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Harish Salve To Appear For Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan In SNC-Lavalin Case
LiveLaw News NetworkSenior advocate Harish Salve will appear before the Kerala High Court for Kerala Chief Minister and CPM leader Pinarayi Vijayan in the SNC-Lavalin case. Kerala High Court judge...
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Calcutta HC Judge C S Karnan Demands Rs 14 Crore Compensation From SC Judges
Prabhati Nayak MishraCalcutta High Court judge C S Karnan, facing contempt proceeding for his corruption allegations against the judges of Madras High Court and Supreme Court, on Thursday demanded Rs...
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Kerala State Legal Services Authority Undertakes To Support Prisoners’...
Vidushi SahaniIn a bid to support families of convicts serving prison sentence, the Kerala State Legal Services Authority has launched the Legal Aid for Socio-Economically Challenged Dependants of...
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Vidhi Centre For Legal Policy Releases Manual On Plain Language Drafting...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy has drafted a “Manual on Plain Language Drafting”, in order to push for a reform in drafting practices, and, thereby, make laws simpler and accessible...
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Did The Police Serve Warrant To Justice Karnan?
Apoorva MandhaniThe media is abuzz with the news of a fleet of 100 Policemen, along with the West Bengal Director General of Police Surajit Kar Purakayastha, visiting Justice Karnan’s residence to...
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Delhi HC Seeks Centre’s Response On PIL Against 2013 Amendment To Rape Law...
Prabhati Nayak MishraThe Delhi High Court has sought the Centre’s response on a PIL challenging the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013, in which a penal provision - minimum of seven years of jail term -...
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I Rejected Bailable Warrant After Assigning Valid Reasons: Justice Karnan To...
Apoorva MandhaniIn a letter addressed to Chief Justice of India Justice JS Khehar and six other judges, Justice Karnan has stated that he rejected the bailable warrant issued by the Supreme Court after...
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Gujarat HC Quashes 5-Yr Experience Requirement For Those Working In Court,...
Ashok KMThe Gujarat High Court has quashed rules mandating 5 years of experience for those working in court and allied departments to become eligible to seek entry into the judicial service. The...
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CIC’s Annual Report Reveals Significant Trends [Read Report]
LiveLaw Research TeamThe Central Information Commission has published the Annual Report for 2015-16 regarding the implementation of The Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act). The Annual Report (AR)...
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Judging: A Spiritual Journey: Justice Kannan At NALSAR [VIDEO]
LiveLaw News NetworkOn the 13th of March, 2017, NALSAR University of Law hosted Justice K. Kannan - Former Judge of High Court of Punjab & Haryana, Chandigarh and High Court of Madras and the...
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Kerala District Judges Selection Row Reaches Governor’s Doors
LiveLaw News NetworkThe row over the procedure followed in the selection of Kerala District and Sessions Judges took a new twist with two applicants who claimed they were victims of the process and...
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‘Ours Is A Strange Country, The bigger The Criminals, Bigger Their Outreach’:...
Prabhati Nayak MishraConcerned about the victims in bomb blast, acid attack and in rape cases, the Chief Justice of India Justice J S Khehar on Saturday appealed to the legal services authorities and...
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How Supreme Court Missed An Opportunity to Lay Down Law On Constitutional...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe French sociologist, Alexis de Tocqueville, who visited America in the 1830s had remarked: “Scarcely any political question arises in the United States that is not resolved,...
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Legal Eagles Discuss Govt-Judiciary Tiff; Judges Appointment
LiveLaw News Network“We need more judges. It is not merely an issue of numbers but also of quality of judges. And a larger issue is the millions of people who still do not have access to courts”:...
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Reduce Litigation By Governments: Law Minister To Centre, States
LiveLaw News Network· “File cases only after careful and considered view” · “Identify frivolous and vexatious matters and separate them with merit and take quick steps to either withdraw or dispose...
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Breaking: MoP On Judges Appointments Cleared And Sent To Centre: CJI
Chief Justice J S Khehar-led bench of the Supreme Court today said the apex court collegium has cleared the Memorandum of Procedure for appointment of judges to higher judiciary. Outside the court...
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Uphaar: SC Rejects Gopal Ansal’s Last Minute Mercy Plea; To Surrender Today
LiveLaw News NetworkIn a huge setback to business tycoon Gopal Ansal whose deadline to surrender expires today , the Supreme Court today rejected his mercy plea in 1997 Uphaar theatre fire case and...
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Agree To Lifetime Ban On Convicted Lawmakers: EC To SC
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Election Commission on Monday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court supporting a PIL for setting up special courts to decide criminal cases related to people’s...
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Law Commission Submits 265th Report- ‘Prospects Of Exempting Income Arising...
LiveLaw News Network Income earned by way of interest on the amount of maintenance deposited in favour of the child does not require to be exempted from being clubbed with the income of the parent/...
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A First In India: Uttarakhand HC Declares Ganga, Yamuna Rivers As Living...
LiveLaw News NetworkA division bench of Uttarakhand High Court has declared that rivers Ganga and Yamuna, all their tributaries, streams, every natural water flowing with flow continuously or...
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