Prachi Bhardwaj, Author at SCC Times

Section 377 IPC: Naz Foundation decision to be re-considered; Matter referred to larger bench [Full Report]

Supreme Court: Hearing the plea of certain persons directly affected by the offence enumerated under Section 377 IPC, the 3-judge bench of

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Adultery: Constitution Bench to decide the constitutional validity of Section 497 IPC

Supreme Court: Noticing that there is a need to reconsider the earlier judgments on the Constitutional validity of Section 497 IPC, regard

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Not just AoRs but Junior Lawyers can also mention cases for urgent hearing: CJI

Amending the direction given on 20.09.2017, Chief Justice Dipak Misra said that apart from the advocates-on-records (AoRs), junior counsel can also mention

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Centre to submit comprehensive status report on compliance of Consumer Protection Act, 1986

Supreme Court: After a 3-member committee headed by former Supreme Court judge, Justice Arijit Pasayat, filed it’s report on the facilitating infrastructural

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Not making adequate provisions to facilitate proper education to persons with disabilities amounts to discrimination

Supreme Court: Stating that educational institutions are bound to reserve seats from persons suffering from disability, the bench of Dr. AK Sikri

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Teesta Setalvad’s plea seeking de-freezing of accounts dismissed

Supreme Court: The bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and AM Khanwilkar, J dismissed Teesta Setalvad’s plea seeking de-freezing of her accounts that

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Aadhaar: Deadline for linkage with Schemes, Bank Accounts, Mobile Phones extended to March 31

Supreme Court: Passing interim order in the most talked about Aadhaar linkage matter, the 5-judge Constitution Bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and

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HJS Paper Leak: Matter before SC disposed of; P&H HC to monitor SIT investigation

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, JJ disposed of the matter relating to the leakage of question

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Aadhaar: 5-judge bench to pronounce interim order tomorrow; Final hearing to begin on January 17

Supreme Court: The 5-judge Constitution Bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and Dr. AK Sikri, AM Khanwilkar, Dr. DY CHandrachud and Ashok Bhushan,

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Supreme Court cannot entertain objections as the original court solely because it has appointed the arbitrator

Supreme Court: Deciding the question relating to the entertainability of an application by this Court for making an award passed by the

Legislation Updates Notifications

Linking of Aadhaar to existing bank accounts postponed indefinitely

On 12.12.2017, Central Government, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, made the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Seventh

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Pradyuman Murder: SC refuses to interfere with Pinto Family’s interim bail

Supreme Court: The bench of RK Agarwal and AM Sapre, JJ refused to interfere with the order of the Punjab & Haryana

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‘Humiliated’ Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan gives up court practice

The highest Court of Justice in India has been witnessing quite a few episodes since a couple of months. In the most

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Adultery: SC asks Centre why women should not be punished under Section 497 IPC

Supreme Court: Agreeing to hear the petition that sought for examining Section 497 of Penal Code, the 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra,

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Father wins custody of a 5-year-old; SC says unnecessary translocation of a child not good for his well-being

Supreme Court: Setting aside the Delhi High Court order where a father was directed to hand over the custody of his 5-year-old

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Will non- acceptance of compensation by landowner amount to lapse of acquisition proceedings? Larger bench to decide

Supreme Court: The Bench of Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy, JJ asked CJI to form a larger bench to decide the question

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Aadhaar Matter to be heard next week; Centre likely to extend Aadhaar linking deadline to March 31, 2018

Supreme Court: After the Aadhaar matter was mentioned before the CJI Court by Senior Advocate Shyam Divan, Dipak Misra, CJ said that

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Supreme Court calls for legislative changes to check ‘astronomical’ fees charged by lawyers

Supreme Court: In the matter where it was brought to the Court’s notice that an advocate had demanded 16% of the amount

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Gram Panchayat Certificate not a ‘private document’, Can be used to establish legacy linkage

Supreme Court: In the issue relating to admissibility of the certificate issued by Gram Panchayat Secretary as a proof of citizenship, the

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Ayodhya Matter: SC refuses to defer the matter till 2019; fixes Feb 8, 2018 as next date of hearing

Supreme Court: Fixing the next hearing on 08.02.2018, the 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