SC seeks EC’s response on plea against its decision to hold separate bypolls for 2 Rajya Sabha seats
Supreme Court: The vacation bench of Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant, JJ has sought response from the Election Commission by June 24
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West Bengal Doctor Strike: SC keeps issue of protection of doctors open but refuses urgent hearing
Supreme Court: The vacation bench of Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant, JJ has deferred the hearing on a plea seeking protection of
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SC grants bail to journalist Prashant Kanojia arrested for making objectionable comments against UP CM
Supreme Court: A vacation bench comprising of Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has granted bail to journalist Prashant Kanojia who was
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Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – May 2019
TOP STORIES Sexual Harassment allegations against CJI: SC In-House committee gives clean chit to CJI The In-House committee, headed by Justice SA
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Second round of litigation doesn’t lie before Foreigners Tribunal
Supreme Court: Deciding the conflict between sub-paragraph (2) to paragraph 3 and paragraph 8 of the Schedule to the Citizenship (Registration of
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BJP’s youth wing leader’s arrest for allegedly posting morphed image of WB CM Mamata Banerjee “prima facie arbitrary”: SC
Supreme Court: The vacation bench of Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has termed the arrest of BJP’s youth wing leader for
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SC to decide if Arbitration Clause in the principal contract be imported into subsequent contracts
Supreme Court: The bench of SA Bobde and SA Nazeer, JJ has issued notice to Pometon Spa, an Italian company involved in
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Karnataka Reservation Act, 2018 constitutional; Benefit of consequential seniority to be accorded retrospectively
Supreme Court: Upholding the validity of the Karnataka Extension of Consequential Seniority to Government Servants Promoted on the Basis of Reservation (to
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West Bengal IPS Officer suicide: SC expresses desire to meet the wife of the deceased officer
Supreme Court: A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has expressed its willingness to meet with the wife of former senior
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SC dismisses BSF Jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav’s plea against rejection of his nomination
Supreme Court: The bench headed by Ranjan Gogoi, JJ has rejected the plea of sacked BSF Jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, challenging the
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Citizenship row: SC refuses to debar Rahul Gandhi from contesting Lok Sabha elections
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ dismissed a plea seeking direction to
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SC explains law on payment of interest on ‘Differential excise duty’ under Section 11AB of Central Excise Act, 1944
Supreme Court: Deciding the question whether interest is payable on the differential excise duty with retrospective effect that become payable on the
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Father of modern Indian legal education system, Padma Shri Dr. NR Madhava Menon passes away
Prof NR Madhava Menon, considered as the father of modern legal education system, has passed away at the age of 84. Dr.
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BREAKING| SC dismisses VVPAT review plea filed by 21 Opposition parties
Supreme Court: The Court has rejected the review plea filed by twenty-one Opposition parties seeking a direction to increase VVPAT verification from
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Sexual Harassment allegations against CJI: SC In-House committee gives clean chit to CJI
The In-House committee, headed by Justice SA Bobde, also comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and Indu Malhotra, found “no substance” in the sexual
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Non maintenance of record not just a clerical error but the spring board for commission of offence of foeticide
Supreme Court: Refusing to strike down Section 23 of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, the
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NLS-Trilegal International Arbitration Conference
The Moot Court Society at National Law School of India University, Bangalore is organizing the second edition of the NLS-Trilegal International Arbitration
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Courts can’t do interpretive rewriting of the advertisement thereby changing the conditions of eligibility
Supreme Court: Stating that the essential qualifications for appointment to a post are for the employer to decide, the bench of Arun
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Commissioner under Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act is not a Court
Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan and KM Joseph, JJ decided some important questions dealing with the Hindu Religious and Charitable
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