SC| Can’t summon additional accused under Section 319 CrPC in the absence of strong and cogent evidence
Supreme Court: In case where a man tried to rope in other relatives of his wife in a criminal proceeding that he
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IPL spot-fixing: SC sets aside life ban imposed on Sreesanth by BCCI
Supreme Court: In a huge relief to cricketer S. Sreesanth, the bench of Ashok Bhushan and KM Joseph, JJ has set aside
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Rafale Deal: SC reserves order on admissibility of the ‘leaked’ documents
Supreme Court: Making it clear that it will decide first on the preliminary objections raised by the Centre and then go into the facts
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SC appoints PS Narsimha as mediator for resolving disputes relating to BCCI
Supreme Court: The bench of SA Bobde and Abhay Manohar Sapre has appointed Senior Advocate PS Narsimha as a mediator in all
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SC yet again reminds the High Courts of the limitations under Section 100 CPC
Supreme Court: The Court, yet again, reminded the High Courts of the limitations under Section 100 CPC and said: “despite the catena
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Rafale Deal: SC allows Defence Ministry to file affidavit
Supreme Court: The Court has allowed the Defence Ministry to file an affidavit in the Rafale Deal case that will come up
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SC| UPSC can recommend Officers having atleast 6 months tenure left for post of Director General of Police
Supreme Court: Clarifying the order dated 03.07.2018, the bench of CJ Ranjan Gogoi and L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ said
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SC commutes death sentence of a man who raped and killed a 5-year-old to 25 years’ imprisonment. Here’s why
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, MM Shantanagoudar and Indira Banerjee, JJ has commuted the death sentence to 25 years’
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Not the first time when Mathews Nedumpara has ‘attempted to browbeat and insult Judges’: SC
Supreme Court: Holding advocate Mathew Nedumpara guilty of contempt, the bench of RF Nariman and Vineet Saran, JJ has issued notice to
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Clauses stipulating ‘deposit-at-call’ before invoking arbitration defeats the purpose of ADR process
Supreme Court: In the case where a Notice Inviting Tender had a clause asking the parties invoking arbitration to furnish a “deposit-at-call”
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10% reservation to EWSs: SC to consider on March 28 if matter should be referred to Constitution Bench
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ refused to pass any order on
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SC ‘fixes’ it’s January 7 verdict; Teachers can now claim gratuity under Payment of Gratuity Act
Supreme Court: The Bench of Abhay Manohar Sapre and Indu Malhotra, JJ has held that pendency of any writ petition by itself
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SC| Revisionary Court shouldn’t act like an Appellate Court
Supreme Court: Reminding the Courts of the scope of their powers, the bench of Abhay Manohar Sapre and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has
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Ayodhya Dispute to be settled by a ‘confidential’ Court monitored mediation; No Gag order passed [Full Report]
Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and SA Bobde, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ has
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SC awards Rs. 10 Lakh compensation in a medical negligence case to ‘send message’ to medical practitioners
Supreme Court: In a case of medical negligence where a minor surgery resulted in amputating a woman’s arm, the bench of Abhay
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SC elaborates on the scheme of determining additional purchase price under Clause 5A under Sugarcane Control Order, 1966
Supreme Court: On the question relating to assessment of the taxable income of a Co-operative Society engaged in the business of production
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SC asks Centre to set up Motor Accidents Mediation Authority if feasible
Supreme Court: When a practicing advocate, had suffered in nasty accident at the young age of 18 years, in which his entire
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Documents related to Rafale deal stolen from Defence Ministry; Govt. tells SC
Supreme Court: The government has told the Supreme Court that documents related to the Rafale fighter jet deal have been stolen from
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SC acquits 6 falsely implicated death row convicts in a 16 year old crime; orders reinvestigation
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dr. AK Sikri, SA Nazeer and MR Shah, JJ has acquitted 6 death row convicts and
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Should Ayodhya dispute be decided by mediation? SC reserves order
Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and SA Bobde, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer, JJ has said
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