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Can’t grant extension of time for counselling merely because graduate doctors don’t want to do PG in nonclinical subjects: SC

Supreme Court: The vacation bench of Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant, JJ has refused to grant extension of time to respective medical

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SC grants bail to journalist Prashant Kanojia arrested for making objectionable comments against UP CM

Supreme Court: A vacation bench comprising of Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has granted bail to journalist Prashant Kanojia who was

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Second round of litigation doesn’t lie before Foreigners Tribunal

Supreme Court: Deciding the conflict between sub-paragraph (2) to paragraph 3 and paragraph 8 of the Schedule to the Citizenship (Registration of

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Karnataka Reservation Act, 2018 constitutional; Benefit of consequential seniority to be accorded retrospectively

Supreme Court: Upholding the validity of the Karnataka Extension of Consequential Seniority to Government Servants Promoted on the Basis of Reservation (to

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SC explains law on payment of interest on ‘Differential excise duty’ under Section 11AB of Central Excise Act, 1944

Supreme Court: Deciding the question whether interest is payable on the differential excise duty with retrospective effect that become payable on the

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Non maintenance of record not just a clerical error but the spring board for commission of offence of foeticide

Supreme Court: Refusing to strike down Section 23 of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, the

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Courts can’t do interpretive rewriting of the advertisement thereby changing the conditions of eligibility

Supreme Court: Stating that the essential qualifications for appointment to a post are for the employer to decide, the bench of Arun

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Commissioner under Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act is not a Court

Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan and KM Joseph, JJ decided some important questions dealing with the Hindu Religious and Charitable

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Trade Union is an operational creditor under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

Supreme Court: Holding that the trade union represents its members who are workers, to whom dues may be owed by the employer,

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Mere search under Section 240A of Companies Act without seizure won’t suffice the purpose of investigation

Supreme Court: Asking High Court to be more circumspect before it restrains an investigation under the statutory authority of the Director General

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Panchayat Samiti members have right to vote on the ‘No Confidence Motion’

Supreme Court: The Bench of AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi, JJ held that the provisions in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Panchayats)

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Minimum Wages Act does not empower Govt to alter the terms of contract; June 2007 Notification partly quashed

Supreme Court: Partly upholding the validity of Notification dated 27.06.2007 issued under Section 5(2) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the bench

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Sexual Harassment allegations against CJI: Justice AK Patnaik to look into ‘conspiracy’ angle

Supreme Court: A special 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Rohinton Nariman and Deepak Gupta, JJ has appointed former Supreme Court judge, Justice

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Section 44(1)(e) of the Maharashtra Municipal Council Act creates independent liability for unauthorised construction de hors criminal action

Supreme Court: In a case where a Municipal Councillor was disqualified under Section 44(1)(e) of the Maharashtra Municipal Council Nagar Panchayat and

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Can’t grant extension of time for counselling merely because graduate doctors don’t want to do PG in nonclinical subjects: SC

SC grants bail to journalist Prashant Kanojia arrested for making objectionable comments against UP CM

Second round of litigation doesn’t lie before Foreigners Tribunal

Karnataka Reservation Act, 2018 constitutional; Benefit of consequential seniority to be accorded retrospectively

SC explains law on payment of interest on ‘Differential excise duty’ under Section 11AB of Central Excise Act, 1944

Non maintenance of record not just a clerical error but the spring board for commission of offence of foeticide

Courts can’t do interpretive rewriting of the advertisement thereby changing the conditions of eligibility

Commissioner under Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act is not a Court

Trade Union is an operational creditor under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

Mere search under Section 240A of Companies Act without seizure won’t suffice the purpose of investigation

Panchayat Samiti members have right to vote on the ‘No Confidence Motion’

Minimum Wages Act does not empower Govt to alter the terms of contract; June 2007 Notification partly quashed

Sexual Harassment allegations against CJI: Justice AK Patnaik to look into ‘conspiracy’ angle

Section 44(1)(e) of the Maharashtra Municipal Council Act creates independent liability for unauthorised construction de hors criminal action

Rule 8(2)(i) of the Rajasthan Prisons (Shortening of Sentences) Rules, 2006 constitutional

Age of the case can’t displace the necessity of taking material evidence on record

Post-conviction mental health & it’s effect on sentencing: SC issues directions

SC asks all parties to submit details of political funding received through electoral bonds

Bhobishyoter Bhoot row: West Bengal Govt to pay Rs. 20 lakhs to the Producers for attempting to silence speech

Practice of summoning public officers not proper as public suffers due to their absence

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