SC:Power of Attorney Holder Cannot Testify in Respect of Matters which Principal Alone have Knowledge(03.10.2019)
Supreme Court has noted that a power of attorney holder cannot testify for the principal in respect of matters of which the principal alone can have p.....
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SC: When Conditions are Met, No Discretion to Deny Release of Convict on Probation(24.04.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that in a case where the circumstances stated in subsection (1) of Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 are at.....
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SC Clarifies Section 144 CPC not Attracted when there is no Variation or Reversal of Decree or Order(06.11.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that the provisions of Section 144 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 will not be attracted when there is no variation or rev.....
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Gujarat HC: Revisional Power Can't be Invoked With Unclean Hands(23.08.2022)
Gujarat High Court has upheld the decision of Sessions Court rejecting the complaint under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on the ground that.....
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SC to SICCL: Deposit Rs 3.5 crore for Delaying Delivery of Flats(06.09.2016)
SC has directed Sahara India Commercial Corporation Limited (SICCL) to deposit Rs 3.5 crore to pay back investors who had bought flats in its Gurgaon .....
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'No Safer Place Than Jail': SC Denies Bail to Journalist Arrested for Remarks on Konark Temple(05.10.2018)
Odisha police had told the court that Abhijit Iyer-Mitra 'gave unpalatable and irresponsible remarks on Konark Sun Temple by uploading view on social .....
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Karnataka HC Issues Notice to NLSIU to Assist in Allocation of Fund Towards Government Schools(20.07.2021)
Karnataka High Court has issued notice to the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) to appear before it and assist the court in order to pre.....
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Aarushi Case: Judge Who Convicted Talwars Moves SC Against His Criticism by HC(09.02.2018)
Special CBI judge Shyam Lal, now retired, alleged that the high court while acquitting the Talwars in the case on October 12, 2017, made "dispara.....
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Delhi HC Orders Review After Discrepancies in Judicial Exam(01.02.2019)
Delhi High Court has ordered a drawing up of fresh results of preliminary examination for Delhi Judicial Service (DJS) after it found discrepancies in.....
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Kerala HC: Offending Officer Can be Transferred in Case of Indiscipline in Forces(12.08.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that it is permissible to deal with indiscipline in disciplined forces by transferring deviant officers and such transfers .....
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Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd branches to operate as DBS Bank India Ltd. branches from November 27, 2020(25.11.2020)
The Government of India has today sanctioned the Scheme for the amalgamation of the Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd. with DBS Bank India Ltd. The amalgamation .....
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SC: If Recovery Isn't Proved to be Based on Disclosure of Accused then S.27 Can't Aid Prosecution(27.02.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that if recovery is not proved to be in furtherance of the confessional statement by accused then Section 27 of Indian Evid.....
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Mere Conjecture of a UPA Era Deal for 126 Rafale Jets of No Use: SC in Clean Chit to Modi Govt(15.12.2018)
The Supreme Court said things were quiet till September, 2018, when certain newspapers reported a statement claimed to have been made by the former Pr.....
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Delhi High Court Issues Notice Seeking Strict Compliance of Scavenging Law(05.08.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Centre in a PIL seeking strict compliance of Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabi.....
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SC: Disclosure Statements can’t establish Charges Beyond Reasonable Doubt on its Own(14.08.2023)
Supreme Court has held that although disclosure statements hold significance as a contributing factor in unriddling a case, they are not so strong a p.....
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MP HC: Social Media Posts of Chief Minister Can’t Be Equated with Administrative Order(26.07.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that the social media posts of a Chief Minister can't be equated with an administrative order/instruction. The .....
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Supreme Court: Indiscipline in Armed Forces Must Be 'Viewed Seriously'(19.12.2016)
Supreme Court has ruled that Indiscipline on part of security force personnel must be "viewed seriously" and deserting work by disobeying orders of su.....
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CBI Chief Alok Verma Reaches CVC for Examination by Full Panel as SC Deadline Nears(09.11.2018)
Alok Verma has denied corruption charges levelled against him by his deputy and CBI special director Rakesh Asthana.
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SC: Candidates with B.ED in Biological Science Eligible to Apply to Post of High School Assistant(20.08.2021)
Supreme Court has held that candidates with B.ED degree in 'Biological Science' are eligible to apply to the post of High School Assistant (Natural Sc.....
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Bombay HC Asks State to Check Implementation of GR on School Bags(01.04.2016)
Bombay HC has asked State Government to inform it by April 28, the mechanism it has put in place to check that schools implement the last year's Gover.....
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Cauvery Water Dispute Verdict LIVE: Celebrations in Karnataka Assembly Before Siddaramaiah's Budget Speech After SC Ruling(16.02.2018)
The Supreme Court on Friday said that Karnataka will get additional 14.75 TMC of cauvery water, Tamil Nadu will now get 177.25 instead of 192 TMC wate.....
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Supreme Court Expresses Concern over Attack on Bihar School girls(09.10.2018)
Supreme Court has expressed concern at the assault of 30 minor schoolgirls, allegedly when they resisted sexual harassment attempt at Supaul in Bihar.
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MP High Court Allows Plea of SC-PwD Candidate in Civil Judge Selection(26.07.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that vertical reservation can be granted in favor of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes.....
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SC: Can’t Presume Negligence on Part of Driver because he Had Learner’s Licence(27.03.2025)
SC while hearing a matter regarding contributory negligence of a scooter driver in a motor accident claim, has observed that the mere fact that the dr.....
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Govt. Notifies SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Rules, 2016(18.04.2016)
Amendments done in the Principal Rules namely the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 by the Scheduled Ca.....
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CRIMINAL - Saradha Chit Fund Scam: Calcutta HC Grants Interim Protection to Nalini Chidambaram from Arrest(19.02.2019)
Calcutta High Court has granted interim protection to Nalini Chidambaram, wife of former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, from arrest by CBI for .....
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Government Notifies Last Date for Submitting Applications for Scrip Based FTP Schemes(17.09.2021)
Government has notified the last Date for Submitting applications for Script-based FTP Schemes and the validity period of Duty Credit Scrips. The Gove.....
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Delhi HC Constitutes Committee for Supervising Implementation of Employee Compensation Scheme(28.06.2021)
Delhi High Court has constituted a 6 member committee for supervising the implementation of the Special Scheme For Employee's Compensation Claims form.....
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E-advance rulings (Amendment) Scheme, 2023(12.06.2023)
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (9) and (10) of section 245R of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government here.....
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SC to Adarsh Society: Can You Pay for Upkeeping(30.08.2016)
SC has asked Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society to consider bearing maintenance expenses of the 28-storey scam-tainted building.
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SC to Amity: Was Student Harassed?(06.09.2016)
SC, while observing that there was “an element of suspicion“ in suicide of Amity Law School (ALS) student Sushant Rohilla allegedly after being denied.....
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Govt to Finalise Air India Revival Package in 10-15 Days, Says Civil Aviation Secretary RN Choubey(05.10.2018)
The difficult situation in the airline sector is mainly on account of high crude prices and depreciation of the rupee, Civil Aviation Secretary RN Cho.....
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Madras HC Directs State to Install Complaint Boxes in Schools for Sexual Abuse Complaints(21.07.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the State government to install complaint boxes in every school to encourage students to shun hesitation and complain f.....
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Madras HC: Housing Scheme for Government Officials Not Largesse(14.12.2016)
Madras High Court while disposing a PIL challenging a housing scheme for government officials, has said that it was neither a largesse to them nor bad.....
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News18 Festivals: Sivakasi Feels The Heat After SC Ban on Firecrackers(06.11.2018)
The future for the 4000 crore-rupee firework industry headquartered in the small taluk of Sivakasi in southern Tamil Nadu seems to be going up in smok.....
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Allahabad High Court Denies Bail to School-Van Driver(29.09.2020)
Allahabad High Court has denied bail to a School Van Driver who has been accused of showing porn videos to children aged about 5-6 years.
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SC Upholds Conviction of Punjab Jail Official For Undertrial Escape Plot(12.08.2025)
The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Punjab jail official for conspiring to help an undertrial escape, citing breach of trust and misuse o.....
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SC: Where Serviceman Discharged from duty by Authority Onus of Proving Disability Lies on Authority(09.05.2025)
SC has observed that in a situation, where the serviceman himself had not applied for discharge from service due to disability, but has been discharge.....
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Allahabad HC: No Conviction Under SC/ST Act if Offence Not Committed on Ground of Victim's Caste(29.07.2022)
Allahabad High Court has held that to prosecute a person for an offence committed under Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Act, there must be evidence that .....
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Delhi HC Slams Delhi Govt. over Schools Demanding Money Under Management Quota(01.02.2016)
Delhi HC has told Delhi Government to take action against private schools that were “demanding money” from parents to admit kids under the management .....
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Justice Dhingra Led 2-Member SIT to Probe Anti-Sikh Riot Cases, SC Drops Plans of 3rd Member(04.12.2018)
Speaking to News18, Justice SN Dhingra said that the decision to reopen the cases would depend on the evidence available.
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Madras HC Permits Private Educational Institutions to Collect 85% Annual School Fee(02.08.2021)
Madras High Court has permitted private unaided educational institutions to collect 85% of the annual school fee payable for the current academic year.....
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Calcutta HC Allows Bail Application of Former TMC aide Ayan Sil in Recruitment Scam Case(03.12.2024)
Calcutta High Court has allowed a bail application filed by the former TMC leader, Santanu Banerjee's aide Ayan Sil in connection with the recruitment.....
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Bombay HC Slams CBI for Delay in Narendra Dabholkar Murder Mystery Probe(16.12.2016)
Bombay High Court came down heavily on CBI and said it was "bungling up" probe in murder case of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar by causing inordinate.....
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Delhi Burnt 5 Million Kg Firecrackers on Diwali, the Same as Last Year Despite SC Order(08.11.2018)
Pollution in Delhi exceeded the safe limit by 66 times and the city remained shrouded in a haze of toxic air.
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SC Turns Down Plea to Stay Notification Constituting Enquiry Commission for Pegasus Spyware Scandal(19.08.2021)
Supreme Court has turned down a plea to stay the notification issued by West Bengal Government constituting an Enquiry Commission headed by former Sup.....
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SC: States to Identify Laws Discriminating Against Persons Affected with Leprosy(09.05.2025)
Supreme Court has directed the States to form a Committee for identification of provisions in their laws, rules, regulations that are discriminatory a.....
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SC Suugests Contempt Case against Hospital, if not Giving Free Treatment to Acid Attack Victims(25.11.2015)
SC on being informed that private hospitals were not giving free treatment to victims of acid attack, has suggested to an NGO to file a contempt case .....
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‘None of You Deserve a Hearing’: SC Furious With ‘Leak’ of Alok Verma’s Reply(20.11.2018)
Alok Verma’s lawyer Fali S Nariman told the court that he was "shattered" and "shocked" on the reply being leaked in the media.
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HP HC Pulls Up State Civil Supply Corporation for Arbitrary Discretion in Grant of Largesses(09.11.2020)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has pulled up the State Civil Supply Corporation for arbitrary exercise of discretion in the matter of grant of largesses .....
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SC: Union & States to Create Special POSCO Courts on Top Priority(19.05.2025)
Supreme Court has asked the Union of India and the State Governments to take appropriate steps to sensitize the officials associated with the investig.....
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Delhi HC Quashes FIR Against US Citizen Carrying Cartridge at IGI Airport(01.08.2022)
Delhi High Court while quashing FIR registered against US citizen found in possession of live ammunition at Delhi Airport, has held that conscious pos.....
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SC: Human Rights Violations by Security Forces a Matter of Concern(08.09.2016)
SC, while observing that Government stoutly defended the role of security forces in Jammu and Kashmir and insurgency-hit Manipur, has said it was more.....
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8 Lakh Litres of Liquor Currently Lying in Police Station Across Delhi, SC Told(11.10.2018)
The police has said that a 'policy has been formulated with the object to decongest police stations by way of removal/disposal of seized/impounded mat.....
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CESTAT: Value of Scrap Generated After Manufacture Not Includable in Assessable Value(13.06.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the value of scrap arising during the process of manufacture and retained by.....
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Photo of Lalu's Son With Scribe's 'killer' Under Supreme Court Lens(20.11.2017)
Supreme Court has sought CBI's response to certain reports on a photograph showing the alleged killer of scribe Rajdeo Ranjan with then Bihar health m.....
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SC Issues Notice to NBCC, Seeks Reply on Revised Proposal for Completion of Stalled Jaypee Projects(03.09.2019)
Supreme Court has sought response from State-Run NBCC on whether it is willing to submit revised proposal for completing stalled projects of the Jaype.....
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CESTAT: No Penalty on Confiscated Gold Bar in The Presence of Cogent Evidence(29.06.2022)
Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi bench has held that no penalty arises on a confiscated gold bar in the presence of.....
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Supreme Court Expresses Displeasure Over CBI’s Non-completion of Probe in Coal Scam Cases(22.08.2017)
Supreme Court has expressed its displeasure over Central Bureau of Investigation not completing investigations in coal block allocation scam cases.
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Delhi HC Stays Broadcast of Sudarshan TV's Show Communalising UPSC Recruitment of Muslims(31.08.2020)
Delhi High Court has stayed the broadcast of a show of Sudarshan News channel allegedly based on "infiltration of Muslims" in the Civil Services, on a.....
