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Why No Collegium Recommendation Yet To Fill 7 SC Vacancies: Law Ministry
LiveLaw News Network “The government is being unfairly accused of delaying appointment of judges while we have done our best. We appointed 120 judges to the High Courts this year, the second highest so...
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After 24 Years Of The Harshad Mehta Scam, Bombay HC Convicts 6 And Acquits...
Nitish Kashyap The Bombay High Court has convicted 6 of the ten accused in the Harshad Mehta Scam case also known as the Securities Scam of 1992. Mehta who is said to be the kingpin of the entire scam...
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State, Centre Ok With Shifting Shahabuddin To Delhi From Siwan; SC Verdict Today
LiveLaw News NetworkBihar government and Centre yesterday told the Supreme Court that it is not "averse" to shifting of controversial RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin from Siwan jail to Tihar prison in...
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Demonetisation: SC To Hear Kerala Co-Operative Banks’ Plea On Dec 2 [Read...
Nitish Kashyap Litigation over demonetisation and subsequent notifications keeps on increasing. Seven District Co-operative Banks (DCBs) of Kerala have now filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court...
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National Anthem Must Before Movies In Theatres: SC [Read Order]
LiveLaw News Network “Time has come for people to realise that the national anthem is a symbol of constitutional patriotism…people must feel they live in a nation and this individually perceived notion...
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Read the 7 Guidelines Issued By SC on National Anthem Today [Read Order]
LiveLaw News Network The Supreme Court today made it mandatory for all cinema theatres to play the national anthem before a movie begins during which the national flag is to be shown on the screen. A...
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SC Seeks Status Report On SYL Canal; Re-Appoints Receivers
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today sought a report on the present status of land and other properties on the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal site caught in a dispute between Punjab and Haryana and...
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Foreign Funding: BJP And INC Withdraw Their Appeals In The Supreme Court
LiveLaw Research Team The Special Leave Petitions (SLPs) filed by the BJP and the Indian National Congress in the foreign contributions case were “dismissed as withdrawn” on Nov 29 by the Supreme Court...
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Ossification Test Cannot Be Regarded As Conclusive To Ascertain Age: SC [Read...
Ashok KM “Medical evidence as to the age of a person, though a very useful guiding factor, is not conclusive and has to be considered along with other circumstances,” the bench said. The Supreme Court...
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Bombay HC Directs All Lower Courts To Accept Cheques/DD/ET For Furnishing A...
Nitish KashyapThe Bombay High Court through it’s registry has directed all lower courts to accept demand drafts and cheques for the purpose of payments of bail bonds. This was notified on November 28,...
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Ahead Of SC Hearing, Centre Says Demonetisation Necessary ‘Reasonable...
LiveLaw News NetworkIn an affidavit filed just before the crucial hearing on demonetization set for today, the centre has told the Supreme Court that the scrapping of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes,...
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SC Unhappy Over Tardy Progress Of States In Setting Up Food Commissions [Read...
LiveLaw News Network The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and N.V.Ramana on December 1 made it clear that State Food Commissions should be constituted at the earliest in accordance...
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‘Dismantling Patriarchy Challenges Ahead’ [Text of Justice Sunanda Bhandare...
Dr.Hamid AnsariThe Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari has delivered the 22nd Justice Sunanda Bhandare Memorial Lecture ‘Dismantling Patriarchy Challenges Ahead’, on 30th November 2016. He...
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SC Rejects Plea For Making National Anthem Mandatory In Courts On Technical...
LiveLaw News NetworkAG told the Court that the application is not in appropriate format and suggested to file the proper application. The Court accepted the same and rejected the petition. Supreme...
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Demonetisation: SC Defers Hearing To Monday For A Chaos-Free & Steamlined...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today observed that there was "too much chaos" in the demonetisation case hearing due to large number of petitions seeking different reliefs and said there was a...
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After CJI, SC Panel Push, A Beijing-like Pollution Code For Delhi
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court and the Environment Pollution Control Authority appointed by it have given a green signal to a pollution code for Delhi (for the first time) on the lines of what...
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After HCs & AFT, SC Now Slams Centre For Delay In NHRC Appointments
LiveLaw News NetworkAfter the row over delay in appointing judges to High Courts and Armed Forces Tribunal, now the Supreme Court has taken up the case of National Human Rights Commission and asked...
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Accused’s Intention, Role To Aid/Instigate Commission Of Suicide Must Be...
Ashok KM Section 306 IPC criminalises the sustained incitement for suicide, the bench held Dislodging concurrent finding of the guilt of in-laws accused of abetting a woman’s suicide, the Supreme Court...
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Nirbhaya Case’s FIR Is Creature Of Police’s Afterthought: Amicus Sanjay Hegde
LiveLaw News NetworkSenior Advocate Sanjay Hegde, one of the two amicus curiae appointed by Supreme Court in the Nirbhaya case, has submitted that the First Information Report (FIR) in the case is a...
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Can Cross-Objections Be Filed In Arbitration Appeal: SC Refers Issue To...
Ashok KM The application of CPC is not conceived of and, therefore, as a natural corollary, the cross-objection cannot be entertained, the bench opined. A division bench of the Supreme Court has raised...
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