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Direction to implement ‘short-term measures’ for funding for infrastructure of subordinate judiciary issued

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has directed the short-term measures

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Is it permissible to draw inference of guilt of illegal gratification in case of death of complainant? Larger bench to decide

Supreme Court: Stating that it has some reservation in respect of the observation and findings recorded by the 3-judge bench of former

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How to know if a temple/mandir is Public or Private? SC enunciates

Supreme Court: In the appeal against the Madhya Pradesh High Court verdict that held that Shri Ram Mandir, Indoukh is a public

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SC| Only the leave for salary is payable would be taken into account for determining the pensionable service

Supreme Court: On the question as to exclusion of unauthorised leaves for determination of pensionary benefits, the 3-judge bench of SA Bobde,

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Should Ayodhya dispute be decided by mediation? SC to decide on March 6 [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and SA Bobde, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ said that it

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Here’s why SC commuted the death sentence of man who killed his wife and 5 children to LI

Supreme Court: “The mercy petition is the last hope of a person on death row. Every dawn will give rise to a

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Section 6 of the Public Premises Act must be read independent of Sections 59/61 of the Major Port Trusts Act

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dr. AK Sikri, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ decided the important question on the meaning,

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SC orders forced eviction of more than 1,000,000 tribals from from forestlands across 16 states

Supreme Court: The Supreme Court has ordered the forced eviction of more than 1,000,000 tribals and other forest-dwelling households from forestlands across 16 states after

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Anil Ambani and others guilty of contempt of court for willfully not paying dues to Ericsson [Full report]

Supreme Court: The bench of RF Nariman and Vineet Saran, JJ has held RCom chairman Anil Ambani guilty of contempt of court

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Courts can’t assume fabrication of dying declaration by IO in absence of proof

Supreme Court: The bench of MM Shantanagoudar and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has held that it cannot be laid down as an absolute

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No interference required in M Nageshwar Rao’s appointment as interim CBI Director: SC [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The bench of Arun Mishra and Vineet Saran, JJ disposed of a plea challenging the appointment of M. Nageshwar Rao

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SC sets aside NGT order to reopen Vedanta’s Tuticorin Sterlite plant; No order on reopening of the plant [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The bench of RF Nariman and Navin Sinha, JJ has refused to allow reopening of Vedanta’s Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin,

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Principle of confidentiality in mediation does not apply to matters of child custody

Supreme Court: In the issue relating to custody of a child where the question was as to whether the Counsellor’s report furnished

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Why are Chief Information Commissioner/Information Commissioner always appointed from Public Service only? Consider other streams too: SC to Centre

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. AK Sikri and SA Nazeer, JJ has given extensive directions in a PIL seeking direction to

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Delhi vs Centre: Powers demarcated; Split verdict on power to transfer and appoint officers [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, JJ has put an end to ‘almost’ all the issues related

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Bhima-Koregaon Case: Bomaby HC order refusing more time to file charge-sheet set aside [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, JJ has set aside the

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Haryana’s single L-1BF license rule for imported foreign liquor struck down in a 2:1 majority verdict

Supreme Court: Rule 24(i-eeee) of the Haryana Liquor License Rules 1970 that provides for a single L-1BF license for the entire State

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Applicability of ‘Mohan Lal’ verdict ordering acquittal in case of informant and IO being the same person, revisited

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Navin Sinha and KM Joseph, JJ has clarified that all pending criminal prosecutions, trials and appeals prior to the law laid down in Mohan Lal vs. State of Punjab, (2018)

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Question as to property being a Wakf property or not is to be decided by Wakf Tribunal irrespective of the religious status of parties

Supreme Court: In an appeal against the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court where it was held that the Wakf

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HC cannot sit as an appellate court while hearing revision under S. 397 CrPC

Supreme Court: In a matter where the Gujarat High Court had set aside the order passed by a Chief Judicial Magistrate who