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SC: NIA has Power to Investigate Unscheduled Offences Connected with Scheduled Offences(17.12.2024)
Supreme Court has held that if an unscheduled offence is connected with a scheduled offence under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 then the.....
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Delhi HC Extends Stay On Trial Court Proceedings In CNG Fitness Scam(08.01.2016)
Delhi High Court has extended till January 22 stay on trial court proceedings in CNG fitness scam till it decides who will prosecute the case.
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Forensic Auditors Say Amrapali May Have Diverted Funds to 200-250 Firms; SC Seeks Details(01.11.2018)
The two forensic auditors, appointed by the court to look into the affairs of Amrapali Group said besides 47 sister companies, they stumbled upon 31 c.....
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Madras High Court Directs American Intl School to Reply to State Govt’s Notice Within 15 Days(11.09.2019)
Madras High Court has directed the American International School, Chennai to reply to the State Government’s notice within 15 days after obtaining nec.....
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Bombay HC: Encouraging Woman in a Bar to Dance in Obscene Manner Doesn’t Attract S. 294 of IPC(12.09.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that a customer in a dance bar who encourages a woman to dance in an obscene manner cannot be booked under Section 294 of I.....
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SC Refuses to Take PIL Seeking CBI Investigation in Goa Iron Ore Scam(01.02.2016)
SC has refused to entertain a fresh PIL seeking CBI investigation into alleged irregularities in iron ore mining scam in Goa.
Tags : SC, Goa Iron Ore Scam
1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: SIT to Have 2 Members Now, SC Modifies Earlier Order(04.12.2018)
A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur passed the order as the Centre had earlier informed the court that one of three members appointed in the speci.....
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Karnataka HC Summons Health Commissioner Over Non-Implementation of SUCHI Scheme(30.07.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare services to personally remain present before the Court on 5th August, .....
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NCLAT: Without Payment in Discharge of Guarantee, Guarantor Cannot Become Financial Creditor(29.11.2024)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that without paying amount towards discharging liability of principal borrower for whom guarantee was given, guarantor .....
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Delhi Court: Obscenity against Women Cannot Go Unpunished(30.08.2016)
A Delhi court, while taking a stern view of a man making obscene gestures at a woman, has sent the accused to jail observing that not punishing the “l.....
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SC Dismisses Ravi Ruia’s Plea to Travel Abroad(06.09.2016)
Supreme Court has rejected Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia's plea to seek permission to travel abroad for business. Ruia is facing trial in a case aris.....
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'Sabarimala Shouldn't be Made a War Zone': Congress Launches Protest Against SC Verdict(06.10.2018)
The party accused the RSS-BJP and the state government of 'cheating' Hindus and being hand-in-glove with the LDF government on the issue.
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SC Grants Custody of Child to Hindu Adoptive Father Against Biological Mother(02.03.2016)
Supreme Court, while giving priority to welfare of the child, has passed custody of him to his Hindu adoptive father by disposing a petition filed by .....
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Kochi Demolition Case: Vijayan Promises to Protect Flat Owners, Seeks Centre's Help against SC Order(18.09.2019)
The state government has reportedly written to the Centre requesting it to present before the apex court the environmental issues that may come up whi.....
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Kerala HC Refuses to Entertain Plea Challenging Agnipath Scheme(05.07.2022)
Kerala High Court while refusing to entertain plea filed by 23 candidates who have cleared physical and medical tests for Indian Army in 2021, has hel.....
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Guj. HC: Grievance Related to MGNREGA Scheme to be Raised under Statutory Scheme Provided Therein(12.02.2025)
Gujarat High Court has directed that as the conduct of the MGNREGA scheme is governed by the Statutory enactment named as the MGNREGA Act, 2005, any g.....
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RBI Simplifies Gold Monetisation Scheme(22.01.2016)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has simplified Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) for bulk depositors, in order to help temple boards to do so and also allowe.....
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Law Min Ravi Shankar Prasad Urges SC to Fast-Track Ayodhya Case, Asks 'Why Must We Worship Babar'(25.12.2018)
Ravi Shankar Prasad asked that when the Supreme Court could rule on women’s entry at Sabarimala, why has the Ayodhya title dispute been pending for .....
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Allahabad HC Grants Bail to UP's Revenue Official in Yamuna Expressway Land Scam(22.10.2020)
Allahabad High Court has allowed the second bail application filed by a Revenue Official in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district in connection with the .....
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SC Seeks View on Plea of Persons With Disabilities to Have the Option of Changing Scribe(20.02.2025)
Supreme Court while hearing a petition filed by persons with disabilities appearing for the Civil Services Examination, 2025, has sought the view of U.....
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'Do Not File Cases Like This. Dismissed': SC Junks Plea Seeking Immediate Execution of Nirbhaya Rapists(13.12.2018)
The PIL had said that despite a lapse of more than four and a half months from the date of dismissal of the review petitions of three convicts in Nirb.....
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AP HC Injuncts Publication on FIR with Respect to Alleged Amaravati Land Scam(16.09.2020)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has issued an injunction restraining any media reporting as to the First Information Report registered by the Anti-Corruptio.....
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SC Adjourns till September 4 Bail Applications of Manish Sisodia in Delhi Liquor Policy Scam Case(04.08.2023)
Supreme Court has adjourned the bail application of Manish Sisodia till September 4 in the case of alleged irregularities in the framing and implement.....
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SC Questions Practice Of Barring Women of Age Group of 10 to 50 Years at Sabarimala(03.05.2016)
SC has questioned centuries-old practice of barring entry of women between age group of 10 to 50 years to Sabarimala temple in Kerala saying it would .....
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CRIMINAL - Gurugram School Murder: P&H HC Asks Pinto to Give Rs. 1 Crore Surety Bond(28.02.2019)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked Ryan Augustine Pinto, CEO of Ryan group of Institution, to furnish a surety bond amounting to Rs. 1 crore to e.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Gurugram School Murder, Ryan International, Ryan Augustine Pinto
SC: Absolute Scrupulousness in Selection Process Rejuvenates the Faith of Public(11.03.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that in India, there are far more takers of Government jobs than there are jobs available. Absolute scrupulousness in the p.....
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Court can refuse to grant discretionary relief of specific performance, even if, contract is not voidable but circumstances make it inequitable to enforce the same(11.09.2019)
In facts of present case, Mohinder Kaur, predecessor in interest of the Appellants entered into an agreement with Bahadur Singh, predecessor in intere.....
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SC Issues Notice on Plea for Disclosure of Clinical Trial & Efficacy Data of COVID Vaccines(09.08.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking public disclosure of clinical trial data and post vaccination efficacy d.....
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#Budget 2025 – TDS and TCS(01.02.2025)
#A provision for higher TDS will be applicable only in cases where the Permanent Account Number (PAN) is not furnished.
#The threshold to collect TCS.....
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SC: Orders Passed by HC Contrary to Section 67 shall not be Given Effect to by Authorities(09.12.2019)
Supreme Court of India has ruled that the orders passed by the High Court which are contrary to the Section 67 (8) of the Central Goods and Services A.....
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All. HC: Accused Charged Under Both SC/ST Act and POCSO Entitled to Take Recourse Under POCSO(17.10.2023)
Allahabad High Court has held that where an accused has been charged under the SC/ST Act and the POCSO Act, a Special Court under the POCSO Act, would.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Anticipatory Bail, SC/ST Act, POCSO
SC Raps Govt. for Outsourcing Sterilisation Drives to NGOs(30.03.2016)
SC has deprecated practice of sterilisation drives being outsourced by Governments to NGOs, which conduct such operations in a reckless and unhygienic.....
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'You Value a Rape at Rs 6500? Are You Doing Charity?': SC Asks Madhya Pradesh(15.02.2018)
The apex court said it was shocking that Madhya Pradesh, which was among the states which had received maximum funds from the Centre under the Nirbhay.....
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Mamata on Anti-Modi Dharna After Showdown With CBI Over Kolkata Police Chief; Centre to Approach SC Today(04.02.2019)
As politics played out on the streets, Mamata Banerjee received support from several leaders of the 'anti-Modi' bloc, including Arvind Kejriwal, Akhil.....
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Ker. HC: Discrimination Against Hepatitis B or HIV Patients Not Allowed in Public Employment(15.09.2023)
Kerala High Court has observed that one can certainly not countenance, particularly in this age and time that a person be kept out of public employmen.....
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Tel. HC: SCN & Orders Lacking Signatures of Proper Officer Cannot Sustain Judicial Scrutiny(03.03.2025)
Telangana High Court has observed that show cause notices and the orders that lack the signature of the Proper Officer are vulnerable and cannot susta.....
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Gauhati High Court Rejects Bail Plea of Sacked APSC Chairman(18.12.2018)
Gauhati High Court has yet again rejected the bail plea of Assam Public Service Commission’s sacked chairman Rakesh Kumar Paul in a case registered ag.....
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Calcutta HC Grants Interim Bail to Chairman Gautam Kundu in Rose Valley Chit Fund Scam(09.08.2021)
Calcutta High Court has granted interim bail to Gautam Kundu, the former Chairman of the Rose Valley group of companies who had been arrested in conne.....
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SC Questions Delhi Police over Presence of Some Unsolicited Persons in Court(12.04.2016)
SC has questioned Delhi Police over presence of some unsolicited persons in black robes in a courtroom where JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar was allege.....
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Supreme Court Mandates Prior Sanction to Prosecute Officers Under SC/ST Act(21.03.2018)
Supreme Court has introduced safeguards to prevent misuse of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against officers who deal with the complai.....
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SC: Separate Classification in Favour of Religious Properties for Rent Laws not Violative of Art 14(05.12.2019)
Supreme Court while upholding the constitutional validity of Punjab Religious Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1997 observed that .....
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Bom. HC: Promise of Marriage for Sexual Relations is Misconception of Fact Vitiating Girl’s Consent(25.02.2025)
Bombay HC has stated that where promise to marry is false and intention of maker at the time of making promise itself was not to abide by it but to de.....
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Rafale Row: Govt Moves SC Seeking to Correct 'Misinterpretation' Over CAG Report, PAC in SC Verdict(15.12.2018)
After the SC verdict on Friday, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, who chairs the PAC, had said no such report had come to him.
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Karnataka HC Directs State to Convene Meeting for Rescuing Monkeys(05.08.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed that the state government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Pallike (BBMP) officials should convene a meeting in prese.....
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SC : No MBBS Entrance Test by Private Colleges(06.05.2016)
SC has ruled out separate entrance tests this year by private medical colleges for admission to MBBS/BDS courses but said it would consider the states.....
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CRIMINAL - Madras HC Transfers Fake UGC Office Scam Probe to CB-CID(05.03.2019)
Madras High Court has transferred the investigation into the fake University Grants Commission (UGC) office scam to CB-CID.
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Delhi HC Stays Trial Court Order Recommending SHO's Suspension Over Poor Conduct In POCSO Case(16.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has stayed a Trial Court order recommending suspension of SHO of Kalkaji Police Station and also calling for strict disciplinary acti.....
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SC Declines Stay on Calcutta High Court Direction to Reduce Private School Fees by 20%(29.10.2020)
Supreme Court has refused to stay the directions passed by the Calcutta High Court whereby private schools were asked to reduce their fees by a minimu.....
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Cal. HC: Putting Padlock on Main Gate of a Property is No Way to Evict a Person(11.10.2023)
Calcutta High Court while observing that although a son stays at the father’s property as a licensee but for evicting him due process of law has to be.....
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Supreme Court Upholds Army's Policy Of Preferential Promotion(15.02.2016)
SC, while backing Army's policy of preferential promotion to those in combat units, has directed Government to create 141 extra posts of Colonel to ac.....
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It is not possible for Supreme Court to scrutinize documents as to its sufficiency or otherwise(31.01.2017)
Present appeal by way of special leave impugns final judgment passed by High Court whereby High Court allowed the Appeal filed by Respondents and ther.....
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Goa Mining Dependants to Meet BJP Chief Amit Shah on Jan 13 Over SC Ban(11.01.2019)
In March last year, the Supreme Court quashed 88 leases and prohibited the extraction of fresh iron ore.
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Karnataka HC: Individual Discharging “Public Duty” by Virtue of Office Answerable to State(26.08.2021)
Karnataka High Court has held that even if an individual is not a public servant, but if he is discharging "public duty" by virtue of his office, he i.....
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Rajasthan HC: Should Not Penalize Party Due to Negligence of Legal Counsel(15.07.2025)
Rajasthan HC has observed that numerous rulings affirm that a party should not be penalized or prejudiced due to the negligence or misconduct of their.....
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SC Cancels Appointment of Ex-Judge As UP Lokayukta, Names Another(28.01.2016)
SC has cancelled appointment of Justice Virendra Singh as UP Lokayukta and picked another ex-judge.
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Godhra Riots: SC to Hear in January Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit to Modi(03.12.2018)
Zakia, the wife of Ehsan Jafri, an ex-MP who was killed in one of the worst incidents during the riots, has challenged the Gujarat High Court's Octobe.....
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Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to School Manager Booked for Rape(12.10.2020)
Bombay High Court has granted Anticipatory bail to a school manager booked for allegedly raping a lady observing that in the First Information Report .....
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SC: Recording Evidence is Mandatory in Disciplinary Proceedings Imposing Major Penalties(19.11.2024)
Supreme Court while reinstating a government employee who was terminated, has reiterated that this Court in a catena of judgments has held that the re.....
