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PIL in Kerala HC against appointing VS Achuthanandan as Chairman,...
S.Nikhil SankarA Public Interest Litigation has been filed by Advocate Arun Thomas against the appointment of Sri VS Achuthanandan as Chairman, Administrative Reforms Commission without prescribing...
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There should be minimum qualification marks for being a Judge: SC
Ashok KM “For selecting a judge, there has to be a minimum qualification. There has to be a benchmark... just because one is a Scheduled Caste, the same cannot be done away with”, said the Supreme...
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Delhi Judicial Service Examination: SC issues Guidelines for making the...
LiveLaw News NetworkSupreme Court of India Today has issued some important Guidelines for making the process of selecting the Judicial officers of lower judiciary more transparent. The Court has...
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Can’t allow Jallikattu merely because it is an Old Tradition: SC [Read Order]
LiveLaw News Network "In 1899, ten thousand girls below 12 years of age were married. Should we allow it today because it was a tradition at that time? See it is a constitutional and statutory issue....
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Section 311A of CrPC which empowers Magistrate to order to give specimen...
LiveLaw News Network A two Judge Bench of Supreme Court of India has held that Section 311-A of Code of Criminal Procedure which has been introduced by Act No.25 of 2005 with effect from 23.06.2006...
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Government transfers two HC judges, while Justice KM Joseph, whose transfer...
LiveLaw News Network The Ministry of Law and Justice has transferred Karnataka High Court Judge, Justice Shantanagoudar Mohan Mallikarjunagouda to Kerala High Court. He has been asked to join the...
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Permanent blacklisting of a company is impermissible in law: SC [Read Judgment]
Ashok KM The Supreme Court in B.C. BIYANI PROJECTS PVT. LTD. VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS has held that order for blacklisting a company permanently is impermissible in law. A Bench...
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Rahul Gandhi Defamation case: SC questions procedure followed by Magistrate
The Supreme Court today raised questions on the procedure followed by the Magistrate in the defamation case against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for allegedly blaming the RSS for assassination...
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Writ petition not maintainable against an Unaided Minority Institution: SC...
Ashok KM The Supreme Court of India in COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT, LA MARTINIERE COLLEGE LUCKNOW, VS. VATSAL GUPTA AND ORS has set aside an Allahabad High Court order wherein it had entertained a Writ...
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‘Honour Killing’ in Kerala: SC acquits the accused [Read Judgment]
Ashok KM The Supreme Court of India has restored a Trial Court Judgement acquitting the accused in an alleged ‘Honour Killing’incident in Thodupuzha, Kerala, by setting aside a Judgment by High Court...
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Defamation cases cannot be used as a political weapon: SC
LiveLaw News Network “The penal provision on defamation (section 499 and 500 of the IPC) should not be used to throttle dissent…the court must step in, if there are continuous efforts to harass persons...
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New Chief Justices for Allahabad and Punjab & Haryana High Courts [Read...
LiveLaw News Network The Ministry of Law and Justice has issued notifications for appointing new Chief Justices for Allahabad and Punjab & Haryana High Courts. As per the Notification Shri Justice...
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Rajiv Gandhi Assassination: TN moves SC for review of verdict on remission to...
LiveLaw News NetworkNearly eight months after the Supreme Court ruled that the Centre has primacy over states' right to grant remission as the case was conducted by a central agency like the CBI, the...
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Virus of seeking adjournment has to be controlled: SC [Read Judgment]
LiveLaw News Network The saying of Gita “Awake! Arise! Oh Partha” is apt here to be stated for guidance of trial courts, said the Bench. A two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India has cautioned...
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SC seeks status report on Jammu and Kashmir situation
LiveLaw News Network Supreme Court Today sought a status report from solicitor general Ranjit Kumar on the prevailing situation in strife-torn Jammu and Kashmir by Monday. Jammu and Kashmir National...
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Jindal Extortion Case: SC directs Zee News Editors to give Voice Samples,...
M.A.RashidSupreme Court of India Today has directed the Zee News Editors Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia to give the voice samples in the extortion Case registered by Police based on a Complaint...
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Retired employee bound by undertaking to adjust any excess payment made to...
Ashok KM The Supreme Court in HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB &HARYANA VS. JAGDEV SINGH, has set aside a judgment of Punjab and Haryana High Court which had allowed a Writ petition preferred by a retired...
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Supreme Court sets aside Delhi HC order imposing costs to quash criminal...
Ashok KM The Apex Court has set aside imposition of costs on a person by Delhi High Court as a condition to quash criminal proceedings against him, which was an outcome of a matrimonial dispute between...
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Are former CMs entitled to Government accommodation? SC set to rule tomorrow
LiveLaw Research Team The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Anil R Dave, NV Ramana and R Banumathi, is set to deliver its judgment in the case of Lok Prahari vs State of Uttar Pradesh, on August...
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Contempt of Court: SC suspends Lawyer’s Licence for Two Yrs
Ashok KM The Supreme Court, removing a sentence of imprisonment imposed on an Advocate convicted for Contempt of Court, has ordered that his licence to practice will stand suspended for a period of two...
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