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#SwarajAbhiyan-Part II – SC issues Directions on Implementation of National...
M.A.Rashid We are quite surprised that with regard to the implementation of the NFS Act, even though the statute was passed by Parliament and it extends to the whole of India and is deemed to have come...
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From the Bar to the Bench and beyond
Apoorva Mandhani Justice Ajay Manik Rao Khanwilkar, Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Justice Ashok Bhushan, and Senior Advocate Nageswara Rao were sworn in on Friday as Judges of Supreme Court of...
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Grant of benefit to some persons by illegality or mistake does not confer...
Ashok KM “Article 14 of the Constitution of India is not to perpetuate illegality and it does not envisage negative equalities, the Bench said Reiterating that Article 14 of the constitution of India...
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SC closes for summer vacation: All new SC judges to hear cases during vacation
Ashok KM Supreme Court has been closed for summer vacation . All the newly appointed Supreme Court Judges will be hearing cases during this Vacation. Urgent Miscellaneous matters will be head on...
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Damage as a result of ‘Act of God’ as well as Negligence: Injury attributed...
Ashok KM Supreme Court has observed that if damage to a party has resulted from two or three causes, namely, from an act of God as well as a negligent act of a party, the award of damages can be...
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25 Retired Employees of Rajasthan Agriculture University died due to...
LiveLaw News Network It is very unfortunate fact that during pendency of this writ petition, more than 25 retired employees died due to non-payment of pension to them for survival, said the Bench....
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SC to adjudicate on Kejriwal vs Centre power tussle; issues summons to MHA
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court has in a very significant decision admitted a petition filed by Delhi’s Kejriwal government--- under Article 131 of the Constitution - seeking a judicial...
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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok KMNEET; States can’t conduct their own exams The constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India on Monday clarified that the State Governments cannot conduct state level entrance examinations...
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Supreme Court seeks response from Patna High Court Registry on a plea against...
Simran Sahni The Supreme Court has sought response from the Patna High Court Registry on a petition filed by 46 unsuccessful candidates of the District Judges examination, 2015 who sought setting aside...
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Mere choosing of the juridical seat of Arbitration attracts the law...
Ashok KM Where the parties choose a juridical seat of Arbitration outside India and provide that the law which governs Arbitration will be a law other than Indian law, Part I of the Act would not have...
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30 years, 75 Judges to decide an appeal against Decree in Partition suit:...
Ashok KM "It is really very unfortunate that this appeal has remained pending on the Board of this Court for almost 30 years and has to pass through hands of as many as 75 Hon’ble Judges or so but...
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SC directs Bar Councils to conclude all ‘verification’ proceedings before 30...
Ashok KM The Supreme Court has directed all the State Bar Councils to take necessary steps and to conclude all ‘verification ‘proceedings by 30.06.2016 and send a reply to the Bar Council of India....
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Judiciary must draw its own “Lakshmanrekha” and not take decisions, which...
LiveLaw News Network Finance Minister and Senior Supreme Court Lawyer Arun Jaitley has stated Today that the judiciary must draw its own "Lakshmanrekha" and not take decisions, which fall in the domain...
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Water supply be completely stopped to drought-hit Maharashtra’s liquor...
LiveLaw News NetworkShould there be a complete ban on water supply to liquor distilleries and breweries in drought-hit regions of Maharashtra instead of the April 26 High Court order to just curtail it...
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No ‘distinguished jurist’ in sight?
Apoorva Mandhani 'In 67 years of Independence, the Presidents of India have been looking with a telescope and have not found any jurist worth appointing as a Supreme Court Judge! So obviously jurists...
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Taking Cognizance without sanction after asking CBI to file sanction Order...
Ashok KM The Supreme Court has observed that, an order of a Court refusing to summon the accused for want of sanction, and thereby directing the prosecution to file sanction orders, does not amount to...
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SC stays transfer of police officials by Punjab and Haryana HC in a habeas...
LiveLaw Research Team The vacation bench of the Supreme Court comprising justices Abhay Mohan Sapre and Ashok Bhushan, today stayed the transfer of police officers/District Magistrate in Kurukshetra,...
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Courts not powerless to allow amendment to a Complaint under Domestic...
Ashok KM The Apex Court in KUNAPAREDDY @ NOOKALA SHANKA BALAJI VS. KUNAPAREDDY SWARNA KUMARI has held that a complaint or petition under Domestic Violence Act can be amended and court is not powerless...
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Nine Judges Bench of SC to hear the Validity of States’ law on Goods Entry...
LiveLaw News Network The Registry shall club all the connected matters and list them for final hearing before the larger Bench in the week commencing 18th July, 2016, directed the Bench. A three Judge...
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There is no legal requirement for insisting upon the father’s name of the...
LiveLaw News Network Mother’s name is sufficient in certain cases like the present one to apply for Passport, especially as a single woman can be a natural guardian and also a parent, held the Court....
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