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Rule 10(2) of the Assam Rifles Rules, 2010 provides that “any person subject to the Act, who contracts or enters into a second marriage during the lifetime of his first spouse, shall render himself ineligible for retention in service and may be dismissed, removed or retired from service on ground of unsuitability.”
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“The applications before the High Court, seeking permission to travel abroad shall be considered and disposed of expeditiously.”
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The High Court advised the female adolescent, to control sexual urge/urges as in the eyes of society she is the looser when she gives in to enjoying the sexual pleasure of hardly two minutes.
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“While the guideline aims to protect judicial officers from unwarranted harassment, it does not eliminate the possibility of addressing genuine issues faced by individuals or communities due to the actions of a judicial officer. The High Court retains the responsibility to ascertain the authenticity of the complaints and take appropriate action based on verified facts.”
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The question of law which revolved around right of making representation being seriously jeopardized as detenus were supplied with various documents as parts of relied upon documents (‘RUDs’) which are illegible, incomplete and not readable violating Article 22 (5) of the Constitution of India read with Section 3 (3) of COFEPOSA Act, was kept open.
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The newly designated Senior Advocates have been designated with effect from 14-08-2024.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was denied interim bail in CBI matter. The CBI arrested him on 26-06-2024, while he was in judicial custody in ED’s matter.
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The investigation against the accused was initiated as the main accused had named him but later it was discovered that it was a false accusation, as wife of the main accused had some disputes going on with accused person’s wife, hence, he was falsely implicated.
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“It will be travesty of Justice if he has to be relegated to Trial Court again. Sisodia has been deprived of the right to speedy trial, which is a sacrosanct right”.
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“Some of them are from District Judiciary retiring with a pension of only Rs 15,000/-. We are the guardians of the District Judiciary. As guardians of the district judiciary, what do we do?”
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The Supreme Court issued practice direction to be followed by all litigants who propose to file special leave petitions both in civil and criminal matters with effect from 20-08-2024.
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The minor child, grandson of the deceased provided clear and cogent evidence being the sole eye-witness, stating that his father had strangulated the neck of the deceased for which the deceased struggled for life and then she became calm.
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The mother in her undertaking stated that she got a job in Consulate General of India’s office at San Francisco, and that she had applied for US citizenship and duly attended for interview. She had also undertaken to ensure the admission of her son in a good school, co-operation with father and facilitation of visits to son.
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“State has neither executive nor legislative power to sub-classify or sub-divide or re-group the castes, races or tribes specified as the “Scheduled Castes” in the Presidential List notified under Article 341. Under the guise of providing reservation or under the pretext of taking affirmative action for the weaker of the weakest sections of the society, the State cannot vary, nor tinker the Presidential List.”
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The Court upheld the appointment of ten aldermen to the MCD by the Lieutenant Governor without consultation of the State Cabinet.
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“The criteria for exclusion of the creamy layer from the SCs and STs for the purpose of affirmative action could be different from the criteria as applicable to the Other Backward Classes.”
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“Article 341 does not create an integrated homogenous class. Sub-classification within the Scheduled Castes does not violate Article 341(2) because the castes are not per se included in or excluded from the List.”
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“Legal reform through legislative correction improves the legal system and it would require assessment of the working of the law, its accessibility, utility and abuse as well. Executive branch has a constitutional duty to ensure that the purpose and object of a statute is accomplished while implementing it, along with duty to closely monitor the working of a statute and must have a continuous and a real time assessment of the impact that the statute is having.”
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In E.V. Chinnaiah v. State of A.P., (2005) 1 SCC 394, the Supreme Court five Judge Bench held that Scheduled Castes form homogenous classes and there cannot be any sub-division, and that such sub-classification of SC/STs is contrary to Article 341 of the Constitution.
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July, just after the summer break, was the month of ground-breaking and landmark decisions. From long arguments on NEET-UG 2024 scam to landmark decisions on genetically modified crops, guidelines on portrayal of persons with disabilities in visual media, films, and maintainability of WB’s suit against misuse of CBI, this roundup revisits it all.
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