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The Supreme Court held that the Court cannot be limited only to two punishments, one a sentence of imprisonment, for all intents and purposes, of not more than 14 years and the other death.
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Great expectations followed Justice Dr DY Chandrachud when he was elevated to the post of Chief Justice of India. As 1 year has gone by in Justice Dr Chandrachud’s 2-year tenure, one thing is clear that interesting times are afoot indeed!
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The month of October was focused on the long term battle on the same- sex marriage. Take a round of all the major judicial pronouncements by the Supreme Court during this month along with some never reported judgments and write ups on the Supreme Court Judges through the know-thy Judge segment.
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by Siddharth R. Gupta*
Cite as: 2023 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 78
Supreme Court said that the delivery will be conducted by AIIMS at the appropriate time and the Union Government will bear all the medical costs for the delivery.
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A letter was received by ASG seeking clarification from the Court regarding whether foeticide can be done before termination process since the baby was viable, and that if that was not done, it would be a preterm delivery and not a foeticide.
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The woman had adopted Lactational Amenorrhea Method (‘LAM’), a process which implies absence of menstruation due to continuing breast feeding as a contraceptive method.
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The case is of a married couple who conceived for a third time and due to financial and emotional reasons cannot raise the child. The woman sought the court’s intervention for abortion, as her pregnancy had crossed the legally permissible limit of 24 weeks for abortions under the MTP Act
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This roundup revisits the analyses of Supreme Court’s judgments/orders on DSPE Act; HIV/AIDS guidelines; Self-respect and secular marriages; Andaman & Nicobar Islands Gang rape case; and more. It also covers Cases Reported in SCC Weekly in the month of September; Explainers on important law points; and Never reported Judgments
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The Supreme Court settled that the legislative intent was not there to exclude its members or their heirs from the benefits of compensation payable under the 1923 Act or the 1989 Act.
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The instant appeals had challenged the orders passed by Kerala High Court, Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) (‘CIT(A)’) and Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (‘ITAT’).
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Justice Vikram Nath, a fourth generation legal luminary and sitting Judge of the Supreme Court of India, is likely to become Chief Justice of India for seven months in 2027.
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The Supreme Court affirmed the Himachal Pradesh High Court’s orders, whereby the validity of the Himachal Pradesh Passengers and Goods Taxation Act, 1955 as amended by the Himachal Pradesh Passengers and Goods (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1997 were upheld.
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Supreme Court said that the mere expectation of the Liquidator that a still higher price may be obtained can be no good ground to cancel an otherwise valid auction and go for another round of auction.
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“If the legislature merely seeks to validate the Acts, struck down or rendered inoperative by a Court, by a subsequent legislation without curing the defects in such legislation, the subsequent legislation would be ultra-vires“.
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Supreme Court said that, since the appeal is a statutory remedy, the appellant had availed it and withdrawn the same, only as a pre-condition for availing the benefit under the Amnesty Scheme.
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Take a round of the Supreme Court's Judgments and Recommendations of the Collegium in the month of August along with some top stories on Rahul Gandhi's conviction, V Senthil Balaji, Manipur Violence and much more.
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Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra started his legal career from the District Courts and High Courts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and was later appointed as the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
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“If this is allowed to happen, every judgment-debtor who is in possession of the immoveable property till the decree is passed, shall hand over possession to a third party to defeat the decree-holder's right and entitlement to enjoy the fruits of litigation and this may continue indefinitely and no decree for immovable property can be executed.”
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“A decision in a case takes its flavour from the facts of the case and the question of law involved and decided.”
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