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161.
Soumya Murder Case: Awaiting the debate between Justice Katju and the Supreme Court Bench (Guest Post)
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(Blog: Analysis)
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Ms. Prerana Saraf, who writes at Legal Parley, has contributed this guest post on the Sowmya murder case and the recent order of the Supreme Court pertaining to Justice Katju. The guest post is reproduced ...
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Created on 19 October 2016
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162.
Seven Judge Constitutional Bench of the SC relooking at the Hindutva Judgment: Day I Updates
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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Today, a seven-judge Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court of India comprising of Chief Justice T.S Thakur and Justices Madan B. Lokur, S.A Bobde, A.K Goel, U.U Lalit, D.Y Chandrachud and L.N Rao ...
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Created on 19 October 2016
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163.
The Debate on the Law Commission's Questionnaire on the Uniform Civil Code: Some Comment
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(Blog: Analysis)
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... will not infringe on an individual right to freedom of religion. Further, Constitution of India is supreme and anything that conflicts with the Constitution cannot remain above the Constitution. However, ...
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Created on 14 October 2016
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164.
LIVE: The 1st CARTAL Conference on International Arbitration 2016, Arbitration at Crossroads
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(Blog: Uncategorized)
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... seems to show the aim to immunize India from future BIT claims. To give investors a fair chance, the ISDS needs to be revisited.
5:15 PM
4. Dr. Aniruddha Rajput, Advocate Supreme Court of India, will ...
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Created on 13 October 2016
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165.
Remedying the malady: Laws on advance directives in India.
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(Blog: Analysis)
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... been released at a time when a petition for declaring directives as legal and valid is pending before a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in Common Cause v. The Union of India. On the other hand, ...
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Created on 12 October 2016
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166.
Summary Report: Discussion on Understanding Aadhaar through the Lens of Technology
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... how Aadhaar officials, by making Aadhaar cards pre-requisites for availing a wide array of services and benefits, were flouting the Supreme Court order from October 2015 that prevented Aadhaar from being ...
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Created on 07 October 2016
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167.
India is enrolling infants and children in Aadhaar – but what about their consent?
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... different context. At present, the Supreme Court is hearing petitions against the Aadhaar programme. If Aadhaar survives these legal challenges, the UIDAI must ensure that all authentication records are ...
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Created on 03 October 2016
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168.
Power of Judicial Review by the National Green Tribunal
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(Blog: Corporate law)
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The power of judicial review by Tribunals was examined and decided by the Supreme Court in S.P. Sampath Kumar v. Union of India and in the subsequent case of L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India. After ...
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Created on 27 September 2016
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169.
WhatsApp’s Privacy Policy Gets the Stamp of the Delhi High Court
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... constitutional bench of the Supreme Court. Consequently, the court dismissed the many challenges to the privacy policy albeit with some caveats. First, the court ordered WhatsApp to delete all user information/data/details ...
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Created on 25 September 2016
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170.
Doctrine of Lis Pendens
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(Blog: Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution)
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... 52 OF TRANSFER OF PROPERTY ACT – CONDITIONS TO BE SATISFIED
The Supreme Court in a three Judge Bench in Dev Raj Dogra and others v. Gyan Chand Jain and others[2] construed the meaning of Section 52 ...
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Created on 20 September 2016
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171.
A response to Fali Nariman's collegium advice: Renovating the Falling Citade
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(Blog: Constitutional Law)
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Earlier this month, on the 7th of September, noted jurist and senior advocate Fali S. Nariman proffered a piece of advice (he called it an unsolicited suggestion) to the Supreme Court: the citadel never ...
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Created on 15 September 2016
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172.
SC junks (another) ML Sharma’s PIL to stop govt funding to Kashmiri separatists [Read Order]
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(Blog: Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution)
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Supreme Court of India has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking a declaration that the release of government funds to Jammu and Kashmir-based separatists was “unconstitutional ...
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Created on 15 September 2016
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173.
LIVE: 3rd NLU Delhi - Herbert Smith Freehills International Negotiation Competition 2016
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(Blog: Uncategorized)
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National Law University, Delhi in collaboration with Herbert Smith Freehills LLP is set to organise the 3rd edition of the International Negotiation Competition from 09-11 September 2016.
The competition, ...
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Created on 09 September 2016
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174.
Live Blog: 2nd GNLU Moot on Securities and Investment Law, 9-11 September 2016
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(Blog: Mooting Premier League)
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... seem to be listening intently in order to prepare for the rebuttals.
02:10 pm (CR-1): The bench is citing authorities and decisions of the Supreme Court itself in order to counter the argument of ...
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Created on 09 September 2016
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175.
Ticked off: Cracking down on WhatsApp group administrators is bad policy
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... of speech and expression as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Shreya Singhal v Union of India in March 2015, as per which any law restricting the freedom of speech is valid only if it is proximately ...
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Created on 09 September 2016
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176.
SFLC.in’s Comments on TRAI’s consultation paper on Proliferation of public Wi-Fi
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... Government. The Supreme Court of India in Union of India v. Cricket Association of Bengal12 declared that the use of airwaves “has to be controlled and regulated by a public authority in the interests ...
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Created on 08 September 2016
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177.
Government Advertisements and Freedom of Press: Examining the Rajasthan Patrika case
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... “fight for survival” drew to an end earlier this month when the Supreme Court ordered the Rajasthan government to allocate a higher percentage of advertisements to the Patrika. Advertisement allocation ...
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Created on 08 September 2016
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178.
Foreign arbitration seats: Setting the record straight of Sasan Power v North American Coal: Part I
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(Blog: Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution)
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Many initial news reports about Sasan Power Ltd. v. North American Coal Corporation India Private Limited said that Supreme Court allowed Indian parties to contract out Indian law or that Indian parties ...
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Created on 06 September 2016
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179.
CHANGING TRENDS IN JOHN DOE ORDERs PART-II
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... here, in that case the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India came in and gave the intent of the judgment and what it implicated and ended the controversy.
Unfortunately, the present situation is akin to that. ...
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Created on 29 August 2016
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180.
A critique of the judgment of Hon'ble Kerala High Court in GS Ammu V University of Keral
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(Blog: Legally Drawn)
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... and impermissible, more so in light of the fact that the consequences in the present matter are penal in nature. The aforesaid approach has been frowned upon by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Bachan Singh ...
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Created on 29 August 2016