Meghalaya High Court’s act of taking suo motu cognizance in matter relating to validity of provisions of Meghalaya Lokayukta Act, 2014, unacceptable
Supreme Court: Terming the act of Meghalaya High Court of taking up suo motu cognizance of appointment of Lokayukta and failure to
Continue readingFree Medical Services and Employment ordered for Acid Attack Victim
Delhi High Court: Hearing a writ petition filed by an acid attack victim pleading for Rs. 50 lacs as compensation, reimbursement of
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Photographs of the Governors and Chief Ministers can be published in Public Advertisements
Supreme Court: Reviewing it’s judgment dated 13.05.2015, the bench of Ranjan Gogoi and P.C. Ghose, JJ extended the exception carved out in
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Interim Bail for a period of 6 months granted to Anirban Bhattacharya and Umair Khalid
Patiala House District Court, New Delhi: While hearing the bail applications of Anirban Bhattacharya and Umair Khalid under Section 439 CrPC, the
Continue readingVivekananda Vidhyashram Matriculation Higher Secondary School berated sternly for unnecessarily branding a student as ‘mentally unfit’ to appear for exam
Madras High Court: Perusing through the present case where the school authorities denied a student from giving exams on the ground that
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2016 SCC Vol. 3 March 14, 2016 Part 1
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — S. 24 — Transfer of matrimonial proceedings: There was no reason why divorce case be not transferred
Continue readingUniversities & affiliated colleges to mandatorily comply with UGC Regulations, 2010
Kerala High Court: Answering the reference in the affirmative, the Full Bench reaffirmed that the appointments to the posts of Principal and
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Loan Agreement on Pollution Abatement is signed between India and Japan International Cooperation Agency
A Loan agreement signed between the Government of India and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in January, 2016 for a project of
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South African Parliament directed to comply with the Statutory Language requirements
Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA): In an interesting constitutional matter, a five-judge Bench comprising Lewis, Ponnan (JJA), Seriti (JJA), Fourie (AJJA) and
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Agreement on Social Security signed between India and 18 other Countries
On 9th March 2016, the Minister for External Affairs informed in Lok Sabha that India has signed Social Security Agreements (SSAs) with 18
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Parvathy P. from Kerala Law Academy shares her experience with SCC Online
My experience with SCC Online began with a moot court competition where SCC Online was the knowledge partners and we were given
Continue readingGujarat National Law University is observing 21 March as Law Tradition Day
GNLU will observe 21 March as the Law Tradition Day to symbolize, manifest and celebrate legal traditions of great legal and judicial
Continue readingLok Aayog’s role held to be purely advisory/recommendatory, not empowered to issue/enforce any order
Chhattisgarh High Court: The Bench of Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. has categorically held that the role of the Chhattisgarh Lok Aayog under
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Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2016 passed by Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha approved the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2016 on 15th March, 2016. The Bill seeks to create a set
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Writ petition under Article 226 can be instituted through power of attorney holder
Allahabad High Court: Adjudicating upon the question referred as to whether a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution can be
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Amity, Delhi bagged various prizes at the Cultural Fest of NUJS Kolkata
Reported by Aashna Chawala
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