money laundering bail cryptic orders
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“Consideration of two conditions mentioned in Section 45 is mandatory, and while considering the bail application, the said rigours of Section 45 have to be reckoned by the court to uphold the objectives of the PMLA.”

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bail pre arrest bail recovery agent
Case BriefsSupreme Court

High Court should have independently applied its mind and arrived at a conclusion as to whether a case for grant of bail, on settled parameters, had been made out or not.

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alok mahra
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Supreme Court Collegium on 17-10-2023 recommended his appointment as Judge of Uttaranchal High Court.

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Telangana HC permanent judges
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The Collegium on 5-2-2025 had recommended appointment of Justice Laxminarayana Alishetty, Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti and Justice Sujana Kalasikam.

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Harmeet Singh Grewal Deepinder Singh Nalwa
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The Supreme Court Collegium on 17-10-2023, had recommended the name of the advocates to be elevated as Judges.

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Justice Venkatachari Lakshminarayanan Justice Periyasamy Vadamalai
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The Supreme Court Collegium on 5-2-2025 headed by CJI Sanjiv Khanna recommended their appointment as Permanent Judges.

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ashish shroti mp hc
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Advocate Shroti’s name for elevation as Judge was recommended by the Collegium on 17-10-2023.

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Yarenjungla Longkumer gauhati hc
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Her name for elevation as Judge of Gauhati High Court was recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium on 4-1-2024.

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lottery ticket purchase service tax
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“There being no agency and no service rendered by the respondents-assessees herein as an agent to the Government of Sikkim, service tax is not leviable.”

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chaitali chatterjee calcutta high court
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After enrolment at the Bar in 1993, Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) practiced at the High Court and City Civil Court for about 16 years and thus has extensive experience at the Bar and the Bench.

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Taj Ali Moulasab Nadaf karnataka hc
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The Supreme Court on 17-1-2023 recommended the name of Taj Ali Moulasab for appointment as Judge of Karnataka High Court.

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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Once a person is arrested, his right to liberty under Article 21 is curtailed. When such an important fundamental right is curtailed, it is necessary that the person concerned must understand on what grounds he has been arrested.

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misleading medical ads
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The Court was hearing a writ petition filed by IMA seeking regulation of medical advertisements by Patanjali Ayurved Ltd.

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Know Thy Judge| Supreme Court of India: Justice Dipankar Datta
Know thy Judge

Justice Dipankar Datta served as a Judge in the Calcutta High Court, and as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, prior to being sworn in as Supreme Court Judge on 12-12-2022.

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State Transport Authority
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court also upheld the constitutional validity of Karnataka Motor Vehicles Taxation and Certain Other Law (Amendment) Act, 2003 which repealed the Karnataka Contract Carriages (Acquisition) Act, 1976.

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delhi hc judges
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The Collegium led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, CJI on 5-2-2025 issued the statement concerning the appointments.

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Cult of Fear Asaram Bapu Discovery Channel
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The petition arrayed 7 States and Union Government after Discovery Channel staff received threats on social media account of the channel.

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Permanent Judges Madras HC Telangana HC
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The Collegium in its meeting on 5-2-2025 recommended the appointment of 5 Permanent Judges.

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solatium interest
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court stated that modifying or clarifying the judgment in Union of India v. Tarsem Singh, (2019) 9 SCC 304 would lend itself to violating the doctrine of immutability, undermining the finality of the decision.

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one-sided agreements
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court reiterated that one-sided Agreements, as in the present case, would be covered by the definition of term “unfair trade practice”.

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