Prachi Bhardwaj, Author at SCC Times

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State legislature can’t enact a law that touches the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; Section 13(2) of the Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act held unconstitutional

Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, MR Shah and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has declared Section

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Nirbhaya Case| One of the death row convicts files review petition seeking leniency

Supreme Court: Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the convicts in the brutal December 16, 2012, Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, has filed

OP. ED.Tributes and Obituaries

Remembering Adv. Lily Thomas, Supreme Court’s senior most woman advocate

Supreme Court advocate Lily Thomas, responsible for striking down of Section 8(4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 to disqualify

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Delhi-NCR Pollution| SC partially lifts ban on construction activities in Delhi-NCR; Allows construction from 6 AM to 6 PM

Supreme Court: The bench Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta, JJ has allowed construction activity in the Delhi-NCR region between 6 am and

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Larger bench to decide the legality of domicile/residence-based reservation in admission to PG Medical Courses within the State Quota

Supreme Court: In an appeal seeking clarity on the issue of the legality and validity of domicile/residence-based reservation for admission to the

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Why have you stopped supply of ration to Mizoram Bru refugees? SC asks Centre

Supreme Court: The Court has asked the Centre to explain within two weeks why it has stopped the supply of ration to

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Minimum qualifying years of service cannot be ignored for grant of invalid pension

Supreme Court: In a case where the family of a man was awarded invalid pension by the Tribunal despite of the fact

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Constitutional validity of the Punjab Religious Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1997 upheld

Supreme Court: Upholding the constitutional validity of the Punjab Religious Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1997 a bench comprising

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Justice Arun Mishra asks Bar members to let go off arrogance after SC AoR Association requests him to be more patient with lawyers

Supreme Court: Two days after a senior lawyer walked out of his courtroom when warned of contempt, Justice Arun Mishra on Thursday

Case Briefs Supreme Court Roundups

Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – November 2019

TOP STORIES Ayodhya Verdict| Here’s why the 5-judge bench unanimously held that the disputed site belongs to Hindus The 5-judge bench finally

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Section 87 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 struck down. Here’s why

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of RF Nariman, Surya Kant and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has held that Section 87 of the Arbitration

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Article 370| SC reserves order on pleas challenging restrictions imposed in J&K after abrogation of Article 370

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of N V Ramana, R Subhash Reddy, and B R Gavai, JJ has reserved the judgment on a

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Maharashtra Political Crisis| Floor test to be conducted on tomorrow; Proceedings to be live telecast [Full Report]

“There is no gainsaying that the boundaries between the jurisdiction of Courts and Parliamentary independence have been contested for a long time.

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Maharashtra Political Crisis| SC to pronounce verdict tomorrow

Supreme Court: After hearing the Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena’s plea today against the decision of the Maharashtra Governor inviting Devendra Fadnavis to form the

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Maharashtra Political Crisis| SC to hear Shiv Sena, NCP, Congress’s plea against Governor’s decision tomorrow

Supreme Court: After Maharashtra witnessed a major political drama with the swearing in of Devendra Fadnavis as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra

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Victim’s counsel can make up for deficiencies in the prosecution case but can’t argue the case

Supreme Court: Dealing with the question relating to the extent to which a victim’s counsel can participate in the prosecution of a

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Haren Pandya Murder Case: SC dismisses review petitions of 9 convicts

Supreme Court: The bench of Arun Mishra and Vineet Saran, JJ has dismissed the petition seeking review of it’s July 5, 2019

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INX Media Case| SC issues notice to ED on Chidambaram’s bail plea

Supreme Court: The bench of R Banumathi, A S Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ has sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate

Know thy Judge

As Justice SA Bobde takes charge as the 47th Chief Justice of India, here’s all you need to know about him

Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde will be taking oath as the 47th Chief Justice of India today, succeeding Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who served as the

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NCLAT’s order set aside in Essar Steel Insolvency case; Key issues on Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process answered

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of RF Nariman, Surya Kant and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has set aside the NCLAT order dated 04.07.2019