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Rajasthan HC Upholds Death Sentence For Child Rapist [Read Judgment]
Vidushi Sahani The Rajasthan High Court has upheld the death sentence awarded by the Pratapgarh District & Sessions Court to a man convicted of sexual harassment and murder of an 8-year-old girl,...
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Brazilian Lady approaches SC seeking release of her brother [Read Petition]
LiveLaw News Network A Portuguese speaking Brazilian lady has approached the Supreme Court of India by filing a Habeas Corpus Petition to produce and release her brother Dante Farinello Cardoso who is...
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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok KMVRS: It is not open for the Employees to withdraw the Application after the stipulated last date The Supreme Court in Madhya Pradesh State Road Transportation Corporation vs. Manoj Kumar &...
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Justice Chelameswar and Transparency in the judiciary: An Open Letter to CJI
Shailesh Gandhi Subject : Justice Chelameswar and Transparency in the judiciary. 5 September, 2016 Justice T.S. Thakur, Chief Justice of India. Dear Sir, I am writing this letter in the spirit of...
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Sedition: SC directs authorities to follow Kedar Nath Judgment [Read Order]
LiveLaw News Network Supreme Court of India has today issued a direction to all the concerned authorities to follow the Constitutional bench judgment in Kedar Nath v State of Bihar (1962) which limited...
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Transparency In Collegium System: Former SC Judges Laud Justice Chelameswar’s...
Vidushi SahaniThe judicial circuit is abuzz with talks of Justice Chelameswar’s decision to boycott collegium meetings and his insistence on recording of the minutes. His definitive stand on...
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PIL For Police Reforms: SC Asks Petitioner To Move Application In Prakash...
LiveLaw News Network The Supreme Court on Monday directed BJP leader and Delhi-based lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) for the implementation of Supreme...
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SC Agrees To Examine Whether Corporate Bodies Can File Criminal Defamation Cases
Vidushi Sahani The Supreme Court’s verdict is expected to strike a careful balance between Article 19 of the Constitution and the right of corporate bodies to file criminal defamation case for alleged...
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SC To Hear Plea For New Mechanism For Appointment Of Judges On Sept 12
LiveLaw News Network A two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India Today has agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation by National Lawyers’ Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms seeking a...
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Sushant Rohilla Suicide Case: SC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of His Friend’s...
Apoorva Mandhani Taking Cognizance of a student’s letter, the Supreme Court on Tuesday appointed Senior Advocate Fali S. Nariman as the amicus curiae in the case involving Amity Law School student...
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SC Collegium Rejects 11 Lawyers For Allahabad HC Judgeship
Apoorva Mandhani The Supreme Court collegium has reportedly rejected the candidature of 11 lawyers for appointment as Allahabad High Court judges. The collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India T.S....
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SC Rejects 2G Accused – Essar Promoter Ravi Ruia’s Request To Travel Abroad
LiveLaw News Network “We do not want to take any chance. We have had a bad experience. We allowed some one to go abroad and he refused to come back”. Essar group promoter Ravi Ruia, facing trial in a...
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MCI Case: SC Rejects Allegations Against Lodha Panel
LiveLaw News NetworkA charge leveled by Vyapam whistle blower Anand Rai that the apex court-appointed oversight panel headed by former Chief Justice of India R M Lodha had overshot Medical Council of...
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Availability Of Alternate Remedy Not A Ground To Bar Petition U/s 482 CrPC:...
LiveLaw News Network A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday in Prabhu Chawla vs State of Rajasthan clarified that the availability of remedy under Section 397 CrPC would not make a...
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Magistrate Can’t Order Further Investigation Against Public Servant Sans...
M.A Rashid However, it said if the public servant had abused an entirely different office (or offices) other than the one which he was holding on the date when cognizance was taken, there is no...
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SC Rejects Petitions Challenging Delhi HC’s ‘One Bar, One Vote’ Judgment...
LiveLaw News Network Delhi High Court Bar Association president Rajiv Khosla said the petitions were dismissed on technical grounds and the concerned Bar Associations will move the Supreme Court soon....
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States, UTs Must Upload FIRs On Websites Within 24 Hrs: SC [Read Order]
LiveLaw News Network States located in difficult terrain have been given relaxation and must upload the FIRs within 72 hours. In a path-breaking judgment, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that...
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10 Significant Guidelines Issued by Supreme Court on FIR
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court of India Today in Youth Bar Association of India Vs Union of India and Others has issued 10 important Guidelines on First Information Report. The Bench comprising...
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Tarun Sagar Row: SC Declines Vishal Dadlani’s Plea Seeking Protection From...
Vidushi Sahani The Supreme Court has refused to grant protection to music composer Vishal Dadlani from arrest after he got enmeshed in legal controversy over his tweets about Jain guru Tarun Sagar....
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CLAT PIL: Law Schools Flout PWD, NRI Admission Norms, Alleges Prof Shamnad In SC
LiveLaw News NetworkIn the pending CLAT matter in the Supreme Court, legal scholar Prof. Shamnad Basheer has alleged that law colleges that participated in the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) this...
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