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CJI is the Master of Roster; “Chief Justice” cannot be read as “Collegium” for allocation of matters: Supreme Court

“It is difficult to accept the prayer of the petitioner that the expression ‘Chief Justice’ appearing in the Supreme Court Rules, 2013

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Upkeep of Shri Jagannath Temple: Supreme Court issues additional directions

Supreme Court: While hearing the ongoing ‘Shri Jagannath Temple case’, the Bench comprising of A.K. Goel and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ. made

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Allowing provisional admissions subject to outcome of a writ might result in tremendous hardship for students: SC

Supreme Court: Uday U. Lalit, J. delivering the judgment for himself and Deepak Gupta, J. set aside the order of Punjab and

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LG is bound by “aid and advice” of the Council of Ministers of the Delhi Government: SC

“Lieutenant Governor and the Council of Ministers must attempt to settle any point of difference by way of discussion and dialogue.” Supreme

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Breaking| NCT of Delhi not a State, Lt. Governor of Delhi not an administrator: SC

Supreme Court: The five-Judge Constitution Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra, A.K Sikri, A.M Khanwilkar, Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan JJ.,

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Assistant Government Advocate held not to be ‘in service’ of the State Government

Supreme Court: In a Judgment pronounced by Dipak Mishra, CJ for the Full Court comprising of himself and A.M. Khanwilkar and Dr

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Murder convict acquitted on grounds of insanity at the time of commission of the act

Supreme Court: Navin Sinha, J. speaking for himself and A.M. Khanwilkar, J. delivered a decision in a criminal appeal wherein the appellant,

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Prior sanction of Magistrate not required for taking fingerprints of accused or a suspect

Supreme Court: Ashok Bhushan, J. discussed the validity of procedure of taking fingerprints under Identification of Prisoners Act 1920, while delivering a

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Petition challenging appointments of CVC and VC dismissed by SC

Supreme Court: Appointments of Chief Vigilance Commissioner and the Vigilance Commissioner, which were assailed by the petitioner Common Cause and others, were

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Assignment of work, by itself, is not a ground to make superior officer liable under Section 306 IPC

Supreme Court: Uday U. Lalit, J. speaking for himself and Arun Mishra, J., delivered the judgment of the vacation bench holding that

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SC allows admissions to MBBS course in three States to stop wastage of over 800 seats in Government Medical Colleges

Supreme Court: A vacation bench comprising of Abdul Nazeer and Indu Malhotra, JJ. granted relief to the States of Bihar, Jharkhand and

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UPPSC 2018: Judgment of Allahabad HC disturbing the answer key reversed holding it to be excessive use of jurisdiction

Supreme Court: While addressing the ongoing issue relating to the discrepancy in preliminary examinations conducted for Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission 2018,

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SC approves ‘normalization formula’ to compensate for irregularities and mismanagement in CLAT 2018 examination

Supreme Court: The Vacation Bench of UU Lalit and Deepak Gupta JJ. has passed an order directing National University of Advanced Legal

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SC addresses the issue of paucity of infrastructure in consumer fora all over the country

Supreme Court: In a decision, Indu Malhotra, J. speaking for herself and Dipak Mishra, CJ and Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud, J. gave directions

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SC issues interim directions for upkeep of Shri Jagannath Temple at Puri

Supreme Court: Addressing an issue of public importance relating to difficulties faced by visitors at Shri Jagannath Temple (Puri), the Bench comprising

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Assistant Public Prosecutors cannot claim parity with Public Prosecutors in respect of age of superannuation

Supreme Court: A full court, speaking through A.M. Khanwilkar, J. for himself and Dipak Misra, CJ and Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud, dismissed an

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Elephant tusk is property of the Government under Section 39(1)(c) of Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Dipak Misra, CJ and A.M. Khanwilkar and Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud, JJ. sat to decide an appeal

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Finding of acquittal is not to be disturbed if there are two views possible arising out of the same facts

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of M.M. Shantanagoudar, J., delivering a judgment for himself and L. Nageswara Rao, J., disposed of a

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Centre given “green” signal for reservation in SC/ST employees’ promotion till further decision

Supreme Court: The Vacation Bench comprising of Adarsh Kumar Goel and Ashok Bhushan JJ., allowed the Centre to go ahead with the