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Aadhaar Act, 2016 constitutional not violative of right to privacy; linking of Aadhaar with mobile phone number, bank account not mandatory: SC

Supreme Court: In a 1448-pages detailed judgment, the 5- Judge Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra and A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, Dr D.Y.

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Candidates with criminal antecedents| Parliament has exclusive jurisdiction to lay down disqualification for membership; Court cannot legislate: SC

Though criminalization in politics is a bitter manifest truth, which is a termite to the citadel of democracy, be that as it

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Bihar Shelter Home Rape Case| CBI directed to concentrate on a few areas for further investigation; blanket ban on media reporting removed: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta, JJ., while delivering an order in concerning the extremely disturbing

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No bar for prosecution under IPC merely because provisions of FSS Act provide penalties; doctrine of double jeopardy not applicable: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of S.A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao, JJ. disposed of a criminal appeal filed by the State

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Workmen not entitled to claim back wages as of right on reinstatement; order of HC granting full back wages modified: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of A.M. Sapre and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ, partially allowed a civil appeal filed against the judgment

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NRC| Process for receipt of claims and objections of the final draft of NRC to be open

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Ranjan Gogoi and Rohinton Fali Nariman, JJ., after hearing the learned counsels for the parties stated

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Member of Parliament defying Supreme Court’s order on sealing operations amounts to Contempt of Court

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Madan B. Lokur, S. Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta, JJ., addressed a petition concerning the defiance

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Evidentiary value, duty of Judge, sentencing in criminal trial discussed and reiterated; conviction of murder convict upheld: SC

Each criminal trial is but a quest for search of the truth. Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha

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Court duty-bound to provide ‘just compensation’ under MV Act irrespective of plea; compensation for ‘loss of consortium’ awarded under Article 142: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Rohinton Fali Nariman and Indu Malhotra, JJ. disposed of an appeal filed challenging the compensation awarded

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Odd-Even Scheme| Exemptions for two-wheelers and women drivers accepted under the odd-even scheme in Delhi

Supreme Court: The 2-Judge Bench comprising of Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta, JJ., passed an order by accepting certain exemptions in

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Former ISRO Scientist ordered for compensation of Rs 50 lakhs; committee constituted for taking action against erring police officers: SC

Life commands self-respect and dignity.

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Union and States given directions to support and encourage leprosy patients to lead life with equality and dignity: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra and A.M. Khanwilkar and Dr D.Y. Chandrachud, JJ. disposed of a writ petition

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Directions regarding the registration of FIR, arrest and bail in cases under Section 498-A IPC reiterated and modified: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra and A.M. Khanwilkar and Dr D.Y. Chandrachud, JJ., while disposing of a writ

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Illegal construction in Aravali Hills to be demolished; well-meaning citizens ‘led up the garden path by State’ to be compensated: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta, JJ. disposed of substantive applications in Kant Enclave Matters directing

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‘Substitute’ has effect of deleting old law; Presiding Officers of DRT allowed to continue till age 65: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench of A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, JJ. allowed a writ petition filed by Presiding Officers of the Debt

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Army personnel duty bound to serve wherever they are ordered to; petition assailing transfer to operational units dimissed: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of R.F. Nariman and Indu Malhotra, JJ. dismissed writ petitions filed by army personnel — Major, Lieutenant,

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Final Judgment| Gender Identity and self-expression basic to human dignity; Section 377 unconstitutional insofar it penalises consensual sexual acts between adults in private : SC

What nature gives is natural. That is called the nature within. – C.J. Dipak Misra and A.M. Khanwilkar, J. Supreme Court:

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Habeas Corpus petition not maintainable in respect of person in police custody under lawful Magisterial order: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench of CJ Dipak Misra and A.M. Khanwilkar and Dr D.Y. Chandrachud, JJ. allowed an appeal filed against the

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Ban on novel ‘Meesha’| Subjective perception of a book cannot be allowed to enter legal arena for censorship; petition for ban dismissed: SC

“Everything you can imagine is real” -Pablo Picasso “A writer or an author, while choosing a mode of expression, be it a

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Sentence undergone, age of convict, no criminal antecedents, non-denial of commission—Relevant facts to alter punishment: SC

Supreme Court: Abhay Manohar Sapre, J. delivered the judgment for himself and Uday U. Lalit, J. wherein the appeal filed by the