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How Come New Notes Being Seized In Crores When Public Not Even Getting...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Supreme Court today posed several pointed questions to the government during the hearing of petitions challenging demonetisation. Apart from asking "how crores in new notes were...
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Muslim IAF Personnel Can’t Grow Beard: SC [Read Judgment]
LiveLaw News Network “Regulations and policies in regard to personal appearance are not intended to discriminate against religious beliefs nor do they have the effect of doing so,” the bench said. The...
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SC Hints Contempt, Perjury Proceedings Against BCCI Chief Anurag Thakur
LiveLaw News Network “We prima facie feel that you (Anurag Thakur) are in contempt and we also prima facie feel that you are liable for perjury and we are inclined to launch prosecution. Once we...
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Bulandshahr Rape: SC Accepts Azam’s Apology [Read Order]
LiveLaw Research TeamThe Supreme Court today accepted Uttar Pradesh minister and Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s apology for calling a Bulandshahr gang rape a “political conspiracy”. The Bench,...
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Survivor-Centric Approach Towards Rape Victims Is Need Of The Hour: SC [Read...
Ashok KM Why should the evidence of the girl or the woman who complains of rape or sexual molestation be viewed with the aid of spectacles fitted with lenses tinged with doubt, disbelief or suspicion,...
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SC Cannot Be Made A Political Arena : CJI To “BJP Spokesperson” PIL Lawyer
LiveLaw News NetworkDismissing his fresh PIL seeking a National Liqour Policy to curb alcohol consumption, Chief Justice T S Thakur today asked petitioner, lawyer and BJP Spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyaya...
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Demonetisation: SC Refuses To Intervene; 5 Judge Bench To Examine Validity...
LiveLaw News Network Contrary to expectations, the bench refused to intervene with the economic policy saying the government was the best judge of fiscal policy. But said it will constitute a five...
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Breaking; Legislation To Regulate Triple Talaq Required: Kerala HC [Read...
LiveLaw News Network It is possible to have a common code at least for the marriage law in India, Justice Mustaq said. The Kerala High Court on Friday observed that State intervention, by way of...
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Two Tier Arbitration Procedure Permissible Under The Laws Of India: SC [Read...
LiveLaw News NetworkIn a landmark judgment accepting the concept of ‘two tier arbitration’ or ‘second instance arbitration’, a three judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justices Madan B....
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Mobile Towers Come Within Ambit Of ‘Land And Building’ For Levying Property...
Arunima BhattacharyaA two judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and P.C.Pant in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation v GTL Infrastructure Ltd. & Ors. Etc. has held that...
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Rules Followed While Shifting R K Dutta From CBI: Centre To SC [Read Affidavit]
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Centre today claimed before the Supreme Court that provisions governing the CBI was strictly complied and denied allegations that services of senior IPS officer R K Dutta, who...
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Plea For Probe Into Sahara/Birla Documents & The Politics Of CJI Succession
Item 68 before Court 2 in Supreme Court was eagerly awaited in the afternoon, with justices J.S.Khehar and Arun Mishra deciding to forego their lunch hour to dispose of the pending cases. When the case...
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Jammu & Kashmir Has No Vestige Of Sovereignty Outside The Constitution of...
SC rejected the J&K High Court’s view that the J&K Constitution was equal to the Constitution of India, J&K Constitution is subordinate to the Constitution of India. SARFESI Act applicable...
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527 Days In Hospital To Evade Arrest: SC Holds Doctors Guilty Of Contempt...
Ashok.KMHowever, the court has not yet imposed any punishment on them and has granted them one more opportunity to present their view on the issue. Hospitals and doctors who give shelter to criminals...
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Selection Of BJP Vice President As NHRC Member: SC Issues Notice To Centre
LiveLaw Research TeamSupreme Court bench of justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Uday Umesh Lalit, on December 16, issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by a student from NOIDA, Anupriya Nagori,...
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Centre Ropes In Interpol To Crack Down On Child Pornography Sites
LiveLaw News Network Last year, 96 reports of children being sexually exploited in internet imagery were reported in India - a rise of 140 per cent from 2014, according to National Crimes Records...
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Atrocities Against Dalits Continue Unabated Due To Poor Enforcement Of Law:...
Ashok KM The travails of the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes continue unabated, the Bench observed. The Supreme Court has observed that provisions of Scheduled Castes and...
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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok KMMagistrate Must Do Inquiry/Investigation Before Summoning Accused Residing In Far-Off Place The Supreme Court in Abhijit Pawar vs. Hemant Madhukar Nimbalkar, emphasised that in cases where the...
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Data Shows Declining Public Confidence In The Anti-Corruption Agencies: Study...
LiveLaw Research TeamA study carried out by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has shown that there is severe lack of public confidence in the ability of the anti-corruption agencies to...
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SC Upholds Ex-Army Officer’s Acquittal In Murder Case [Read Judgment]
Ashok KMThe Supreme Court has upheld the acquittal of an ex-Army officer in the murder of a businessman. Lt. Col. SJ Chaudhary was accused of sending a bobby trap bomb as parcel to a prominent...
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