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A Full Bench of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court comprising Chief Justice (Acting) Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sanjay Dhar and Justice Mohd Yousuf Wani held that the right to regularization under Section...
Courts & Constitution · LiveLaw · Courts ·
The Rajasthan High Court has held that a request to extend the date of voluntary retirement cannot be ignored if it is made before the retirement takes effect, even if the applicable service rules do...
Courts & Constitution · LiveLaw · Courts ·
The SC has issued a notice to the Centre on a plea challenging Section 16 of the 2023 law, which grants CEC and ECs lifelong immunity for actions taken in discharge of official duties; the provision is more expansive than constitutional immunities provided to the President and Governors; as well as…
Courts & Constitution · The Hindu · Elections ·
‘We all want regime change, getting regime change is every citizen’s constitutional right,’ says Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan. Dipke asks Gyanesh ‘so important’ to PM Modi.
Courts & Constitution · ThePrint · Politics ·
On March 24, the Supreme Court said that only persons belonging to the Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh faiths can claim the Scheduled Caste status.
Courts & Constitution · Scroll · Latest ·
The court directed the foreign ministry to issue a public notice inviting compensation claims from the families of those who died while fighting for Moscow.
Courts & Constitution · Scroll · Latest ·
Lawyers pointed out that the Supreme Court has not passed any significant order against the Delhi Police and Centre despite multiple petitions.
Courts & Constitution · Scroll · Latest ·
Justice V. Lakshminarayanan orders exhumation of a body for DNA profiling and confirms it to be that of the son of a mourning couple before the court
Courts & Constitution · The Hindu · National ·
The resisters out on the streets today are those who hold Gandhi’s talisman and Ambedkar’s Preamble in their fight to restore to the people of this country control over their lives
Courts & Constitution · The Hindu · National ·
Resignations valid, but anti-defection cases must continue, Madras HC told Speaker, directing pending disqualification proceedings must be completed within two months.
Courts & Constitution · ThePrint · Politics ·
Where a school discharge certificate based on official academic records is available, a medical opinion cannot be relied upon to determine a candidate's age, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court...
Courts & Constitution · LiveLaw · Courts ·
‘Your whole purpose is to hold an election, and you need to have a document,’ said the bench.
Courts & Constitution · Scroll · Latest ·
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The Supreme Court today (October 14) came down heavily on the Chhattisgarh High Court and observed that it has no understanding of the difference between Section 304 Part I (culpable homicide not...
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Allahabad High Court rejects a nearly 20-year-old challenge to Ambedkar Nagar constituency delimitation and Alapur's SC reservation, citing limited judicial review and delay.
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Court accepted NALSA’s submission that trial courts do not contemplate imposing death penalty in all such cases.
Courts & Constitution · LiveLaw · Courts ·
Both the father and son moved the courts with their caveats on October 7, as per official records
Courts & Constitution · The Hindu · National ·
Gujarat High Court judge Justice SV Pinto on Tuesday (October 13) recused from hearing journalist Ravi Nair's plea challenging a sessions court's order which rejected his plea to bring on record...
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the views of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Delhi High Court Bar Association and district bar associations in Delhi on whether their elections could be...
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The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (14 October) directed the Project Director of Project Implementation unit Cochin, National Highways Authority India to dispose of the representation seeking...
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition challenging an arrest on the ground that the written grounds of arrest were in Punjabi, a language the arrestee said she could not...
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The Patna HC has held that where a departmental proceeding is initiated after a government servant's retirement, Rule 43(b) of the Bihar Pension Rules bars initiation of proceedings in respect of an...
Courts & Constitution · LiveLaw · Courts ·
Ideally the forward should be simultaneous with the arrest, Court said.
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The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief (JKLF) chairman is lodged in Tihar jail where he is serving a life term in the case
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