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SC | ‘Rakshak’ in Railway Protection Force, out of employment for a failure to prevent alleged theft. Read whether SC allows back wages and retiral benefits to him

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ., gave relief to the appellant by directing that

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[Kanwar Yatra] Supreme Court takes suo motu cognizance of “Kanwar Yatra during Covid-19”; Seeks response from Uttar Pradesh Government

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of Rohinton Fali Nariman and B.R. Gavai, JJ., had taken suo motu cognizance of the proposed

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SC invokes independence of judiciary, separation of powers to invalidate amendments in Finance Act, 2017 prescribing 50 yrs minimum age for appointment to Tribunals, allowances payable to members, term of office

Supreme Court: A 3-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court, by a majority of 2:1, has declared that certain portions of Section 184

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SC grants bail to Alok Kumar Agrawal, former in-charge of Chhattisgarh’s Water Resources Department in money laundering case

Supreme Court: In a corruption case involving misappropriation of more than Rs 30.00 crores, the Division Bench comprising of Indira Banerjee and

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Direction to deposit Rs 2 lakh compensation for victims as a condition for grant of bail: SC says not permissible

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta, JJ. found that direction passed by the Gujarat High Court

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“If this is how proceedings will go on …”: SC accentuates importance of succinctly framed written synopsis; time-bound oral arguments; crisp, clear and precise judgments

“After all, it is for ‘the common man’ that the judicial system exists.”

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“Objective of Milk Federations is not to give employment but increase milk production”; SC reverses HC order favouring employees in a revised pay scale dispute

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta*, JJ., overruled the decision of Punjab & Haryana High

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SC sets aside bail granted to man accused of murder conspiracy; Says mere examination of aggrieved after rejection of earlier bail is no change in circumstances

Supreme Court: The Bench of N.V. Ramana, CJ and A.S. Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ., reversed the order of the Rajasthan High

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SC puts fetter on exercise undertaken by Delhi Legislative Assembly’s Committee enquiring into Facebook’s role in aggravating Delhi Riots last year; Says FB representatives will have to appear

Supreme Court: A 3-Judge Bench comprising of Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. has held that representatives of Facebook

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Read SC’s opinion on HC’s developing a practice of calling upon Public Officers at drop of a hat and exerting direct or indirect pressure

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta, JJ., while addressing the matter, expressed that, The public officers

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Does merely residing in the same house make in-laws accomplice in a dowry death case? Supreme Court answers

Supreme Court of India: In an appeal regarding dowry death case the Division Bench of Navin Sinha and R. Subhash Reddy, JJ.,

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Explained: Does Limitation Act, 1963 apply to arbitration proceedings under Section 18(3) of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006

Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy*, JJ has held that the Limitation Act, 1963 is applicable to

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Explained: Maintainability of counter claims in arbitration proceedings under Section 18(3) of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006

Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy*, JJ has held that the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development

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Sending accused to jail 26 years after the incident of rash driving, harsh: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: In a case dating back to the year 1995 where a bus driver had caused an accident, thereby injuring a

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Govt must reserve posts for promotions for persons with disabilities even under 1995 PwD Act; explore other methods to avoid stagnation: Supreme Court

“… sometimes it is easier to bring a legislation into force but far more difficult to change the social mind set which would endeavour to find ways and means to defeat the intent of the Act enacted… .”

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No conviction under Section 364A IPC if kidnapper treats victim in “a good manner”: Supreme Court

Supreme Court has laid down the essential ingredients required to be proved by prosecution to convict an accused under Section 364A IPC i.e. kidnapping for ransom.

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Supreme Court upholds 2019 Act validating Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition Laws; Explains legislative competence to pass a retrospective validating Act

“A legislature is deemed to be the main protagonist of the public interest at large. For, the legislature is the bulwark of a democratic polity.”

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COVID-19| NDMA to come up with uniform guidelines for ex gratia assistance on account of lives lost due to Covid-19 within 6 weeks [Read SC directions]

Supreme Court: After the Court was approached seeking direction to the Government to provide notified ex-gratia monitory compensation of Rs.4,00,000/- to the

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Migrant Labourers| ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ Scheme to be a reality in all States by July 31st! Read Supreme Court directions

“When the migrant labourers form more than 1/4th population of the country, all Governments/authorities have to take special care regarding welfare of these migrant workers/labourers.”

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In a relief to State Board Class XII students, Supreme Court asks Boards to formulate Schemes within 10 days

Supreme Court: Hearing a series of petitions filed by Class XII students of various Boards, the bench of AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh