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Supreme Court orders impounding vehicles with unpaid e-challans
This matter concerns a long-standing Writ Petition regarding the implementation of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and road safety enforcement.
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Supreme Court hears appeal against life sentence for murder
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Supreme Court orders SIT probe into illegal gravel mining in Rajasthan rivers
The case concerns the continuing degradation of the Jojari-Bandi-Luni river ecosystem in Rajasthan and the need for coordinated measures for its…
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Supreme Court orders Punjab, Haryana to supply 11,973 million units to Himachal
This case concerns the State of Himachal Pradesh's claim to a specific share of power generated from the Bhakra-Nangal and Beas Hydro-Electric…
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Supreme Court refuses stay on Somnath meat ban, asks High Court to decide appeals
This case involves a challenge by restaurant owners against a notification by the District Magistrate of Gir Somnath that prohibits the preparation…
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Supreme Court: Authorities must take practical approach to freedom fighter pension claims
The case concerns the appellant's claim for the Samman Nidhi (freedom fighter's pension) on behalf of her late husband, a freedom fighter, which was…
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Supreme Court restores eviction order after 40 years of tenant occupation
This case concerns a landlord's appeal against a High Court order that had favored a tenant, seeking to restore an eviction order based on the…
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Supreme Court grants leave in 60.79 Kg methamphetamine bail case
This case involves three appellants challenging the High Court of Tripura's dismissal of their bail applications in an NDPS Act case involving the…
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Supreme Court orders UP Police to appoint constable after medical board clears vision
The case concerns Akanksha Devi's rejection for a UP Police Constable post due to an alleged squint eye, despite clearing other tests.
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Supreme Court grants leave to appeal school pillar death case
The case concerns an appeal by the President and Superintendent of a school against their prosecution for culpable homicide not amounting to murder…
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Supreme Court deems states' sales-tax surcharge reference academic after GST
The case concerns a reference to a Seven-Judge Bench regarding whether State Legislatures have the constitutional competence to levy a surcharge…
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Supreme Court rejects plea to rotate SC/ST reserved seats, upholds fixed delimitation
The case concerns a challenge to the validity of Section 9(1)(c) of the Delimitation Act, 2002, specifically regarding the petitioner's argument that…
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Supreme Court stays Madras HC order to take over Chidambaram temple administration
This matter concerns three writ petitions and associated miscellaneous petitions challenging the constitutional validity of a Government Order (G.O.
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Supreme Court asks UP to explain why no compensation for 1.5-month illegal detention
The case concerns a petitioner who remained in custody for 1.5 months after the Supreme Court ordered his release on bail, with the Court now…
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Supreme Court upholds pension deduction for Uttarakhand PSC appointees
The case concerns whether the State of Uttarakhand can legally deduct the pension of retired government servants from their salary when they are…
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Supreme Court bars competitors from challenging rival's insecticide registration
The case concerns a dispute where a commercial competitor challenged the grant of a Registration Certificate for the insecticide Halosulfuron methyl…
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Supreme Court stays Bombay High Court judgment on family planning case
The case involves a petition for special leave to appeal against a High Court judgment regarding the petitioner's status, likely related to family…
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ECI clarifies deleted voters may file Form 6 without false declaration charge
This document is a clarification issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to Chief Electoral Officers regarding the submission of Form 6 by…
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Supreme Court orders Centre to create special cell for child labour law
This case involves a writ petition filed by the NGO 'Health for Millions' challenging provisions of the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and…
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Supreme Court: showing gold-limit circulars does not explain asset possession
This case concerns a criminal appeal by the State of Bihar against a High Court order that quashed the prosecution of Phulpari Kumari for possessing…
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Supreme Court upholds murder conviction, calls Trial Court's acquittal unsustainable
This case involves an appeal against the conviction of seven appellants for the murder of two men, Mallappa and Gulappa, and other offences.
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Supreme Court upholds husband's life sentence for wife's unnatural death
The case involves criminal appeals filed by three accused persons (husband, father-in-law, and brother-in-law) challenging their convictions for…
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Supreme Court quashes FIR, says calling wife 'stupid' is not cruelty
The case concerns a criminal appeal by a husband (appellant) against the Bombay High Court's refusal to quash an FIR registered by his wife's father…
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Supreme Court calls ₹75 lakh direct payment to plaintiff 'unwarranted'
The case concerns a dispute over whether a 423-day delay in filing an application to set aside an ex parte decree should be condoned and whether the…
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Supreme Court: Rehabilitation aid to bonded labourers due within 7 days
The case concerns the enforcement of constitutional and statutory obligations to identify, rescue, and rehabilitate bonded labourers, specifically…
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Supreme Court cancels murder convict's sentence suspension, orders surrender
The case concerns a criminal appeal regarding the suspension of sentences for individuals convicted of murder and conspiracy arising from a political…
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Supreme Court: Govt company staff lack Section 197 CrPC sanction protection
This case concerns whether employees of a government company (Jodhpur Discoms) are entitled to protection under Section 197 of the Code of Criminal…
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Supreme Court expunges High Court remarks against Rajasthan judge for typographical errors
The case concerns a Judicial Officer from the Rajasthan Judicial Services who challenged adverse remarks recorded by the High Court against her for…
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Supreme Court lists Tarun Tejpal's bail plea for November 5
This matter involves Tarunjit Tejpal appealing a criminal judgment against the State of Goa, with the Court hearing various interim applications…
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Supreme Court: UK-transferred prisoner can seek remission under Indian law
The case concerns Gurmej Singh, a prisoner transferred from the UK to India under the Indo-UK Agreement, and whether he is entitled to seek remission…
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Supreme Court finds no effective implementation of firecracker ban directions
The case concerns the regulation of firecracker usage in the Delhi-NCR region during the Diwali festival, balancing environmental pollution concerns…
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Supreme Court expunges adverse remarks against TN IPS officer
The case concerns an appeal by a Tamil Nadu IPS officer seeking the removal of adverse remarks made against him by the Madras High Court in a…