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SC Stays Patna HC Order Setting Aside Election of BJP MP Chhedi Paswan(30.08.2016)
SC has stayed a Patna HC order setting aside election of BJP MP Chhedi Paswan and said it would examine whether politicians need to mandatorily declar.....
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SC Denies to Take Fresh Plea on Police Reforms(06.09.2016)
SC has refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Centre, State Governments and the Law Commission for implementation of police reforms an.....
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RSS Changes Stance on Women's Entry in Sabarimala, Slams Kerala Govt for Implementing SC Verdict(04.10.2018)
RSS general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi said that while the Sangh respects the court’s judgment, the sentiments of millions of devotees, including wom.....
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Supreme Court Asks Governments to Step up Efforts to Combat Hunger(30.10.2019)
With 14.8 per cent of India's population going hungry every day, Supreme Court has asked the central and state governments why there are no "community.....
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Madras HC: False Statements Before Criminal Court to Protect Fellow Officer Amounts To Misconduct(04.08.2022)
Madras High Court while upholding the disciplinary action against a police official has held that police officials making false or incorrect statement.....
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Bom HC: Can’t Treat Disclosure as Full if Material Suggests Loan is Nothing but Undisclosed Fund(30.04.2025)
Bombay HC has observed that if there is a prima-facie material suggesting that the transaction of loan is nothing but the undisclosed funds of the Pet.....
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SC Ready to Examine Possible Guidelines to Curb Sardar Jokes(16.02.2016)
SC has said it would examine framing of guidelines to stop circulation of racist or communal jokes on internet after petitions sought blocking of joke.....
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Why a Common Prayer With Closed Eyes, Folded Hands? SC Asks Centre, Kendriya Vidyalayas(10.01.2018)
A bench led by Justice Rohinton F Nariman issued notices to the Centre and the KVS, seeking their replies in two weeks.
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Justice AK Sikri, SC Judge Who Voted Against CBI Chief, Rejects Centre's Post-Retirement Offer(14.01.2019)
It is reported that Justice Sikri's consent was sought in the first week of December 2019 and has no connection with the CBI matter for which he becam.....
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Karnataka HC: Scavenging Across State Should be Done Only with Assistance of Equipments(02.09.2021)
Karnataka High Court has clarified to the State government that henceforth, scavenging across the State should be done only with the aid and assistanc.....
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SCAORA Writes to CJI to Regulate Sharing of Courtroom Videos and Photographs(28.07.2025)
SCAORA has requested guidelines on prohibition of use of courtroom videos and photographs on social media platforms by lawyers and stated that such ac.....
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Madras HC to NMC: Conversion Therapy for LGBTQ+ Must be Treated as Professional Misconduct(11.07.2022)
Madras High Court while issuing directions for the uplifting LGBTQ+ Community has directed National Medical Council (NMC) to enlist Conversion Therapy.....
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SC Refuses Purohit’s Plea in Malegaon Blast Case(29.04.2016)
SC, while refusing to entertain plea of Malegaon blast accused Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, who had challenged framing of charges again.....
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Subramanian Swamy Moves SC for Urgent Listing of Plea Seeking Fundamental Right to Pray at Ayodhya(25.02.2019)
A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked Swamy to remain present in the court on Tuesday when the main Ayodhya ma.....
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SC: HC Not Appellate Authority While Exercising Writ Jurisdiction in Disciplinary Proceedings(26.11.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that while exercising writ jurisdiction with respect to disciplinary proceedings, the High Court must not act as an appella.....
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SC Stays Uttarakhand Govts Notification Restricting Blind Candidates from General Category(19.08.2025)
Supreme Court has stayed a 2018 notification by Uttarakhand Government barring blind and locomotor-disabled candidates from applying in general catego.....
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Gujarat High Court Notices Auda, Nirma School over Violation of Land Usage Agreement(29.12.2016)
Gujarat High Court has issued notices to Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority(Auda) and Nirma Education & Research Foundation after residents of Boda.....
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NGT Directs KRMB to Visit Worksite of Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme(26.07.2021)
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to visit the worksite of Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (RLIS.....
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J&K High Court Restrains State Government from Closing Government Schools(16.12.2016)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court while restraining State Government from closing any Government School, has directed it to seek permission from it over a.....
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Over 300 Arrested, 550 Cases Registered on Diwali Night for Violating SC Order(08.11.2018)
Police also seized 2,776 kgs of firecrackers from various parts of the city on Diwali. A total of 87 people were arrested and 72 cases registered in c.....
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SC Stays Coercive Steps by NGT Over Discharge of Untreated Waste into Water Bodies(16.08.2021)
Supreme Court has stayed any coercive steps by the National Green Tribunal against the Municipal Commissioner or Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumb.....
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SC: Should Not Grant Stay on Discharge Orders Unless Exceptional Circumstances Arise(28.02.2025)
Supreme Court has held that stay on discharge should never be granted unless circumstances are exceptional and further held that even for action under.....
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Disruptors Have Lost on All Counts, Says Arun Jaitley Bolstered by SC Verdict on Rafale Deal(15.12.2018)
In an apparent attack on Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who has been alleging corruption in the purchase of the fighter jets, Jaitley said "dis.....
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Delhi HC: Courts Can’t Controlled Adolescent Love Relationships(10.05.2023)
Delhi High Court has observed that attitude towards early love relationships, especially adolescent love, has to be scrutinized in backdrop of their r.....
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Ker HC: Public Place in S. 294 of IPC Include Even those Areas Which are in Vicinity of Public Place(12.08.2024)
Ker HC has held that the term public place in S. 294(a) of IPC include even those areas which are in vicinity of public place, meaning thereby that if.....
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SC Cancels Its Earlier Request on AP Governor's Report(01.02.2016)
SC has cancelled its earlier request for a copy of the documents on report in which it was recommended that President's rule do not have to be shared .....
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Sabarimala: SC Refuses Urgent Hearing on Kerala Govt's Plea Against Panel to Oversee Security(07.12.2018)
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the state government's fresh plea against the appointment of a three-member panel would be taken up .....
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Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt to File Status Report Disclosing Completion of Tasks(03.08.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to file a status report disclosing the completion of tasks in relation to the project of making 250.....
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SC Rejects Vikram Bakshi’s Plea against Arbitration in McDonald’s India Case(31.08.2016)
SC has rejected appeal filed by Vikram Bakshi, an estranged partner of McDonald’s India Pvt Ltd, against a Delhi HC order allowing the US-based fast-f.....
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Delhi HC: Why is Aadhaar Mandatory for Scholarships(08.09.2016)
Delhi HC has issued notice to Union Government on its rule requiring students from minority communities to submit their Aadhaar Unique Identification .....
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Delhi HC: Schedule IV of Arbitration Act Not Mandatorily Applicable on International Arbitrations(02.04.2025)
Delhi High Court has observed that the IVth Schedule of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 pertaining to fees of the arbitrator will not apply.....
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SC Says, Dismissal of PIL on Kohinoor May Deny Govt.'s Legit Claim(19.04.2016)
SC has said that dismissal of a PIL seeking government action for the return of Kohinoor diamond from the United Kingdom may lead to denial of India's.....
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Saradha Scam: SC Judge Recuses Himself from CBI Plea on ‘Obstruction’ by West Bengal Govt(20.02.2019)
A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Rao and Sanjiv Khanna adjourned the hearing on pleas of the CBI, saying that on.....
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SC Refuses to Plea Seeking Directions to Take Speedy Decision Regarding Re-Opening School(21.09.2021)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a writ petition seeking directions to Centre and States to take a speedy decision regarding re-opening the scho.....
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J&K HC: Individual Seeking Reservation in EWS Must Not Fall Under Reserved Categories(17.03.2025)
J&K HC has observed that an individual seeking to claim reservation in the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category must not fall under any of the .....
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Supreme Court Sets Aside Delhi High Court Verdict on Quota Benefits(26.02.2016)
SC has set aside a Delhi High Court verdict which held that selected persons cannot be accorded quota benefits on account of non-submission of OBC cer.....
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CJI in Awe as Centre Clears Names of Four Judges for Elevation to SC Within 48 hours(03.11.2018)
The apex court collegium, headed by the CJI and comprising its four-senior most judges, had on October 30 recommended to the Centre the names of the f.....
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Karnataka HC Asks State Govt to Come Out with Better Rehabilitation Scheme for People Evicted(28.09.2020)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to come out with a 'better scheme' for rehabilitation of those evicted persons from Kariyammana.....
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'Ever Heard of Instrument Invented by Graham Bell, It is Called Telephone': SC Frowns Upon Govt Lawyers(08.02.2018)
Representing the Jharkhand High Court, advocate Tapesh Kumar Singh said that he had personally tried to seek instructions from the state government in.....
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Sahara Chief Subrata Roy Summoned by SC on Feb 28 For Failing to Clear Unpaid Dues(01.02.2019)
The apex court pointed out that six months were given to Sahara by its last order to arrange the money but what happened during the said period has no.....
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Delhi HC: HC Must Respect Use of Discretionary Powers By Trial Court, Can’t Play Role Of Headmaster(09.08.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that high court is required, at all times, to respect the exercise of discretionary powers by the district judiciary and not.....
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There Should be no Impediment in Quashing the FIR, if COURT is Otherwise Satisfied that the Facts and Circumstances of Case so Warrant(20.02.2017)
Present writ petition has been filed by Petitioner, for quashing of FIR No. 604/2016, under Sections 323/354/506/509/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 reg.....
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SC: Candidate not Stopped from Challenging Selection Process when Misconstruction of Rules is Alleged(18.12.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that a candidate will not be stopped from challenging a selection process on the ground of having participated in it when ther.....
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J&K HC: Can’t Call Employer Setting Cut-Off Dates for Pension Schemes as Violative of Article 14(25.03.2025)
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that employers have the authority to fix a cut-off date for introducing new pension or retirement schem.....
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SC: Private Schools Need Govt.’s Prior Approval to Fire Teachers(18.04.2016)
SC has upheld validity of Section 8(2) of the Delhi School Education Act (DSEA) which requires the managements of the private unaided schools to obtai.....
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BJP Has 3 Seats But All Power, What Kind of Democracy is This, Kejriwal Asks After SC Verdict(15.02.2019)
The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on the contentious issue of control of services in the National Capital Territory in the tussl.....
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SC: Failure of Accused to Discharge Burden Not Relevant in Case Governed by Circumstantial Evidence(16.09.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that the failure of accused to discharge burden under Section 106 of the Evidence Act, 1872 is not relevant in a case gover.....
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Delhi HC: Impermissible to Award Less Than Minimum Prescribed Sentence Under Wildlife Protection Act(06.03.2025)
Delhi High Court has stated that it is impermissible to award less than minimum prescribed sentence under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 as granting a .....
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Ker. HC: Creating Geographical Restriction for an Escort Visit Can’t be Considered Violation of FRs(24.01.2025)
Ker HC has observed that object of an escort visit is to enable the prisoner to interact with his family. However this must be within the limits of St.....
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SC Directs CBI to Complete Navrauna Disappearance Case by Oct 31(09.05.2016)
SC has directed CBI to complete within six months its inquiry into mysterious disappearance of 12-year-old schoolgirl Navrauna Chakravarty from Muzaff.....
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SC: Minimum Service Stipulated in Rules Can't be Ignored while Considering Claim for Invalid Pension(06.12.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that the minimum qualifying service prescribed under the Pension Rules cannot be ignored for the purpose of consideration o.....
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SC in Manish Sisodia’s Bail Application: Can’t Keep Someone Behind Bar Ad Infinitum(17.10.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that arguments on charges begun before the special courts trying the case of Manish Sisodia in Delhi excise policy scam .....
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SC Put Hold on Disciplinary Proceedings Initiated by Kerala Government Against a Bureaucrat(19.01.2016)
SC has put on hold disciplinary proceedings initiated by Kerala Government against a bureaucrat who had praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a news.....
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Kerala HC Upholds Suspension of School Students Accused of Public Display of Affection(18.12.2017)
Kerala High Court has upheld a Thiruvananthapuram school’s decision to suspend two Class XII students — a boy and a girl — on charges of public displa.....
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SC: Arbitrator Has Substantial Discretion in Awarding Interest u/s 31 (7) (a) Arbitration Act(28.10.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that an Arbitrator has substantial discretion in awarding interest under Section 31(7)(c) of the Arbitration and Conciliati.....
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Delhi HC Disposes Schools' Plea on Bus(15.01.2016)
Delhi HC has disposed of a plea challenging AAP Government's decision asking private unaided schools to lend buses to handle greater passenger burden .....
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Should Women Also be Held Guilty of Adultery? SC to Examine Archaic Law(12.12.2017)
Section 497 makes adultery an offence only with respect to a man who has a relationship with somebody's wife. The wife is considered neither adulterou.....
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After SC Rap, Meghalaya Govt Fined Rs 100 Crore by NGT Over Illegal Mining(05.01.2019)
A report by a high-level committee stated that majority of the mines in Meghalaya were operating without a lease or licence.
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SC: In Disciplinary Proceeding, Question of Burden of Proof Would Depend Upon Nature of Charge(28.08.2023)
Supreme Court has held that in a disciplinary proceeding, the question of burden of proof would depend upon the nature of the charge and the nature of.....
