Prachi Bhardwaj, Author at SCC Times

Execution of Will| Sufficient to prove attestation of one attesting witness to be in his handwriting when both attesting witnesses are dead

Supreme Court: Explaining the requirement under Section 69 of the Evidence Act pertinent to Section 68 of the Evidence Act that the

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SC extends tenure of the Chairman and members of TDSAT for 3 months

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah, JJ has extended the the tenure of the Chairman

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Can a policy framed under Article 161 for grant of remission override the requirements under Section 433-A CrPC? Larger bench to decide

Supreme Court: Dealing with an issue relating to special remission being granted to certain categories of prisoners by the Governor of Haryana

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One Nation One Education Board| SC refuses to entertain PIL; Says it’s not the function of the Court

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and KM Joseph, JJ has refused to entertain a public interest

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Installation of CCTV cameras in Police Stations: SC seeks MHA’s update on implementation of it’s 2017 judgment

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of RF Nariman, Naveen Sinha and BR Gavai, JJ has issued notice to the Ministry of Home

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Stay on coercive action against Amish Devgan for remarks on Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti extended till August 5

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has yet again extended it’s order directing no

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Notice to Centre on petition seeking payment of maternity benefit to all pregnant and lactating women

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of CJ SA Bobde, and R. S Reddy and AS Bopanna, JJ has issued notice to the

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SC clarifies law on admissibility of electronic evidence without certificate under Section 65B of Evidence Act, 1872

Supreme Court: In a reference dealing with the interpretation of Section 65B of the Evidence Act, 1872 that deals with admissibility of

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COVID-19| SC disposes of the petition after ICAI postpones CA exams to November 2020

Supreme Court: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has submitted before the Supreme Court that the May cycle exams, slated

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SC upholds Travancore royal family’s right in administration of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The bench of UU Lalit and Indu Malhotra, JJ has upheld the rights of the Travancore royal family in the

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Final Year student writes to Chief Justice of Bombay High Court over UGC’s Guidelines on conduct of exams

A final year student has written to the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court raising concerns over the guidelines issued by UGC

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Delhi HC| Reconstitution of Delhi School Management Committees postponed till next hearing

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SC issues notice to Centre and Assam on plea challenging the process of delimitation of Constituencies

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, CJ, RS Reddy, AS Bopanna, JJ has sought responses from the Centre and the

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COVID-19| Migrant Labourers: SC pulls up Maharashtra for lapses; says “this is not an adversarial litigation”

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah, JJ pulled up State of Maharashtra for submitting that

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US SC asks President Trump to release his financial records to NY prosecutors but not to Congress

US SC: In a high-profile set of rulings, the US Supreme Court has, in a 7:2 verdict, held that the t President

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Even non-payment of entire sale consideration cannot be a ground cancellation of sale deed: SC

Supreme Court: The 2-judge bench of Indu Malhotra and L Nageswara Rao, JJ has held that even when the entire sale consideration

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‘Undemocratic’ Circular Seeking Reconstitution of School Management Committees in Delhi challenged

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NLU Jodhpur student’s death: SC asks Rajasthan Police to complete the investigation within 2 months

Supreme Court: A bench headed by RF Nariman, J has granted Rajasthan Police two months deadline to complete the investigation into the

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Unitech’s Sanjay Chandra gets interim bail as parents hospitalised after testing COVID-19 positive

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and MR Shah, JJ has granted bail to former Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra after

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SC extends stay on coercive action against Amish Devgan for remarks on Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti

Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has extended it’s order directing no coercive action to be taken