Prachi Bhardwaj, Author at SCC Times

Parents of a married officer not entitled to receive the pension amount as per the the Family Pension Scheme, 1964

Supreme Court: In the matter where the widow of a Government Employee aggrieved by the order of the High Court of Punjab

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Any female having a legal right of residence in the building is entitled to seek eviction of the tenant for her need

Supreme Court: In a matter relating to eviction of the tenant, the bench of J. Chelameswar and Abhay Manohar Sapre, JJ held

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Bombay High Court’s order that stayed the centralised counselling in the State of Maharashtra, vacated

Supreme Court: In the issue pertaining to the admission of students in MBBS/BDS courses in the State of Maharashtra, the Court, exercising

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Cantonment Board is not authorized to include the encroachers in the voters list

Supreme Court: Taking note of the very disturbing fact of encroachments on defence land, the Court said that the legislative policy and

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Cauvery Water Dispute: State of Karnataka directed to release 6000 cusecs of water despite the resolution passed by the Karnataka Assembly

Supreme Court: The Court directed the State of Karnataka to release 6000 cusecs of water from tomorrow i.e. 28.09.2016 till the next

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Investigation against Husna and Naseemuddin Siddiqui for holding disproportionate assets to be completed within 6 months

Supreme Court: In the petition praying for implementation of the recommendation/report of the Lokayukta Uttar Pradesh, dated 22nd February, 2012, the Court

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Man accused of killing his wife and 5 daughters, acquitted by a majority of 2:1 due to lack of evidence

Supreme Court: In the case where the appellant was accused to have caused the deaths of his wife and five daughters, the

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PIL challenging the Centre’s policy to allow private bank officials to be appointed as Managing Directors or CEOs of public sector banks, dismissed

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of T.S. Thakur, CJ and A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud, JJ dismissed the PIL challenging the Centre’s

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Journalist Rajdev Ranjan’s widow granted police protection

Supreme Court: In the petition preferred under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, where the petitioner, a hapless and helpless widow

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Ruchika Girhotra Case: S.P.S. Rathore’s conviction upheld; sentence mitigated due to old age

Supreme Court: In the Ruchika Girhotra case, the Court reduce the sentence of S.P.S. Rathore to the period already undergone by him

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State of MP directed to start the centralized counselling process for medical courses afresh

Supreme Court: In order to make the admission process to the Medical Institutions a composite process, the Court directed that admission to

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Section 14(a) of Copyright Act, 1957 cannot be interpreted to mean that the right of producer of sound recording to communicate his work to the public under Section 14(e)(iii) of the Act, is lost

Supreme Court: The Court, while deciding the question as to whether the Event Management Company/Event Organizer is required to seek licence from

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Punishment for driving dangerously by using mobile phones while driving, inadequate

Supreme Court: In pursuance of the order dated 26.08.2016 on the issue relating to inadequate punishment under Section 304-A IPC, Mukul Rohatgi,

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If a person fails to do something which is impossible, he cannot be held guilty of contempt

Supreme Court: In the case where the appellant was unable to produce documents before the Court as the same were destroyed due

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Cauvery Water Dispute: State of Karnataka to release 6000 cusecs of water till 27.09.2016

Supreme Court: As an interim measure, regard being had to the subsequent developments and the problems that have been highlighted by Fali

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Dishonour of Post-dated cheque for discharge of existing liability is covered by Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Supreme Court: In the matter where the question as to whether the dishonour of a post-dated cheque given for repayment of loan

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Search engines directed to devise a method of “auto-block” in searches relating to gender selection

Supreme Court: In the light of the meeting with Google India, Yahoo ! India and Microsoft Corporation (I) Pvt. where all the

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Departmental proceedings cannot be suspended indefinitely or delayed unduly due to the pendency of the criminal case

Supreme Court: In the matter where the Court was deciding the question as to whether disciplinary proceedings can be initiated before the

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Courts must be slow in interfering with the interpretation given to the tender document by the owner/employer of the project

Supreme Court: In the controversy relating to bids invited by the Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited for the design and construction of

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Jeeja Ghosh to receive Rs. 10,00,000 as damages from being de-boarded from an aircraft for being disabled

Supreme Court: “Non-disabled people do not understand disabled ones.” This is what the bench of Dr. A.K. Sikri and R.K. Agrawal, JJ