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SC condones 4 years delay after Chief Secretary of Bihar assures that action is being taken against the erring officers

Supreme Court: After rebuking the State of Bihar for the delay of over 4 years in filing the second appeal before the

Public Servant facing Criminal Misconduct charges is not bound to furnish explanation in absence of proof

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy and AM Khanwilkar, JJ held that a public servant facing charge of

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Reproducing few passages from the trial Court order without analysis cannot be a ‘reasoned order’

Supreme Court: Discouraging the practice of the appellate courts of reproducing the passages of the lower court’s order without proper analysis, the

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NOIDA land allotment scam: Ex-UP Chief Secretary Neera Yadav and former IAS Officer Rajiv Kumar to undergo 2 years imprisonment

Supreme Court: The bench of R. Banumathi and Kurian Joseph, JJ upheld the conviction of former UP Chief Secretary Neera Yadav and

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Odisha Mining Scandal: SC tells Centre to revisit the National Mineral Policy, 2008 before the end of the year

Supreme Court: Concerned over a mining scandal of enormous proportions involving megabucks in the State of Odisha, the bench of Madan B.

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Reasoned orders by Central Government important for stability of complaint Medical Institutions

Supreme Court: In the case where a Medical Institution was aggrieved the Government order dated 31.05.2017, which resulted into non-renewal of the

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You can’t ignore the Oversight Committee recommendation on establishment of a medical college; SC tells Centre

Supreme Court: In the case where the Government of India order, by which the colleges/institutions have been directed not to admit students

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Expression “the public servant or his administrative superior” under Section 195 CrPC includes High Court

Supreme Court: Explaining the scope of the expression “the public servant or his administrative superior” under Section 195(1) (a)(i) CrPC, the bench

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Rising misuse of Section 498-A IPC: Supreme Court formulates remedial measures

Supreme Court: In the light of the rising misuse of Section 498-A IPC dealing with dowry deaths, the bench of A.K. Goel

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Offices of Parliamentary Secretaries cannot be created by State Legislature

Supreme Court: In the case where the competence of Assam Legislature to make the Assam Parliamentary Secretaries (Appointment, Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous

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UP Shiksha Mitras cannot be regularised; Relaxations may be granted in next 2 TETs

Supreme Court: Upholding the Allahabad High Court decision quashing the Uttar Pradesh Government’s order regularizing the Shiksha Mitras, the bench of A.K.

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Objection to mode or method of electronic proof cannot be entertained at appellate stage

Supreme Court: In the case where the reliability of the Call Detail Records (CDRs) produced as proof was questioned for not complying

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Centre & State should work together to implement the National Food Security Act, 2013 by the end of the year

Supreme Court: Stating that the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFS Act), which is a social justice and social welfare legislation, is

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Mental age of a person does not make him/her a “Child” under the POCSO Act

Supreme Court: Refusing to expand the scope of the word ‘child’ under Section 2(d) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) to include the

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Split decision over culpability of a woman under Section 201 IPC for being silent about the murder of her husband by her lover

Supreme Court: In a 2-decade old matter relating to culpability of the accused under Section 201 IPC pertaining to disappearance of evidence

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Mere recovery of bribe would not prove charges against the accused

Supreme Court: While deciding a criminal appeal preferred against the judgment of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, a Bench comprising of

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CBI to probe into the Manipur Extra Judicial killings by AFSPA

Supreme Court: In the case relating Manipur extra judicial encounters, where allegedly 1528 persons had been killed in fake encounters by police

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Uttaranchal High Court’s order declaring Ganga, Yamuna as living entities stayed

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of the Chief Justice and D.Y. Chanchrachud, J. has stayed the controversial Uttaranchal High Court’s order declaring Ganga, Yamuna

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Justice Karnan Matter: Detailed judgment out; 2 of the 7 judges acknowledge the need to debate the Judicial Appointments and Removal methods

Supreme Court: The 7-Judge Bench of Jagdish Singh Khehar, CJ and Dipak Misra, J. Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B. Lokur, PC Ghose

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2 Liquor vend owners to undergo life imprisonment for 37-year-old Kalanwali hooch tragedy

Supreme Court: In the 37-year-old Kalanwali hooch tragedy in which 36 people lost their lives and 44 people lost their eyesight after