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National Anthem Must Before Movies In TheatresThe Supreme Court on Wednesday made it mandatory for all cinema theatres to play the national anthem before a movie begins during which the national flag is to be shown on the screen. A bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Amitava Roy also said that everyone present in cinema hall should rise up and pay respect to the anthem when it...
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Andhra Pradesh High CourtThe High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad in K.Veera Raghava Reddy vs. State Of Telangana, held that no complaint, under Section 154 of Code of Criminal Procedure, can be registered against a sitting high court judge even for matters unconnected with his judicial duties, except with the sanction of the President of India, who is required to consult the Chief Justice...
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Elected Representatives Have A Vital Role In Democracy: UP VidhayakNidhi Scheme UpheldThe Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of VidhayakNidhi Scheme in Uttar Pradesh, which provides for annual budgetary grants to Members of the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council for facilitating development work in their constituencies. Banks Can Sell Tribal Land to Non-Tribal Even...
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Plaintiff Can Implead Proposed Purchasers Of Property In Suit For Specific PerformanceThe Supreme Court in Robin Ramjibhai Patel vs. Anandibai Rama @ RajaramPawar And Ors, reiterated that when the plaintiff wants to implead certain persons as defendants in a suit for specific performance on the ground that they may be adversely affected by the outcome of the suit, then interest of justice...
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Allahabad High CourtThe High Court of Allahabad on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq in Dadri last year.Bombay High CourtA division bench of the Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government to provide details about those persons who are given police protection by the state without being charged for it....
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A Female Child Is Entitled To Enjoy Equal Right Of A Male ChildSupreme Court on Tuesday in Voluntary Health Association Vs State of Punjab, issued additional directions to curb female foeticide by effective implementation of the ‘The Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994’. TN Govt’s 5% Relaxation To Reserved Category TET...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the management of Dr MC Saxena Medical College to compensate the 150 students wrongly admitted to the current academic year of the med school. The court has ordered that Rs 25 lakh, including college fee and compensations, be paid to each student within two months.In an important pronouncement, the full bench of the High Court...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court issued a contempt notice to 13 lawyers of Agra district after taking cognisance of an illegal strike and an allegation of misbehaviour with several judges upon a reference by Smt. Saroj Yadav, district judge, Agra.Andhra Pradesh High CourtUpholding a trial court order allowing witness examination on Skype for recording evidence in a divorce...
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Enactment Of An Amendment With Retrospective Effect Not An Encroachment Upon Judicial PowersThe Supreme Court in Cheviti Venkanna Yadav vs. State of Telangana and Ors, upheld the constitutional validity of sub-section (3) of Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh (Agricultural Produce and Livestock) Markets (Amendment) Act, 2015.Delay In Recording Witnesses’ Statements Can Be Fatal For...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court recently observed that the ‘character’ of a rape victim was still not an ‘absolutely irrelevant’ circumstance in a rape trial.Much to the cheer of Delhi-Noida commuters, the High Court scrapped the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) flyway toll on Wednesday and ruled that the concessionaire, Noida Toll Bridge Company, shall not impose any user...
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Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court on Monday slammed the state government for not procuring noise decibel meters ahead of the festival season. It was hearing a contempt petition against KP Bakshi, Additional chief Secretary (Home).The High Court ordered an interim stay on a notice issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) dated April 28, 2016, that directed demolition of...
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SC Reminds HCs of ‘Doctrine Of Restraint’ In Complex Fiscal EvaluationThe Supreme Court with ‘immense pain’ asked the high courts to keep in mind the established doctrine of restraint, while issuing writ of mandamus in tender/bidding matters. The court also observed that a writ court cannot sit in appeal over the financial consultant’s assessment. Finish Probe into Scribe Murder...