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

Supreme Court: Upholding the constitutional validity of Rule 8(2)(i) of the Rajasthan Prisons (Shortening of Sentences) Rules, 2006, the bench of Arun

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

Supreme Court: A bench of Abhay Manohar Sapre and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has held that “the age of a case, by itself,

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

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, MM Shantanagoudar and Indira Banerjee, JJ held “it needs to be understood that prisoners

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

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has directed all the political parties who

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

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta, JJ issued a Mandamus restraining the state of West Bengal from

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

Supreme Court: In a case where the Allahabad High Court passed orders from time to time to secure presence of the public

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Rafale deal: Centre’s preliminary objections regarding admissibility of the leaked documents dismissed [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph, JJ has dismissed Centre’s preliminary objections

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Woman driven out of matrimonial home can file case under Section 498-A from the place she has taken shelter at [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and L. Nageswara Rao and SK Kaul, JJ delivered a very important judgment

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Widow can’t claim ownership over a mutated property under Section 14 of Hindu Succession Act

Supreme Court: In a case where a widow claimed possession of a property mutated in her name on the basis of the oral gift from her husband before

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Payment of Gratuity Act applies to employees of the local bodies

Supreme Court: In the case where the employees of Municipal Corporation governed by the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959 claimed gratuity

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No bail for businessman Zahoor Watali accused in a terror funding case

Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has set aside the order of the Delhi High Court granting

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SC declares February 2018 RBI Circular ultra vires

Supreme Court: Holding the Reserve Bank of India [RBI] Circular issued on 12.02.2018 ultra vires Section 35AA of the Banking Regulation Act,

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Court can’t directly appoint arbitrator if parties have not exhausted remedies under Arbitration Agreement

Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has held that the Chief Justice or his Designate, in exercise

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Employee is entitled to full back wages if charges against him are found to be malicious

Supreme Court: The bench of L Nageswara Rao and MR Shah, JJ held that a man, by virtue of the disciplinary proceedings

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Environmental Clearance for development of Airport at Mopa, Goa to be revisited

Supreme Court: In a case challenging the grant of an Environmental Clearance (EC) for the development of a greenfield international airport at

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Saravana Bhavan owner P Rajagopal guilty of murdering his employee in 2001 [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, MM Shantanagoudar and Indira Banerjee, JJ has upheld the conviction and sentence of life

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SC explains meaning of “total turnover” under the Karnataka Sales Tax Act

Supreme Court: While examining the applicability of the turnover tax as defined under Section 6 B(1) of the Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957, the bench of AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi, JJ held: “the expression ‘total turnover’ which