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Reservation and Direct Appointments to “Andolankaris” of Uttarakhand...
Apoorva MandhaniJudges of a Division Bench of Uttarakhand High Court have delivered differing opinions on the vires of the two Government orders and Rules which provide direct appointment and...
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Madras HC Allows Transgender’s Plea to Change Gender in School and College...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Madras High Court recently allowed a petition filed by a transgender software engineer, who underwent sex reassignment surgery from female to male, to change the sex as ‘male’ in...
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Govt School Teachers Sending Own Kids To Pvt Schools Shows Their Failure:...
Apoorva MandhaniWith many teachers not reporting promptly to duty, with concentration on their side businesses, even God cannot save Government School students, especially rural students. There is no...
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All India Kisan Sabha Moves SC Against Cattle Sale Ban
LiveLaw News NetworkAfter the All India Jamiatul Quresh Action Committee’s plea on which the apex court issued notice to the Centre, one m ore petition has been filed in the apex court the May 25...
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Breaking: Delhi HC Quashes President’s Order Rejecting Mercy Petition,...
LiveLaw News NetworkA Division Bench of Delhi High Court has commuted the death sentence of Sonu Sardar to Life Imprisonment. He was convicted and sentenced to death for killing five members of a scrap...
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Highway Liquor Ban: Punjab & Haryana HC Issues Notice In a Plea Challenging...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday issued a notice on a Petition challenging the Punjab Excise (Amendment Bill), which allows the sale of liquor at hotels, clubs and...
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Calcutta HC Raps CBI For “Carelessness And Negligence” In Handling Of...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Calcutta recently rapped the Central Bureau of Investigation for not complying with Court orders to relocate Buddhist religious manuscripts and artefacts engraved with gold, which...
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SC Adjourns Hearing Of Plea To Abort Beyond Twenty Weeks Fetus To Monday,...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court Vacation Bench of Justices Abhay Manohar Sapre and Sanjay Kishan Kaul today read the report of the Medical Board constituted to examine the petitioner, Sarmishtha...
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NALSA Launches Web Application For Free Legal Services To Prisoners
Apoorva MandhaniThe National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) on Wednesday launched a Web Application for free Legal Services to prisoners, and the Legal Services Management System developed through...
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Bombay HC Reserves Order In PIL Seeking Deferment Of GST Rollout
Nitish KashyapThe Bombay High Court on Thursday reserved its order after hearing both sides in a PIL seeking deferment of the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax Act (GST) till the next...
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Breaking: Senior Advocate KK Venugopal Appointed As New Attorney General For...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe President of India has cleared the name of Senior Advocate and Constitutional Expert KK Venugopal as the next Attorney General for India, reports News 18. "President Pranab...
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SC Restores Trial Court’s Conviction In 1980 Hooch Tragedy in Haryana [Read...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe Supreme Court’s Vacation Bench of Justices A.K.Sikri and Ashok Bhushan on Thursday, June 29, set aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s acquittal of the two accused in the...
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Hope For Jail Inmates As NALSA Opens Legal Assistance Establishments (LAEs)...
Prabhati Nayak MishraThe LAE is the brainchild of Supreme Court judge Justice Dipak Misra, who is also the Executive Chairman of NALSA. To provide legal aid to jail inmates and their pairokar (family...
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Patna HC Orders Bihar Exam Board to Pay Rs. 50 Lakh Compensation to...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Patna High Court, on Thursday, directed the Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB) to pay Rs 50 lakh as compensation to three medical undergraduate course...
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SC gets 4 New Courts, Changes Court Room Numbers
Apoorva MandhaniAs per a Circular issued on Friday, the Supreme Court will now have four new Courtrooms, when it re-opens on 3 July after the vacations. Besides, a few Court rooms have been...
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Goods and Service Tax (GST) Formally Launched
Apoorva MandhaniThe Goods and Service Tax (GST), India’s most ambitious tax reform since independence, was launched at the Central Hall of Parliament at midnight on June 30. Interestingly, this is only...
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SC Issues Notice On Petition Challenging Award of Bonus Marks For Wrong...
LiveLaw Research Team The Supreme Court’s Vacation Bench of Justices Abhay Manohar Sapre and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, on Friday, June 30, issued notices to respondents on a petition challenging award of...
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No Salaries For Officers If Schools Are Not Given Basic Amenities:...
Apoorva MandhaniA week after restraining the State Government from purchasing luxury items for failing to equip government-run schools with minimum facilities, the Uttarakhand High Court on Friday...
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SC Asks AORs To Register For E-filing On New Website. Column For Aadhaar Too,...
LiveLaw News NetworkSupreme Court Registry has issued a notice on Saturday requesting Advocates-On-Record (AORs) to register themselves on the new Website of Supreme Court of India for accessing the...
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Existing Provisions Insufficient to Combat Menace of Witnesses Turning...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Gujarat High Court on Thursday ordered a retrial in the murder case of RTI Activist Amit Jethva, and also directed transfer of the case to a new Judge to conduct the retrial. The...
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