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CJI TS Thakur Gets Emotional After Visiting His Old School At J&K
Nitish Kashyap Chief Justice of India TS Thakur visited his old school in Jammu today. He got emotional reminiscing about his school days. He said he met many of his classmates as well as teachers and...
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Disability Day: Empower Persons With Disabilities: President Pranab Mukherjee
LiveLaw News NetworkPresident of India Pranab Mukherjee today said that employment is a vital factor in economic empowerment of persons with disabilities. “Vacancies have been reserved for such...
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Co-Op Banks Barred From Post-Demonetisation Exercise As They Can’t Detect...
LiveLaw News Network Strongly defending its decision to exclude District Central Cooperative Banks from post-demonetisation exercise of exchanging scrapped Rs 500 and 1000 currency notes for new ones...
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“States Withdraw Election Cases Because Of Political Pressure Without...
LiveLaw Research Team The Chief Election Commissioner, Dr.Nasim Zaidi, on December 3, deplored the practice of some State Governments withdrawing election-related cases because of political pressure....
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Counsels Unveil Radical Suggestions At The Election Commission’s Conference
LiveLaw Research TeamA dedicated para-military force for the Election Commission is one of the suggestions made by its counsel at the day-long conference convened by the E.C. on December 3 in New...
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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok KMNational Anthem Must Before Movies In Theatres The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it mandatory for all cinema theatres to play the national anthem before a movie begins during which the...
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SC Orders De-Novo Trial On Decade-Long Sexual Abuse Case
Ashok.KMUpon a plea by a rape victim who alleged decade-long sexual harassment by her uncles, the Supreme Court has ordered de-novo trial in a Delhi court. The girl had alleged before a trial court...
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SC Demonetization Hearing Deferred Again As CJI Not Working Today
LiveLaw News Network The detailed Supreme Court hearing on a batch of petitions and public interest litigations challenging demonetization continues to be a non-starter as Chief Justice T S Thakur is...
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Uphaar: SC Likely To Hear Review Plea On Dec 8; Victims Tell Court Ansals May...
Kindling hopes in the minds of the kin of 59 persons who perished in the tragic 1997 Uphaar Cinema, the Supreme Court is likely to hear on December 8 petitions filed by victims association and CBI...
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NGO Common Cause Approaches SC On CBI Director’s Appointment
LiveLaw News NetworkThe NGO, Common Cause, has approached the Supreme Court for a direction to the government for appointing a regular Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) forthwith by...
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Gang Rape Videos : SC Notice To Face Book, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft
LiveLaw News Network The Supreme Court today issued notice to internet majors Facebook,Google, Microsoft and Yahoo seeking their view on blocking explicit sexual clips including gang rape videos. A...
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Death Sentence In Nirbhaya Case Must Be Revisited: Amicus Sanjay Hegde
LiveLaw News Network Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde, one of the two amicus curiae appointed by the Supreme Court in the Nirbhaya case, has submitted before the Supreme Court that there is no evidence to...
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61 MPs Move Impeachment Petition Against Justice CV Nagarjuna Reddy
Nitish KashyapThe petition alleges atrocities by Justice Reddy against a judicial officer, who happens to be a Dalit As many as 61 Rajya Sabha members have reportedly moved a petition for impeachment...
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SC Stays Gauhati HC Direction To Place Security Guards 24X7 At All ATMs
Ashok.KMThe Supreme Court has stayed the Gauhati High Court direction to banks to place security guards round the clock at all ATMs. The ad-interim stay is on the Special Leave Petition filed by the...
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Uphaar: SC Notice To Ansal Brothers On AVUT Plea To Enhance The Sentence;...
LiveLaw News NetworkSupreme Court today issued notice to theatre owners Ansal brothers -Gopal and Sushil- on a review plea filed by the Association of victims of 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy seeking...
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Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar Will Be the Next Chief Justice Of India
LiveLaw News NetworkJustice Jagdish Singh Khehar will be the 44th Chief Justice of India. He will be sworn in as CJI on January 4, 2017. Chief Justice of India Justice Thakur has reportedly recommended...
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People Like It Or Not, Harsher Punishment Must For Rash & Negligent Driving: SC
LiveLaw News NetworkFavoring harsher punishment for rash and negligent driving which now attracts only a maximum of two years in jail even if it caused death, the Supreme Court today said people should...
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Income Earned By Erstwhile Ruler From His Residential Palace Not Taxable: SC...
Ashok KM The Supreme Court in Maharao Bhim Singh of Kota vs. Commissioner of Income Tax, Rajasthan, has held that income earned by erstwhile rulers by letting out portion of their residential palace to...
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Will Appeal Against Jayalalithaa Abate? If So What Will Be The Fate Of Other...
LiveLaw News Network Justice KT Thomas says Supreme Court should hear the appeal against other accused afresh. After the demise of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, speculations are rife on the...
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Bulandshahr Rape: SC Rejects Azam’s Apology Saying It Is Not “Unconditional”...
LiveLaw News Network The Supreme Court today declined to accept Uttar Pradesh minister and Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s apology for calling the Bulandshahr gang rape a “political conspiracy”...
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