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Supreme Court allows withdrawal of a plea on farmer protests
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court allows withdrawal of a plea on farmer protests

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the withdrawal of a petition seeking directions for the Centre to reasonably consider the demands of protesting farmers, even as it warned that petitions on such “serious” issues should not be filed for publicity. Noting that the petition was based on newspaper reports, the bench said, “Don’t come here only for publicity by filing …

Delhi Supreme Court Farmers Protest Farmer Petition Newspaper Reports
Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up January 08 To January 14, 2024
11 months, 1 week ago

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up January 08 To January 14, 2024

Live Law  

NOMINAL INDEXM/s Himadri Speciality Chemical & Anr. Versus The Commissioner of Central Excise 2023 LiveLaw 12Niladri Saha v State of WB 2023 LiveLaw 13Calcutta High Court Quashes Ex Parte Order Imposing Excise Duty On Incineration Of Lean Gas Used In Generation Of ElectricityCase Title: M/s Himadri Speciality Chemical & Anr. Versus The Commissioner of Central Excise 2023 LiveLaw 12 Niladri …

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Kerala High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Ban On Non-Therapeutic Circumcisions
1 year, 8 months ago

Kerala High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Ban On Non-Therapeutic Circumcisions

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed by Non-Religious Citizens, a cultural organisation based in Kerala, seeking to declare the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision illegal. A division bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Murali Purushothaman observed that the petitioners relied on newspaper reports to support their contentions and such a writ petition was not …

Children Court Kerala High Court Right Practice Petition Petitioners
Rajasthan High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March 2022 [Citations: 1 - 114]
2 years, 6 months ago

Rajasthan High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March 2022 [Citations: 1 - 114]

Live Law  

CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw 1 TO 2022 LiveLaw 114 Monthly Digests Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: January 2022 Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: February 2022 Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: March 2022 Nominal Index Laxmilal Salvi v. Registrar General, Rajasthan High Court 2022 LiveLaw 1 Seemajan Kalyan Samiti, Rajasthan v. Union of India 2022 LiveLaw 2 School Development Management Committee, Shri …

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Violence During WB Municipal Polls: Calcutta HC Orders Preservation Of CCTV Footage, Seeks Response From SEC, State Govt
2 years, 10 months ago

Violence During WB Municipal Polls: Calcutta HC Orders Preservation Of CCTV Footage, Seeks Response From SEC, State Govt

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday sought response from the State Election Commission and the State government in a batch of petitions alleging that large scale violence and rigging of votes took place during the recently conducted municipal elections in West Bengal. The senior counsel further referred to the order dated December 24, 2021 wherein the Court had directed the …

Elections High Court Violence Court Election West Bengal State
Win For Investigative Journalism : N Ram On Supreme Court's Pegasus Order
3 years, 1 month ago

Win For Investigative Journalism : N Ram On Supreme Court's Pegasus Order

Live Law  

A 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India of Justices N.V.Ramana, Surya Kant and Hima Kohli ordered the constitution of an independent expert committee to look into the allegations of widespread and targeted surveillance of politicians, journalists, activists, etc using the Pegasus software.The functioning of the committee will be overseen by retired Supreme Court judge Justice RV Raveendran and …

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'Trigger Happy Filing' Of 'Half Baked Petitions' Merely On The Basis Of Newspaper Reports Should Be Discouraged, Says Supreme Court
3 years, 1 month ago

'Trigger Happy Filing' Of 'Half Baked Petitions' Merely On The Basis Of Newspaper Reports Should Be Discouraged, Says Supreme Court

Live Law  

Individuals should not file half ­baked petitions merely on a few newspaper reports, the Supreme Court remarked taking note of 'the quality of some of the petitions filed' in Pegasus matter.The CJI NV Ramana led bench observed that such an exercise, far from helping the cause espoused by the individual filing the petition, is often detrimental to the cause itself. …

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Delhi Court Upholds Order Summoning Zee News Chief Sudhir Choudhury In Mahua Moitra's Defamation Complaint
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi Court Upholds Order Summoning Zee News Chief Sudhir Choudhury In Mahua Moitra's Defamation Complaint

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Monday dismissed a revision application filed by Zee anchor Sudhir Chaudhary wherein it upheld a summoning order dated 14.11.2019 passed by a Metropolitan Magistrate in the defamation case filed Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra. The Order, passed by Additional Sessions Judge-04 Anil Antil at Patiala House Courts, states that after appreciating and analyzing the facts of …

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SC Dismisses Plea Against Justice (retd) B S Chauhan Led Panel in Vikas Dubey Encounter Case
4 years, 4 months ago

SC Dismisses Plea Against Justice (retd) B S Chauhan Led Panel in Vikas Dubey Encounter Case

News 18  

The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking scrapping of a three-member judicial commission, led by former apex court judge Justice B S Chauhan, to inquire into the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said the allegations of bias made by the petitioner against the members of the Commission merely on the …

Justice Court Uttar Pradesh Commission Kanpur Chauhan Led
[Vikas Dubey Encounter] Allegations Of Bias Based On Unverified Newspaper Reports Liable To Be Rejected : SC Dismisses Plea Against Probe Panel
4 years, 4 months ago

[Vikas Dubey Encounter] Allegations Of Bias Based On Unverified Newspaper Reports Liable To Be Rejected : SC Dismisses Plea Against Probe Panel

Live Law  

While dismissing a plea which sought for the disbanding of the Inquiry Commission headed by former Supreme Court Judge Justice BS Chauhan to probe the alleged encounter of Vikas Dubey, the Supreme Court said that it cannot accept unverified claims based on news paper reports.The judgement was rendered in a petition filed by Mumbai-based lawyer Ghanshyam Upadhyay, praying for. While …

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