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TOP NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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COVID-19<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Final Year Exams|<\/span> \u201cHeavens will not fall if exams are not conducted\u201d, AM Singhvi tells SC<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

UGC says it\u2019s irrational to exempt final year students from exams; Students call the stand \u2018baffling\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Health Care<\/span>| Period of quarantine of doctors\/health workers cannot be treated as leave; SG submits<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mere direction to comply with our order on COVID-19 treatment not enough; Submit compliance report: SC to Centre<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Migrant workers|<\/span> \u00a0Making Rules not enough; submit affidavit on steps taken: SC to all States\/UTs<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0SC pulls up Maharashtra for lapses; says \u201cthis is not an adversarial litigation\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

CA Exams|<\/span> SC disposes of the petition after ICAI postpones CA exams to November 2020<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

VIKAS DUBEY ENCOUNTER<\/span><\/h4>\n

SC gives a go ahead to Inquiry Committee headed by Former SC judge Justice B S Chauhan<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SC dismisses plea seeking removal of ex-DGP KL Gupta from Inquiry Committee<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

RAJASTHAN POLITICAL CRISIS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Speaker\u2019s petition requires detailed hearing; HC\u2019s order will be subject to the outcome of the same: SC<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rajasthan Speaker CP Joshi withdraws plea challenging HC\u2019s order asking him to defer disqualification proceedings<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

PRASHANT BHUSHAN CONTEMPT CASE<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

SC issues notice in suo motu contempt petition against advocate Prashant Bhushan and Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

EXECUTION OF WILL<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Sufficient to prove attestation of one attesting witness to be in his handwriting when both attesting witnesses are dead<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SC explains limits on power of a Hindu to execute a will and effect of Section 30 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 thereon<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SC explains the impact of the Hindu Women\u2019s Right to Property Act, 1937 on execution of Will<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

ONE NATION ONE EDUCATION BOARD<\/span><\/h4>\n

SC refuses to entertain PIL; Says it\u2019s not the function of the Court<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

EVIDENCE<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

SC clarifies law on admissibility of electronic evidence without certificate under Section 65B of Evidence Act, 1872<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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MORE NEWS<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plea against SC Registry alleging bias in listing matters dismissed with a cost of Rs. 100<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe conduct indicates that the petitioner was careless and not serious while he made the allegations.\u00a0 He filed writ application without due inquiries, and without collecting the requisite material.\u00a0 Such conduct was least expected of an officer of this Court. Petitioner ought to have been careful before cast of unnecessary aspersions on the Registry and staff of this Court.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

SC upholds Travancore royal family\u2019s right in administration of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cthe death of the Travancore ruler, who signed the covenant, does not affect the rights of the Shebaitship Travancore family over the temple and it will survive as per the customs.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even non-payment of entire sale consideration cannot be a ground cancellation of sale deed<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Once the title in the property has already passed, even if the balance sale consideration is not paid, the sale could not be invalidated on this ground<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

Installation of CCTV cameras in Police Stations: SC seeks MHA\u2019s update on implementation of it\u2019s 2017 judgment<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Court had, in\u00a0Shafhi Mohammad judgment,<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 directed the Central Oversight Body (COB) to issue appropriate directions so as to ensure that\u00a0use of videography becomes a reality in a phased manner and in first phase of implementation by 15th July, 2018<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>crime scene videography must be introduced at least at some places as per viability and priority determined by the COB<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

SC extends tenure of the Chairman and members of TDSAT for 3 months<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c…the tenure of the Chairman and the members of TDSAT be extended for a period of three months during which period the entire process of appointment of the Chairman and members be completed.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

When can a case be transferred from High Courts to the Supreme Court under Article 139A? SC explains<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Can a policy framed under Article 161 for grant of remission override the requirements under Section 433-A CrPC? Larger bench to decide<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The 3-judge bench of UU Lalit, MM Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran referred the question to a larger bench and framed the following issue:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether in exercise of power conferred under Article 161 of the Constitution a policy can be framed, whereunder certain norms or postulates are laid down, on the satisfaction of which the benefit of remission can thereafter be granted by the Executive without placing facts or material with respect to any of the cases before the Governor and whether such exercise can override the requirements under Section 433-A of the Code.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

NGT Vacancies| \u201cThis is an appalling situation\u201d; Notify all vacancies in one go within 10 days: SC to Centre<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an appalling situation concerning the premier institution such as National Green Tribunal, which is required to deal with environmental issues. That cannot be countenanced.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liability under Section 68 of FERA, 1973 depends on the role a person plays in the company and not the designation<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c…for proceeding against a Director of a company for contravention of provisions of FERA, 1973, the necessary ingredient for proceeding shall be that at the time offence was committed, the Director was in charge of and was responsible to the company for the conduct of the business of the company.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

SC dismisses petition seeking review of the 2019 verdict that upheld the constitutionality of the Karnataka Reservation Act, 2018<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The bench of UU Lalit and Dr. DY Chandrachud, JJ refused to review it\u2019s verdict in\u00a0B K Pavitra v Union of India<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0(2019) 16 SCC 129<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0wherein it had\u00a0upheld the constitutional validity of the Karnataka Extension of Consequential Seniority to Government Servants Promoted on the Basis of Reservations (to the Posts in the Civil Services of the State) Act 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Disallowance under Section 40(a)(ia) of IT Act whether confined to the amount \u201cpayable\u201d and not to the amount \u201calready paid\u201d?SC explains<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c… t<\/strong>h<\/span><\/strong>e expression \u201cpayable\u201d is descriptive of the payments which attract the liability for deducting tax at source and it has not been used in the provision in question to specify any particular class of default on the basis as to whether payment has been made or not<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deposit Rs. 50,000 & recover it from the delinquent Gov\u2019t officer; SC in an application seeking condonation of delay of 587 days<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese are what we categorise as \u201ccertificate cases\u201d filed by the departments to obtain an order of dismissal from the Supreme Court so that they can go back and say that they have made all endeavours to limit the loss to the State.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

NLU Jodhpur student\u2019s death: SC asks Rajasthan Police to complete the investigation within 2 months<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The mother of 21-year-old NLU student claimed that the FIR in the case was not registered for a period of 10 months from the date when the incident occurred, and was reluctantly filed thereafter.\u00a0Three years since, the investigation is at a standstill with no progress and no chargesheet filed in the case, stated the plea.<\/p>\n

SC dismisses plea challenging conduct of CLAT exams online<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SC issues notice to Centre and Assam on plea challenging the process of delimitation of Constituencies<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Stay on coercive action against Amish Devgan for remarks on Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti extended till August 5<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Unitech\u2019s Sanjay Chandra gets interim bail as parents hospitalised after testing COVID-19 positive<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1984 Anti-Sikh riots| No interim bail to COVID-19 positive convict Mahendra Singh Yadav<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Notice to Centre on petition seeking payment of maternity benefit to all pregnant and lactating women<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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IN OTHER NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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SC directs AoRs and Parties-in-person to also file soft copies of petitions along with hard copies<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Justice R. Banumathi retires: Bidding adieu to the 6th woman Judge of the Supreme Court on her retirement<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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