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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Supreme Court of India has stayed the notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India which had allowed the use of bull for the traditional Tamil festive event ‘Jallikattu’ and bullock cart races in states like...
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Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with the Odd-Even policy for alternate plying of non-commercial four-wheelers in the NCT of Delhi. Court said that it’s outside its scope of judicial review. It observed:The implementation of the Odd-Even scheme may...
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