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CJI refuses to accept Whatsapp message as PIL; agrees to hear content as...
LiveLaw News NetworkIn a first of its kind development, a noted Indian lawyer and motivational speaker Ashok Arora, now settled in USA sent a 10-minute video message through Whatsapp to Chief Justice...
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Exclusive; Chief Justices resolve to address issues of vacancies, pendency of...
Ashok KMThe Chief Justices Conference was held on April 23-24 and the resolutions adopted during the conference has been published today in the Supreme Court web portal. The following are important...
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SC notice to Centre, CBI in AgustaWestland deal [Read Petition]
LiveLaw News Network The Supreme Court today issued notices to Centre and CBI on a Public Interest Litigation filed by a lawyer for prosecution of political leaders, defence officials named in the...
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SC orders Uttarakhand floor test on May 10; disqualified rebel Cong MLAs...
LiveLaw News Network The Supreme Court today ordered a floor test monitored by it in Uttarakhand assembly to end the constitutional impasse after the Centre agreed to it. A special session of the...
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#NEET: SC says ‘NO’ to separate Entrance Tests by Private Medical Colleges...
Ashok KM In a huge disappointment to Private Medical colleges, deemed universities and associations the Apex Court today, has categorically told them, that they will not be allowed to hold their own...
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Breaking; ‘There is something rotten in the State of Medical Colleges’ SC...
Ashok KM Quality in medical education is equally important, if not more, than quantity, the Bench remarked. The Supreme Court, coming down heavily on Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) for...
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Death Row convicts mostly backward, uneducated and first time offenders,...
Ashok KM 95% of death sentences imposed by the trial courts either commuted or resulted in acquittals at the appeal stages. The Centre on the Death Penalty has published much awaited Death Penalty...
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No National interest in denying copy of enquiry report concerning Sexual...
Ashok KM The Supreme Court has said that it finds very odd that the Union of India is claiming privilege under Section 123 and 124 of the Evidence Act, with respect to an enquiry report concerning the...
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Petition in Delhi HC demands recruitment of married women as Judge Advocate...
Apoorva Mandhani A PIL has been filed in the High Court of Delhi, demanding that eligibility conditions stipulated by the Judge Advocate General Department of the Indian Army, prohibiting entry of...
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SC invoking powers under Article 142, directs Govt. to pay Ten Lakh to widow...
Ashok KM Supreme Court, by invoking powers under Article 142 of the Constitution has asked the Government to pay an exgratia amount of rupees ten lakhs to a widow of Territorial Army personnel. The...
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“I can’t speak on behalf of the entire SC, But left to myself, I would not do...
LiveLaw Research TeamYesterday's event at Teenmurti Bhavan, New Delhi, where the National Law University, New Delhi, released the Death Penalty India Report was a memorable one. The panel discussion,...
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SC directs Gujarat Govt. to compensate Madhya Pradesh workers who died as a...
LiveLaw Research Team In a landmark decision on 4th May, the Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Kurian Joseph and Rohinton Fali Nariman, directed the Gujarat Government to deposit Rs.3 lakhs each...
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It is difficult to get funds from the Govt. even for basic needs of the...
M.A.Rashid The issue of easy access to the justice should be one of the main considerations for establishing new Courts, said the Bench. Bombay High Court recently observed that it is difficult to get...
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More than 70,000 Judges required to clear the pending Cases; Chief Justice...
LiveLaw News Network Access to Justice is a fundamental right and no government can afford to deny its people their fundamental right, he said Chief Justice of India Justice TS Thakur today, while...
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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok KMAdopted son no less than a natural son to inherit his father’s properties Supreme Court, in Pawan Kumar Pathak vs. Mohan Prasad has reiterated that an adopted son is no less than a natural son,...
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[Read Judgment] Uttarakhand High Court upholds Disqualification of Rebel...
LiveLaw News Network Uttarakhand High Court Today, has dismissed the Petitions filed by Nine Congress rebel MLAs challenging the Speaker’s decision to disqualify them on the ground of alleged...
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Uttarakhand: Nine Cong rebel MLAs cannot vote in floor test after SC rejects...
LiveLaw News NetworkIn a major boost to ousted Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, the Supreme Court today dismissed the petition of the nine Congress MLAs challenging their disqualification from...
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#NEET; States can’t conduct their own exams; Candidates who appeared in...
LiveLaw News Network Special provisions for reservation of any category are not subject matter of the NEET nor rights of minority are in any manner affected by NEET, said the Bench. The constitution...
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Government can’t simply sit on Lokpal’s Appointment; SC raps Government
Apoorva MandhaniRapping the Government for delaying the Lokpal’s appointment despite past assurances, the Supreme Court of India on Monday directed the Attorney General of India to inform the Court on...
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Chhattisgarh and Tripura Chief Justices Transferred
PIB In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 222 of the Constitution of India the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India is pleased to transfer Shri Justice...
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