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Prison reform guidelines, including installation of CCTVs in prisons for better surveillance, laid down

Supreme Court: While deliberating upon the recommendations made by the noted counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi who acted as the Amicus Curiae in

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Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board cannot determine the MRP, and compression charges for CNG with regard to city or local gas distribution network

Supreme Court: While deciding the issue that whether the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (hereinafter the Board) is empowered to regulate/fix

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Unwed mothers are not required to give notice under Section 11 of Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 to the child’s putative father

Supreme Court: Delivering a quintessential decision interpreting Section 11 of Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, involving the question that whether an unwed

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Compromise or settlement in cases of rape is not a viable solution

Supreme Court: Coming down heavily upon the laxity observed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in exercising its appellate jurisdiction in the

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Sections 409(3)(a), 409(3)(c), 411(3) and 412(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 invalidated

Supreme Court: Considering various provisions regarding the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) formed under the

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Sahara directed to deposit Rs. 36, 000 crores within 18 months of Subrata Roy’s release from custody

Supreme Court: Fastening the liability of approximately Rs. 36,000 crores on Sahara Group of Companies, the 3-judge bench of T.S. Thakur, A.R.

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All India Premedical and Pre- Dental Test-2015 stands cancelled for widespread use of unfair means

Supreme Court: Amid allegations of large scale use of unfair means via electronic gadgets thereby accessing the answer keys, the Division Bench

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Death warrants not be issued in a haste without following proper procedure

Supreme Court: Staying the execution of death sentence awarded to a couple for murdering 7 members of appellant’s family including an infant,

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Sustainability of convictions on the basis of confessional statements

Supreme Court: Dealing with the question of admissibility of confessional statements so as to establish criminal conspiracy vide Section 120B of the

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Sustainability of convictions on the basis of confessional statements, discussed

Supreme Court: Dealing with the question of admissibility of confessional statements so as to establish criminal conspiracy vide Section 120B of the

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Delhi High Court’s opinion in Anil Kumar case terming the Home Ministry Notification dated 21.05.2015 as ‘suspect’ is tentative

Supreme Court: In a major development with regard to the ongoing struggle between the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, the

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Law for determining compensation in Motor Vehicle Accident Cases clarified

Supreme Court: While dealing with the never ending dissension regarding the compensation to be granted in Motor Vehicle Accident cases, a three

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Appeals regarding Land Acquisition in villages of Noida and Greater Noida, dismissed

Supreme Court: Dismissing the present appeals filed on the issue of land acquisitions in several villages of Noida, Gautam Budh Nagar and

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No fault can be found with the whistle blower if he/she discloses a ‘carefully maintained’ document for public interest

Supreme Court: While discussing the issue of fair investigations vis-à-vis Coal Block Allocation Scam/Coalgate, and the allegations leveled upon the whistle blower

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Death sentence of the couple guilty of Parricide, upheld

Supreme Court: Upholding the death sentence of the appellant in the present case, the three Judge Bench of H.L. Dattu, C.J., S.A.

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“Contemporary Community Standards Test” to determine obscenity in write-ups where a historically respected personality is used as an allusion

Supreme Court:- While deciding an appeal filed by the publisher of the poem ‘Gandhi Mala Bhetala’ (I met Gandhi) wherein the publisher

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Directions given to do away with the practice of publishing politician’s photograph on Government advertisements

Supreme Court: In a PIL filed to seek a writ to restrain the Central and the State Governments from using public funds

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Directions given to the concerned States to create awareness regarding female foeticide via publicity through print and electronic media

Supreme Court:, In pursuance of the Order dated 15.04.2015, where it was directed that the said Order should be translated in local

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Marketability of goods is an essential condition for levying of taxes

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. A.K. Sikri and R.F. Nariman, JJ., dealt with three writs based on similar facts and observed

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Privilege proceedings against columnist Shobha De, stayed

Supreme Court: In the present case against renowned columnist Shobha De, where she has been accused of insulting the Maharashtra legislature and