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CJI Thakur breaks down at CMs and CJs Conference; PM proposes a Closed Door...
Ashok KM “Judges’ strength has been put in cold storage for past three decades. You cannot blame the judiciary alone for the high number of pending cases. In some petitions, we have to dispose...
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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok KMPre Deposits refundable The Supreme Court in Axis bank vs. SBS Organics PrivateLimited held that the partial deposit before the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT) as a pre-condition for...
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SC collegium to decide on revised MoP next week: CJI
LiveLaw News NetworkChief Justice T S Thakur today said the Supreme Court collegium will respond next week to government on the revised memorandum of procedure for appointment of judges to the apex...
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Unsuccessful divorce proceedings cannot adversely affect the maintainability...
Ashok KM The Supreme Court in Prakash Nagardas Dubal Shaha vs. Sou Meena Prakash Dubal Shahhas has held that unsuccessful divorce proceedings cannot adversely affect the maintainability of application...
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SC seeks AG’s view on Jairam Ramesh’s plea against treating Aadhar bill as...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today sought the view of Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on a petition filed by Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh challenging the decision to treat Aadhaar bill...
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Exclusive; Commercial courts cannot work the way you propose: CJI to PM
LiveLaw News Network “Today a corporate litigant is required to stand, jostle, rub shoulders with may be a pickpocket or some thief or petty offender. Commercial court concept was that we provide a...
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These women better dance for livelihood than do something unacceptable; SC
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today pulled up the Maharashtra government for not granting licenses to dance bars citing non-compliance of certain weird conditions and observed that it is better...
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#Sabarimala; How is menstruation linked to purity ? SC asks Devaswom Board
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court bench hearing the contentious Sabarimala entry case today asked several pointed questions to the temple management –Devaswom Board-- when it said that the ban on...
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Exclusive; This is not a Case where the draconian Provisions of Article 356...
The Uttarakhand High Court has released the much awaited Judgment in the Petitions Challenging the President’s Rule in the State Today. The Bench comprising of Chief Justice KM Joseph and Justice...
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Eminent Academic Ashis Nandy apologised for his edit page article 8 years...
LiveLaw Research Team Curtains were brought down finally on the controversial edit page article written by noted intellectual, Ashis Nandy, on the communalism in Gujarat, in The Times of India in 2008,...
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AG asks SC to dismiss National Courts of Appeal PIL but CJI proposes debate
LiveLaw News NetworkRepeatedly asking the Supreme Court to dismiss the PIL for setting up National Courts of Appeal, the Modi government today said it will only “add to lawyers pockets” and will not in...
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Right of women to have the choice of dress based on religious injunctions is...
LiveLaw News NetworkHigh Court of Kerala has Today granted permission for Muslim Girls to wear Hijab for the All India Pre-Medical Test-[AIPMT] 2016 on the condition that they should be present at the...
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SC to Mallya: No immunity. Disclose assets abroad
LiveLaw News Network“Mallya is a fugitive from justice in India. He is playing hide and seek and cooking cock and bull story. He is deliberately concealing something from the court as he had no...
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No TDS is deductible on tips received by Hotel employees, says Supreme Court...
Ashok KM The Supreme Court in ITC LIMITED GURGAON vs. COMMISSIONER OF I.T. (TDS) DELHI, has categorically held that ‘tips’ received by Hotel employees does not amount to ‘salary’ from their employer...
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Drinking water Top Priority; Bombay HC asks state to cut water supply to...
Ashok KM The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court, taking into account the acute drought faced in the state has directed the State Government to authorise a 50 percent water cut for liquor industries,...
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Bhushan seeks Appointment of Commissioners to monitor the drought relief, to...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe hearing in the case of Swaraj Abhiyan v Union of India concluded today in the Supreme Court with the bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and NV Ramana reserving its...
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Protection of ‘sanction’ to Govt. servants cannot be camouflaged to commit...
Ashok KMIn a significant judgment, the Supreme Court in Devinder Singh & Ors vs. State of Punjab through CBI, has summarized the principles governing requirement of sanction to prosecute Government...
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CJAR condemns Government apathy towards judicial reforms [Read Statement]
LiveLaw News NetworkCampaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms [CJAR] has issued a statement condemning Government apathy towards judicial reforms. The Full Text of Statement issued by its...
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CJI prima-facie finds no fault in resolutions against Justice Katju; Will...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Chief Justice T S Thakur headed bench of the Supreme Court today told former Supreme Court Judge Markandeya Katju that it was prima-facie of the view that the resolution passed...
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Breaking; CBSE to hold #NEET for Medical Admission this Year; Exam Schedule...
LiveLaw News Network A writ Petition is filed by Sankalp Charitable Trust before the Supreme Court for a direction to hold National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) in terms of Regulation of...
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