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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok KMArbitrary Appointments of Govt. Law Officers are subjected to Judicial Review A two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, issued Guidelines relating to the Appointment of Government...
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Keeping a Criminal Case pending for indefinite period amounts to violation of...
Ashok.KM Delhi High Court in Joginder Singh vs. State has observed that keeping a criminal case pending for indefinite period amounts to violation of constitutional rights of the accused recognized...
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SC grants bail to former DU Professor GN Saibaba in Sedition Case
LiveLaw News Network Supreme Court of India has granted Bail to former Delhi University Professor G.N.Saibaba in a Sedition Case. In December 2015, Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court had rejected bail...
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Supreme Court starts hearing in Nirbhaya Case
LiveLaw News NetworkAfter a delay of more than two years, the Supreme Court yesterday finally began hearing the appeal filed by the four adult convicts in the gruesome Nirbhaya gang rape and murder...
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Leases of Mining Companies will not be lapsed automatically; SC issues...
Ashok.KMSupreme Court, in Common Cause vs. Union of India has held that that lapse of mining lease as contemplated under Section 4A(4) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957...
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Madras High Court DB quashes Dress Code for Temple Entry
LiveLaw News Network Courts are not entitled to create a controversy and adjudicate upon the same, said the DB A Division Bench of Madras High Court has set aside the Single Judge’s Order prescribing...
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SC forms panel headed by Ex-HC judge to look into complaints of dog bites in...
LiveLaw News NetworkA three-member panel headed by former Kerala High Court judge justice Siri Jagan will look into complaints of dog bite victims in Kerala and also oversee availability of necessary...
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Supreme Court slams BCCI over fund allocations to State Associations
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today slammed the BCCI for making “one excuse or other” to prolong implementation of the recommendations of the panel headed by justice R M Lodha on bringing...
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SC directs centre to formulate a ‘National Plan’ for disaster management...
Ashok KM Supreme Court has directed the Centre to formulate a concrete National Plan to deal with the post disaster situation that has social and economic impact, especially in respect of the people...
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Supreme Court imposes costs of Rs.25000 on 26 States and 7 UTs for failure to...
LiveLaw Research Team In an unprecedented order, the Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and NV Ramana, on 4 April, imposed costs of Rs.25000 each on all the States and Union...
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Supreme Court goes pro active on child rights [Read Order]
LiveLaw Research Team On the question of promoting and protecting the rights of children, Justice Madan B Lokur of the Supreme Court brooks no delay on the part of the authorities. In two cases, heard...
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Can accused be tried under POCSO if mental age of adult victim was...
LiveLaw News NetworkIn a first of its kind case, the Supreme Court has decided to examine whether a man who rapes or sexually abuses a mentally challenged adult victim can be tried under the stringent...
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It is Official: High Court Judges including Justice Rajiv Shakdher transferred
PIBIn exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 222 of the Constitution of India, the President of India has transferred the following Judges of various High Courts; Justice Suresh...
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Did ex-CBI chief Ranjit Sinha help coal scam accused? Probe report submitted...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe panel headed by ex-CBI Special Director M L Sharma today filed before the Supreme Court a report after probing if former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha had scuttled the coal scam...
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Banks reject Mallya’s Rs 4000 Cr payback proposal ; SC asks him to disclose...
LiveLaw News NetworkIn a huge setback to business tycoon Vijay Mallya, consortium of banks led by State Bank of India today rejected his proposal to pay Rs 4,000 crore by September 15 following which...
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Of the 2,296 Constitution Bench Jts, only about 1% have been overruled, which...
PIB"Constitutionalism is the primary edifice on which Indian democracy stands", says President The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee received today (April 7, 2016) the first copy of a book...
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SC dismisses PIL that alleged corruption in grant of 4G licenses
Live Law News NetworkThe Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation alleging irregularities in grant of 4G licenses to Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd...
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New Judges appointed in Madras and Rajasthan High Courts
PIBThe President of India has appointed the following Judges in the Madras High Court; (i) V. Bharathidasan (ii) D. Krishnakumar (iii) S. S. Sundar (iv) M. V. Muralidaran (v) Ponnusamy Kalaiyarasan...
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Supreme Court Judges plan three-day retreat in Madhya Pradesh
Apoorva Mandhani Supreme Court Judges have reportedly decided to take a three-day retreat in Madhya Pradesh and “reflect on issues that directly or indirectly come during the delivery of justice”. The...
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SC slams BCCI for resisting reforms suggested by Lodha panel
LiveLaw News NetworkThe BCCI today again came under fire from Supreme Court for maintaining that any judicial interference in its functioning would compromise its autonomy with the Supreme Court...
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