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The Madras High Court on Thursday took suo motu cognisance of an incident in which a pregnant woman contracted HIV infection after blood transfusion at Sattur Government Hospital in the southern Virudhunagar district of Tamil nadu.

Summary: Directing the government to strictly adhere to the mandate of the Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information (RTI) Act 2009 in letter and spirit, the state High Court (HC) said authorities should comply with all the clauses of the act, particularly with section 4, which calls for voluntary disclosure of information by all its departments.

Summary: The Supreme Court on Monday fixed January 4 as the date for the hearing of the Ram Janambhoomi Babri Masjid dispute

Summary: Observing the national consumer day today, with a theme of “timely disposal of consumer complaints” the consumers and merchant organizations are looking forward for the impending law that is expected to revolutionarise the consumer rights in India
Date: 24 December 20185.

Centre authorises central agencies to monitor all computers (News)

Summary: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday authorised 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer across the country
Date: 21 December 20186.

1984 anti-Sikh riots convict Sajjan Kumar”s request seeking more time to surrender rejected (News)

Summary: The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the plea of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in1984 anti-Sikh riots case on December 17, day after he had moved an application before the Court and sought 30 days” time to surrender
Date: 21 December 20187.

Delhi Court grants interim bail to Lalu Yadav in IRCTC scam (News)

Summary: A Delhi Court on Thursday granted interim bail to former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in an Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam case filed by Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Date: 20 December 20188.

Calcutta HC allows BJP to hold Rath Yatra in Bengal (News)

Summary: Calcutta High Court today gave green signal to BJP to hold the rath yatra named “Save Democracyâ€�, a major win for the state saffron party which fought out a legal battle for over a week to take out the rallies in several districts of West Bengal.
Date: 20 December 20189.

Govt introduces Companies (Amendment) Bill in LS (News)

Summary: The Government introduced the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2018 which seeks to amend the Companies Act, 2013, in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
Date: 20 December 201810.

LS passes Consumer Protection Bill amid ruckus (News)

Summary: The Bill that enforces consumer rights, and provides a mechanism for redressal of complaints regarding defect in goods and deficiency in services was passed in the Lok Sabha on Thursday amid ruckus.
Date: 20 December 2018

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1984 anti-Sikh riots convict Sajjan Kumar”s request seeking more time to surrender rejected (News)

Delhi Court grants interim bail to Lalu Yadav in IRCTC scam (News)

Calcutta HC allows BJP to hold Rath Yatra in Bengal (News)

Govt introduces Companies (Amendment) Bill in LS (News)

Summary: The Government introduced the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2018 which seeks to amend the Companies Act, 2013, in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
Date: 20 December 201815.

LS passes Consumer Protection Bill amid ruckus (News)

Complete eviction drive from forest encroachment by Mar 31 next year: HC (News)

Summary: Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday directed the state to complete eviction drive from the state forest encroachment land by March 31 next year
Date: 20 December 201817.

Delhi Cabinet approves permanent posts for Fast Track courts (News)

Summary: The Delhi Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Law Department”s proposal for the conversion of temporary posts sanctioned for Fast Track courts into permanent posts that is 18 posts of Additional District Judges (ADJs) in Delhi Higher Judicial Services along with 86 posts of ancillary staff.
Date: 19 December 201818.

84”riots: Delhi HC sentences Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment (News)

Summary: Delhi High Court on Monday reversed the acquittal of the trial court and sentenced senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar with life imprisonment in the 1984 riots.
Date: 17 December 201819.

Govt introduces new Triple Talaq Bill in Lok Sabha (News)

Summary: The government on Monday introduced the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018 in Lok Sabha.
Date: 17 December 201820.

Worldwide UN family celebrates enduring universal values of human rights (News)

Summary: Across the world, the UN family has been making sure that this yearâ€™s Human Rights Day – which fell on Monday, and marked 70 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – succeeds in raising awareness of the principles enshrined in the document, which are as important and relevant today, as they were in 1948.
Date: 11 December 2018

