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Members of subordinate judiciary can’t claim direct recruitment to the District judge post under quota meant for practicing advocates

Supreme Court: A 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has held that members of the judicial

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Courts should be slow in rejecting enforcement of foreign awards; SC elucidates principles

Supreme Court: A 3-judge bench of RF Nariman, Aniruddha Bose and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has held that enforcement of a foreign award

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Nirbhaya Case| SC dismisses Vinay Kumar’s plea against rejection of mercy plea

Supreme Court: A 3-judge bench of R. Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, JJ has dismissed the plea seeking review of the

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“Let’s wind up the Supreme Court”, says a furious SC on non-compliance of it’s AGR order by telecos [Full Report]

Supreme Court: Taking a strong note of non-compliance of its order asking telecom companies to pay adjusted gross revenue of Rs 1.47

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SC directs political parties to publish criminal antecedents of candidates & give reasons for their selection

Supreme Court: In a major judgment today, a bench of RF Nariman and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has directed all political parties

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Nirbhaya Case| Supreme Court Issues Notices To 4 Death Row Convicts

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, JJ has sought response from the four death row

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Centre & States to pay Rs. 5 lakh each for failing to file reply on PIL for community kitchen

Supreme Court: Irked over repeated failures of the Centre and States to file their replies, the bench of N V Ramana, Ajay

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Shaheen Bagh infant death| SC issues notice to Centre & Delhi Govt over participation of infants & children in protests

Supreme Court: A bench headed by CJI SA Bobde has issued a notice to Centre and Delhi government asking it to respond

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Supreme Court upholds constitutional validity of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 [Full Report]

Supreme Court: A 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has upheld the constitutional validity of the

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State not bound to collect quantifiable data relating to adequacy of representation of SCs & STs if it decides to provide no reservation

Supreme Court: The bench of L. Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta, JJ has held that no mandamus can be issued by the

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Larger bench to decide if Labour and Industrial Courts have power to order regularisation

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has called for the reconsideration of the division bench verdict

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In an accident that resulted into a 100% disability of a child, SC awards compensation more than the amount claimed

Supreme Court: In a case involving an accident that left a bright young girl with 100% disability i.e. a very low I.Q.

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Nirbhaya Case| SC dismisses Pawan Kumar’s plea seeking review of order rejecting juvenility claim

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of R. Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, JJ has refused to review it’s order dated 21.01.2020

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SC dilutes unwarranted observations made by SAT casting aspersions on SEBI’s role in disposing of complaint connected with Times Group

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Arun Mishra and Indira Banerjee, JJ., diluted certain adverse observations made by the Securities Appellate Tribunal

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Nirbhaya Case| SC dismisses Mukesh Kumar’s plea against rejection of mercy plea [Full report]

Supreme Court: Dismissing the petition filed Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convict Mukesh Kumar Singh, challenging the rejection of his mercy petition by

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2002 Gujarat riots| SC grants bail to 14 convicts in Sardarpura massacre case; Asks them to do ‘social service’

Supreme Court: A 3-judge bench of CJI SA Bobde and BR Gavai and Surya Kant, JJ has granted bail to 14 convicts in

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SC|Prisoners under lawful detention can’t use Habeas corpus writ to seek pre-mature release

Supreme Court: In a case where pre-mature release of convicts was sought in terms of a Scheme framed by the Government of

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Nirbhaya Case|SC yet again rejects Pawan Kumar’s plea of juvenility

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of R. Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, JJ has dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by

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Delhi-NCR Pollution| Show cause notice to Delhi, Rajasthan, UP and Haryana Govts & an extensive list of directions to curb the ‘life threatening” pollution

Supreme Court: The bench of Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta, JJ has issued a long list of directions to curb the Delhi-NCR

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SC | “It’s so sad!” that NCPCR and State Commissions are fighting over jurisdiction when they should be protecting the rights of the children

“It’s so sad! We start with a lament because institutions set up to protect children have virtually forsaken them in a fight