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Withdrew State Circular directing Police to conduct inquiry before filing FIR...
Apoorva Mandhani The Gujarat Government on Wednesday informed the High Court that it had withdrawn the notification which had asked the Police not to file FIRs against Government officials without...
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Delhi HC gives eight weeks to authorities to consider the complaint against...
LiveLaw Research Team The Delhi high court bench comprising the Chief Justice G.Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw gave the Union of India and other respondents eight weeks to consider the legal...
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Exercise of Statutory functions cannot be interdicted under realm of Model...
S.Nikhil Sankar “The model code of conduct does not fetter or keep in limbo the exercise of statutory functions that are manifestly quasi judicial in character.” The Kerala High Court, speaking through...
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SC’s Social Justice Bench scrapped
Apoorva Mandhani Chief Justice T.S. Thakur has scrapped the social justice bench, which was set up by his predecessor Justice H.L. Dattu in December, 2014. On enquiry about non-listing of matters, the...
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Madras High Court “smells a rat” in the Magistrate’s actions, recommends...
Apoorva MandhaniMadurai Bench of Madras High court on Thursday reportedly recommended that contempt proceedings or disciplinary action be initiated against the Judicial Magistrate of Melur K.V....
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Politicos must maintain properly audited accounts of ‘voluntary...
Ashok KM A political party which seeks to avail of the exemption cannot be heard to say that it is not possible for it to maintain its accounts on a consolidated basis. As long as a political party...
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Eating Beef is not an Offence as there is no Law touching eating habits of...
LiveLaw News Network High Court has dismissed a PIL for removing shops run by Muslims and others around Palani Temple Madras High Court in K.Gopinath vs The Commissioner Hindu Religious and Charitable...
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All India Muslim Personal Law Board intervenes in Triple Talaq case before...
LiveLaw Research Team On 28 March, the Supreme Court bench comprising the Chief Justice of India, Justice TS Thakur and Justice UU Lalit, will hear as item 8 the case of suo motu writ petition, In Re;...
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Indian Penal Code (Punjab amendment) Bill, 2016 invites ire of editorial...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe Indian Penal Code (Punjab amendment) Bill, 2016 enacted by the Punjab assembly on 22 March inserts a new provision, Section 295AA to provide for life imprisonment for the...
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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok KMFiling Petition in SC during pendency of proceedings before HC is an abuse of process of law In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court of India reprimanded a petitioner for filing a Writ Petition...
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Gujarat HC moots production of undertrial in Courts through video...
Ashok KM Gujarat High Court has directed the State to consider production of undertrial in concerned courts through video conferencing. Justice Sonia Gokani made this observation in a bail application...
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Writ petition not ordinarily maintainable against order of DRT under S. 17 of...
Ashok KM Karnataka High Court in M/S Deepak Apparels Pvt Ltd vs City Union Bank Ltd has held that writ petition is not ordinarily maintainable against the order of the Debt Recovery Tribunal, passed in...
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Muslim women discriminated by personal law? SC asks Centre to submit high...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today initiated steps for detailed hearing of batch of petitions, one of them taken suo motu by it on the contentious issue and recurring complaints of gender...
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Decide stand on porn ban, making public viewing of it an offence in 2 weeks:...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today gave the centre two weeks time to inform its official stand on blocking of all pornographic sites, immediate blocking of child pornographic sites as per its...
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SC Collegium sticks to Justice Rajiv Shakdher’s transfer to Madras HC in...
Ashok.KM Supreme Court Collegium, reportedly, has stood by its decision in the matter of transfer of Delhi High Court Judge Justice Rajiv Shakdher to Madras High Court. Economic Times reports that the...
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Uttarakhand HC orders floor test for Harish Rawat Government on March 31st...
Akhila.SThe High Court of Uttarakhand Today ordered a floor test for the Harish Rawat government, allowing the participation of rebel MLA’s as well. The floor test will be held on 31st of March, at 11...
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SC releases fresh panel lists of Amicus Curiae [Read the List]
Apoorva Mandhani Supreme Court of India has released fresh Panel lists of Amicus Curiae for a period of two years, with effect from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2018. The fresh Panels comprise of 8...
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States recommend 100 names for HC vacancies as Law Ministry deliberates...
Apoorva MandhaniThe Collegiums of about 10 States have reportedly recommended more than 100 candidates to the Law Ministry, for appointment to their respective High Court benches. These candidates add...
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Can any Person keep an Elephant in Custody? What are the Rules? SC to hear...
Apoorva Mandhani The Apex Court of India on Tuesday issued notices to the parties on a petition filed by Bangalore-based Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre and other animal welfare organizations...
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Even an amendment made to overcome a SC Verdict, would be conferred...
S.Nikhil Sankar The Bench upheld the Constitutional validity of the Land Acquisition (Goa Amendment) Act, 2009 (Goa Act 7 of 2009) which was promulgated by the Governor of Goa on 11.04.2009 and...
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