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SC Directs Listing Of Death-Row Convicts’ Challenge To In Limine Dismissal Of...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe Supreme Court’s Vacation Bench of Justices D.Y.Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, today directed the listing of writ petitions filed by two death-row convicts, Babu @ Ketan...
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Himachal Pradesh HC Suspends NGT Order On State Pollution Control Board...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe High Court of Himachal Pradesh has suspended the operation of the June 8 order of the National Green Tribunal, wherein NGT had ceased the functioning of Chairmen of 10 State...
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Centre Exaggerating Aadhaar Enrolment Figures, Benefits: Petitioner Tells SC...
LiveLaw News Network Menon contended that Aadhaar was an “insecure, unreliable, unnecessary and inappropriate technology project which is being foisted with coercion on the most vulnerable section of...
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Roorkee Acid Attack: Uttarakhand HC Awards 10 Years Imprisonment To Convict &...
Apoorva MandhaniThe High Court of Uttarakhand on Thursday refused to taka a lenient view on the sentence being awarded to a man convicted for throwing acid on a 20-year-old postgraduate student,...
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SC Constitutes Medical Board To Examine Woman Pleading Abortion Of 25-Week...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court on Friday constituted a Medical Board to examine a 33-year old pregnant lady from Kolkata, Ms. Sarmishtha Chakraborty, who has approached the Court with a plea to...
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No One Who Does Not Understand The Nicety Of Legal Issues Can Be Permitted To...
LiveLaw NetworkOn May 1, the Supreme Court’s three-Judge bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, J.S.Khehar, had imposed exemplary cost of Rs.25 lakh on the NGO, Suraz India Trust, for filing...
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Will re-evaluate answer sheets under verification scheme: CBSE to Delhi HC...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday told the Delhi High Court that it will re-evaluate the answer sheets of students who have grievances with the evaluation, under...
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Bombay HC Asks State To Create Awareness About Maintenance And Welfare Of...
Nitish Kashyap Asking the Government of Maharashtra to create awareness about the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, Bombay High Court has directed two sons to pay a...
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Highway liquor ban: Punjab Assembly Amends Definition Of ‘Sale’ And ‘Supply’...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Punjab Assembly on Friday passed the Punjab Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2017, to allow the sale of liquor at hotels, clubs and restaurants, located within 500 metres of state and...
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Writ Petition Maintainable Against Private Un-aided School Since It...
Manu Sebastian The High Court of Kerala has held that the conditions of service of teachers in private un-aided schools can be enforced by exercising writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the...
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PIL In Bombay HC Seeking Deferment Of GST Roll-out [Read Petition]
Nitish KashyapA PIL has been filed before the Bombay High Court seeking deferment of the implementation of Goods and Services Tax Act (GST) till the next financial year of 2018-19. This PIL has been...
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Palbinder Kaur Shergill Becomes First Turbaned Sikh Canada Supreme Court Judge
Apoorva MandhaniIndian-origin Sikh human rights advocate Palbinder Kaur Shergill has been appointed as a Judge at the Supreme Court of British Columbia in New Westminster. Ms. Shergill is the first...
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Retd. Justice Karnan Appeals To West Bengal Governor For Release On Parole...
Apoorva MandhaniRetired Justice C.S. Karnan, who is lodged in Presidency jail since June 21, has approached the West Bengal for release on parole. The Appeal was sent via email to the office of...
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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok K.MRegulatory Commissions, Not Courts To Determine Electricity Tariff The Supreme Court, in Waryam Steel Castings Pvt Ltd vs Punjab State Power Corporation, reiterated its stand that it would not...
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Contempt Against CBFC: Kerala HC Deprecates CBFC’s Refusal To Review ‘Ka...
The movie ‘Ka Bodyscapes’ has been in the eye of storm for some time. The movie is reportedly dealing with the theme of homosexuality, and has courted several controversies due to its alleged portrayal...
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US Supreme Court Partially Allows President Donald Trump’s Executive Order On...
Nitish Kashyap The United States Supreme court (SCOTUS) in Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project has partially allowed President Trump’s Travel Ban order that imposes a ban on entry of...
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Senior Advocate KK Venugopal Next Attorney General Of India?
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Times of India has reported that Senior Advocate and Constitutional Expert KK Venugopal is likely be the new Attorney General Of India. “The 86-year-old looks set to return as a...
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‘Athidhi Devobhava’: Permission From Excise Dept. Not Required To Serve...
Manu SebastianSettling doubts regarding the need to obtain special license from the Excise officials for serving liquor at gatherings hosted at residential houses, the Kerala High Court has ruled that...
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No SC Stay On ‘Aadhaar For Social Benefits’; Centre Extends Deadline Till...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the government notification which mandated furnishing of Aadhaar cards from July 1 to avail benefits of 17 social schemes, including...
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Lawyer’s Elevation as HC Judge Asked to be Put on Hold After Collegium...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Supreme Court collegium has reportedly asked the Government to put on hold the process for appointment of an Uttar Pradesh lawyer as an Allahabad High Court Judge. The communication...
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