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Amazon’s fulfilment centre at Bilaspur, Haryana accommodates employees, third party workforce, venders and other visitors. The domestic waste water is treated in Sewage Treatment Plant (40 KLD) and HSPCB found that collected water samples from the STP, did not meet the requisite criteria.

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SC calls Meet on Delhi's demand for water
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Delhi Government sought directions for the immediate release of water from Himachal Pradesh through Haryana.

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Onus to prove service for commercial purpose on service provider
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“If and only if, the service provider discharges its onus of showing that the service was availed, in fact for a commercial purpose, does the onus shift back to the complainant to show that the service was obtained exclusively for the purpose of earning its livelihood by means of self-employment.”

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Rahul Gandhi appear Bengaluru Court
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM DK Shivakumar were granted bail by the Court in the matter, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000 each.

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s interim bail
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The Supreme Court granted him interim bail till 01-06-2024 considering the ongoing 18th Lok Sabha General Elections with a direction to surrender on 02-06-2024.

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SC re-constitutes Gender Sensitisation
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Regulation 4 of the Gender Sensitization & Sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal), Regulations, 2013, provides for constitution of the Gender Sensitization & Internal Complaints Committee for sensitizing the public to gender issues and to address any complaints made with regard to sexual harassment at the Supreme Court precincts.

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Prajwal Revanna to six days police custody
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Suspended Janata Dal (Secular) leader Prajwal Revanna, accused of sexually abusing numerous women, was arrested as soon as he arrived at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport.

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Merit-cum-Seniority
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“As long as ‘Merit-cum-Seniority’ is applied in the manner as explained in All India Judges’ Association v. Union of India, (2002) 4 SCC 247, wherein both merit and seniority are considered, and merit plays the dominant role, the process of promotion cannot be said to be violative of the principle of ‘Merit-cum-Seniority’.”

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Electronica Trade Mark
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Trade Mark Registry allowed the Form TM-24 Applications of the Electronica Hitech Machines Tools Private Limited for bringing on record their name as the subsequent proprietor. Electronica India Limited challenged the said purported order.

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's 7-days extension
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On 28-05-2024, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi had mentioned the IA before the Vacation Division Bench of JK Maheshwari and KV Viswanathan, JJ. It was clarified that the criminal appeal was already heard and reserved on 17-05-2024 by another Bench and was also suggested that it would be appropriate to place the application before the CJI Dr. DY Chandrachud for appropriate orders.

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Bail Umar khalid 2020 Delhi Riots case
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It has been alleged that the riots which took place in Delhi in 2020 were the result of a preplanned conspiracy between former JNU Scholar and activist Umar Khalid and his associates from different organisations.

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acquittal on material omissions of witnesses
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The requirement under Section 145 of the Evidence Act, 1872 of confronting the witness by showing him the relevant part of his prior statement is to give the witness a chance to explain the contradiction and this is a rule of fairness.”

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High Court weekly Roundup
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A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

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Justice S.V. Gangapurwala
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Acing the spheres of law, sports and education alike, Justice S.V. Gangapurwala served as Chief Justice of Madras High Court for 1 year and is set to retire on 23-05-2024.

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Bail to PFI Members set aside
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“National security is always of paramount importance and any act in aid to any terrorist act — violent or non-violent is liable to be restricted.”

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Review petition Article 370
Case BriefsSupreme Court

While dismissing the review petitions, the Bench said that there was no error apparent on the face of the record and no case was made out for review under Order XLVII Rule 1 of the Supreme Court Rules, 2013.

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Bail to minor killing two with Porsche
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An FIR was registered at the Yerawada Police Station against the minor for killing two engineering professionals with his speeding Porsche.

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Justice Sanjiv Khanna
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Going by seniority rule, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, is in line to become the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI) in November 2024 for a term of seven months.

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Interim bail Arvind Kejriwal
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Delhi’s Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, was arrested on 21-03-2024 in connection with the Delhi Liquor Excise Policy.

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Jharkhand HC Android App & QR Directory
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The App has been developed in house by the technical team and will provide ease to the stakeholders of Justice dispensation system to avail services like case status, cause list, orders and judgements, display board, e-filing, certified copies and other services.

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