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Scheme for Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products(30.09.2021)
1. Your attention is drawn to RoDTEP Scheme Notification No. 76/2021-Customs (N.T.) dated 23.09.2021 issued under section 51B of the Customs Act, pres.....
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Mad HC: Under Tamil Nadu Government Servants' Conduct Rules, 1973, Matrimonial Dispute is Misconduct(20.06.2025)
Madras HC has observed that under the Tamil Nadu Government Servants' Conduct Rules, 1973, matrimonial dispute is also a misconduct and the Government.....
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All. HC: False POCSO/SC-ST Cases Being Filed to Claim Money from the State(11.08.2023)
Allahabad High Court has observed that certain false FIR under the POCSO as well as SC/ST Act are being lodged against innocent persons ruining their .....
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SC Questions Singur Land Allocation for Tata Motors(06.05.2016)
SC has questioned the manner in which over 400 acres of land was allotted to Tata Motors without adhering to section 4 and 5 of Land Acquisition Act w.....
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CIVIL - Madras HC Transfers Fake UGC Office Scam Probe to CB-CID(05.03.2019)
Madras High Court transferred the investigation into the fake University Grants Commission (UGC) office scam to CB-CID.
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SC Refuses to Entertain Plea Seeking Uniform Dress Code in Schools(16.09.2022)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a petition seeking Common Dress Code in all registered and recognised educational institutions for staff and st.....
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SC Dismisses Plea Against Quashing of Criminal Cases Related to Alleged "Amaravati Land Scam"(20.07.2021)
Supreme Court has dismissed the Andhra Pradesh Government’s Special leave Petitions against the quashing of criminal cases filed in connection with th.....
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Bombay HC: Implement GR to Reduce Weight of School Bags(14.01.2016)
Bombay HC, while hearing plea on reducing weight of school bags and for direction to implement an earlier Government Resolution (Govt. Resolution), ha.....
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Kharge Moves SC in Support of Alok Verma, Says CVC or Govt Can’t Curtail CBI Chief’s Tenure(03.11.2018)
In his petition, Mallikarjun Kharge said the Central Vigilance Commission or the government do not have the power to curtain Alok Verma’s tenure as .....
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NCLAT is empowered to condone the delay upto a period of 45 days(18.09.2020)
The Appellants have come up with the present appeals, challenging an order passed by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (‘NCLAT’) dismissing .....
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15 Years on, SC Reopens Probe Into Murder of Four Members of UP Family(09.02.2018)
Notably, the Special Investigation Team (SIT), to be headed by former CBI special director ML Sharma, will probe the murders after the CBI shut it in .....
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Only Parliament can Make Changes in List of SCs and STs and Not Government: Karnataka HC(01.02.2019)
Karnataka High Court has reminded State government that it is only Parliament which can make changes in list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes,.....
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Mumbai Court: No PMLA Case Without Scheduled Offence(10.08.2022)
Mumbai Special Court while referring to Supreme Court ruling on Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), has ordered the interim release of two accu.....
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SC Seeks Plan for Welfare of Senior Citizens(11.04.2016)
SC has expressed concern for over 10 crore senior citizens in the country, a majority of whom are deprived of love, care and respect by their kin in a.....
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Set Up Panel to Inspect School Buildings: Madras High Court(20.03.2018)
Madras High Court has directed the State to constitute a panel, headed by the Chief Educational Officer (CEO) and comprising other experts, in all dis.....
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SC: Only Expressly Created Statutory Charges can Take Precedence Over Secured Creditors' Claim(05.12.2019)
Supreme Court has reiterated that only expressly created statutory first charges under Central and State laws can take precedence over the claims of s.....
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Tel. HC: Committee Under Sabka Vishwas Scheme May Reject Application Over Ingenuine Docs.(24.02.2025)
Telangana High Court has held that where applications had been filed by producing documents which are not genuine, the same can be rejected by the Des.....
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Post Centre's Application, NCP Asks SC to Reopen Rafale Case(15.12.2018)
NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said, "We demand the resignation of the Law Secretary, Law Minister, Attorney General and Solicitor General who are .....
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Delhi HC: Marks in Computer Science Should be Taken into Consideration for Admissions(21.09.2020)
Delhi High Court has ruled that the non-inclusion of Computer Science as part of the subjects for calculation of merit for admission to B.Sc. (Hons.) .....
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SC Extends Nursery Admission Deadline Till This Month End for Sanskriti School(20.01.2016)
Supreme Court has extended Delhi Government's deadline of January 22 for accepting nursery admission forms till this month end for Sanskriti School an.....
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Damages in Road Accident Deaths Cut, SC Says New Sums More Reasonable(18.12.2017)
Cumulatively, a five-judge Constitution Bench has reduced the compensation by Rs 1.55 lakh that could be paid to the family of a person killed in a ro.....
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Supreme Court Amends its 2018 Verdict on SC/ST Act on Centre's Plea(01.10.2019)
Supreme Court has quashed its own verdict which introduced measures like prior inquiry before the arrest of an accused under the Scheduled Castes and .....
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SC Delivers Split Verdict on Disciplinary Action to be Taken Against an Advocate-On-Record(18.04.2025)
Supreme Court has delivered a split verdict on disciplinary action to be taken against an Advocate-on-Record and his assisting Advocate who filed a pe.....
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Bombay HC: State Government To Take Final Call on Implementing Odd-Even Scheme(02.12.2016)
Bombay High Court has said that it was for Government, and not court, to take a decision to implement odd-even scheme for private vehicles.
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SC: Relinquishment of Shares by Dependent does not Disentitle her from Claiming Compensation(06.11.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that relinquishment of share by a claimant (dependant of the deceased) does not disentitle her from claiming compensation. .....
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About 50 Lakh Women In Kerala Take Pledge To Uphold Gender Equality(03.01.2019)
The campaign was held on a 620 kilometre stretch to uphold gender equality and safeguard renaissance values against the frenzied protests barring impl.....
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ITAT: Income Received Under FPS Introduced Under Foreign Trade Policy 2004 Are Capital Receipts(14.07.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Delhi Bench has held that income received under Focus Products Scheme (FPS) introduced under Foreign Trade Polic.....
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SC Denies to Examine Urgently a Plea Seeking Answer as to, Can Muslims in Forces Sport Beard?(26.11.2015)
SC has denied urgently examining of legal issue that whether Muslim personnel can assert sporting beard as a facet of their fundamental right to freed.....
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Supreme Court Stays Proceedings in Gurugram School Boy's Murder(21.11.2018)
Supreme Court has stayed proceedings of Gurugram Juvenile Justice Board or JJB which was to consider afresh whether a teenager accused of killing a se.....
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P&H HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Person Accused of Hurting Sentiments of SC/ST Castes(09.11.2020)
Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted Anticipatory Bail to one Mandeep accused of hurting the sentiments of the SC/ST castes by making a TiktTok vid.....
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P&H HC: Time Line of 6 Months and 25 Days to be Adhered to in Disciplinary Inquiries(28.05.2025)
P&H High Court has asked the High Court to ensure that in all, ongoing and as well as disciplinary inquiries to be initiated in future, the time line .....
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Allahabad High Court Stays State Govt Move to Include 17 OBC Groups in SC List(17.09.2019)
Allahabad High Court has stayed a notification issued by the State Government in June this year to include 17 other backward class (OBC) groups in the.....
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Supreme Court Imposes Fine on Political Parties for Not Disclosing Criminal Antecedents(11.08.2021)
Supreme Court has imposed fine on eight political parties for committing contempt of court by flouting the directions in its February 2020 judgment fo.....
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SC: Denying the Facility of Scribe or Compensatory Time Constitutes Discrimination(04.02.2025)
SC while allowing a candidate suffering from a disability, has stated that the principle of reasonable accommodation is central to ensure equality for.....
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All. HC: Merely Liking a Message Will Not Attract Penalty U/S 67 of IT Act(20.10.2023)
Allahabad High Court while observing that Section 67 Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 is for obscene material and not for other provocative mater.....
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SC: Development More Important Than Tigers(21.01.2016)
SC, while hearing a matter which challenged development projects, over stretch of NH-7 between Nagpur and Jabalpur passing through Pench tiger reserve.....
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Meet The SC Judge Who Wouldn't Stop at Anything to Reunite Families(26.12.2017)
Sifting between case papers, Justice Kurian Joseph has one common lesson for them all: ‘Don’t waste your will, money and energy in courts… at th.....
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AIMPLB to Abide by SC Verdict in Babri Case, But Says Will Move Court if Govt Brings Ordinance(18.12.2018)
“Muslims will abide by the Supreme Court order on the Babri Masjid issue,†Zafaryab Jilani, member of the AIMPLB, told reporters after an executiv.....
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Permitting non-scheduled payments banks to register as bankers to an issue(03.08.2021)
1. SEBI vide notification dated July 30, 2021, amended the SEBI (Bankers to an Issue) Regulations, 1994 (BTI Regulations) thereby permitting such othe.....
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Supreme Court: For Conviction, Disclosure Statements Alone are Insufficient(31.01.2025)
Supreme Court has stated that disclosure statement under Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 is not sufficient to prove guilt of the accused i.....
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Havells wins trade mark battle against upcoming IPO(30.04.2016)
Havells Pvt. Ltd. trade mark infringement suit against a similarly titled company survived dismissal for lacking a fresh cause of action. The suit was.....
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SC Rejects Plea Challenging Post-Poll Alliance of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress in Maharashtra(02.12.2019)
Supreme Court has rejected a plea by a ‘Shiv Sena voter’ to stop the Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Congress to form a Government saying constit.....
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SC: Registry to Consider SCAORA's Suggestion of Open Houses for Addressing Case Filing Issues(21.02.2025)
Supreme Court has directed the Registry to take actions on the suggestion provided by Supreme Court Advocates'-On-Record Association's (SCAORA) to hol.....
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SC: Cricket Bodies Need to Fall in Line(03.05.2016)
SC has made it clear that all state cricket associations have to "fall in line" with recommendations of Justice R M Lodha led-panel on structural refo.....
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CIVIL - Disciplinary Action Against CBSE School Teacher can't be Challenged in Writ Petition: Kerala HC(28.02.2019)
Supreme Court has stayed its February 13 order in relation to eviction of persons who have not been successful in establishing their claims as forest-.....
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SC: Court Can Only Look Into Prima Facie Case & Decide if Prosecution Case is Groundless(06.09.2022)
Supreme Court while explaining the scope of exercise of power to discharge an accused under Section 239 of CrPC, has held that only consideration at t.....
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SC: Power to Grant Minority Status is With Centre(18.01.2016)
SC has said , “The power to grant minority status to an institute entirely vests with Central Government, which may decide it based on relevant materi.....
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After Sabarimala Verdict, Muslim Women's Group to Move SC to Seek Entry Into Sunni Mosques(10.10.2018)
Social Activist VP Zuhra, President of Kozhikode-based progressive Muslim women’s forum NISA, has decided to petition the Supreme Court, praying tha.....
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SC: Welfare Schemes Should Cover All Orphan Children and Not Just Children Orphaned by Covid(28.07.2021)
Supreme Court has made an oral observation that the welfare schemes for orphans, such as the one announced under the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistan.....
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Delhi HC Strikes Down Parts Of ICDS Provisions And CBDT Notifications(13.11.2017)
Delhi High Court has struck down certain portions of Parts I, II, III, IV, VI, VII and VII of Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS) and c.....
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‘Shocked’ SC Orders Delhi Govt to Overhaul Leprosy Home on War Footing, Makes Officers Personally Accountable(12.11.2018)
The bench has given one month to the Delhi government for appointing the sanctioned staff for the leprosy home, including doctors, medical officers, n.....
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Madras HC to TASMAC: Consider Implementing Empty Liquor Bottle Buy-Back Scheme Across State(27.06.2022)
Madras High Court, while hearing petition for protection of western ghats area has held that Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited’s (TASMAC).....
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SC Denies to Take PIL to Raise Retirement Age of its Judges(04.04.2016)
SC has refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to Centre to set up an authority to consider increasing retirement age of the apex court judges .....
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Patna HC: Disciplinary Authority Can’t Rely on Documents Furnished in Parallel Criminal Proceedings(22.08.2022)
Patna High Court has held that a disciplinary authority cannot rely on extraneous documents, such as those furnished during parallel criminal proceedi.....
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NCDRC: No VAT on Discounted Items(03.02.2017)
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held that shops selling goods at 40% discount cannot charge VAT or any other duty on disco.....
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Keep Looking, Miracles Happen: SC Urges Meghalaya Govt to Carry On Rescue Efforts For Trapped Miners(11.01.2019)
The apex court is hearing a public interest litigation seeking urgent steps to rescue 15 miners trapped in the illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's East J.....
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Karnataka HC: Re-Opening of Schools Should Not Become a Super-Spreader of Covid-19(24.08.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA) to make random inspections of government and aided schools, whi.....
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Gujarat HC: Can’t Initiate Disciplinary Proceedings against Judicial Officer Merely for Wrong Order(10.07.2025)
Gujarat High Court while reinstating a judicial officer dismissed from service for alleged misconduct, has observed that disciplinary proceedings shou.....
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Supreme Court: Female Descendant Cannot be Mutawalli if Wakif Intended to Eliminate Them(27.09.2019)
Supreme Court has noted that though woman can also hold the office of Mutawalli under Mohammedan law however if the Wakif intended to create the Mutaw.....
