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SC Upholds BJP Leader Rajendra Mesharam’s Election Win [Read Judgment]
LiveLaw News Network Setting aside the March 2015, order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court against BJP candidate Rajendra Mesharam, the Supreme Court has upheld his election win to Devsar seat from the...
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HC Can’t Remand Cases When Either Party Doesn’t Seek It: SC [Read Judgment]
Ashok KM The Supreme Court in Syeda Rahimunnisa vs. Malan Bi (Dead) by L.Rs. & Anr. Etc., has held that the high court, while hearing a second appeal, has no jurisdiction to remand a case to the...
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SC Bench Of CJI Thakur and Gowda.J Divided Over Minister’s Power To Sanction...
Ashok KM While CJI Thakur says minister can do that, Justice Gowda says only Governor has the right to do so. The Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur and Justice V. Gopala...
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SC To Hear On Oct 7 Haji Ali Trust’s Appeal Against HC Allowing Women In Sanctum
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today agreed to hear on October 7, Friday the appeal filed by Haji Ali Dargah Trust challenging the Bombay High Court order lifting the ban on women from entering...
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SC Asks Karnataka To Release 2000 Cusecs Of Water To TN From Oct 7 To 18...
LiveLaw News NetworkKarnataka finally fell in line after being rebuked by the Supreme Court for non-sharing of Cauvery water with Tamil Nadu and today said it was ready to release water. A satisfied...
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SC Demands High Level Meet On Steps To Tackle Chikungunya [Read Order]
LiveLaw News Network “Blame game is the biggest problem. Everybody keeps blaming everybody. We have had enough of blame game.”, a bench of justices Madan B Lokur and L Nageswara Rao. The Supreme Court...
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Prevent Public Demonstrations On Dog Culling Issue, SC Tells Kerala Govt...
Ashok KM The Supreme Court on Tuesday, while considering petitions by the Animal Welfare Board of India, took note of photographs that carried captions “Kerala politicians beat street dogs to death,...
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Status Report On Judges’ Appointments: AG Sought Time From SC To Reveal...
LiveLaw Research Team In an unusual chamber hearing, the Supreme Court bench comprising the Chief Justice, T.S.Thakur, and justices A.M.Khanwilkar and D.Y.Chandrachud, heard the Attorney General, Mukul...
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SC Acquits Men Accused Of Gang Rape [Read Judgment]
Ashok KM The Supreme Court in Raja & Ors. vs. State of Karnataka, has set aside a Karnataka High Court judgment, which had reversed the acquittal recorded by a trial court in a gang rape case, and...
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Supreme Court Monthly Digest of Cases (September 2016)
Ashok KMContempt of Courts In Gyani Chand vs. State of A.P, three-judge Bench comprising Justice Anil R. Dave, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice L. Nageswara Rao also observed that it would not be...
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Kerala Journalists’ Union Approaches SC For Opening Media Rooms In Kerala...
LiveLaw News Network The Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) has approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Registrar of Kerala High Court to open media rooms attached to the high...
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Supreme Court Disgusted With Government Inaction On Drought Relief,...
LiveLaw Research TeamComing down heavily on the Central and State Governments for their willful disregard of the Supreme Courts’ May verdict on drought relief, the Apex Court asked Swaraj Abhiyan to...
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Should Minority Institutions Be Excluded From RTE Ambit? SC Notice To Centre
LiveLaw News NetworkShould minority institutions-both aided and unaided-be excluded entirely from the ambit of Right to Education Act? The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to Centre on a plea...
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Suspense Over Death Sentence Of VS Dupare As SC Hears His Review Petition In...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra, Rohinton Fali Nariman and Uday Umesh Lalit today heard the review petition of the death-row convict, Vasanta Sampat Dupare,...
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Many Unaware About Their Right To Be Compensated For Motor Accidents,...
Ashok KM Perusing an affidavit filed by the Union of India regarding motor accident deaths and insurance claim, the Supreme Court has noted that the number of insurance claims made on account of death...
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SC Upholds Patna HC Judgment Quashing Rules Which Provided Reservation In...
Ashok KM However, the court has permitted the Bihar government to initiate the process of consultation by furnishing necessary information on its own assessment regarding the need to provide...
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Breaking: Saumya Case: SC Agrees To Hear Review Petition In Open Court Tomorrow
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court has agreed to hear in open court on Friday two petitions by State of Kerala and Soumya’s mother seeking review of its vedict acquitting Govindachami in the Soumya...
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Competent Authority Under PMP Act Should Be Serving/Retired Judicial...
Ashok KM It is axiomatic that a person who occupies the position of competent authority under the PMP Act must evoke and enjoy public confidence, the Bench observed. The Supreme Court in Laljibhai...
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Kerala Media Vs lawyers: SC To Hear Journalist Union’s Plea On Oct 21
LiveLaw News Network The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the petition filed by the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) seeking directions to open media rooms attached to the high court and...
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‘In A First, Kerala High Court Gets Four Women Judges’
M.A RashidFor the first time in the judicial history of Kerala, the High Court of Kerala has got four women sitting Judges. The historical moment was created when Justice V. Shircy was appointed on...
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