National Green Tribunal while giving a green signal to the hosting of World Culture Festival organized by the Art of Living Foundation on the flood plains of the river Yamuna, has asked the foundation to pay an ‘initial’ Environmental Compensation...
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The FIR against Umar Khalid and Kanhaiya KumarJNU Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar arrested on charges of sedition for allegedly being part of anti-national activities in JNU, has been granted an interim bail for six months by the Delhi High...
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Supreme Court of India has directed the Gadchiroli trial court to conduct day-to-day hearing in the case involving alleged naxal aid and Delhi University professor Dr. Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba who has been charged for offences punishable under sections 13, 18,...
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Supreme Court of India has asked the Central Government to file before it an appropriate affidavit of the competent authority to suggest the ways and means to curb child pornography. The bench comprising of Justice Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti...
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Supreme Court has on 22 February clarified its 5 August 2015 order wherein it had granted three months time to Principal Judge, City Civil & Sessions Court, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, to complete the trial and pronounce the judgment in the...
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16 February 2016A criminal writ petition in form of PIL was filed by ND Jayapraksh, a JNU student before the Supreme Court of India seeking “appropriate directions to the respondents to ensure a proper and decorus conduct of the proceedings...
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Ninth Meeting of the Advisory Council of the National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms heldPress Release -Ministry of Law & Justice 16-February, 2016 20:07 ISTThe Ninth meeting of the advisory council of the national mission for justice delivery...
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The 2 February order of the Supreme Court referring the curative petitions in the Naz Foundation case to its Constitution Bench is finally available. This batch of curative petitions seeks ‘curing of the defects in the 2013 judgment upholding the...
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Dismissing the special leave petitions to appeal filed by Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders, the Supreme Court of India has upheld the judgment of the Delhi High Court wherein it had refused to quash the proceedings in...
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On February 8, Supreme Court of India will hear a public interest litigation seeking a direction from the court under Article 142 of the Constitution to set up the main seat of the High Court for the state of Uttar...
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The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has by majority adopted Opinion No. 54/2015 holding that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arbitrarily detained by the Governments of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland....
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Observing that ethics and morals have taken a back seat in the modern India’s scheme of things and that corruption can be beaten if all work together, Justice AB Chaudhary of the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has observed in an order:To...
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The Supreme Court has on February1, vacated the interim order dated April 30, 2008 granted by the Madras High Court staying the issue of patta under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006...
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In a significant move, Supreme Court of India has referred the batch of curative petitions seeking ‘curing of the defects in the 2013 judgment on section 377 of Indian Penal Code’ to a five-judge constitution bench. The December 11, 2013...
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The Supreme Court of India has today recalled its December 15, 2015 order wherein it had invoked its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India and had appointed Justice Virendra Singh, former judge of Allahabad High Court as...
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Supreme Court of India has issued notice to the Union of India in a writ petition filed by Arunachal Pradesh Congress legislature party chief whip Rajesh Tacho challenging the recommendation of the Union Cabinet which led to the imposition of...
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As per a circular issued by the Supreme Court of India on January 22, petitions challenging the validity of UIDAI Aadhaar card may soon be heard by the five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India.Listed as item seven...
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Supreme Court of India has refused to stay the contempt notice issued to author Arundhati Roy issued against her by the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court. However court has issued notice in her special leave petition to appeal against...
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The Supreme Court of India has on January 13 held that the Legislative Assembly session in Arunachal Pradesh shall not be convened till January 18 in view of the ‘seriousness of issues’ surrounding the political crisis in the state following...
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Supreme Court of India has refused to vacate its order which had put a stay on the bull taming game Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu.A bench comprising of Justices Dipak Misra and NV Ramana passed this order while hearing an application...
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