Courts can’t assume fabrication of dying declaration by IO in absence of proof
Supreme Court: The bench of MM Shantanagoudar and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has held that it cannot be laid down as an absolute
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No interference required in M Nageshwar Rao’s appointment as interim CBI Director: SC [Full Report]
Supreme Court: The bench of Arun Mishra and Vineet Saran, JJ disposed of a plea challenging the appointment of M. Nageshwar Rao
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Can’t order probe into a Mirage crash that was bound to happen: SC
Supreme Court: Dismissing the PIL filed by lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava seeking court monitored probe into Mirage Aircraft crash in Bengaluru on
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SC sets aside NGT order to reopen Vedanta’s Tuticorin Sterlite plant; No order on reopening of the plant [Full Report]
Supreme Court: The bench of RF Nariman and Navin Sinha, JJ has refused to allow reopening of Vedanta’s Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin,
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Principle of confidentiality in mediation does not apply to matters of child custody
Supreme Court: In the issue relating to custody of a child where the question was as to whether the Counsellor’s report furnished
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Why are Chief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner always appointed from Public Service only? Consider other streams too: SC to Centre
Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. AK Sikri and SA Nazeer, JJ has given extensive directions in a PIL seeking direction to
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Delhi vs Centre: Powers demarcated; Split verdict on power to transfer and appoint officers [Full Report]
Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, JJ has put an end to ‘almost’ all the issues related
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Bhima-Koregaon Case: Bomaby HC order refusing more time to file charge-sheet set aside [Full Report]
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, JJ has set aside the
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Haryana’s single L-1BF license rule for imported foreign liquor struck down in a 2:1 majority verdict
Supreme Court: Rule 24(i-eeee) of the Haryana Liquor License Rules 1970 that provides for a single L-1BF license for the entire State
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Muzaffarpur shelter home case: M Nageswara Rao found guilty of contempt
Supreme Court: A bench headed by Ranjan Gogoi, CJ has imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the former CBI interim
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Applicability of ‘Mohan Lal’ verdict ordering acquittal in case of informant and IO being the same person, revisited
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Navin Sinha and KM Joseph, JJ has clarified that all pending criminal prosecutions, trials and appeals prior to the law laid down in Mohan Lal vs. State of Punjab, (2018)
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Naz Foundation withdraws curative petition against 2013 SC verdict
Supreme Court: The Bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Sanjiv Khanna, J allowed the NGO Naz Foundation to withdraw its curative plea challenging
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Question as to property being a Wakf property or not is to be decided by Wakf Tribunal irrespective of the religious status of parties
Supreme Court: In an appeal against the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court where it was held that the Wakf
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Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault case transferred from Bihar to Delhi
Supreme Court: Slamming the Bihar government for its management of shelter homes, the Court has ordered the transfer of the Muzaffarpur shelter home
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Sabarimala Verdict review: Judgment Reserved
Supreme Court: The 5-judge Constitution Bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and RF Nariman, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra, JJ has
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Notice issued to advocate Prashant Bhushan on contempt petition filed by AG and Centre
Supreme Court: The Bench of Arun Mishra and Navin Sinha, JJ has given 3 weeks to advocate Prashant Bhushan on contempt pleas by
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HC cannot sit as an appellate court while hearing revision under S. 397 CrPC
Supreme Court: In a matter where the Gujarat High Court had set aside the order passed by a Chief Judicial Magistrate who
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CAPFs being in Organized Group “A” Services entitled to Non-Functional Financial Upgradation
Supreme Court: In a huge relief to Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), the bench of RF Nariman and MR Shah, JJ has
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AG and Central Govt file contempt petition against advocate Prashant Bhushan in SC
After advocate Prashant Bhushan made some comments on Twitter regarding the appointment of former interim chief of CBI M Nageswara Rao, the Attorney
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CBI v. Kolkata Police Row: Kolkata Police chief not to be arrested during investigation
Supreme Court: In the CBI versus Kolkata Police controversy, the Court has directed that no coercive steps, including arrest of Rajeev Kumar,
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