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Bombay High Court grants bail to POCSO convict in jail for last 10 years

The Bombay High Court recently suspended the 20-year prison sentence of a man convicted by a trial court under the Protection ...
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Legal scholar and former NUJS Vice-Chancellor Prof MP Singh passes away

MP Singh has passed away at the age of 85. Prof Singh earned his LL.M. from Columbia University and started his a ...
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The Jana Nayagan case: High watermark of legal formalism

The recent decision of the Madras High Court has brought to focus the powers of a High Court under Article 226 to grant ...
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Peanuts: Gujarat High Court on ArcelorMittal's compensation offer for 10-year delay in meeting forest clearance conditions

The Gujarat High Court on Friday pulled up ArcelorMittal (formerly Essar Steel) for taking more than a decade to comply with ...
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Courts must not suspect every development project of having environmental concerns: CJI Surya Kant

Surya Kant on Saturday remarked that courts cannot afford to view every developmental project as suspect due to environmental conce ...
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ITAT quashes reassessment of Lalit Modi's income over credit card spending, private jet expenses

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT/ Tribunal) has quashed a reassessment order against former IPL commissioner Lalit ...
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Madhya Pradesh High Court recommends enquiry against trial judge for non-compliance with its order

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently recommended an enquiry against a trial court judge for failure to comply with its ...
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Installing solar panels not valid industrial use of allotted land: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that installing solar panels on an industrial plot does not amount to using the land for "industrial purpose" for which it was al ...
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Bombay High Court judge duped of ₹6 lakh in online credit card reward points scam

A sitting judge of the Bombay High Court has lodged a police complaint after being duped of over ₹6 lakh in an online credit card fraud.  The Cuffe Parade ...
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Judge only as good as the Bar’s assistance: Madras High Court Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari

Newly sworn-in Madras High Court Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari on Friday spoke on the critical role played by the legal fraternity in the administr ...
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What the NCERT textbook controversy reveals about free speech and judicial confidence

The recent decision of the Supreme Court to impose a complete blanket ban on the publication and dissemination of a school textbook chapter discussing corruptio ...
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Rape survivor moves Supreme Court against anticipatory bail granted to Kerala MLA Rahul Mamkootathil

The survivor in the first of three rape cases registered against Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and former Congress leader Rahul Mamkootathil has moved th ...