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MP’s seek impeachment proceedings against Gujarat HC Judge J B Pardiwala
Simran Sahni58 Rajya Sabha MPs have moved a petition, before the Chairman Hamid Ansari, seeking impeachment of Gujarat High Court Judge J B Pardiwala for his alleged "unconstitutional" remarks against...
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Bill introduced by Shashi Tharoor seeking to decriminalize homosexuality...
Ajith.SThe Private Member’s Bill introduced by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor to decriminalise homosexuality was defeated in the Lok Sabha today. The introduction of the Bill which sought to drop the...
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Justice Pardiwala expunges Controversial remarks against Reservation [Read...
Live Law News NetworkCaught in the midst of a raging controversy over his remarks against reservation while quashing the charge of sedition against Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) convener Hardik...
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‘Amrutamanohi’ property belongs to Lord Jagannath Temple: SC strikes down...
Ashok KMSupreme Court has held that ‘amrutamanohi’ properties which are vested in favour of the Lord Jagannath Temple at Puri by virtue of the provisions of the Temple Act, 1955, cannot be called...
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Swearing-in of Justice Virendra Singh as Lokayukta deferred after journalist...
Live Law News NetworkThe petitioner has accused the U.P. Government of concealing true facts from the Court by providing the name of a candidate, whose name had already been removed from the list of...
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DCW moves SC at 1 AM to stall Nirbhaya case juvenile’s release; SC agrees to...
Live Law News NetworkDelhi Commission of Women Chairperson Swati Maliwal moved the Supreme Court past midnight in a last ditch effort to try and stall the release scheduled for Sunday. The vacation of...
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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok KMMinimum educational qualification norm upheld The Supreme Court Bench, comprising Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice A.M. Sapre upheld the validity of Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act,...
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DDCA Scam: Delhi Government appoints Gopal Subramaniam Panel to inquire the...
Ajith.SDelhi government announced that it had decided to set up a commission of inquiry under chairmanship of former Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam to probe alleged irregularities including...
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SC to DCW- “Sorry” cannot extend Nirbhaya juvenile’s detention beyond 3 years...
Live Law News NetworkThe vacation bench of the Supreme Court today dismissed the plea filed by Delhi Commission for Women challenging the release of the juvenile convicted in the Nirbhaya case saying...
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Jethmalani to appear for Kejriwal in Jaitley ‘s Defamation Case
Ashok KMArun Jaitley will now have to face Ram Jethmalani in Court as he has decided to appear for the Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal in the defamation case filed by the Union Finance minister....
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Rajya Sabha bows to public pressure; passes long pending Juvenile Justice Bill
S.AjithBowing to mounting public pressure in the backdrop of the release of the juvenile convict in the Nirbhaya case which had led to an unprecedented public outrage, Rajya Sabha passed the Juvenile...
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Maharashtra to appeal against Salman Khan’s acquittal
Ashok.KMThe Maharashtra State Government has decided to prefer appeal against the High Court order acquitting Salman Khan in 2002 Hit and Run case. A division Bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice...
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Bombay HC denies Bail to Prof. Saibaba, issues Contempt Notice to Arundati...
Ashok KM The language used by the author in her article against the Government and the police machinery is as nasty as it could be and one really wonders whether the same would befit to the prestigious...
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Women have the right to have safe and clean toilets at all convenient places;...
Ashok KM Simple and basic but of vital importance are public toilets, which are as critical as any large infrastructure project to make cities liveable. The health of a city is inextricably linked to...
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HC is empowered to designate Advocates as ‘Senior Advocates’ even in the...
Ashok.KMMerely because without completing the task of framing of Norms or Rules, by the Committee constituted for that purpose, certain advocates were designated as senior counsel, it cannot be termed...
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Motor Vehicle Act does not lay down separate criteria for death of a male and...
Ashok KM It is painful to note that the award has been penned down by a lady Presiding Officer who has treated the death of an unmarried daughter to be falling in a category which does not entitle the...
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Poverty is not a mitigating factor for lesser punishment: Gujarat HC [Read Jt]
Ashok.KMThe only reason given by the learned Trial Court while imposing the punishment lesser than the minimum provided under Section 376 of the IPC is that the accused is a poor and has a...
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Exclusive: Arvind Datar-Pinky Anand Committee’s Second Report on Collegium...
Live Law Research TeamThe second report of the Supreme Court-appointed committee comprising senior Advocate Arvind P Datar and Additional Solicitor-General Pinky Anand has now been made public. The...
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Nine Years Delay in deciding Mercy Plea; Guahati HC commutes Death Sentence...
Ashok KMCourts in such writ petition cannot reopen the conclusion already arrived at by the Supreme Court while confirming the death sentence, but may consider the question of inordinate delay post...
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Exclusive: Startling revelations after Bombay High Court stays the release of...
LiveLaw Research TeamAn interim stay by the Bombay high court on the suspension of sentence and release of 11 encounter cops has brought to light startling facts with regard to the abuse of the...
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