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The Supreme Court regularised MBBS admissions and directed authorities to issue degrees to students affected by the NMC CBME Corrigendum dispute while keeping the larger legal issue open.
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The Supreme Court settled the law but not before cataloguing a striking number of contradictory judgments from the same High Courts, sometimes by benches of equal strength, on the same point of law.
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“Absence of any such clause in the PPA cannot be held to the prejudice of the appellant so as to deny relief to it under Change in Law clause.”
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The Rajasthan High Court held that disciplinary action against a quasi-judicial officer is permissible only where there is evidence of mala fide intent, conscious violation of law, or intent to grant undue benefit.
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Progress in 3-Year Legal Practice Rule: Supreme Court of India has now extended the last date to apply for all the active Judicial Officers Recruitment Exams across the country.
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Holding that taxing statutes must be interpreted strictly and not liberally, the Calcutta High Court directed the release of a detained consignment of dried areca nuts within three clear days.
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In the supplementary affidavits filed by the accused persons, they stated that they respected all religions, including Hinduism and River Ganga, and tendered unconditional apologies. The accused persons also apologised to the Hindu community and committed to respecting the Maa Ganga for life.
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“We have no doubt in our mind that this is one of those gravest forms of negligence that is rarely witnessed for a judicial approximation before courts and tribunals.”
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NCLAT observed that Tribunal cannot clothe itself with a jurisdiction which has not been vested upon it by the legislature. Thus, grant condonation of delay beyond the 15th day even on equitable consideration or on the ground of hardship or technical considerations will amount to jettisoning the intent of the legislature which is impermissible.
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The Delhi High Court sentenced YouTuber Gulshan Pahuja to 6 months’ imprisonment for criminal contempt over derogatory videos targeting Judges and the judiciary on his “Fight 4 Judicial Reforms” channel, holding that malicious attacks on courts are not protected as fair criticism under Article 19(1)(a).
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Registered conveyance deed carries a strong presumption of validity and genuineness and cannot be lightly disregarded merely because consideration cheques were encashed at a later date. Also, additions under Section 69-A based on suspicion and double taxation of the same funds are unsustainable.
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“The procedural delay of 16 years in the case has given an opportunity to the police and the State to cover their tracks in a manner that the truth remains obscured. The attempts by this Court to now lay its hands on the videography evidence get obfuscated on account of this delay.”
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“There cannot be quarrel with the proposition that no clause can be read into the contract entered between the parties.”
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“The statutory right of the landowner under Section 126(1)(b) being twofold as discussed above, the corporation could not have conjured a precondition for the landowner to abjure part of the compensation in order to receive the other part.”
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Upon comparing the allegations against the appellant with those against other co-accused who were granted bail by Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court concluded that there was “no major distinction” between their respective roles.
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Noting that hospitals allotted government land in Delhi were not diligently complying with directions to provide free treatment to economically weaker sections, the Supreme Court directed a joint meeting of government departments, land agencies, hospitals, and the Amici Curiae to prepare an effective SOP for enforcement.
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“Pension is not a bounty but a valuable statutory right earned by an employee after rendering long years of service and any order resulting in deprivation or permanent withholding of pension entails serious civil consequences and requirement of hearing is not an empty ritual but a substantive safeguard to ensure fair exercise of discretion by the authority.”
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“Non-maintenance of records is springboard for commission of offence of foeticide, not just a clerical error.”
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The Delhi High Court upheld an arbitral award holding that deduction towards Minimum Guaranteed CENVAT Credit (MGCC) shortfall was impermissible in the absence of an express contractual clause. The Court also ruled that limitation commenced from the date of actual deduction from final invoices and not from a prior notice contemplating such deduction.
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The Supreme Court held that a transaction involving receipt of money with an obligation to return it with promised interest constitutes a ‘deposit’ under the MPID Act regardless of nomenclature.
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