Gautam Navlakha
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Gautam Navlakha is a human rights activist and the former Secretary of the People’s Union for Democratic Rights and was arrested in August 2018.

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Hemant Soren
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Hemant Soren was arrested by the ED on January 31 under the allegation that he illegally acquired an 8.86 acre of land in Ranchi with the help of State Government officials and others.

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Explanation from AOR
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Supreme Court: In a special leave petition filed against the impugned judgment and order passed by the Allahabad High Court, the division

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Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra
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Justice (Retd.) Sanjaya Kumar Mishra’s appointment marks the beginning of the operationalisation of the GSTAT, a crucial body for resolving GST-related disputes.

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Arvind Kejriwal
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“On April 10, the Delhi High Court dismissed a PIL while imposing a cost of Rs.50,000/-, believing it was aimed at gaining publicity.”

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Hemant Soren
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Hemant Soren had resigned from the post of Chief Minister of Jharkhand on January 31, 2024.

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Madras High Court
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Madras High Court closed the Habeas Corpus Petition with a liberty to the petitioner to visit her minor child at the house of the respondent 5, once a week

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Jurisdiction of Special Court
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“The High Court could have directed the complaint to be withdrawn and presented before the appropriate Court having jurisdiction.”

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Reproductive autonomy
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“Pregnant persons seeking termination of pregnancy seek predictability for their future. The uncertainty caused by changing opinions of the medical board must therefore balance the distress it would cause to the pregnant person by providing cogent and sound reasons.”

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Madras High Court
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“Educational certificates are not marketable commodities within the meaning of Section 171 of the Contract Act, 1872.”

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Patanjali Misleading Ads Case
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Supreme Court noted that the misleading advertisements for Patanjali products, which have now been prohibited, are still available on certain online platforms

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Madras High Court
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“The persistence of manual scavenging is a stark reminder of the deep-rooted inequalities and discrimination that continue to pervade our society, perpetuating the cycle of poverty, oppression, and exclusion faced by marginalized groups.”

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MPSS exam
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“One lapse on the part of the State is all it took to generate this litigation, impacting multitudes of job aspirants in the State of Madhya Pradesh. The lapse was the amendment of an existing service rule on 17-02-2020 which was recalled thereafter on 20-12-2021, restoring the rule to its original position, but in the interregnum that amended rule was applied to an ongoing recruitment process.”

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Supreme Court
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In the previous order, Supreme Court directed for reserving some of the posts in the Executive Committee of SCBA for women members of the Bar.

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Allahabad High Court
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“The Court set aside the impugned summoning order and the criminal proceedings against the wife under Section 494 IPC. However, the Court did not quash the criminal proceedings initiated against the wife under Sections 504, 506 IPC.”

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Madras High Court
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“The roads are carrying beyond their capacity. It can also be seen that all these routes are meddling/interfering with the elephant corridors. And In view of traffic jams, vehicles are stranded in the roads cutting across forests, the animals are worst affected. It causes irreparable damage to the environment.”

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Valid proof of Hindu marriage
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“A marriage is not an event for ‘song and dance’ and ‘wining and dining’ or an occasion to demand and exchange dowry and gifts by undue pressure leading to possible initiation of criminal proceedings thereafter. A marriage is not a commercial transaction.”

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women reservation in SCBA
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court clarified that reservation is only to guarantee a minimum and women members of the SCBA, subject to their eligibility, be entitled to contest the election for all the posts in the Executive Committee.

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Vahiwatdar of Trust
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“Repeated attempts to attack the Change Reports relating to assumption of office by the new administration of the Trust only indicates their inimical attitude thereto and to the family of the founder, Mallikarjun Mahalingappa Patil”

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Madras High Court
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The petitioner was retired from service by superannuation and hence, the employer – employee relationship between the petitioner and the University had come to an end and hence, the University holds no Authority to re-fix the salary and the consequential benefits of the petitioner.

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