M Nageswara Rao’s appointment as interim CBI director: Now Justice NV Ramana also recuses himself
Supreme Court: After CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Dr. AK Sikri, Justice NV Ramana becomes the third judge to recuse himself from
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SC again refuses to stay the amendments to SC/ST Act; Matter to be heard on Feb 19
Supreme Court: The Court once gain refused to stay amendments to the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act)
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SC asks Centre to provide details on Detention centres and Foreigners detained in Assam
Supreme Court: The bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has directed the Centre to provide the details of the functional
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10% reservation to economically backward candidates from general category: SC issues notice to Centre
Supreme Court: Agreeing to examine the Centre’s decision to grant 10 % reservation in jobs and education to poor candidates belonging to general
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SC| No stay on proposed amendments to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act
Supreme Court: A bench headed by Justice Dr, AK Sikri refused to stay the proposed amendments to the SC & ST (Prevention of
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After CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice AK Sikri recuses himself from plea against M Nageswara Rao’s appointment as CBI’s interim Director
Supreme Court: After CJI Ranjan Gogoi recused himself from hearing a plea challenging the Centre’s decision to appoint M Nageswara Rao as interim
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CJI recuses himself from plea challenging M Nageswara Rao’s appointment as CBI’s interim Director
Supreme Court: CJI Ranjan Gogoi has recused himself from hearing the plea challenging appointment of M Nageswara Rao as the interim director of
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Maharashtra Law on running of Mumbai Dance Bars partly upheld
Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, JJ set aside certain provisions of Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance in
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Here’s why Sabarimala Review hearing may not begin from Jan 22
Supreme Court: The Court said that it may not start the hearing on pleas seeking review of the Sabarimala verdict from January 22
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2002 Gujarat Riots: SC to hear Zakia Jafri’s plea against clean chit to PM Modi after 4 weeks
Supreme Court: In the plea filed by Zakia Jafri, challenging the SIT’s clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in connection
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SC seeks Centre’s response on PIL against ‘snooping’ notification
Supreme Court: On a plea challenging the notification authorising 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt any computer system, the Court sought
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Ayodhya Matter adjourned to Jan 29 after Justice UU Lalit recuses himself from the case
Supreme Court: After Justice UU Lalit recused himself from the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute title case famously known as the Ayodhya dispute,
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Officials making arrests under scrapped S. 66A of IT Act will be sent to jail: SC tells Centre
Supreme Court: The Court has sought Centre’s response on a plea alleging prosecutions even after the Supreme Court scrapped Section 66 A of
Continue readingKerala HC | Breaking| Ban on “Flash Hartals”; 7-day prior notice required
Kerala High Court: An order has been passed by the Court banning flash hartals in the wake of the series of hartals
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PMLA Court | Vijay Mallya declared first offender under Fugitive Economic Offenders Act
BREAKING| Special PMLA Court declared Vijay Mallya a fugitive economic offender, which means his properties can now be confiscated by the government.
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File status report till Jan 7 on steps taken to rescue trapped Meghalaya Miners: SC to Centre & State
Supreme Court: After the Centre told the Court that they were facing difficulties in the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped in an
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Ayodhya matter: Appropriate bench to fix the date of hearing on Jan 10
Supreme Court: In a hearing that lasted for less than a minute, the bench comprising Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and S K Kaul, J
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Meghalaya miners: We don’t know if they are dead or alive. What steps have you taken?: SC to State
Supreme Court: Reacting upon the unsatisfactory approach of the Meghalaya Government to rescue 15 miners, trapped in an illegal flooded coal mine
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2018: The Year of the Supreme Court of India
As we step into the new year 2019, let us look back at some of the pathbreaking judgments delivered this year by
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Accountability Court Verdict| Nawaz Sharif convicted for 7 years in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills reference
As reported by Dawn, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, who was awarded 10 years imprisonment in the Avenfield case, was
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