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The present case is related to the cash-for-jobs scam, in which the Tamil Nadu Minister and DMK MLA V Senthil Balaji, among others, has been accused of accepting bribes from candidates in exchange of appointment to the State Transportation Corporation

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Supreme Court considered the fact that the accused was represented by his son, as the Advocates were on strike in Rajasthan and hence, the petitioner could not properly represent himself before the court of law.

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madras high court
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It is quite unfortunate that the archaic beliefs that if a widow enters a temple, it will cause impurity continues to prevail in this State. Even though the reformers are attempting to break all these senseless beliefs, it continues to be practiced in some villages.

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Madras High Court rejected the argument that compensation has been already paid to the petitioner, thus the question of providing employment to the surviving daughter will not arise, as the petitioner is relying upon the provision of a Special Act.

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rajasthan minor mineral concession rules
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Supreme Court reiterated that there is no right vested over an application made which is pending seeking lease of a Government land or over the minerals beneath the soil in any type of land over which the Government has a vested right and regulatory control.

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Because of the retrospective operation of the new pension scheme, no employer or employee would have forethought that appointments made after 01-04-2003 would not be eligible for the old pension scheme.

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Madras High Court said that the action taken by the passport officer cannot be faulted. If false particulars and false documents are given, the Passport Authority has no option but to impound the passport.

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allahabad high court
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Apart from the statutory power of recall of an ex parte order conferred under the first proviso to Section 209 U.P. Revenue Code, 2006, every Court or Tribunal would have an inherent power to recall an ex parte order to secure the ends of justice.

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The Varanasi District Court had allowed an application of the four Hindu females who were seeking directions for the Director, ASI to undertake scientific survey/investigation/excavation of the Gyanvapi Mosque, excluding the areas sealed by the Supreme Court.

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arnesh kumar guidelines
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Supreme Court opined that the Jharkhand High Court fell into error in adopting such a casual approach and set aside the impugned order. Thus, granted bail to the husband.

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Allahabad High Court directed the Commissioner of Police, Lucknow, to refer the victim’s case to the Chief Medical Superintendent of KGMU.

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Supreme Court said that the prosecution has failed to prove that the accused had either any intention of causing the death of the deceased or the intention of causing such bodily injury to the deceased which was likely to cause his death.

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tribunal monthly july 2023
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A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from Tribunals, Regulatory Bodies, Commissions this month

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wb ram navami violence
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Six first information reports were registered by the Police over the Ram Navami violence in the State of West Bengal.

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We are now suffering from a virtual information diarrhoea where everyone is bombarded with messages. Hence, what is exchanged as a message on social media can have a very big influence within a short time. That is the reason as to why a person must exercise social responsibility while creating or forwarding a message.

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west bengal coal scam
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Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee were stopped at the airport on 05-06-2023 from travelling abroad because of the Look Out Circular

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The primary duty of the office of a Judge is to render justice to the litigants by deciding the cases that are assigned to him and a Judge appointed under Article 224 of the Constitution of India is as much under oath to perform this duty, as a Judge appointed under Article 217.

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Allahabad High Court said that as the compensation has already been assessed by the authorities to the tune of Rs. 1,33,05,600/-, thus no question arises for interfering for awarding higher compensation

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This is one of the cases where the youth in this country are spoiling their lives due to lure of free relationship with the member of the opposite sex aping western culture and not finding any real soulmate in the end.

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Allahabad high Court said that there is no plausible reason why the proposal made by the Institutional Service Board for striking down the word ‘unmarried’ occurring in Regulation 104 of Regulations 1975 could be turned down by the State Government.

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