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On NEETSupreme Court of India has ordered to conduct the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2016 in Two Phases. The first phase will be conducted on 1st May and Second phase will be on 24th July. The entire results will be declared on 17th August. The admission Procedure will be completed on 30th September.Supreme Court of India also rejected the Central Government’s Plea to...
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Pre Deposits refundableThe Supreme Court in Axis bank vs. SBS Organics PrivateLimited held that the partial deposit before the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT) as a pre-condition for considering the appeal on merits in terms of Section 18 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act), is neither a secured...
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Allahabad High CourtAllahabad High Court has quashed the resolution of Banaras Hindu University terminating the contract of Magsaysay award winner Prof. Sandeep Pandey as Visiting Professor alleging activities against National Interest. Allowing the Petition preferred by him, a Division Bench comprising of Justices Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and V.K. Shukla said that the decision by the...
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Refuses to quash cheque bounce case against Director of a companyThe Supreme Court has reiterated that a Director cannot get a Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act complaint against him quashed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, merely on the ground that apart from the basic averment no particulars are given in the complaint about his role. SC allows review of its...
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Allahabad High CourtAllahabad High Court held that parties may withdraw their consent once granted for Divorce by mutual consent, at any time before the passing of the decree.Bombay High courtBombay High Court asked the BCCI to shift all the IPL matches scheduled after 30th April to venues outside Maharashtra. The order will affect 13 matches which were scheduled to be held in Maharashtra in...
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Leases of Mining Companies will not be lapsed automaticallySupreme Court held that lapse of mining lease as contemplated under Section 4A(4) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 is not automatic, and that, for a lease to lapse, express order needs to be passed.Costs imposed on 26 States and 7 UTs for failure to file responses in prison reform caseThe Supreme...
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Allahabad High CourtLucknow bench of Allahabad High Court declines plea to disqualify a Minister, who lost the Governor’s pleasure Calcutta High CourtCalcutta High Court ruled that the Minority Commission does not have any original jurisdiction to declare the status of any educational institution as being a minority institution or otherwise.Delhi High CourtDelhi High Court observed...
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Allahabad High CourtLucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court dismissed a PIL which sought for quashing of Justice Vishnu Sahai Commission report on the Muzaffarnagar Communal Riots that occurred in the year 2012. The Division Bench also refused to hand over investigation about the riots to Central Bureau of Investigation. Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court on Friday observed that no law...
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Arbitrary Appointments of Govt. Law Officers are subjected to Judicial ReviewA two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, issued Guidelines relating to the Appointment of Government Law Officers. The Bench which was primarily examining the question ‘Whether appointment of law officers by the State Governments can be questioned or the process by which such appointments are made, can...
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Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court has held that relevant period for deciding the vicarious liability of the Director for the act committed by the Company is not only when the cheque was dishonoured, but also when the disputed transaction was entered into, and from time to time thereafter like at the time of issuance of the cheque in question, presentation of said cheque in Bank...
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Filing Petition in SC during pendency of proceedings before HC is an abuse of process of lawIn a recent judgment, the Supreme Court of India reprimanded a petitioner for filing a Writ Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution, during pendency of a Writ before the High Court for the same relief, and imposed costs of Rs. 1 lakh on the petitioner, terming it as an abuse of process of...
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Bombay High CourtA Division Bench of Bombay High Court on Friday sought a response from the Bar Council of India and the Bar Association of Maharashtra and Goa, on a petition demanding that Bar Councils have a 30% reservation for women advocates.The petition, filed by the Bombay Lawyers Association, has now been posted for further hearing next month.The High Court commuted the death sentence of...