Government has extended by four months the deadline for linking PAN with biometric identifier Aadhaar till December 31.
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Supreme Court has said that marriage is not an exemption under the law to protect children from sexual offences even though marital rape is not recognised as a crime and Indian Penal Code (IPC) protects any man having sexual intercourse with his minor wife above 15 years of age.
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Supreme Court has asked thespian superstar Dilip Kumar to deposit Rs 20 crore with its registry as part payment to a Mumbai-based real estate firm with whom the agreement to develop his prime Pali Hill property ran into rough weather a decade ago.
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Supreme Court has refused to give the Singh brothers (Malvinder and Shivinder, the original promoters of Ranbaxy and Fortis) permission to sell Fortis shares. It also refused permission to banks with whom the Singhs have pledged Fortis shares to do the same.
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Supreme Court has quashed Centre’s decisions barring two medical colleges from admitting students for MBBS course in the 2017-18 academic session.
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Supreme Court of Israel has ruled same-sex marriage is not a right. “To all intents and purposes, Israeli civil law does not recognise same-sex marriage”, the Court observed.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that automobile sales tax implemented this year is constitutional.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that remarks made by Judges about Prime Minister being in- charge of the entire country and not just his party were used out of context by the media. It stressed that its comments were observations and not part of its verdict on the riots.
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Delhi High Court has empowered All India Carrom Federation (AICF), elected on November 29, 2015, to function and recalled the earlier order that resulted in the setting up of an ad-hoc committee to govern the game.
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Allahabad High Court has sought a “detailed report” on the infrastructure and medical facilities at Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College, where scores of children have died this year triggering nation-wide concern.
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National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has observed that pendency of S.37 appeal under Arbitration Act cannot be treated as an ‘existence of dispute’ under S. 8(2)(a) of I & B Code which bars initiation of insolvency process under S.9 of Code.

*1st September, 2017*
Supreme Court has ruled that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code), being a central statute, will prevail over the state laws that are repugnant to it.
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Supreme Court has held that service details of employees fall within the ambit of ‘personal information’ u/s 8(1)(j) of Right to Information Act, and that such details cannot be furnished unless any nexus with larger public interest is shown.
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Supreme Court has granted conditional interim bail to Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra, two promoters of real estate firm Unitech Ltd, in a fraud case lodged by home buyers of its Gurugram-based housing project.
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Supreme Court has asked Karti Chidambaram not to go abroad till September 11 and permitted CBI to furnish details of his interrogation in case relating to alleged irregular FIPB nod for investment of Rs 305 crore in INX Media in 2007.
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Kenya’s Supreme Court has declared Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in the presidential election last month invalid and ordered a new vote to be held within 60 days. The six-judge bench ruled 4-2 in favour of a petition which claimed that electronic voting results were hacked and manipulated.
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Calcutta High Court has directed West Bengal Government to advertise the norms and guidelines related to animal slaughter in print and the electronic media.
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Calcutta High Court has ruled that a secured creditor cannot maintain an application u/s 14 of Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 after issuance of a sale certificate, in order to obtain actual physical possession of the property.
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Bombay High Court has held that an expert invited to give his or her opinion on a case cannot apply law to the facts of the case and offer a solution, but merely bring in their learning to bear upon the facts of the case, as the task of adjudication lies with the courts.
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Delhi High Court has awarded week-long imprisonment to a litigant, finding him guilty of criminal contempt of court for leveling baseless allegations of impropriety against government counsel appearing for the Revenue Department.
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Allahabad High Court has constituted a fact finding committee of Secretary, Uttar Pradesh State Legal Services Authority, and directed it to visit Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College and Hospital to take note of the infrastructure there.
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Jharkhand High Court has rejected RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s plea to transfer a case related to fodder scam from a special CBI judge’s court to another court.
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News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) has directed Hindi news channel Zee News to pay a fine of Rs. 1 lakh and issue a public apology to poet and scientist Mr. Gauhar Raza, for branding him as part of an ‘Afzal Premi Gang’ for reciting his poems in the ‘Shankar- Shaad Mushaira’.
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Central Government has clarified that the rent paid by patients for hospital rooms are out of the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.
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Central Government has clarified that no late fee would be levied on tax payers who failed to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-3B for the month of July, 2017 by the due date.