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JKL HC: Militancy Fighters Not Eligible for Benefits Under Swantantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme(07.09.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that only those persons who have participated in the National Freedom Struggle are eligible for benef.....
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SC Raps Centre over Delay in Setting Up of SHRC(11.04.2016)
SC has asked Centre why there was delay in setting up State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) in Delhi despite City Government completing the necessary g.....
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Haj Subsidy to be discontinue from Financial Year 2018-19(14.03.2018)
The Central Government has decided to discontinue the Haj subsidy from the year 2018-2019. The amount of Haj subsidy provided by the Government of Ind.....
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Delhi High Court Says Relief Scheme for Rape Survivors Being Misused(04.12.2019)
Delhi High Court has red flagged the misuse of the Delhi Victim Compensation Scheme and issued directions to prevent grossly irresponsible use of publ.....
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SC Grants One Week’s Protection to NewsClick in Relation to Tax Recovery(24.02.2025)
Supreme Court has granted one week’s interim protection to the news portal NewsClick in relation to tax recovery demands and has granted it liberty to.....
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SC Asks Mukul Rohatgi about Feasibility of Holding Floor Test in Uttarakhand(03.05.2016)
SC has asked Attorney General to take instruction and apprise it about feasibility of holding a floor test in Uttarakhand Assembly under its supervisi.....
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SC: Minimum 75% Eligibility Condition for Sports Quota is Discriminatory(11.08.2023)
Supreme Court has held that imposition of minimum 75% eligibility condition doesn’t subserve the object of introducing sports quota, but is, rather de.....
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SC to Centre: Apprise Us By May 6 on Uttarakhand Floor Test(05.05.2016)
SC has accepted plea of Centre that two more days be given to it to respond to its suggestion about the feasibility of holding a floor test in Uttarak.....
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CRIMINAL - Amended SC-ST Act Doesn't Limit Court's Jurisdiction to Grant Anticipatory Bail: Calcutta HC(01.03.2019)
Calcutta High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a journalist who was charged under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocitie.....
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Delhi HC: Complaint Against Chartered Accountant After 7 Years of Misconduct is Time-Barred(08.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that a complaint against Chartered Accountant after seven years of alleged misconduct is liable to be quashed as time-barred.....
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SC Seeks Discoms' Response over Plea Filed Against HC’s Order(18.01.2016)
SC has sought reply from private power distribution companies (Tata Power, Delhi Distribution Ltd., BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd and BSES Yamuna Power Ltd.....
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'Munnabhai MBBS' Trick Lands Hospital in Soup as SC Orders Probe(15.12.2017)
The top court has constituted the inquiry committee on a complaint made by the Central government and the Medical Council of India (MCI), which conten.....
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Delhi HC Extends Interim Protection from Arrest to Newsclick Founder Till December 17 in Foreign Fund(06.08.2021)
Delhi High Court has extended the interim protection from arrest granted to Newsclick Founder and Editor In Chief Prabir Purkayastha in connection wit.....
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SC to Pass Orders on Recording Appearances of Advocates in Cases(24.01.2025)
Supreme Court while hearing a Miscellaneous Application jointly filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and Supreme Court Advocates-on-Recor.....
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SC: Uttarakhand Floor Test on May 10, But 9 Rebel MLAs Can't Vote(06.05.2016)
SC has fixed May 10 as date for floor test to ascertain if ousted Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat enjoys majority support in the State's assem.....
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SC: Fresh Environmental Clearance Necessary for Expansion Beyond Limits Approved by Prior EC(06.12.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that a fresh environmental clearance is necessary for the expansion of a project beyond the limits approved by the prior envir.....
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Ker. HC: Can’t Withheld Transfer Certificate Merely Because of Arrear in School Fees(16.10.2023)
Kerala High Court while observing that every child has a fundamental right to get an education and imparting education is the primary duty of the Stat.....
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Delhi HC to Sanskriti School: You Can’t Keep Admission Process Pending Indefinitely(19.01.2016)
Delhi High Court has told Sanskriti School that it cannot keep its admission process pending indefinitely on ground that its plea against quashing of .....
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Aarushi Murder Case: Hemraj's Wife Moves SC Challenging Talwars' Acquittal(15.12.2017)
Hemraj's wife filed the plea in the apex court against the Allahabad High Court verdict of October 12 this year acquitting the parents of Aarushi.
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SC: Medium of Instruction Immaterial to Discover Whether School is Linguistic Minority Institution(26.09.2019)
Supreme Court has noted that the medium of instruction whether it be Hindi, English, Bengali or some other language would be wholly irrelevant to disc.....
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Guj. HC: Forcing Children Aged Below 3 Yrs to Attend Pre-School is an Illegal Act on Part of Parents(05.09.2023)
Gujarat High Court has held that forcing children to go to a pre-school below the age of 3 years is an 'illegal act' on the part of the parents.
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Madras HC Directs State to Create Posts in Forensic Labs in Chennai, Madurai(29.11.2016)
Madras High Court has directed Government to sanction within six months two posts of Assistant Director, four Scientific Officers, four Junior Scienti.....
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PWD Scam Case: Tripura High Court rejects Bail Plea of CPI(M) Leader(01.11.2019)
Tripura High Court has rejected the bail application of former Minister and CPI(M) leader Badal Choudhury, indicted in the alleged Rs. 640 crore Publi.....
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Karnataka HC Issues Notice to Former HC Judge in Plea to Probe Bribe Scandal for Governor's Post(05.10.2021)
Karnataka High Court has issued notice to a former judge of the court in a petition seeking directions to the police to initiate action against her fo.....
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SC Disposes Petition on Delhi’s Water Crisis(25.02.2016)
Supreme Court has disposed off a petition filed by Government of NCT Delhi with regard to the maintenance of regular water supply from Munak Canal in .....
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SC:Sec 14 of Limitation Act Applicable if Sec 34 Petition under Arbitration Act Filed was Within Time(04.10.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled Section 14 of Limitation Act, 1963 would be applicable to the proceedings under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act.....
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SC: Can’t Uphold Disciplinary Action When Employee Acquitted in Criminal Case Over Same Evidence(25.04.2025)
SC has held that when charges, evidence, witnesses, and circumstances in both departmental inquiry and the criminal proceedings are identical or simil.....
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SC Dismisses Petition Seeking Inquiry into Salman’s Case(15.02.2016)
SC has dismissed petition seeking inquiry as to whether Salman Khan used money to secure acquittal.
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Give Due Seriousness to PIL for Barring Convicts from Running Parties: SC to Centre, EC(08.01.2018)
The top court had earlier agreed to examine the constitutional validity of Section 29A of the 1951 Representation of the People Act (RPA) which deals .....
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Can't Give Job Back to Woman Judge Who Accused HC Judge of Sexual Harassment, SC Told(11.01.2019)
The affidavit by the High Court said the woman cannot be permitted to withdraw the resignation or to seek reinstatement since resignation once tendere.....
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Madras High Court Quashes Case Against Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji in Job Recruitment Scam(26.08.2021)
Madras High Court has quashed a 2018 cheating case against incumbent State Electricity Minister and DMK MLA Senthil Balaji filed in relation to allega.....
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SERVICE - Amended SC-ST Act Doesn't Limit Court's Jurisdiction to Grant Anticipatory Bail: Calcutta HC(01.03.2019)
Calcutta High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a journalist who was charged under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocitie.....
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SC Rejects Plea Seeking Abolition of Varnashrama Principles & Laws of Manu(07.09.2022)
Supreme Court while dismissing a writ petition seeking abolition of practice of Varnashrama principles of Laws of Manu, held that the petition is thor.....
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SC Adjourns Babri Demolition Case Hearing for Four Weeks(18.01.2016)
SC has adjourned Babri Demolition case for four weeks after several parties sought adjournment for filing documents in connection with criminal conspi.....
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Supreme Court Stays NCLT Order, Puts Govt Takeover of Unitech on Hold(13.12.2017)
The government conceded it should not have approached the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). On Tuesday, the SC had said NCLT should have taken its.....
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Discussion Paper on Guidelines for Payment Gateways and Payment Aggregators(17.09.2019)
Reserve Bank has today placed on its website a discussion paper on 'Guidelines for Payment Gateways and Payment Aggregators' for public comments. In t.....
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SC Terms Patiala House Court Violence as "Extraordinary Circumstances"(19.02.2016)
SC has termed as "extraordinary circumstances” , the violence in Patiala House Courts and rejected a lawyer's contention that exceptional importance w.....
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Bar Council Asks Political Parties to Stay Out of SC Rift, Forms 7-Member Delegation for Mediation(13.01.2018)
Stressing that it was internal matter of the apex court, BCI chairman Mannan Kumar Mishra said that they have decided to apprise judges of sentiment o.....
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SC:Court Order Needed Before Providing Police Assistance to Deliver Possession to Decree Holder(22.10.2019)
Supreme Court has castigated executive authorities for using police assistance to deliver possession of a property to a decree-holder though there was.....
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Delhi HC: National Commission for Scheduled Castes Not Equivalent to Civil Court(01.08.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that merely because the Commission has the powers of a Civil Court for the purpose of carrying out investigations or enquiri.....
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SC: Donee not Reqd to Examine Attesting Witness if there is no Particular Denial of Execution of Gift(25.09.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that when the execution of the gift deed was not specifically denied in the suit filed then it was not mandatory for the Donee.....
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Bom HC: SC/ST Act Applicable Even if Victim not Recognized as SC/ST in Place of Offence(04.09.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that a person belonging to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe is entitled to protection under SC/ST Act in any other part o.....
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Setback for Nitish Kumar Govt as SC Transfers Probe Into 17 Shelter Homes to CBI(28.11.2018)
The Supreme Court also directed that no CBI officer probing the shelter home cases shall be transferred without permission from the court.
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AP HC Directs Government Not to Coerce Unwilling Aided Schools to Accept Merger Offer(05.10.2021)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the government not to coerce unwilling aided schools to accept its merger offer and that necessary instructions.....
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Supreme Court Introduces SC/ST Reservation in its Staff Recruitment(02.07.2025)
Supreme Court, for the first time, has introduced reservations for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes in its staff appointment.
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Is Jallikattu a Cultural Right? SC Refers Matter to Constitution Bench(12.12.2017)
Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have amended the central law, the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and allowed Jallikattu and bullock cart racing.....
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SC: Army Officer not Entitled to Disability Pension if he Sustained Injuries During Household Acts(23.09.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that an army official is entitled to disability pension only if the disability is attributable to military or aggravated by mi.....
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Cal. HC: Disciplinary Authority Shouldn’t Make Any Comment not Based on Any Evidence(29.08.2023)
Calcutta High Court while reinstating a CISF Constable and observing that baseless comments by disciplinary authority leave ‘permanent scar’ on employ.....
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Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: SC Says Centre Has 'Primacy' in Release, Not State(02.12.2015)
SC has ruled that “States have no power to unilaterally remit sentences even under a state law if the case had been investigated by a central investig.....
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Citing SC Order, CBI's Acting Director Refuses to Reopen Corruption Case Against I-T Officers(27.11.2018)
In 2016, the CBI had registered a case against nine senior Income Tax officials and three private persons, including Chartered Accountant Sanjay Bhand.....
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Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) Scheme on export of apparel/garments/made-ups(30.09.2021)
1. Your attention is drawn to Notification No. 77/2021-Customs (N.T.) dated 24.09.2021 issued under section 51B of the Customs Act, regarding issue of.....
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Delhi HC: Meta Directed to Remove Obscene Photos of Minor Girl(30.06.2025)
Delhi High Court while hearing an application filed by a 15-year-old minor girl through her mother, has directed Meta which owns social media platform.....
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MP HC: Period Spent on Furlough Not to be Counted Towards Eligible Service for Calculating Pension(16.07.2025)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that the Furlough scheme itself stipulates that the period spent on Furlough shall not be counted towards eligi.....
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SC: Acquittal by Court Doesn’t Lead to Automatic Discharge in Disciplinary Proceedings(06.10.2023)
Supreme Court has held that acquittal in criminal proceedings does not entitle the delinquent employee for any benefit in the latter or automatic disc.....
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Tuticorin's Sterlite Plant to Reopen After SC Refuses to Stay Green Tribunal's Order(08.01.2019)
On May 22 last year, 13 people were killed and several injured after police opened fire at a crowd of demonstrators who had gathered to protest agains.....
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Bombay HC Pulls Up I&B Ministry Over Disclosure of Personal Details of RTI Applicants(30.10.2020)
Bombay High Court has pulled up the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting after being informed that personal details of more than 4000 of Rig.....
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Bom. HC: Dancing Provocatively While Wearing Short Skirts Not Per Se Obscene(13.10.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that female dancers dancing provocatively wearing short skirts can’t be termed to be per se obscene acts, and observed that.....
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Cauvery Water Dispute Verdict LIVE: DMK, AIADMK Spar After SC Ruling; Kamal Haasan Calls for Unity Between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka(16.02.2018)
While Karnataka rejoices after the Supreme Court verdict, which allocated it an additional 14.75 TMC of water, Tamil Nadu's opposition parties are gun.....
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SC: Insurance Company Cannot Raise Delay as Basis for Repudiation First Time Before Consumer Forum(24.12.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that an Insurance Company cannot raise delay as a ground for repudiation for the first time before Consumer Forum if it has.....
