SC allows jailed UP MLA Abbas Ansari to attend his father Mukhtar Ansari’s fatiha ceremony
Abbas Ansari taken to Ghazipur with police security at 5 PM on April 09 to attend the ritual.
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‘Undertrial and convict cannot seek habeas corpus for release citing infringement of right to life and liberty’; Orissa HC denies relief to maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda
Sabyasachi Panda has been in custody for the last nine years as an undertrial prisoner in 131 cases and was acquitted in 89 cases.
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SC dismisses Centre’s plea to condone delay of 12 years and 158 days for filing restoration of suit; calls it a ‘mockery of justice’
“The length of the delay is a relevant matter which the court must take into consideration while considering whether the delay should be condoned or not.”
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NGT issues notice to Centre, State and builders over illegal constructions and topsoil mining in Noida
The illegal constructions in Noida and Greater Noida were being done with topsoil, leading to large-scale illegal mining of the topsoil in and around the villages, resulting in deep, catastrophic pits.
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SC stays Allahabad HC decision holding UP Board of Madarsa Education Act as unconstitutional
In Anshuman Singh Rathore v. Union of India, 2024 SCC OnLine All 857, U.P. Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 was held as unconstitutional for being violative of the principle of secularism, Articles 14, 21 and 21-A of the Constitution and violative of Section 22 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.
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SC directs NMC to submit details of stipend paid to MBBS Interns by medical colleges in all States
Clause 3 of Schedule IV of the National Medical Commission (Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship) Regulations, 2021 provides for payment of stipend to all the interns, as fixed by the appropriate authority applicable to the institution/ University or State.
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SC upholds Amravati MP Navneet Kaur Rana’s Scheduled Caste Certificate
Supreme Court set aside Bombay High Court’s 2021 decision whereby, Navneet Kaur Rana’s Scheduled Caste Certificate was cancelled for systematic fraud and fabrication of records.
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Can a company file a consumer complaint under Consumer Protection Act, 1986? SC clarifies
In the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, a body corporate was brought within the definition of ‘person’, indicating that the legislature realized the incongruity in the unamended provision and rectified the anomaly by including the word ‘company’ in the definition of ‘person’.
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‘Dishonest inducement is sine qua non to attract Sections 415 and 420 of IPC’; SC quashes FIR against man in Rs. 16 crores cheating case
“For attracting the provision of Section 420 of the IPC, the FIR/complaint must show that the ingredients of Section 415 of the IPC are made out.”
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SC grants bail to AAP’s Sanjay Singh in Delhi Liquor Excise Policy Scam
It was alleged that a cartel was formed by violating provisions and the spirit of liquor policy, and all the conspirators had played an active role, causing huge losses to the Government exchequer and undue pecuniary benefits to the public servants.
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2016 Cash-for-votes sting operation| SC stays defamation case against Journalists Rajdeep Sardesai, Shiv Aroor and India Today founder Aroon Purie
India Today in a sting operation had disclosed that certain lawmakers from Karnataka were bribed in exchange for votes.
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S. 143-A NI Act| Factors laid down by SC for exercising discretion in payment of interim compensation in cheque dishonour cases
“If the word ‘may’ is read as ‘shall’, it will have drastic consequences, as in every complaint under Section 138, the accused will have to pay interim compensation up to 20 per cent of the cheque amount and such an interpretation will be unjust and contrary to the well-settled concept of fairness and justice, exposing the provision to the vice of manifest arbitrariness.”
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SC refuses to stay scientific survey of Bhojshala Temple cum Kamal Maula Mosque complex in MP’s Dhar
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on plea by Hindu Front for Justice, had directed for complete scientific investigation, survey and excavation of the Bhojshala complex.
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Assault on Gaurav Bhatia in District Court | SC issues notice to Uttar Pradesh Govt. over non-functional CCTV Cameras
“The Court took suo- motu cognizance of the matter and had sought a report from the District Judge and directed for the preservation of the CCTV footage in safe custody.”
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Delhi Court rejects former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain’s bail plea in 2020 north-east Delhi riots during anti-CAA protests
Allegations against Tahir Hussain includes offences under Section 13, 16, 17 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967.
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Supreme Court Roundup March 2024 | Electoral Bonds; Celebratory firing; Permanent Commission to Woman SSC Officer; Compensation to NEET UG Candidates
The month of March began with a setback to MPs/ MLAs with Supreme Court stripping them off their immunity if they cast vote after taking bribes and continued with opening the pandora’s box of ‘electoral bonds’ kept safely with SBI.
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Allahabad HC denies bail to journalist spreading hate against PM Modi, CM Adityanath and making derogatory remarks against religious figures
“The act of leveraging publication as a tool for coercion not only undermines the integrity of journalism but also erodes public trust in the media, which plays a pivotal role in upholding democratic values.”
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[Mukhtar Ansari death] UP Court orders Judicial inquiry; Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate to submit report within month
An additional Chief Judicial Magistrate has been appointed as the officer in charge of the inquiry.
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NGT rejects SPG’s plea to extend registration of 3 Special Armoured Vehicles used in PM’s security
NGT relied on Supreme Court’s direction restricting diesel vehicles more than 10 years’ old to ply in NCR region.
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[1996 drug-planting case] Gujarat Court sentences former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years of imprisonment
Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt was arrested in 2018 to investigate the allegations made by Rajasthan based lawyer for framing him on the allegations of keeping narcotics substance.
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