*4th September, 2017*
Supreme Court has directed Bombay High Court to expeditiously decide all pleas and petitions challenging the validity of Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act.
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Supreme court has given RBI and Finance Ministry four weeks time to file response on a plea seeking extension of window for exchanging demonetized notes of Rs 500 and 1000.
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Supreme Court has asked Google, Yahoo, Facebook and WhatsApp to furnish information on complaints it had received from India regarding objectionable content related to child pornography and rape uploaded to the web and action taken by them, if any.
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Supreme Court has sought view of the Modi government on validity of over 40,000 Rohingya Muslims who have taken refuge in India to escape persecution in Myanmar.
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Supreme Court has dismissed a plea of AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran seeking extension of the three-month time to contest the framing of charges against him in a FERA violation case.
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Supreme Court has stayed Jammu and Kashmir High Court order directing State government to provide life-time security cover to retired judges and advocate generals.
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Supreme Court has stayed a Bombay High Court order banning the use of loudspeakers in Mumbai.
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Bombay High Court has held that Federation of Labour Law Practitioners cannot be registered as a trade union under the Trade Unions Act, 1926.
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Bombay High Court has passed an ex-parte order against Patanjali Ayurved owned by Baba Ramdev restraining them from broadcasting a particular advertisement that plaintiff Hindustan Unilever sought injunction against.
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Bombay High Court has passed an ex-parte order against Patanjali Ayurved owned by Baba Ramdev restraining them from broadcasting a particular advertisement that plaintiff Hindustan Unilever sought injunction against.
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Bombay High Court has asked the special court to decide afresh the plea of former media baron Peter Mukherjea, who has sought copies of the diaries maintained by Khar police officers.
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Delhi High Court has dismissed Vodafone India petition that urged for directions to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to disclose its methodology for calculating the Interconnect User Charge (IUC).
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Delhi High Court has sought responses from Delhi government, Lieutenant Governor (L-G) and Director General of Prisons as to why women prisoners are being denied the benefits of semi-open and open jails.
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Madras High Court, while taking a serious view of the Blue Whale Challenge game, has directed Central and Tamil Nadu governments to explore possibilities of banning it.

*5th September, 2017*
GIC (GST Implementation Committee) has decided to extend date of GSTR 1, GSTR 2 and GSTR 3 for the month of July to 10th, 25th and 30th September 2017 respectively. It has also decided to extend date of GSTR 1, GSTR 2 and GSTR 3 for the month of August to 5th, 10th and 15th October 2017 respectively
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Supreme Court has said that transfer of moveable property in execution of works contract is deemed to be sale, and the value of property can be subject to levy of sales tax.
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Delhi High Court has issued notices to Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University, NDMC, SDMC, Delhi police and DMRC over the extent of defacement caused by DUSU polls contestants and their supporters, and wastage of paper in the entire process.
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Jharkhand High Court has directed High Court Rules Committee to examine whether there was a need for amending HC Rules, 2001 to make it compulsory for a person who swears on an affidavit to mention his Aadhaar number and submit a photo copy of the Aadhaar card as well.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court has criticised the Punjab Police for not acting on a complaint filed against controversial self-styled godwoman Radhe Maa.
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Delhi High Court had lamented how children are used as tools of vengeance by disputing parents and how it is a child’s fundamental right to get love of both the parents.
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Gujarat High Court has held that the profession as an Advocate or Lawyer is a full time, and one cannot be permitted if he is already working as a profession like Chartered Accountant.
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Punjab and Haryana High court has allowed Haryana government to conduct a search and evacuation operation in Dera Sacha Sauda’s Sirsa headquaretrs.

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Supreme Court has reserved the verdict on a plea seeking a clarification on if a man’s physical relaion with his wife below 18 years of age amounts to rape or not.
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Supreme Court has directed instant messaging platform WhatsApp and social media giant Facebook to file affidavits stating what user data they shared with “third parties”.
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Supreme Court has cancelled the admissions of 400 students admitted to MBBS courses in DM Institute of Medical Sciences, Wayanad, and Mount Zion Medical College, Pathanamthitta.
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Supreme Court has directed Central Government to file a fresh affidavit with information about the results of inquiry by Central Board of Direct Taxes against Members of Parliament who amassed disproportionate assets/ wealth.
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Supreme Court has directed Amicus Curiae Harish Salve to look into the status report filed by Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and suggest measures to monitor the forest cover and to increase it, if that is possible
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Supreme Court has issued directions to ensure speedy resolution of disputes and utilization of alternate dispute resolution mechanisms by the consumer fora.
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Supreme Court has refused to give an urgent hearing into the matter pertaining to death of a NEET student in Tamil Nadu.
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Supreme Court has asked Centre to furnish details of action initiated against lawmakers, some of whose assets have jumped by over “500 per cent” between elections.
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Delhi High Court has directed several private schools to refund 75 per cent of the excess fee they had charged from parents of students.
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Uttarakhand High Court has revoked the dissolution of Badrinath-Kedarnath temple committee. The Court declared as illegal the dissolution of panel before completion of its three-year tenure without any complaint against its working.