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SC: No Absolute Rule that When Investigation is at Nascent Stage, High Court Cannot Quash an Offence(01.04.2025)
SC has observed that there is no absolute rule that when investigation is at a nascent stage, High Court cannot exercise its jurisdiction to quash an .....
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SC: No ‘Senior Advocate’ Designation Till Scrutiny of Process(19.04.2016)
SC has put on hold use of its discretionary power to confer coveted 'senior advocate' designation on lawyers as recognition of their ability, court c.....
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CISF 2019 Recruitment: 429 Vacancies For Post of Head Constable, Direct Link Here(20.02.2019)
The application fee for General and Other Backward Class (OBC) applicants is Rs 100. SC and ST category students don’t need to pay any fee. There is.....
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Karnataka High Court Directs Waiver on Private School Fees for 2020-21(20.09.2021)
Karnataka High Court has modified the Government order dated 29.01.2021, inter alia restraining the educational institutions from collecting fees for .....
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All HC: De-Recognition of Schools Cannot be used Against Students who have Been Granted Admission(09.12.2019)
Allahabad High Court has ruled that the APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University could not delete their names from the college enrollment list merely beca.....
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All. HC: Accused Charged Under Both SC/ST Act and POCSO Entitled to Take Recourse Under POCSO(17.10.2023)
Allahabad High Court has held that where an accused has been charged under the SC/ST Act and the POCSO Act, a Special Court under the POCSO Act, would.....
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SC Dismisses UP Govt’s Plea to Defer Hearing over Lokayukta Appointment(20.01.2016)
SC has dismissed Uttar Pradesh Government’s plea to defer hearing on a plea challenging appointment of Justice (retd) Virendra Singh as Lokayukta, say.....
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No Action Against Those Still Having Old Notes, Says Centre; SC Refers Pleas to Constitution Bench(18.12.2017)
A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud said the Constitution Bench would deal with the individual .....
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SC Seeks Centre's Reply on Restoration of Internet, Landline Services in J&K's Medical Establishments(01.10.2019)
Supreme Court has sought Centre’s reply on a Public Interest Litigation seeking direction from the Government to immediately restore high-speed intern.....
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Delhi HC Directs Removal of 'Captain Blue' Mark in Plea by Manufacturer of ‘Captain Morgan’(18.04.2025)
Delhi High Court, in a plea filed by alcoholic beverages manufacturer Diageo Scotland Limited which produces 'Captain Morgan', has directed the remova.....
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Bombay HC Upholds Suspension of TISS Student for Participating in Anti-National' Activities(13.03.2025)
The Bombay High Court has upheld the suspension of a Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) PhD student, Ramadas KS, who was debarred for 2 years fo.....
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SC Junks Review Pleas of Chautalas(26.02.2016)
SC has denied reviewing petitions of Ex-Haryana Chief Minister OP Chautala and his son Ajay Singh in the JBT scam case.
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SC to Goa Govt: "Not Averse" to Sustainable Development but Forest Cover Should not be Destroyed(16.09.2019)
Supreme Court has told the Goa Government that it is not averse to "sustainable development" but forest cover should not be destroyed at any cost.
Th.....
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SC Directs UOI to Place on Record Final Report on Scientific Allocation of Liquid Medical Oxygen(09.08.2021)
Supreme Court has directed the Union of India to place on record the final report of the National Task Force appointed by it to formulate a methodolog.....
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SC Refuses to Entertain Petition Challenging VIP Darshan in Temples Across India(03.02.2025)
Supreme Court while refusing to entertain a petition challenging VIP Darshan facility across the country, has observed that such practice is completel.....
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Supreme Court Denies BCCI’s Claim to Act as an Association(26.04.2016)
SC has denied Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) claim to act as an association, saying the board cannot be a monopoly which holds full sw.....
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Bombay HC Dismisses Petition of Four Students Admitted Under RTE Act, 2009(30.11.2016)
Bombay High Court has rejected petition by four students, admitted in a Malad school under Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Ac.....
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SC: Discharge Plea Cannot be Discarded Just because HC had Earlier Refused to Quash Proceedings(05.11.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that a trial Court cannot refuse to consider the application for discharge filed by an Accused merely because his earlier a.....
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Chandigarh SCDRC: Misleading Ads About Weight Loss Programmes an Act of Unfair Trade Practice(22.08.2022)
Chandigarh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC) has held that act of giving false assurances by way of misleading advertisements and a.....
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Delhi HC Directs AAP Govt to Form Panel on Manual Scavenging(03.02.2017)
Delhi High Court has asked AAP Government to constitute "authorities" as required under a new law banning manual scavenging, so that proper survey can.....
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Jharkhand High Court Rejects Bail Plea of RJD Chief in Fodder Scam Case(11.01.2019)
Jharkhand High Court has rejected bail plea of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad in a multi-million fodder .....
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Calcutta HC Seeks Response on Plea Challenging Concept of 'Beneficial Nominees'(23.08.2021)
Calcutta High Court has issued notice on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of concept of 'Beneficial Nominees' under Section 39(7) of the.....
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SC: Advocate Acting as Real-Estate Agent for Client Amounts to Professional Misconduct(04.09.2023)
Supreme Court while upholding BCI Penalty to suspend an advocate for 5 years for gross professional misconduct, has held that advocate acting as a Rea.....
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Supreme Court Introduces SC/ST Reservation in its Staff Recruitment(02.07.2025)
Supreme Court, for the first time, has introduced reservations for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes in its staff appointment.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court Says No to School Buses For Rallies(15.03.2017)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has barred practice of deploying school buses for rallies.
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SC: Exemption of Duty Does not Exempt Other Duty or Cess Imposed by Different Legislation(10.12.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that when a particular kind of duty is exempted, other types of duty or cess imposed by different legislation for a different .....
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Cal. HC: Cardinal Pre-Requisites of Responsible Journalism are Accuracy and Objectivity(18.10.2023)
Calcutta High Court while issuing guidelines for various media houses as well as investigative agencies regarding media coverage in recruitment-scam c.....
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Delhi HC: Private Schools on DDA Land Need Prior Government Sanction to Fee Hikes(20.01.2016)
Delhi High Court has ruled that private unaided schools on land allotted by DDA have to take prior government sanction before hiking fees, while sayin.....
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Court Refuses Bail to Chhagan Bhujbal, Nephew Sameer Bhujbal(18.12.2017)
Bail applications of Bhujbals were pending at that time. After the SC ruling, the court here heard the arguments afresh.
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SC: Enforcement date of IBC Wholly Irrelevant to Triggering of any Limitation for Applications(03.10.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that the enforcement date of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 does not and cannot form a trigger point of limitatio.....
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SC: Can’t Continue Disciplinary Proceeding Beyond Time Limit in Absence of Extension(24.04.2025)
Supreme Court has held that when a Tribunal or Court fixes time to conclude disciplinary proceedings continuing such proceedings beyond that time can .....
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Bombay HC: Can Treat Predicate Offences Lodged Under BNS as Scheduled Offences under PMLA(09.07.2025)
Bombay High Court has held that 'predicate offences' under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) can be treated as 'scheduled offences' under the st.....
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Madras HC Rejects Plea for Removing Titles Given to Dalit Habitations(05.12.2016)
Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking directions to Tamil Nadu Government to remove ‘discriminatory’ titles such as ‘cheri, kuppam, colony’ gi.....
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Delhi High Court: Maximum Autonomy Should be Given to Private Unaided Schools(06.11.2019)
Delhi High Court has reiterated the position of law that maximum autonomy should be given in the administration of private unaided institutions as pre.....
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Madras HC: Municipalities Can't Engage Manual Scavengers Through Private Contractors(23.08.2022)
Madras High Court has held that if any municipality was seen to engage in the practice of manual scavenging, even through private contractors, the Com.....
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Delhi HC: Quashing Disciplinary Proceedings On Procedures Does Not Exonerate Employee(06.02.2017)
Delhi High Court has ruled that if disciplinary proceedings against an employee are set aside on account of violation of procedure and not on merits, .....
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Satisfied With Compensation Scheme, SC Closes PIL Against Johnson & Johnson Faulty Hip Implants(11.01.2019)
The bench recorded that the government has accepted the recommendations made by a panel appointed to devise a scheme, and under the scheme, a victim c.....
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AAAR, Kerala: GST Payable on Amount Received as Reimbursement of Discount or Rebate from Castrol(26.08.2021)
Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR), Kerala has ruled that Goods and Service Tax (GST) is payable on Amount received as reimbursement of disc.....
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SC: Teacher in an Aided School for all Practical Purposes is Akin to a Post Under the State Govt.(15.07.2025)
SC has observed that a teacher in an aided school for all practical purposes is akin to a post under the State Govt. and such teachers are also entitl.....
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Court dismisses petition against Devendra Fadnavis for not disclosing imprisonable offences in nomination(19.08.2015)
Determining an application against a petition against Devendra Gangadhar Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, for not having disclosed pending cha.....
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SC to Karnataka: Release 15,000 Cusecs of Cauvery Water Per Day to Tamil Nadu(05.09.2016)
SC has directed Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu for the next 10 days to ameliorate plight of farmers.
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Cabinet apprised of the MoU between India and South Korea for enhancing cooperation in Applied Science and Industrial Technology(26.09.2018)
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and South Kore.....
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Name of person selling SIM card not required on form(11.03.2016)
Customer Acquisition Forms for acquiring a SIM card, completed at the Point of Sale, do not require the name of the person verifying the document. Tags : Telecom operator, subscription form, point of sale
In Big Blow to Five States, SC Refuses to Remove UPSC Role in Appointing Police Chiefs(16.01.2019)
The apex court was hearing applications of various state governments, including Punjab, Kerala, West Bengal, Haryana and Bihar, seeking implementation.....
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Bombay HC Dismisses Plea Challenging Suspension of MPLADS Scheme(14.12.2020)
Bombay High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the Centre's move to suspend and divert 'Members of Parliament Local Area Dev.....
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Supreme Court Upholds Bihar Notification Authorizing Officers Below DySP Rank to Probe SC/ST Offences(19.04.2017)
SC has upheld a notification issued by Bihar Government authorizing all officers of rank of police inspector, sub-inspector of police and assistant su.....
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'Two-minute Promo Can't Give Idea of Movie': SC Refuses to Stay Release of PM Modi Biopic(09.04.2019)
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi maintained that the petition by Aman Panwar did not deserve to be entertained also because the C.....
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Central Government Announces Vehicle Scrapping Policy(18.03.2021)
Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari announced the Vehicle Scrapping Policy. The policy aims to reduce population of old and d.....
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Committee on monetary policy sees glass half empty(28.04.2016)
The minutes of the 40th meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee on monetary policy painted a fiscal picture somewhere between bleak and tepid. Its.....
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File Affidavit With Details of Alleged Contempt by Bengal Cops in Saradha Probe: SC to CBI(28.02.2019)
The Supreme Court asked the CBI Director to provide information in support of the allegations of tampering and destruction of call data records by Kum.....
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Madras HC Refuses to Interfere with Decision Not to Allow Student to Write Screening Test(26.10.2021)
Madras High Court has refused to interfere with a decision taken by the National Medical Commission (NMC) not to allow a student who had pursued medic.....
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Hyderabad HC Put Stay on Building Regularization Scheme(23.12.2015)
Hyderabad HC has ordered Telangana Government and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation not to regularize any illegal constructions under its new Bu.....
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PIL in SC Seeks Anti-harassment Guidelines at Places of Worship, Background Check of Religious Leaders(26.10.2018)
The fresh petition, filed by advocate Maneesh Pathak, said religious places constitute part of work place as many women are employed there, other than.....
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Re-operationalisation of Scrip Transfer Recording Module(11.04.2022)
1. Consequent to receiving certain information from exporters that certain fraudulent scrip transfers have taken place, the Online scrip transfer reco.....
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SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Judicial Intervention in FTII Crisis(07.09.2015)
SC has dismissed plea seeking its intervention to end standoff by students of Pune's Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), over Gajendra Cha.....
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SC Orders RBI, SEBI to Probe into IFCI’s ‘Irregularities’(26.09.2016)
SC has ordered probe by Serious Frauds Investigation Officer, RBI and SEBI into alleged financial irregularities in Industrial Finance Corporation of .....
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SC to Rajeev Saxena: Get Rs. 10 Crore Surety to Travel Abroad(26.06.2019)
Supreme Court has told Rajeev Saxena, the accused who has now turned an approver in the Agusta Westland chopper deal scam, to get two sureties worth R.....
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Low shareholder turnout does not prevent the Court from making orders approving a scheme of arrangement(07.04.2022)
On 1 April 2022, Bardoc Gold Ltd moved for orders approving a scheme of arrangement between Bardoc and its shareholders pursuant to Section 411(4), an.....
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Inclusion of "Capital Small Finance Bank Limited" in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934(16.02.2017)
We advise that the "Capital Small Finance Bank Limited" has been included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 vide Notificat.....
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SC Directs Status Quo on HC Direction to Evict 28 Anglo Indian Families from Lease Land in Prayagraj(27.11.2019)
Supreme Court has in a temporary relief to 28 Anglo Indian families who were facing the threat of eviction following an order of the Allahabad High Co.....
