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Allahabad High CourtLucknow Bench of the High Court of Allahabad on Monday directed the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to look into allegations that programs of self-proclaimed spiritual guru Nirmal Baba, being broadcast on TV channels, encourage superstitions among viewers.The High Court ruled that OBC candidates applying for government jobs are “not exempt from the rigours of a...
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Death Penalty For Nirbhaya Convicts UpheldSupreme Court of India on Friday upheld the Death penalty of convicts in Nirbhaya Rape and Death Case. The Judgment was passed unanimously by Justices Dipak Misra, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan. Justice Banumati wrote a separate but concurring Judgment.Word ‘Payable’ In Section 40(A) (Ia) Of Income Tax Act Also Covers Amount Actually...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court, in the case of Yash Pal (Minor) & Anr vs State of UP, issued directions to the State to ensure that adequate safety measures are undertaken by the electricity department.The High Court stayed the bail granted to Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati in a rape case.Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court...
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Accused Can’t Claim Unfettered Right To Inspect Case DiaryRejecting the plea of an accused facing trial to produce certain pages of police diary obtained by him through RTI for the purpose of contradicting the police officer, the Supreme Court in Balakram vs. State of Uttarakhand, reiterated that the accused cannot claim unfettered right to inspect the case diary.Plea To Incorporate...
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No Inconsistency In Chargesheeting Accused Not Named In FIRThe Supreme Court, in Fazar Ali vs State of Assam, held that there is no inconsistency in chargesheeting and convicting persons who have not been named along with the other accused in the First Information Report.Speedy recovery proceedings, need of the day.Providing a speedy recovery proceedings is the need of the day, said the...
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Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court held that there cannot be a fresh FIR on receipt of every subsequent information in respect of the same cognizable offence or the same incident giving rise to one or more cognizable offences.The High Court ordered a probe into Lakhan Bhaiyya fake encounter case.Justice KR Shriram of the High Court on Friday directed its registry to issue suo-motu...
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Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court has fined two contemnors Rs.5 lakh for deliberate and willful breach of its interim orders which restrained them from creating any tenancies with regard to a property that belongs to a trust.The high court has commuted the life sentence of a man who poured kerosene on his wife, burnt her and later extinguished the fire with water, as he had...
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Only BS IV-compliant vehicles from April 1, 2017The Supreme Court has reiterated that from April 1, 2017, only such vehicles that comply with BS-IV standards shall be manufactured, sold and registered across the country.State appeals; accused gets acquittal    Dismissing the state’s appeal praying for conviction under Section 302 IPC, the Supreme Court has acquitted a person convicted...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court has again dismissed a public interest litigation that raised objection to the name ‘Anti-Romeo Squad’, observing that it cannot indulge in argumentative interpretation of a name the government has chosen so as to hold as to whether a name is good or bad.The Lucknow bench of the High Court held that food, food habits and vending thereof...
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Landlord Entitled To Get Interest When Court Allows Tenant To Pay Rent Arrears In InstallmentsThe Supreme Court, in Bhagirath Agarwal vs M/s Simplex Concrete & Piles (I) Pvt. Ltd, held that once the court permits the tenant to pay arrears of rent in installments, there is no discretion available with the court to deny interest of the same to the landlord.SEBI’s Administrative...
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Says No to PIL against HartalThe Supreme Court, on Friday, remained adamant on its unwillingness to entertain a Public Interest Litigation that alleged that political organizations were resorting to hartals despite several judicial pronouncements banning strikes and bandh calls.Vacates stay of termination of teachers in TripuraThe Supreme Court bench of justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court asked Uttar Pradesh state to ensure that guidelines are followed by the ‘anti-Romeo’ squads and law is followed.Bombay High CourtA day ahead of the BCI’s call for nationwide protest against the Law Commission’s suggestions for significant amendments to the Advocate’s Act 1961, the Bombay High Court on Thursday disposed of a PIL...