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Revelations Under The RTI Act Expose How Government Misled Parliament To...
LiveLaw Research TeamRTI Activist, Anjali Bharadwaj of the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI), at a discussion organised by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative,(CHRI) in...
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BREAKING: President Appoints Justice JS Khehar As Next Chief Justice Of India...
LiveLaw News NetworkPresident of India has appointed Justice JS Khehar as the next Chief Justice of India, reports NDTV He will be the 44th Chief Justice of India. He will be sworn in as CJI on January...
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SC Allows Christmas And New Year Celebrations At Shivaji Park [Read Order]
Nitish KashyapSupreme Court has allowed Christmas and New year celebrations at Shivaji park ground in Mumbai. A Supreme Court bench headed by CJI TS Thakur has authorised the Shivaji Park Gymkhana to...
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Uttarakhand HC Orders Ban On Killing Of Wildlife, Directs Centre To Formulate...
LiveLaw News NetworkThe Uttarakhand High Court has ordered that no wild animals, including tigers, leopards and panthers, shall be declared man-eater/rouge and killed in the state. It also directed the...
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SC Supports Permanent Commission Of Woman Pilot [Read Order]
Vidushi SahaniWing Commander Sandeep Kaur has every reason to be optimistic as the Supreme Court has supported her in her fight for permanent commission in the Force. Rejecting the Centre’s contention...
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More Than 85% Delhites Continue To Drink In Public Despite Govt’s Crackdown:...
LiveLaw News Network The survey revealed that 48.1 % male always drink alcohol in public place and 42.6% female respondents indulged in it occasionally. 42.1% men and 33% women admitted to drinking in...
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SC Forfeits Rs.86 Lakh From Petitioner For Violation Of Undertaking [Read Order]
Vidushi SahaniTaking a stern view over violation of undertaking by the petitioner, the Supreme Court forfeited the deposit of Rs.86 lakh towards penalty for the defiance. The court slapped Ritika...
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Porn Menace: Centre Suggests Internet Jammers In School Buses
LiveLaw News Network In a PIL in apex court, Supreme Court Woman Lawyers Association had pointed to rising instances of school bus crew molesting children after showing porn “it may not be feasible to...
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SC Junks PIL Against Justice Khehar’s Elevation As CJI
LiveLaw News NetworkThe vacation bench of the Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea which sought staying of the move to elevate Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, the second senior most SC judge,...
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Land Belonging To Religious Bodies Can Be Acquired To Serve Larger Public...
In a recent judgment, the Allahabad High Court has held that land belonging to religious bodies can be acquired by the government for achieving a larger public purpose.A division bench of Justice V K...
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No Provision For Temporary Enrollment As Advocates: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]
Ashok KMThe Gujarat High Court has held that there is no provision for grant of temporary certificate by the Bar Council for practising as an advocate. The Division Bench of Gujarat High Court headed...
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Unaided Minority Institutions Cannot Admit Students Of Their Choice By...
Ashok KMThe State or the University could require private unaided institution including minority institution to provide for merit based selection, the Court held.The Allahabad High Court in Sankalp...
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SC Upholds Conviction Of Four For Elderly Couple’s Murder On X’mas Eve 25 Yrs...
Ashok.KMPlea of remission of the convicts who ‘have already suffered incarceration for more than 25 years’ was also rejected.The Supreme Court has confirmed the guilt of four persons accused of...
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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Ashok KMEx-Army Officer’s Acquittal In Murder Case UpheldThe Supreme Court upheld the acquittal of an ex-Army officer in the murder of a businessman. Lt. Col. SJ Chaudhary was accused of sending a...
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Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s New Book Assails President Mukherjee’s `Robotic’ Use Of...
LiveLaw Research TeamThe President, Pranab Mukherjee, has so far, under Article 72 of the Constitution, rejected mercy petitions from 36 death row convicts, commuted the death sentences of three...
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Breaking: Maharashtra Cabinet Decides To Appoint Rohit Deo As Advocate...
Nitish KashyapNine months after Shreehari Aney resigned from the post of Advocate General of Maharashtra, the Maharashta Cabinet, has on Tuesday decided to appoint Acting Advocate General Rohit Deo to...
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SC Has Given A Dynamic Shape To The Concept Of Social Justice: Vice President...
LiveLaw News NetworkVice-President Hamid Ansari has said the Supreme Court has given a dynamic shape to the concept of social justice and expanded the envelope of social justice by adjudicating on...
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Ex-IAS Officer Anil Baijal To Be Delhi’s Next Lt-Guv
Ashok KMIn view of the resignation of Najeeb Jung from the post of Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, former IAS officer Anil Baijal is all set to adorn the post, as the President of India has reportedly...
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Institutionalisation Of Arbitration Mechanism: Justice Srikrishna To Head The...
Nitish KashyapThe Union Government has constituted a High Level Committee in the Ministry of Law and Justice to be headed by former Supreme Court Justice, BN Shrikrishna. According a press note...
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Insulting The ‘Disabled’ Is An Offence: Rights Of Persons With Disabilities...
Insulting, Intimidating, Assaulting the ‘Disabled’ can land one in Jail.The Ministry of Law and Justice has notified the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, in the Official Gazette and it...
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