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
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Article 370| Review all orders imposing curbs in a week and put them in public domain: SC to J&K administration [Full Report]
“While the mountains of Himalayas spell tranquillity, yet blood is shed every day.” Supreme Court: In a major verdict, the 3-judge bench
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Non-compliance of Rule 180 of the Army Rules, 1954 cannot be a ground for ordering a re-trial
Supreme Court: In a case where an Armed Force Tribunal ordered retrial on the ground that the procedure prescribed in Rule 180
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Object of achieving educational excellence cannot be subsided merely in the name of exercise of Right under Article 30 of the Constitution
“If the intent is to achieve excellence in education, would it be enough if the concerned educational institutions were to employ teachers
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SC lays down guidelines for appointment of amicus curiae where there is possibility of life sentence or death sentence
Supreme Court: Noticing that where death sentence could be one of the alternative punishments, the courts must be completely vigilant and see
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SC seeks responses from Centre & State Govts in a bid to “make criminal justice system responsive” in sexual assaults cases
Supreme Court: In a bid to make criminal justice system responsive in cases relating to sexual assaults, a 3-judge bench of SA
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Nirbhaya Case| SC rejects review petition filed by the fourth death row convict Akshay Kumar Singh [Full Report]
Supreme Court: After a brief hearing on the review petition filed by Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the convicts in the brutal
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Google India fails to gain protection under Section 79 of the IT Act, 2000; To face trial in a 2008 defamation case
Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan and KM Joseph, JJ has asked Google India to face trial in a 2008 criminal
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Larger bench to decide the legality of domicile/residence-based reservation in admission to PG Medical Courses within the State Quota
Supreme Court: In an appeal seeking clarity on the issue of the legality and validity of domicile/residence-based reservation for admission to the
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Minimum qualifying years of service cannot be ignored for grant of invalid pension
Supreme Court: In a case where the family of a man was awarded invalid pension by the Tribunal despite of the fact
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Constitutional validity of the Punjab Religious Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1997 upheld
Supreme Court: Upholding the constitutional validity of the Punjab Religious Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1997 a bench comprising
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