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If the preconditions in Section 45(1)(a) and (b) of Sentencing Act are satisfied, the Court has a discretion, not a duty, to make a spent conviction order(17.08.2023)
The Appellant was convicted in on a charge that, being an occupier of premises, she knowingly permitted those premises to be used for the purpose of t.....
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Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 - Acceptance of Cash Over the Counter(08.09.2016)
Vide Circular DBOD.No.Leg.BC.38/09.07.005/2008-09 dated August 28, 2008, banks have been advised to ensure that their branches invariably accept cash .....
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Go And Face Trial: SC Dismisses Dayanidhi Maran's Appeal in Illegal Telephone Exchange Case in 2 Mins(30.07.2018)
Dayanidhi Maran is accused of installing a private telephone exchange with 764 telephone lines at his residence to facilitate illegal uplink of SUN TV.....
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Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: SC Dismisses Pleas Opposing Tamil Nadu's Move to Release Convicts(09.05.2019)
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, "All aspects were covered in the earlier constitution bench verdict in the case and therefore .....
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Skill Development Scam Case: Split Verdict by SC On Quashing FIR Against Chandrababu Naidu(16.01.2024)
Supreme Court has given split verdict on a plea by Chandrababu Naidu for quashing of first information report against him in skill development scam ca.....
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SC: Farmer Can’t be Evicted from Leased Land after Expiry Period(11.07.2016)
SC has held that a farmer, who is in possession of leased land even after expiry of lease period, cannot be evicted if owner either acknowledges tenan.....
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CRIMINAL - SC Asks CBI to Respond in 2 Weeks on Lalu Yadav's Bail Plea(15.03.2019)
Supreme Court has sought CBI's response on Lalu Yadav's bail plea in connection with multi-crore fodder scam within two weeks
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SC Rejects Manish Sisodia’s Bail Plea in Delhi Excise Policy Scam Case(30.10.2023)
Supreme Court has denied bail to former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who is in custody since February in Delhi Excise Policy Scam case. .....
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SC Orders Enquiry into Youth’s Death in J&K(10.08.2016)
SC has directed Jammu and Kashmir Government to investigate death of a 26-year-old man allegedly at the hands of the police in the tensed Valley State.....
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Congress Leader Sanjay Nirupam Moves SC For Relief in Defamation Case Filed by Smriti Irani(21.04.2019)
Nirupam approached the court challenging an order by the Delhi High Court that had refused to quash summons against him last year.
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News18 Daybreak | SC Expected to Pass Order on Mediation in Ayodhya Case Today and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For(06.03.2019)
Get a fresh dose of the news that matters delivered directly to your inbox, every morning. The perfect way to get you started and informed for the day.....
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Gauhati HC Issues Notice in Plea on Non-Implementation of Schemes in Nagaland(22.01.2021)
Gauhati High Court has issued notice to Union Of India, State of Nagaland and others in a plea filed by the petitioner-Society (Global Trust Club) rai.....
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Delhi High Court Terms AAP Govt Proximity Rules ‘Unconstitutional’(20.01.2017)
Delhi High Court has termed “unconstitutional” AAP Government’s guidelines to Minority Unaided Schools to grant admission to minority community studen.....
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Show Proof that West Bengal Govt. Blocked Probe: SC to CBI(05.02.2019)
Supreme Court has told CBI that if CBI will produce evidence of Kolkata police commissioner or any authority in West Bengal destroying evidence or thw.....
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Delhi HC: Unconscious Possession of Firearms Not to Attract Arms Act, 1959(05.01.2021)
Delhi High Court has reiterated that "unconscious possession" of firearms would not attract the rigours of the Arms Act, 1959 while hearing a criminal.....
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Bombay High Court: Penalty of Reduction in Pay Scale Not to Extend Beyond Period of Employment(02.02.2024)
Bombay High Court has observed that the effect of reduction in pay scale of a state government servant, as a form of penalty, does not extend beyond t.....
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Madras HC Dismisses Plea of Woman Claiming Mistake on School Records(05.03.2021)
Madras High Court has dismissed the plea of a woman, claiming that she is a Hindu and that she was mistakenly shown as a Christian in her school certi.....
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Compact Disc is a ‘document’ under Section 294 CrPC(24.11.2015)
The Supreme Court ruled that a Compact Disc (CD) is a document under Section 294 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and courts were not required .....
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Hopes Dashed After SC Quashes Order Awarding 196 Grace Marks to NEET Students Opting for Tamil(23.11.2018)
Private tutors believe preparatory material in Tamil language needs to be honed and expanded further for students in the state to stand a better chanc.....
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Karnataka HC Directs SEC to Announce Schedule of Panchayat Elections(17.11.2020)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State Election Commission (SEC) to finalise the schedule of conducting elections to Grama Panchayats in the stat.....
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Bom HC: Every Prisoner Has to Follow Rules & Can’t Be Allowed to Bring Prohibited Articles in Prison(13.06.2025)
Bombay HC has observed that every prisoner has to follow the rules and regulations and nobody can be allowed to bring the prohibited articles inside t.....
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Supreme Court to Hyderabad High Court: End Asafia School Row in 3 Months(24.05.2018)
Supreme Court has requested the Hyderabad High Court to decide within three months, a dispute involving the correspondent of Asafia Primary High Schoo.....
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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Deepak Kochhar in ICICI-Videocon Scam Case(25.03.2021)
Bombay High Court has granted bail to Deepak Kochhar, husband of ex-ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar, an accused in the multi-crore ICICI Bank-Videocon m.....
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Only Specific Courts Can Deal with Child Marriage, Child Sexual Abuse Cases: Madras HC(19.03.2018)
Madras High Court has reiterated that not all courts can simply grant bail to those accused in child marriage and child sexual abuse cases.
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SC: Consent of Community not Necessary Once Two Adult Individuals Agree to Enter Into Wedlock(12.02.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that consent of the family or the community or the clan is not necessary once two adult individuals agree to enter into a w.....
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SC: No Different Pay-Scales for Compassionate Appointment and Regular Appointments(29.12.2021)
Supreme Court has stated that there cannot be two different pay-scales for the employee appointed on compassionate ground and the employee appointed o.....
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Rajya Sabha Passes Bill to Restore SC/ST Act(10.08.2018)
Rajya Sabha has passed the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2018, which seeks to overturn a Supreme Cou.....
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SC: Minority School Can’t Claim State Grant for Salary of Employee Retained Beyond Retirement Age(23.02.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that provisions for grant or non-grant in aid to educational institutions have to be uniformly applied has held that min.....
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Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Against Mahesh Sharma in Kailash Hospital Land Scam(02.11.2015)
Supreme Court has dismissed a petition against Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma challenging his acquittal from Kailash Hospital land scam case.
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Delhi HC Directs Amity Law School to Award Gold Medal to Law Graduate(18.10.2018)
Delhi High Court has upheld a Single Judge order passed in January this year directing Amity Law School to award Abhinav Pandey a gold medal for gradu.....
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Calcutta HC Directs to Pay Amount to Consumer for Unauthorised Disconnection of Electricity(08.02.2022)
Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (WBSEDCL) to pay an amount to the tune of Rs. 6,07,000 to a co.....
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SC Dismisses Petition Seeking Fulfillment of Promises Made During Telangana 's Creation(30.09.2015)
SC has dismissed petition filed by S Venu Gopala Chary, seeking direction to Centre to make good financial and material assistance that was promised a.....
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Former Scientist Framed in ISRO Spy Case Died Hours Before SC Cleared His Name(19.09.2018)
Former space scientist K Chandrasekhar slipped into coma hours before the Supreme Court delivered its judgement on Friday, dismissing the espionage ca.....
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Delhi HC Directs Twitter to Take Down Tweets of Historian Audrey Truschke(25.02.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed Twitter to take down within 48 hours the tweets of historian Audrey Truschke, in which the allegation of plagiarism was .....
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SC Orders Unitech to Refund Rs 15 Crore to Gurgaon Housing Project Investors(17.08.2016)
SC has ordered real estate giant Unitech to refund Rs 15 crore to investors in delayed housing projects in Gurgaon. However, it agreed to hear the com.....
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News18 Daybreak | SC Hearing on Section 377, Thai Cave Boys Rescued and Other Stories You May Have Missed(12.07.2018)
Get a fresh dose of the news that matters, delivered directly to your inbox, every morning. The perfect way, to get you started and informed, for the .....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice to Directorate of Education Over Inoperational School Building Since 2014(17.03.2022)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Directorate of Education, Delhi government, over non-utilization of a full-fledged school building, purporte.....
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Puri’s Jagannath Temple Committee Terms Allowing ‘Non-Hindus’ Sensitive Issue, Says More Consultation Required(20.08.2018)
On July 5, 2018, SC asked the SJTMC to consider whether it can allow entry of non-Hindus inside the temple. The bench of Justices A.K Goel and S Abdu.....
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Delhi HC: Delhi Govt Can't Implement Doorstep Ration Delivery Scheme Without LG's Approval(20.05.2022)
Delhi High Court while setting aside the Delhi government's scheme for doorstep delivery of ration has observed that the decision of the Council of Mi.....
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SC: CBI Duty-Bound to Probe Seized Hindalco Diary(08.09.2015)
SC has sought fresh status report by CBI stating as to why it had decided not to register cases under Prevention of Corruption Act based on facts of d.....
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SC Seeks Centre's Reply over Custodial Torture(27.09.2016)
SC has sought Central Government reply over a PIL by Ex-Law Minister Ashwani Kumar seeking a direction to Government to enact a stand-alone law to pun.....
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Setback for Congress as SC Gives Nod to Poll Panel to Conduct Simultaneous RS Elections in Gujarat(26.06.2019)
Refusing to entertain the Congress petition, the SC asked the party to file an election petition and said it could not interfere at the moment.
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Madras HC: Removal from Service for Alleged Past Misconduct Unsustainable(11.04.2022)
Madras High Court has ruled that a past misconduct of the employee can’t be a reason for imposing a major penalty such as removal from service under I.....
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Aadhaar Verdict LIVE Updates: SC to Decide Whether Biometric ID is Mandatory, Right to Privacy Main Concern(26.09.2018)
Aadhaar Verdict LIVE Updates: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Biometric ID is Mandatory, Right to Privacy Main Concern
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Yeddy Takes a Cricket Break With Party Colleagues in Bengaluru as JDS-Cong Fate Awaits SC Verdict(16.07.2019)
Dressed in a white safari suit, Yeddyurappa was seen swinging a cricket bat in the hotel lawns where he tried his hand at cricket with his party colle.....
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Calcutta HC Orders House Arrest for Four TMC Leaders in Narada Scam Case(21.05.2021)
Calcutta High Court has ordered that the four TMC leaders— Ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, MLA Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee- be kept.....
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Delhi HC Extends Bail to RSPL Officials, Accused in Coal Scam(23.08.2016)
Delhi HC has extended bail granted to three top Rathi Steel and Power Ltd (RSPL) officials who were sentenced to varying jail terms in a coal block al.....
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Aligarh Lawmaker Writes to AMU V-C, Demands Reservation for SC/ST Candidates(03.07.2018)
On Monday, Aligarh MP Satish Gautam wrote a letter to AMU’s vice chancellor Tariq Mansoor stating that the university should provide reservations to.....
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Employer has a right to withhold the gratuity during the pendency of the disciplinary proceedings(27.05.2020)
In the facts of present case, Respondent ¬employee was in service and posted as Chief General Manager. He was served with the charge-sheet. There was .....
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All HC: UP Government Directed to Consider Framing Insurance Scheme for Lawyers Appearing for State(03.06.2024)
Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to consider framing of insurance scheme for law officers who appear for the State Gover.....
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SC to Centre and BCI: Review Rules to Ensure Lawyers Are Fit to Conduct Full Trial(14.09.2015)
SC has asked Centre and Bar Council of India (BCI) to revisit Advocates Act and pertinent rules to make certain that lawyers who start arguing a case .....
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SC Seeks Karnataka Government’s Report over Cauvery Water Dispute(03.10.2016)
SC has asked the Karnataka Government to appraise it by Tuesday afternoon whether it has released water to Tamil Nadu as directed by it on September 3.....
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Kerala HC Stays Orders to Close Dairy Farms & Remove Meat from School Children's Diet(23.06.2021)
Kerala High Court has stayed the operation of two orders passed by the Lakshadweeep administration under its new administrator Praful Khoda Patel. The.....
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P&H HC: If Jurisdic. AO Issues Notice u/s 148 of IT Act, Object of Faceless Assessment Gets Defeated(23.07.2024)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that after introduction of faceless assessment scheme, a notice under Section 148 of Income Tax Act, 1961 canno.....
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Guidelines on import of gold by Qualified Jewellers as notified by International Financial Services Centers Authority (IFSCA)(25.05.2022)
1. Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) formulate and implement the Foreign Trade Policy and Procedures in terms of Foreign Trade (Development .....
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Delhi HC Approves Insurance Policy to Implement CM Advocates Welfare Scheme(08.10.2020)
Delhi High Court has approved the insurance policy decided by the Delhi Government, with the assistance of the Bar Council of Delhi, to implement the .....
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SC: Public Service Commission Must Maintain High Standard of Probity and Transparency(05.11.2024)
SC while disapproving Kerala Public Service Commission’s (KPSC) inconsistent stances in a case, has stated that a State instrumentality seized of the .....
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Guidelines for Relief Measures by Banks in Areas Affected by Natural Calamities(21.08.2015)
The Reserve Bank of India released guidelines based on a Central government notification reducing the criteria of crop loss from 50 per cent to 33 per.....
