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IPRS forthwith restrained from granting any licence/receiving licence fee in respect of Chitra Singh & Jagjit Singh’s works

Union Government’s decision to impose President’s Rule in Uttarakhand termed as “travesty of justice”

Policy decision of charging pooled price for Regasified Liquefied Natural Gas upheld

Widow of the deceased employee, only on account of her subsequent remarriage, cannot be precluded from receiving compensation so determined by the Commissioner

Indian Administrative Service (Cadre) Second Amendment Rules, 2016

All civil disputes are, by definition, arbitrable except those that are specifically excluded

2016 SCC Vol. 3 April 07, 2016 Part 4

State Government directed to pay compensation in case of detention even after order of release

BCI directed to furnish annual report in compliance with RTI Act

CNLU wins 4th edition of the Mahamana Malviya Moot Court Competition

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Obscene act in private place will be no offence

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