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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...
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Co-owner can alone maintain a suit for evictionThe Supreme Court, in Om Prakash vs Mishri Lal (Deceased), has reiterated that a co-owner can alone maintain a suit for eviction of the tenant without joining the other co-owners if such other co-owners do not object.Reminder noticecannot be construed as an admission of non-service of the first noticeThe Supreme Court, in N Paraeswaran Unni vs...
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Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court held that an arbitral tribunal does not have the power to appoint the court receiver of the high court as a receiver under Section 17 of the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amended) Act.On Tuesday, the High Court directed all government-run hospitals to take action against doctors on strike ‘as per law’, apart from ‘initiating contempt...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court held that when an acquittal was obtained by playing fraud upon the court, it is no acquittal in the eyes of law, and in such a case the bar of Section 362 CrPC would not come into play.Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court held the acquisition of land by Government of Maharashtra in 1986 as lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court directed the removal of the vice-chancellor of Integral University, Lucknow. A bench of Justice Narayan Shukla and Justice Sheo Kumar Singh passed the order after hearing a PIL filed by one Junaid Ahmed, seeking issuance of a writ of quo warranto to SW Akhtar, VC of the university.The High Court held that that mere possession and recovery of...
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Few Isolated Incidents Of Long Past Can’t Be Cruelty, Ground For DivorceFew isolated incidents of long past and that too found to have been condoned due to compromising behaviour of the parties cannot constitute an act of cruelty to grant divorce, the Supreme Court observed in Suman Singh vs. Sanjay Singh.Central PF Authorities Have No Authority Over ‘Exempted’ EstablishmentsThe...
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SC stays age limit for law coursesSupreme Court stayed Bar Council of India’s (BCI) notification fixing age limit for law courses.Bar Council had restored Clause 28 of Legal Education Rules, 2008, stipulating the maximum age limit of 20 years for taking admission to the 5-year integrated law degree. Mere Name Of A Trust Can’t Be Taken As Determinative Of Its CharacterThe Supreme Court,...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court transferred probe into the JawaharBagh massacre to the CBI, citing a flawed and unscientific investigation on part of the state government.Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court deferred the final hearing in the matter regarding the Maharashtra government’s decision to reserve a quota in government jobs and seats in education institutions for...