Complaint against MS Dhoni for allegedly hurting religious sentiments, quashed
Supreme Court: Quashing the complaint filed against Mahendra Singh Dhoni for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of people when an image of
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Provisional Certificate becomes null and void if the ship doesn’t arrive at the port within 6 months as per Section 40 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958
Supreme Court: Dealing with the question as to the time limit for the validity of the Provisional certificate of Registry for a
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Vague or inadequate expert opinion might result in acquittal of the accused
Supreme Court: Stating the importance of medical evidence, especially in a murder trial, the Bench of P.C. Ghose and R.F. Nariman, JJ
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Babri Masjid Demolition Case: LK Advani and other senior leaders to be tried for conspiracy
Supreme Court: Giving out a major verdict, the Bench of P.C. Ghose and R.F. Nariman, JJ ruled that L.K. Advani, Vinay Katiar,
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Nothing wrong with the investigative process under the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
Supreme Court: Upholding the validity of the investigative process, under the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
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Disabled persons not obliged to stand up to show respect to the National Anthem played in Cinema halls
Supreme Court: Modifying the order dated 30.11.2016 where it was directed that all the cinema halls in India shall play the National
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Whatsapp Data Privacy Matter: Government to come up with a regulatory regime relating to data protection
Supreme Court: The 5-Judge Bench of Dipak Misra, Dr. A.K. Sikri, Amitava Roy, A.M. Khanwilkar and M.M. Shantanagouda, JJ listed the matter
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Prosecution case cannot be negated only on the ground that it was a case of group rivalry
Supreme Court: Stating that group rivalry is double edged sword, the Bench of Dr. A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, JJ held that
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Larger Bench to decide whether Para 2 of the 10th Schedule to the Constitution applies to expelled members of political party
Supreme Court: In the writ petition filed by Amar Singh where he asked the Court to declare that Para 2 of the
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Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under Section 130E(b) of the Customs Act, 1962 should be in harmony with Chapter IV of Part V of the Constitution
Supreme Court: Explaining the scope of the appellate power of the Supreme Court under Section 130E(b)of the Customs Act, 1962, the Bench
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Substitution of parts of an enactment is nothing but pro tanto to repeal those parts
Supreme Court: The Bench of J. Chelameswar and Abhay Manohar Sapre, JJ said that no right or liability can be created by
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Sahara Matter: Aamby Valley property to be auctioned; Subrata Roy to appear before the court on 27.04.2017
Supreme Court: The bench of Dipak Misra, Ranjan Gogoi and Dr. A.K. Sikri, JJ ordered the auction of the Aamby Valley City
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Amitabh Chaudhary and Rahul Johri to represent BCCI in the ICC Meeting on 24.04.2017
Supreme Court: The bench of Dipak Misra, A.M. Khanwilkar and Dr. DY Chandrachud, JJ directed Amitabh Chaudhary, who is presently the acting
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Nothing wrong with the Government’s scheme of gradual phase out of vehicles not complying with the BS-IV norms
Supreme Court: Explaining the reasons for the order dated 29.03.2017, where it was directed that on and from 1st April, 2017 such
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Constitution Bench to decide whether Parliamentary Standing Committee’s report can be relied as evidence
Supreme Court: The Bench of Dipak Misra and R.F. Nariman, JJ referred the matter relating to referring and relying upon the report
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State of Tamil Nadu directed to come up with measures to tackle the issue of farmer deaths
Supreme Court: Voicing concern over the rising number of farmer deaths, the 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, A.M. Khanwilkar and M.M. Shantanagoudar,
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Union of India asked to deliberate upon the issue of non-grant of equal pay for equal work to Armed Personnel
Supreme Court: Stating that the Court would fail in it’s duty if it did not took note of the grievance of the
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Stay on ‘gender selection’ related search does not curtail right to access information
Supreme Court: Explaining the scope of the order directing the Microsoft Corporation (I) Pvt. Ltd., Google India and Yahoo ! India to
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Concept of ‘transfer’ versus ‘recruitment by transfer’ and ‘seniority’ versus ‘eligibility’, explained
Supreme Court: Stating that ‘transfer’ and ‘recruitment by transfer’ are entirely two different concepts, the Court said that no doubt transfer can
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Change in Indonesian Law is not a force majeure event; Power Generating Companies not entitled to compensatory tariff
Supreme Court: In the issue involving the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) entered into by the Government and the Adani Enterprises, where the
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