Prachi Bhardwaj, Author at SCC Times

CJI recuses himself from plea challenging M Nageswara Rao’s appointment as CBI’s interim Director

Supreme Court: CJI Ranjan Gogoi has recused himself from hearing the plea challenging appointment of M Nageswara Rao as the interim director of

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Maharashtra Dance Bars Law: Here’s a list of what’s been struck down by Supreme Court and why

Supreme Court: Partially upholding the validity of the Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance in Hotels, Restaurant and Bar Rooms and Protection of

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Maharashtra Law on running of Mumbai Dance Bars partly upheld

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, JJ set aside certain provisions of Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance in

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Here’s why Sabarimala Review hearing may not begin from Jan 22

Supreme Court: The Court said that it may not start the hearing on pleas seeking review of the Sabarimala verdict from January 22

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2002 Gujarat Riots: SC to hear Zakia Jafri’s plea against clean chit to PM Modi after 4 weeks

Supreme Court: In the plea filed by Zakia Jafri, challenging the SIT’s clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in connection

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SC seeks Centre’s response on PIL against ‘snooping’ notification

Supreme Court: On a plea challenging the notification authorising 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt any computer system, the Court sought

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Ayodhya Matter adjourned to Jan 29 after Justice UU Lalit recuses himself from the case

Supreme Court: After Justice UU Lalit recused himself from the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute title case famously known as the Ayodhya dispute,

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Original specifications made by the manufacturer of the vehicle can’t be altered: SC

Supreme Court: Deciding the question involving the permissible alteration in a Motor Vehicle in view of the provisions contained in section 52

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CBI Director Alok Verma reinstated with riders; Can’t take major policy decisions till further orders

Supreme Court: Setting aside the Central Government and Central Vigilance Committee’s (CVC) October 23, 2018 order divesting CBI Director Alok Verma of

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Officials making arrests under scrapped S. 66A of IT Act will be sent to jail: SC tells Centre

Supreme Court: The Court has sought Centre’s response on a plea alleging prosecutions even after the Supreme Court scrapped Section 66 A of

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Contempt jurisdiction cannot be invoked on the basis of impressions: SC

Supreme Court: Rejecting the contention of the petitioners who claimed reinstatement in UP Jal Nigam as they were under the “impression” that

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Criminal proceeding under S. 307 IPC can’t be quashed on the basis of complainant and accused’s settlement

Supreme Court: The bench comprising of DY Chandrachud and MR Shah, JJ set aside a Madhya Pradesh High Court order that had

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File status report till Jan 7 on steps taken to rescue trapped Meghalaya Miners: SC to Centre & State

Supreme Court: After the Centre told the Court that they were facing difficulties in the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped in an

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Ayodhya matter: Appropriate bench to fix the date of hearing on Jan 10

Supreme Court: In a hearing that lasted for less than a minute, the bench comprising Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and S K Kaul, J

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Amend S. 80DD of IT Act to give benefit to disabled persons even during the lifetime of guardian: SC to Centre

Supreme Court: The 3-judge Bench of Dr. AK Sikri, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ asked the Central Government to make necessary

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Meghalaya miners: We don’t know if they are dead or alive. What steps have you taken?: SC to State

Supreme Court: Reacting upon the unsatisfactory approach of the Meghalaya Government to rescue 15 miners, trapped in an illegal flooded coal mine

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Retrenched worker can’t claim preference over regularised employee for re-employment under Section 25(H) of ID Act

Supreme Court: In the matter where an illegally terminated workman had sought reinstatement claiming preference over other persons being a “retrenched workman”