SC/ST Verdict: Review petition should be referred to larger bench: Centre tells SC
Supreme Court: Attorney General KK Venugopal, seeking stay on the Supreme Court order on the SC/ST Act, said that the Court cannot make
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Aadhaar Hearing [Day 35]: Are you rewriting the Constitution?: Justice Chandrachud to AG defending introduction of Aadhaar Act as Money Bill
On Day 35 of the Aadhaar Hearing, Advocate Zoheb Hossain, appearing for the State of Maharashtra and UIDAI, resumed his submissions before
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Centre to apprise SC on steps taken to set up Cauvery Management Board by May 8
Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and AM Khanwilkar and Dr. DY Chandrachud, JJ directed Centre to apprise it
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Kasauli Town Planner Killing: Unfortunate death of the officer due to non-implementation of the law: SC
Supreme Court: The Bench of Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta, JJ while seeking the status of investigation into the murder of a
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Law Commission’s 275th report on Legal Framework: BCCI vis-à-vis Right to Information Act, 2005
The Law Commission of India’s (hereinafter ‘Commission’) 275th report, titled ‘Legal Framework: BCCI vis-à-vis Right to Information Act, 2005’, was recently submitted
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Kasauli Town Planner Killing: Supreme Court takes suo motu cognizance
Supreme Court: The bench of Madan B. Lokur and Deepka Gupta, JJ took suo motu cognizance of the murder of a woman assistant
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You can’t blame the citizens for everything just because you are in power: SC to Haryana Govt.
Supreme Court: Coming down heavily upon Haryana Government for auctioning 558.53 hectares of land for mining purposes, though the available area was
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Ensure expeditious disposal of cases under POCSO Act: SC to High Courts
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and AM Khanwilkar & Dr. DY Chandrachud, JJ directed all High Courts to ensure
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Kathua Rape-Murder Case: Amid heated exchange between counsels, Supreme Court stays the trial till May 7
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and Dr. DY Chandrachud and the newly appointed Indu Malhotra, JJ, stayed the
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Ayodhya Matter: We are beyond 1992-93. All that remains is a title dispute over property: Harish Salve
Supreme Court: In the Ram Janamabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute, famously known as the Ayodhya matter, Senior Advocate Raju Ramchandran, appearing for Sunni Waqf Board
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Aadhaar Hearing [Day 34]: Linking PAN with individual’s Aadhaar won’t curb money laundering: Gopal Sankarnarayanan
Advocate Gopal Sankarnarayanan, who had begun his submissions on Day 33 of the Aadhaar hearing, continued with his submissions before he 5-judge bench
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Centre asks SC Collegium to reconsider Justice KM Joseph’s elevation; SCBA approaches SC but no urgent hearing
Reports suggest that Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has written to a letter to CJI Dipak Misra, asking the collegium to reconsider
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Indu Malhotra’s name cleared for appointment as Supreme Court Judge; No word on Justice KM Joseph’s elevation
Making Senior Advocate Indu Malhotra the first woman lawyer to be directly elevated to the Bench, Centre has cleared her name for
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Aadhaar Hearing [Day 33]: We never issued any direction mandating Aadhaar-SIM linking: Supreme Court
On Day 33 of the Aadhaar Hearing that has been going on since January 17, 2018, Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi concluded his submissions and
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Aadhaar Hearing [Day 32]: Petitioners don’t want to improve the scheme but simply want to knock it off: Rakesh Dwivedi
On Day 32 of the Aadhaar Hearing, Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi continued his submissions before the 5-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ
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The Finance Act, 2018 has withdrawn the exemption under clause (38) of Section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) and
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Breaking| Asaram to undergo life imprisonment in 2013 rape case
Self-styled Godman Asaram has been found guilty of the rape of a 16 year old girl in 2013 by the Special Trial
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Aadhaar Hearing [Day 31]: Some fears relating to Aadhaar are misconceived: CJI
“Development requires the removal of major sources of unfreedom: poverty as well as tyranny, poor economic opportunities as well as systemic social
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RBI makes Aadhaar key to KYC compliance
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made linking of national biometric ID Aadhaar to bank accounts mandatory as part of its updated
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Breaking| RS Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu rejects impeachment motion as untenable and undermining the independence of judiciary
Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu has rejected the impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, moved by 7 opposition parties.
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