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The Madras High Court has issued a series of directions regarding the recording and production of statements under Section 164 CrPC, in the interest of reliable and speedy investigation. In the same order, it has also directed the state to establish Test Identification Parade centres in compliance with certain guidelines it has issued. The order […]
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The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Delhi High Court to decide the key issue in the Raghav Chadha defamation case by September 25. The Court has also asked the parties to appear before the High Court on Monday. The matter was listed for hearing before the bench Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud. Senior Advocate Anand Grover represented […]
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The Delhi High Court will continue to hear the petitions filed by various parties to get marital rape declared as an offence after Advocate Gaurav Agrawal informed the court today, that the issues before the Supreme Court and the High Court did not overlap with each other. The court also requested Senior Advocate Raju Ramchandran to assist the Court […]
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1993 Mumbai blasts- A special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) Court in Mumbai has sentenced Abu Salem to life imprisonment in connection with the 1993 blasts that rocked the city, according to various news reports. Another accused, Karimullah Khan, has also been handed a life sentence, while two others – Tahir Merchant and Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan – have been awarded the death […]
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The recent move of the Tamil Nadu government to make it compulsory to carry the original driver licence while driving has been temporarily stalled following its challenge by way of three writ petitions filed at the Madras High Court. Two PILs in this regard – one filed by Traffic Ramaswamy and the other on behalf of the […]
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The Supreme Court has held that when a cheque, which is drawn by a company, is dishonoured, the company will have to be made a party to the proceedings under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act (NI Act) and failure to do so will vitiate the prosecution. Importantly, a Bench of Justices Jasti Chelameswar and S Abdul Nazeer also […]
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Last week’s landmark judgment by a Supreme Court Constitution Bench, outlawing instant Triple Talaq divorce by Muslim men, is a turning point for the Indian republic and the very idea of India. That is despite the ruling being a hesitant, split verdict. Admittedly, not everyone agrees with this assessment, and some even trivialize the parallels […]
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Supreme Court of India has allowed 15 (fifteen) days’ time for lawyers to cure the defective applications Advocates and to all such advocates to submit their complete application forms for necessary verification of their degrees if they have not submitted the same earlier, from the date of publication of advertisement in two leading newspapers, one […]
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Madras HC while observing that Transgender Rights, who are facing severe stigma in the society, have to be protected, directed Central Govt. to expedite the passage of a pending legislation on their rights. Justice N Kirubakaran expounded that,”It is high time Government took serious steps to get The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill passed.” He has suo […]
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