National Human Rights Commission
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The complainant alleged that teachers and students in government schools in Sambhal have to remove shoes in class as per the order of ‘Basic Shiksha Adhikari’. The complainant further alleged that all female teachers had to be addressed as ‘Didi’ or ‘Behanji’ as per orders.

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Rajkumar Daitapati PMLA
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Rajasthan High Court via the impugned order dated 11-11-2021 dismissed the appellant’s application for anticipatory bail opining that the appellant was allegedly involved in serious economic offence.

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SC Collegium
Appointments & TransfersNews

The Collegium recommended the appointment of Permanent Judges for the High Courts of Delhi, Karnataka and Punjab & Haryana.

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Karnataka High Court
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The sitting Member of Parliament had shared article in November claiming that a farmer had died by suicide after discovering his land had been taken over by the Waqf Board.

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interpretation Section 14 Hindu Succession Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court pointed out that the issue is of utmost importance as it affects the rights of every Hindu female. It is absolutely necessary that there must be clarity and certainty in the position of law that would govern proprietary interests of parties involving interpretation of Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act.

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National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
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The NCDRC noted that Reliance General Insurance did not take the issue of territorial jurisdiction before SCDRC; therefore, SCDRC basing its decision on the same, was bad in law.

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National Human Rights Commission
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The summons was issued after taking note of non-receipt of requisite report despite sending reminders. NHRC however clarified that if the required documents are received on or before 14-01-2025, then the personal appearance shall stand dispensed with.

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CJI sanjiv khanna sc collegium judge appointment
Appointments & TransfersNews

This segment aims to track and chart the monthly course of judicial appointments, retirements in the Supreme Court and High Courts along with recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium.

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Justice Manmohan oath
Appointments & TransfersNews

Justice Manmohan’s elevation to the Supreme Court was recommended by the Collegium on 28-11-2024 and his appointment was confirmed by the Centre on 3-12-2024.

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LFP
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court said that Government should have been sympathetic to the widow of a deceased soldier who died in harness instead of dragging her to the Court.

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farmers protests X(twitter) accounts block
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The appellant sought information concerning blocking of social media accounts covering farmer’s protests and those critical of the government.

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Justice Vibhu Bakhru
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Justice Vibhu Bakhru enrolled as an Advocate with Bar Council of Delhi in September 1990 and was appointed as Additional Judge of High Court of Delhi on 17-4-2013 and became a Permanent Judge on 18-3-2015.

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justice manmohan
Appointments & TransfersNews

Justice Manmohan’s elevation to the Supreme Court was recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium on 28-11-2024.

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YSR Congress Party social media head
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The petitioner alleged that S. 111 of Nyaya Samhita, 2023 is being misused as a tool to stifle the voice of the opposition party.

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outsourced employee experience marks
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The true thrust of every selection process ought to be to find out and select suitable candidates, having experience in the related work and fulfilling other criteria, from among eligible candidates and to go ahead with appointing the more meritorious of those found suitable”.

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conversion reservation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In the instant case, the Court rejected the appellant’s contention that caste would be under eclipse upon conversion and will resume upon reconversion.

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Justice Manmohan
Appointments & TransfersNews

Justice Manmohan was appointed as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on 21-9-2024 and took oath of office on 29-9-2024.

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Justice Kuldip Singh Green Judge
Know thy Judge

Earning the moniker of “Green Judge”, Late Justice Kuldip Singh played a monumental role in building the foundations of Environmental Jurisprudence in India.

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civil relationship
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court further observed that there is a worrying trend that consensual relationships going on for prolonged period, upon turning sour, have been sought to be criminalised by invoking criminal jurisprudence.

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socialist secular 42nd constitutional amendment preamble
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court said that addition of ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ to the Preamble have not restricted or impeded legislations or policies pursued by elected governments and the constitutional position remains unambiguous, negating the need for a detailed academic pronouncement.

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