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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court recently reiterated that lives of married couples cannot interfere with by anybody and that they are entitled to living peacefully without such interference.The High Court recently refused protection to a couple—a homosexual and a transgender— who had approached the court alleging that they were being harassed by their relatives.Pained to note...
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SC Upholds Constitutional Validity Of Goods And Services Tax (Compensation To States) Act, 2017 [Union of India V. Mohit Mineral Pvt. Ltd.]The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Constitutional validity of Goods And Services Tax (Compensation To States) Act, 2017, as well as the Goods and Services Tax Compensation Cess Rules, 2017, as framed under the Act. The verdict was delivered by a...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court recently dropped the contempt proceedings initiated against a district magistrate (DM) at the instance of a litigant. The Bench comprising Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh-I opined that the complaint against District Magistrate Suhas LY had been made by the litigant in order to coerce him into giving a favourable judgment.Bombay...
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Devotion Cannot Be Subjected To Gender Discrimination, SC Allows Women Entry In Sabarimala By 4:1 Majority; Lone Woman In The Bench Dissents [Indian Young Lawyers’ Association & Ors. V. State of Kerala & Ors.]The Supreme Court delivered one of the most keenly awaited judgment in Sabarimala case. by a 4:1 majority, the Court has permitted entry of women of all age groups to...
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Person Who Remains In Occupation Of An Encroached Property Disqualified From Being Member Of Panchayath, SC Overrules Its Earlier Judgment [Janabai vs. Additional Commissioner]The Supreme Court, overruling its earlier decision, held that a person who shares an encroached property by residing there and there is continuance; he/she has to be treated as disqualified from being a Member of...
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Bombay High CourtAurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court recently ruled that charging people under Section 295 (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code merely for questioning superstition and traditional authority violates Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution of...
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Mere Ownership Of Vehicle In Which Prohibited Ammunitions Are Found Won’t Attract Conviction Under Arms ActWhile acquitting an owner of a car in which prohibited ammunition was found, the Supreme Court observed that it is necessary to prove that the accused was in conscious possession at some point in time before the discovery and retained control of the objects at the time of...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court issued interim guidelines for the management of shelter homes in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The Bench comprising Chief Justice DB Bhosale and Justice Yashwant Varma has directed all District Judges in the State to constitute monitoring committees of 3-4 members, comprising the Secretary of District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), and...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court told a doctor found to be routinely issuing disability certificates to be careful as the diagnosis mentioned by him was “not at all readable” and it was not clear what kind of disability was suffered by a workman claiming compensation under the workmen’s compensation Act for disability suffered due to an accident on the job. Bombay High...
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SC Strikes Down 157 Year Old Law Criminalizing Consensual Homo-Sexual Acts Between Adults; Holds Section 377 IPC Unconstitutional To That Extent (Navtej Singh Johar & Ors V. Union Of India)In a landmark Judgment, Supreme Court of India struck down a 157-year-old law which criminalizes consensual homosexual acts between adults. The Five Judge Bench has declared Section 377...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court on Monday refused to grant interim relief to private power companies from the circular issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which gives borrowers 180 days’ time to clear their dues— a deadline that ended on Monday.Full Bench of the High Court on Monday directed the Principal Secretary, Law as well as the Principal Secretaries in the...
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Entire Prosecution Story Shouldn’t Be Doubted For Certain Embellishments: SC Revives 1993 WB Panchayat Post-Poll Violence CaseReviving a criminal case related to a post-panchayat poll violence in West Bengal in 1993, the Supreme Court observed that merely because there are certain exaggerations, improvements and embellishments, the entire prosecution story should not be doubted.Persons With...