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Ex-Chief Ministers cannot occupy government bungalows after completion of their tenure

Supreme Court: Expressing serious concern over the issue pertaining to government bungalows occupied by former Chief Ministers of the State of Uttar

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Land owner can approach Consumer Forum in case of breach committed by builder

Supreme Court: In the appeal against the order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, which has approved the view of the

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Journalists involved in the ‘extortion’ to give voice sample of only the words and not sentences from the disputed conversation

Supreme Court: In the controversy arising due to the voice samples taken in the matter where the appellants had allegedly demanded a

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Virus of seeking adjournments causes colossal insult to the concept of speedy justice

Supreme Court: Stating that the virus of seeking adjournments needs to be controlled in order to avoid the abuse of the process

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Guidelines issued for evaluating the DJS Examination to restore faith in the examination system

Supreme Court: Apart from agreeing with the suggestions accepted by the Registrar of Delhi High Court, the bench of Dipak Misra and

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No writ can lie against an unaided minority private institution

Supreme Court: A bench of Lokur and Agrawal JJ., held that La Martiniere College, Lucknow is an unaided minority private institution and

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Section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1963 does not come to the rescue of litigant acting malafide

Supreme Court: Interpreting the provision under Section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1963, the Court said that despite liberal interpretation placed under

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24-week pregnant rape survivor allowed to terminate pregnancy in order to avoid risk to her physical and mental health

Supreme Court: Acting upon the report of the Medical Board at KEM Hospital and Medical College, Mumbai, constituted to medically examine the

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Issue of incorporating ‘Moral Science’ as a compulsory subject in schools a policy matter and hence, cannot be resolved by Courts

Supreme Court: In the PIL filed by the petitioner appearing for herself where it was contended that the present education system does

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Recourse available to employer in case of suppression of fact of criminal antecedent by the employee’ discussed; Matter placed before appropriate bench

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjana Gogoi, Arun Mishra and P.C. Pantt, JJ was called to resolve the conflict of opinion

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Allegation of excessive force by Police or Armed Forces in Manipur Extra Judicial Killings must be thoroughly enquired into

Supreme Court: While dealing with the issue relating to extra-judicial executions said to have been carried out by the Manipur Police and

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Maharashtra Government directed to set up a medical board to examine rape survivor for terminating 24 week old foetus

Supreme Court: The bench comprising of JS Khehar and Arun Mishra JJ., directed the Maharashtra Government to set up a medical board

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Chapter IV-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 supersedes any inconsistent provisions in Chapter IV

Supreme Court: Hearing the reference made to resolve the conflict in the decisions reported in Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, Bangalore Vs.

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Multiple life sentences awarded for multiple murders in a single trial cannot run consecutively

Supreme Court: Deciding an interesting question of law as to whether consecutive life sentences can be awarded to a convict on being

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Cricket does not flourish due to Ministers and Public Servants holding offices in State Associations or BCCI

Supreme Court: The bench comprising of T.S. Thakur CJI and FM Ibrahim Kalifulla J. accepts Justice RM Lodha panel’s recommendations almost in toto

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Guideline for implementation of Scheme of High Security Registration Plates, issued

Supreme Court: Acting upon the contempt petition dealing with the issue of implementation of Scheme of High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) in

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Selection Commission cannot breach it’s own selection criteria to favour ineligible candidates

Supreme Court: In the matter where the selection to the post of Principals to different Colleges in the State of Uttar Pradesh

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MRP of a packaged product stating that it is inclusive of all taxes, cannot establish the collection of sales tax over the product

Supreme Court: While deciding an appeal regarding tax collection in the face of an exemption provided by the Government, the Division Bench

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Court to decide if disapproval of views taken in the matters of administration amounts to defamation

Supreme Court: In the matter where apart from the constitutional validity of the law on criminal defamation under Section 500 IPC and

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Disputes between Government Owned Corporations should not go through long expensive trials but be quickly resolved by way of Arbitration

Supreme Court: Considering the sad state of affairs of long drawn expensive and cumbersome trials to resolve disputes between two Government owned