Conviction Based On Confession Statement Of Accused: Experts Demand Reconsideration Of Supreme Court Judgment16 Aug 2018 6:56 AM GMTLegal experts demanded re-consideration of a recent Supreme Court Judgment whereby a two-Judge bench of the Court upheld the concurrent conviction and sentence of an accused in a case of dacoity with...
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Use Video Conferencing And Other Technologically Advanced Measures In Matrimonial Cases: SC [Read Judgment]10 March 2017 5:23 PM GMTSupreme Court of India has issued certain important guidelines to avoid the transfer of matrimonial disputes pending in Family Courts.The Bench of Justices AK Goel and UU Lalit was considering a...
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Hypersensitivity Of Courts Ought Not Lead To Initiation Of Contempt: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]9 March 2017 3:46 PM GMT
Right To Be Forgotten: Kerala HC Asks Indian Kanoon To Remove Name Of Rape Victim From Judgment1 March 2017 1:07 PM GMT![RTI Activist Moves SC Against RBI For Non-Compliance Of Court Judgment [Read Petition]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/RBI-S-C-Aggarwal-Bhushan.jpg "RTI Activist Moves SC Against RBI For Non-Compliance Of Court Judgment [Read Petition]")
RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal has moved a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against Reserve Bank of India (RBI) alleging willful disobedience to the specific directions issued by the...
![Breaking: Split Verdict From Delhi HC In Murder Appeal: Justice RK Gauba Upholds Conviction, Justice Gita Mittal Acquits Accused [Read Judgment]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Justice-Gita-Mittal-Justice-Gita-Mittal.jpg "Breaking: Split Verdict From Delhi HC In Murder Appeal: Justice RK Gauba Upholds Conviction, Justice Gita Mittal Acquits Accused [Read Judgment]")
In a rare decision, the Criminal Appellate Division Bench of Delhi High Court has delivered a split verdict in five criminal appeals preferred by the accused who stood convicted by a trial court for...
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation for a direction to ensure daily recital of the national anthem on the premises of the high court as well as district courts,...
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Delhi High Court on Friday held that the office of the Attorney General Of India is not a public authority under Right To Information Act.The Division Bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice...
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Supreme Court of India on Wednesday held that the process of appointment of a principal in minority institution is open to judicial review.The Bench comprising Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and Uday...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that an order for retrial may be passed only in exceptional cases, where the appellate court is satisfied that an omission or irregularity has occasioned in failure...
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A division Bench of Uttarakhand High Court has observed that socialism is a basic feature of the Constitution of India.The Bench comprising Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Alok Singh was hearing a...
It was opined by the court that the civil suit and criminal defamation both stand on different footing and can be tried simultaneously.The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by...
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The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of two death row convicts - Vikram Singh and Jasvir Singh @ Jassa, who were sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing a 16-year-old boy after demanding...
Sanction cannot be held invalid only for the reason that in the administrative noting different authorities had opined differently before the competent authority took the decision in the matter, said...
For the first time in the judicial history of Kerala, the High Court of Kerala has got four women sitting Judges. The historical moment was created when Justice V. Shircy was appointed on Thursday....
1. Section 124A in Chapter VI of Indian Penal Code deals with the Offence ‘Sedition’. Chapter VI deals with ‘Offences against the State'.2. The word ‘Sedition’ is not mentioned in 124A. The Section...
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Crucial question to determine applicability of Section 138 of the Act is whether the cheque represents discharge of existing enforceable debt or liability or whether it represents advance payment...
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The Supreme Court on Monday observed that internet search engines Microsoft, Google and Yahoo! are under obligation to see that the “doctrine of autoblock” is applied within a reasonable period of...
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There is no scientific, intellectual, social and logical basis for caste system. The caste system is profoundly illogical and is also against the basic tenets of the Constitution, said the Bench.In a...
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