Man, guilty of burning his pregnant wife and 3-year-old son, not to face death penalty
Supreme Court: In the case where death penalty was sought for a man who allegedly set his 7-month pregnant wife on fire
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SEBI Circulars cannot be challenged in SAT: Rules Supreme Court of India
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BCI, while exercising original jurisdiction on transfer of a complaint, cannot remand the complaint to the State Bar Council
Supreme Court: Dealing with the question as to whether after transfer of a disciplinary proceeding, as per the mandate enshrined under Section
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23 shops and Kalyan Mandap of Orissa Olympic Association constructed on encroached land
Supreme Court: Holding the Orissa Olympic Association has encroached upon Government land by constructing 23 shops and ‘Kalyan Mandap’ over it, the
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7-judge bench declines the requests of Justice C.S.Karnan to be permitted to discharge judicial and administrative duties
Supreme Court: The 7-judge bench of J.S. Khehar, CJ and Dipak Misra, J. Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B. Lokur, P.C. Ghose and
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Highway Liquor Sale Ban: The ‘500 metre distance’ direction issued on 15.12.2016 modified for areas with less population and hilly terrain
Supreme Court: Showing concern over the presence of liquor vends on national and state highways across the country, the 3-judge bench of
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CBSE cannot issue notice fixing the maximum age limit for NEET examination in absence of MCI Regulations
Supreme Court: In the petition seeking quashing of admission notice issued by CBSE dated 31.1.2017 that stipulates the maximum age of 25
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Factors for determining the culpability of accused participating in unlawful assembly, explained
Supreme Court: In the case where the culpability of an accused participating in an unlawful assembly was in question, the bench of
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Guidelines issued for amending the Criminal Manuals for removing inadequacies and deficiencies in criminal trials
Supreme Court: Taking Suo Motu cognizance in respect of inadequacies and deficiencies in criminal trials, the bench of S.A. Bobde and L.
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Manufactures cannot sell the existing stock of vehicles not meeting the Bharat Stage-IV Emission Standards after 31.03.2017
Supreme Court: Stating that the sale and registration and therefore the commercial interests of manufacturers and dealers of such vehicles that do
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Bombay High Court’s order upholding the State Legislature imposing tax on anything shown on electronic and print media stayed
Supreme Court: In the matter where the Indian Broadcasting Foundation had appealed against the order of the Bombay High Court which upheld
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Only 50% of the casual worker’s service is to be reckoned for calculating pension after obtaining temporary status
Supreme Court: In the case where the respondents who were initially engaged on casual basis and after one or two years were
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Investigation in the matter of death of a girl under mysterious circumstances transferred to CBI
Supreme Court: In the case where the mother of a 22 year old girl who died under mysterious circumstances on 1.8.2015 filed
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BCCI bound to honour the contracts with State Associations to avoid impediment to holding of matches
Supreme Court: Considering the fact that there is a test match which is going to be played between India and Australia tomorrow
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Matter relating to designation of Senior Advocates in the Supreme Court referred to larger bench
Supreme Court: The Bench of Ranjan Gogoi and Navin Sinha, JJ referred the matter relating to framing of guidelines for designation of
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The relief being sought is the litmus test for determining the nature of a writ petition
Supreme Court: In the ‘money for change of land use’ scam involving Ram Kishan Fauji where it was alleged that no appeal
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Swearing in ceremony of Manohar Parrikar as Goa CM not to be stayed
Supreme Court: The special bench of Jagdish Singh Khehar, CJ and Ranjan Gogoi and R.K. Agrawal, JJ refused to stay the swearing
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A review application, regard being had to its limited scope, has to be disposed of as expeditiously as possible
Supreme Court: In the case where the review petition preferred in 2012, was kept pending for almost four years and, thereafter, the
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High Courts to issue directions to subordinate Courts providing timelines for speedy disposal of trials
Supreme Court: Taking note of the problem of delay in disposal of trials, the bench of A.K. Goel and U.U. Lalit, JJ
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Technological advancement should be utilised to combat hardships of the litigants seeking transfer of proceedings
Supreme Court: With a view to provide an alternative to seeking transfer of proceedings on account of inability of a party to
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