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Promotions in UP Higher Judicial Service can’t be given in the absence of suitability test: SC

Supreme Court: Deciding the validity of determination of seniority of promotee and direct recruit Higher Judicial Service (HJS) officers in the State

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Civil/criminal pending cases cannot be stayed for more than 6 months; Extension can be granted only by speaking order: SC

Supreme Court: In order to ensure that the civil or criminal proceedings do not remain pending for unduly period at the trial

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Khap Panchayats have no authority to order honour killings; Their activities are to be stopped in entirety: SC

Supreme Court: “When the ability to choose is crushed in the name of class honour and the person’s physical frame is treated

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Rajdev Ranjan Murder: SC closes proceeding against Tej Pratap Yadav in Bihar Journalist murder case

Supreme Court: Giving major relief to Tej Pratap Yadav, the former Bihar Health Minister and son of RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav,

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Major relief to GNLA Chief Champion Sangma as Supreme Court orders his immediate release

Supreme Court: Giving major relief to Champion Sangma, the Chairman and Commandar-in-Chief of Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), the bench of Dr.

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SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 is not an instrument to blackmail innocents; Mere allegation not enough for arrest

Supreme Court: Acknowledging the abuse of law of arrest in cases under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities)

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‘Symbolic justice’ for construction workers as Supreme Court issues various directions for their welfare

Supreme Court: “Construction workers do not assist only in building infrastructure, but they also assist in building the nation, in their own

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Gorkhaland Agitation: Supreme Court rejects Bimal Gurung’s plea seeking transfer of cases to independent agency

Supreme Court: In the matter relating to Gorkhaland agitation, the bench of Dr. AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan refused to transfer of

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Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015 is prospective in nature

Supreme Court: In the case where the Bench of RF Nariman and Navin Sinha, JJ was deciding the question as to the

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Delhi HC’s verdict on PCPNDT Training Rules stayed for trenching upon the area of legislative policy

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and AM Khanwilkar and Dr DY Chandrachud, JJ stayed the Delhi High Court

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Ayodhya Matter: All intervention applications dismissed; Registry directed not to entertain any intervention application

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ dismissed all the intervention applications filed

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Not mandatory to link Aadhaar with Bank Accounts and Mobile Numbers till final disposal of the matter: SC [Full Report]

Supreme Court: After Senior Advocate Arvind Datar brought to the Court’s notice that the Passports (1st Amendment) Rules, 2018 has been introduced

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Foreign Law Firms/lawyers can’t ‘practice’ in India; ‘Casual visit’ on fly in and fly out basis permissible: SC

Supreme Court: In a crucial verdict, the bench of AK Goel and UU Lalit, JJ held that foreign law firms/companies or foreign

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Supreme Court seeks data from High Courts on status of cases pending under POCSO Act

Supreme Court: While hearing the plea seeking compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the parents of an eight-month old baby who was

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Passive Euthanasia is permissible; Human beings have a fundamental right to die with dignity: Supreme Court [Full Report]

Supreme Court: “Why should I fear death? If I am, then death is not. If death is, then I am not. Why

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Kerala High Court’s judgment annulling Hadiya’s marriage set aside by Supreme Court

Supreme Court: Setting aside the judgment of Kerala High Court that had annulled the marriage of Hadiya and Shafin Jahan, the 3-judge

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Aadhaar: No need to produce Aadhaar Number for registering in NEET or any other Examination [Read Order]

Supreme Court: After Senior Advocate Arvind Datar brought to the notice of the Court that the Central Board of Secondary Education (C.B.S.E.)

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Can a 3-judge bench overturn another 3-judge bench’s decision? No decision on S. 24 of 2013 Land Acquisition Law till SC decides

Supreme Court: In interesting turn of events, the 3-judge bench of Madan B. Lokur, Kurian Joseph and Deepak Gupta, JJ disagreed with

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Appellate Officer under Section 9 of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 is not a persona designate but a pre-existing judicial authority

Supreme Court: Deciding the question as to whether the order passed by the City Civil Court in exercise of power under Section

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Aadhaar Hearing [Day 11]: State is treating people like they are a flock of sheep: Gopal Subramanium

On the 11th Day of the Aadhaar Hearing, Senior Advocate Gopal Subramanium resumed his arguments before the 5-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