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“Alleging character assassination and to say that the husband shall be removed from service and further filing of domestic violence while alleging that the husband is in adultery, fornication, are serious allegations touching the character of respective persons.”

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“From the content of the speech, it does not appear that petitioner has tried to promote feelings of enmity or hatred between two classes of people or two religions but in fact he has only said that Owaisi is trying to divide the votes of Muslims.”

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Appellate Authority had allowed the appeal in the case of a different assessee, who had been carrying on the very same work of solid waste disposal in the very same Municipality.”

patna hc cj impersonation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“This Court will certainly not shut its eyes to the materials unearthed, since it relates not only to maintaining purity in judicial proceedings but upholding public faith in the system at large.”

Tax Exemption Notification
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Interpretative tools should be employed to make a statute workable and not to reach to a particular outcome.”

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“Many believe that bodies, without life, are dispensable repositories of the soul, but when alive, it carries a soul; the part of a whole, which exists in every living being.”

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“Fiscal legislation having uniform application to all registered persons, cannot be said to be violative of Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution and the question of such statutory provision being violative of Article 302 of the Constitution and in teeth of Article 13 of the Constitution of India does not arise at all.”

coercive tax recovery
Experts CornerTarun Jain (Tax Practitioner)

by Tarun Jain†
Cite as: 2023 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 70

rape and murder of 10 year old
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Truth is the soul of justice. The sole idea of the criminal justice system is to see that justice is done. Justice will be said to be done when no innocent person is punished, and the guilty person is not allowed to go scot free.”

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“The rule of reading down a provision of the Act is a rule of harmonious construction used in order to save such provision from being declared unconstitutional.”

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“No mandate on the State to carry out public advertisement, especially when a Selection Committee was appointed which could device a method by which the search of suitable people could be made, and recommendations could be given to the Government.”

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“The intention is not to give benefits based on caste, but to identify communities with the caste as an indicator of the larger group of individuals; who will require measures for their social, economic and educational upliftment, to ensure an equal status and decent living conditions, within the society.”

transfer of gauhati hc judge to patna hc
Appointments & TransfersNews

The reiteration came after the Collegium deliberated over a reconsideration request submitted by Justice Tagia.

justice sanjay karol
Know thy Judge

Justice Sanjay Karol served the High Courts of Tripura and Patna as Chief Justice before his elevation as a Supreme Court Judge on 06-02-2023.

duty of appellate court
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court's Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1952 on duty of appellate court under Criminal Procedure Code, 1898.

sc collegium transfer of high court judges
Appointments & TransfersNews

Justice Sudhir Singh’s transfer from Patna to Punjab and Haryana High Court was originally proposed by the Collegium on 03-08-2023.

patna high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“A contempt case is initiated against the Municipal Commissioner, the Additional Municipal Commissioner, the Executive Officer and the Executive Engineer of the Patna Municipal Corporation; and against the Project Director of the Patna Smart City.”

patna high court
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“Developing any disease during the continuation of marriage is not within the control of any spouse. In such a situation, the other spouse has a marital duty to co-operate and bear with it and help the other spouse.”

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When assessment/marking/evaluation of the candidates have not been done by the Interview Board/Selection Committee of the respective inter se merit of the candidates, the plea of preference has no meaning.

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The Court is concerned to safeguard the interest of public at large and to prevent the misuse of public money and the exploitation of natural resources in the interest of society and the common people, which has been caused due to laxity of the authority of the State Government and the Contractor.