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Lawyer at Forefront of Battle Against Section 377 Recalls Journey After SC Decriminalises Gay Sex(07.09.2018)
Even if the Supreme Court were to strike down Section 377, the fight would be far from over as the society will take its own time to come to terms wit.....
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Unnao Rape: SC Puts on Hold Its Order Transferring Accident Case to Delhi(03.08.2019)
The apex court modified its Thursday order to the extent that only the accident case, which was one of the five cases transferred to Delhi, will not b.....
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Kar HC: No Need to Share Opinion Given by CVC to Discipl. Authority with Delinquent Bank Employee(07.06.2024)
Kar. HC has observed that the Court does not subscribe to the views that opinion of Central Vigilance Commission to disciplinary authority should alwa.....
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SC Stays J&K High Court’s Verdict Ending Quota in Promotions(16.12.2015)
SC has issued notices to J&K Government and other respondents in an appeal filed against recent verdict of State High Court wherein it had struck down.....
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Sabarimala LIVE: SC Agrees to Hear Review Petitions on Jan 22, No Stay on Order Allowing Women Entry(13.11.2018)
Sabarimala LIVE Updates: All Eyes on Supreme Court as Hearing on Review Petitions Begins
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PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks To Make Health & Yoga Science Mandatory Upto 8th Standard Curriculum(16.05.2022)
Public interest litigation has been filed in the Court seeking directions on the Centre and the Delhi Government to make "Health and Yoga Science" a m.....
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Pakistan SC Promises High-level Security to Musharraf on His Return(25.09.2018)
General Pervez Musharraf has been living in Dubai since 2016 and is facing a high-profile treason case and has been declared absconder due to his pers.....
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SC Junks Criminal Proceedings against Dhoni for Portraying Himself as God(05.09.2016)
SC has quashed criminal proceedings against cricketer MS Dhoni for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by portraying himself as God on a magazine c.....
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Chennai Woman Kills Self After Husband Uses SC Verdict to Justify Extramarital Affair(02.10.2018)
The woman's husband, who worked as a security guard, started distancing himself from her when she was diagnosed with tuberculosis.
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Allahabad HC Refuses to Order Inquiry into Utilisation of Funds Under MPLAD Scheme(07.09.2020)
Allahabad High Court has ruled that the Court cannot direct to make an inquiry with regard to utilisation of the funds released under the Member of Pa.....
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Ker. HC: Women Face Discrimination at Multiple Level Due to their Inter- Sectionality(17.01.2025)
Kerala High Court has observed that women face discrimination at multiple level due to their inter- sectionality like a Dalit woman, she faces discrim.....
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Delhi High Court: Arbitral Award Set Aside Due to Failure of Arbitrator to Disclose Conflict(10.10.2024)
Delhi High Court while setting aside the arbitral award due to failure on part of arbitrator to disclose conflict, has held that the duty of arbitrato.....
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Ayodhya Case LIVE: SC Adjourns Final Hearing Till March 14, Will Deal With it as 'Pure Land Dispute'(08.02.2018)
The Supreme Court has adjourned the politically-sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case to March 14 since documentation and translat.....
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BPSC Assistant Engineer Prelims Exam Result Released @ Bpsc.bih.nic.in; Check Details Here(31.01.2019)
As per the official release, the cut off for General male candidates is 66 and for general female is 47. The cut off marks for SC category is 47, for .....
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News18 Daybreak | SC Set to Hear Rebel Karnataka MLAs' Plea Today and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For(16.07.2019)
Get a fresh dose of the news that matters delivered directly to your inbox, every morning. The perfect way to get you started and informed for the day.....
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Delhi HC Directs ICMR to Clarify Stand on Requirement of Doctor's Prescription for COVID Testing(23.07.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed the Indian Council of Medical Research to file an affidavit stating its stand on the requirement of a doctor's prescript.....
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SC: Dispute regarding Discharge of Contract is Arbitrable as per Arbitration Agreement(22.07.2024)
SC has observed that once contract has been discharged by performance, no right to seek performance, or to perform any obligation remains under it but.....
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CESTAT: Goods Improperly Imported are Liable for Confiscation U/s 111 and 112 of Customs Act(27.05.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai has held that Sections 111 and 112 of Customs Act are attracted only when goods a.....
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SC Gives Back Possession of Mine to Rajasthan Govt from UltraTech(25.01.2016)
SC has held that Rajasthan Government will take back possession of a mine from Gotan Limestone Khanji Udyog Pvt Ltd (GLKUPL), which was transferred to.....
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Centre Notifies Electoral Bond Scheme To 'Cleanse' Political Funding(05.01.2018)
Centre has notified Electoral Bond Scheme, in a bid to “cleanse the system of political funding in the country”.
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SC Issues Notice on PIL Seeking Rescue of Indian Workers from Gulf Countries(08.10.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre in a plea seeking directions to the Government for bringing back Indian workers from the Gulf Countries.
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Digitalization of Supreme Court and High Court Record(04.08.2022)
Digitization of records forms a very important part of the ICT development of the Judicial set up. Digitization was proposed to be made a part of the .....
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Can’t Ask Pvt School to Allow Dress As Per Faith: Kerala high court(13.12.2018)
Kerala High Court has held that a private school cannot be directed to allow students to alter uniforms as per religious beliefs.
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Operating Guidelines for Portfolio Managers in International Financial Services Centre(09.09.2020)
1. SEBI has issued SEBI (International Financial Services Centres) Guidelines, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as 'IFSC Guidelines') on March 27, 2015 f.....
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Ker. HC: State Must Formulate Victim Compensation Scheme for Victims of Sexual Offences under POCSO(03.08.2023)
Kerala High Court has observed that State must formulate a victim compensation scheme specifically for POCSO victims or to make necessary amendments i.....
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Bill developments in Parliament(02.05.2016)
The Lok Sabha passed the Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016. The Bill encourages education, training and research in the field of biotechnol.....
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SERVICE - SC Asks CBI to Submit Proof of Doctoring of Evidence by WB Police Commissioner(28.02.2019)
Supreme Court has asked CBI director to furnish proof to substantiate agency's allegation that former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, as hea.....
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Madras HC issues Notice on Plea Challenging Constitutional Validity of Faceless Assessment Scheme(28.10.2021)
Madras High Court has issued the notice to the Centre on plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Faceless Assessment Scheme.
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SC Seeks AG's Assistance to Deal with Public Property Damage Cases(15.01.2016)
SC has asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to assist it on approach to be adopted in dealing with cases where public property has been damaged in lar.....
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OPINION | Judicial Decorousness in SC Can't be Negotiable, CJI Must Act Against All(12.12.2017)
On December 5, when the high-profile Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case was taken up by a special bench, headed by the CJI, an unprecedente.....
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‘What Have You Done Since September?’: SC to Centre on Delay in Setting up Lokpal Search Committee(05.01.2019)
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for an NGO which is pursuing the issue of Lokpal, said the government has not even made public the members of the.....
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Del. HC: Subjecting Citizen to Police Scrutiny Without Any Reason is Invasion of Right to Privacy(25.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that subjecting a citizen to police scrutiny including verification of personal documents for no good reason would entail a .....
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AP HC Directs Government Not to Exert Pressure on Aided School Managements(01.10.2021)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the government not to exert pressure on aided school managements to surrender their staff and assets as part of.....
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Calcutta HC Directs Implementation of MGNREGA Scheme after Three Year Hiatus(19.06.2025)
Calcutta High Court has directed implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme prospectively from 01st.....
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SC Directs Maharashtra Govt. to Shift Saibaba Out of Jail(23.02.2016)
SC has questioned Maharashtra Government for putting Delhi University professor and alleged Naxal sympathiser G N Saibaba in solitary confinement in N.....
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Delhi High Court Declines Relief to Schools on Fees(16.01.2018)
Delhi High court has refused to grant relief to private schools who wanted that a stay on their move to hike fees be vacated.
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Cabinet approves proposal for Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation between India and the United States of America(23.10.2019)
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation between India .....
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Allahabad HC: Compensation Under SC/ST Act Should be Paid on Conviction & Not on Filing of FIR(04.08.2022)
Allahabad High Court has held that compensation to the Victims under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 should be disbursed only upon the .....
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Raj HC: Non-Disclosure of Information Wasn’t a Ground for Disqualification Before 2015 Amendment Act(25.10.2024)
Rajasthan High Court has held that prior to 2015 Amendment Act there was no existence of disqualification under Section 12 of Arbitration and Concilia.....
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NCLT Clears IL&FS Education Arm Sale to JV Partner(03.09.2020)
National Company Law Tribunal has approved the sale of Schoolnet India, a subsidiary of IL&FS, to an arm of Lexington Equity Holdings (LEHL).
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SC Hears Petitions on Whether Judges Should be Governed by OPS or NPS(10.01.2025)
SC while hearing petitions on whether judges should be governed by old pension scheme (OPS) or National Pension Scheme (NPS) has observed that normall.....
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SC Recalls Order for Promotion Quota in Banks(11.01.2016)
Supreme Court has recalled its direction to grant quota in promotions to SC/ST employees in higher grade posts in public sector banks, and left it to .....
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SC Gets Four New Judges Within 48 Hours of Collegium Recommendation; Working Strength Rises to 28(02.11.2018)
On Tuesday, the SC collegium, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, had recommended the names of Justices Hemant Gupta, Ajay Rastogi, MR Shah and R Su.....
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SCDRC Directs Ministry to Issue Orders Against Unlawful Charging of Cancellation Fees on Air Tickets(12.09.2019)
State Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum Chandigarh has directed the Ministry of Civil Aviation to consider the issue of unlawful charging of amount b.....
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Patna HC: Not Disclosing Reasons for Confiscating Goods is Violative of Article 14 of COI(27.09.2024)
Patna High Court has observed that an officer confiscating goods without giving strong and compelling reasons for such confiscation shall render the o.....
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Ayodhya Case LIVE: SC Resumes Hearing; Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Aide Presents 'Compromise Formula' to AIMPLB(08.02.2018)
The Supreme Court has resumed hearing in the politically-sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case. The cross petitions up for hearing.....
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Maharashtra City Taxi Scheme: Bombay High Court Gives Maharashtra Govt 2 months to Set Fare Bracket(31.01.2019)
Bombay High Court has given Maharashtra Government 2 months to set fare bracket for taxis & aggregator cabs like Ola & Uber.
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SC Issues Notice on Plea Against Centre’s Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19(21.10.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition raising the issue of the construction of the Centre's Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID.....
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Penalty can be imposed for use of false and incorrect material, Authorities have to prove that person concerned has deceived exchequer for his wrongful gain(04.12.2017)
The Appellant imported Speed Post Parcel at Foreign Post Office. Goods were containing declaration of "Artificial Gift Item". Customs Officers after .....
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Calcutta HC Orders Police Action if Parents Continue Protests Outside School Premises(09.09.2020)
Calcutta High Court has observed that if parents do not desist from agitating before the school premises the Police may take appropriate action agains.....
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Central Government approves Guarantee Scheme for Corporate Debt (GSCD)(26.07.2023)
The Central Government has approved the 'Guarantee Scheme for Corporate Debt' (GSCD) for the purpose of providing guarantee cover against debt raised/.....
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SC Restores SBI Official’s Removal for Bribes; Limits Writ Interference in Disciplinary Cases(25.08.2025)
SC has restored SBI’s order removing an official accused of taking bribes for loan sanctions. It held that writ courts can interfere in disciplinary f.....
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Delhi HC Denies to Order CBI or SIT Inquiry into Scorpene Deal(14.01.2016)
Delhi High Court has denied to order a court-monitored investigation by a Special Investigative Team (SIT) or CBI into allegations of irregularities a.....
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Mere Knowledge of Accused That Victim Is SC/ST Is Sufficient For Prosecution Under SC/ST Act: SC(12.12.2017)
Supreme Court has observed that after amendment of SC/ST Act carried out in 2016, mere knowledge of the accused that the person upon whom the offence .....
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Terror Funding Case: SC Rejects Plea of Hizbul Chief Salauddin's Son(05.01.2019)
The top court said that once the trial court had granted extension of time to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to complete the investigation in.....
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SC Stays HC Direction That Delhi Private Schools Must Fill Up Backlog EWS Seats in Next 5 Yrs(20.07.2022)
Supreme Court has stayed the operation of a Delhi High Court order which had asked Delhi Government to make every endeavor to ensure that private scho.....
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SC Junks Congress' Plea Seeking Permission for Floor Test in Arunachal Assembly(22.02.2016)
SC has rejected plea of Congress leaders seeking an interim direction that it be allowed to go in for a floor test in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly t.....
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Full Court Meeting Likely in Supreme Court Today, Here’s What It Means(15.01.2018)
Multiple legal experts, including formed SC judges, have told News18 that a Full Court would be an ‘ideal setting’ to seek wider consensus on admi.....
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SC: Structures Cannot be Re-Erected Merely Because of Procedural Violation while Demolishing them(25.10.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that illegal structures cannot be permitted to be re-erected merely because there was procedural violation while demolishin.....
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Delhi HC: Disciplinary Authority of Organization Can Issue Chargesheet Against Employee's Misconduct(03.08.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that once the employee is sent back to his parent department, it is the competent disciplinary authority of the parent organ.....
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