*7th September, 2017*
Supreme Court has agreed to examine a petition filed by Aam Aadmi party (AAP) spokesperson Raghav Chadha, as to whether re-tweeting somebody’s allegedly defamatory tweet amounts to defamation.
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Supreme Court has opined that National Disaster Management Authority should “give special attention to the children in the event of a disaster since they are the most vulnerable victims of a disaster that may strike at any time.”
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Supreme Court has ordered Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to look into the death of Mr. M.K. Ganapathy, a Deputy Superintendent of Karnataka Police, and complete its investigation, as far as possible, within three months.
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Supreme Court has given Centre six more weeks to hold negotiations for an amicable settlement to the row between Punjab and Haryana over the Sutlej-Yamuna-Link (SYL) canal.
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Delhi High Court has directed Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved from airing a commercial for its soap which it prima facie found to be disparaging to the goodwill of Dettol being manufactured by Reckitt and Colman.
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Calcutta High Court has held that without producing the cheque before the drawer bank, complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act will not be maintainable.

*8th September, 2017*
GST Council has decided to hike cess on mid-sized cars by 2%, taking the effective GST rate to 45%. Also, cess on large cars has been hiked by 5%, taking the total GST incidence to 48% while that of SUVs by 7% to 50%. The increased GST cess on cars will come into effect from today.
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Goods and Services Tax (GST) registrations for entities mandated to collect and deduct tax at source will start from 18 September. However, the date from which Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) or Tax Collected at Source (TCS) is to be done will be notified later.
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GSTR1, which was to be filed by Sep 10, can be filed till Oct 10 by smaller businesses and large ones by Oct 3. GSTR-2 for July will have to be done by Oct 31, and GSTR-3 by Nov 10. GST Council has also allowed businesses to file Simplified GSTR-3B for four more months till Dec.
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Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has re-opened the registration window for composition scheme till 30th September.
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GST Council has slashed tax rates for Walnuts, broom, clay idols custard powder, idly-dosa batter, rubber bands, raincoat, dhoop batti, saree fall, corduroy fabric, computer monitors, table and kitchenware, prayer beads. Khadi sold at KVIC outlets and clay idols have been exempted from levy of GST.
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Supreme Court has held that there was no vested right of renewal of lease of shops in Defence Shopping Complexes.
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Supreme Court has expressed doubts whether the slew of petitions pending since 2014, against the formation of Telengana by splitting Andhra Pradesh, are maintainable.
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Supreme Court has accepted the proposal of Oil India Limited (OIL) to extract hydrocarbon beneath 3900-4000 meters of Dibru Saikhowa National Park, Assam, subject to certain conditions, mentioned in the minutes of 44th meeting of Standing Committee of National Board for Wildlife held on July 29.
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Supreme Court, while emphasizing on witness protection programme, has asked Centre and State governments about the steps being taken to ensure that witnesses in sensitive and high-profile cases are not harmed.
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Supreme Court has set aside Bombay High Court judgment wherein the Economic Offences Wing (EoW) was directed to de-freeze accounts of businessman Avinash Bhute of Tajshree Group in connection with the infamous Wasankar Wealth Scam.
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Delhi High Court has abolished all 13 Traffic Courts with effect from today, which have a pendency of over 55,000 cases in the Capital.
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Madras High Court has directed Department of Higher Education and Directorate of Collegiate Education to issue a circular on implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 to all colleges.

*11th September, 2017*
Supreme Court has said that ex-parte decree, once set aside, will cease to exist and cannot be regarded as decree of the court of first instance.
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Supreme Court has cleared the decks for auction of Sahara Group’s flagship Aamby Valley project in Maharashtra to raise money that it had asked the company to pay the market regulator.
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Supreme Court has asked Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court to appoint two new observers for disputed land in the Babri Masjid-Ram Mandir case within 10 days.
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Supreme Court has asked Election Commission for its views on a plea seeking to disqualify Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar from the Assembly, allegedly because he had concealed his criminal record while filing an election affidavit.
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Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition seeking directions for country-wide ban on the deadly online game Blue Whale Challenge after several incidents of young children committing suicide due to the game have come to light.
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U.S. Supreme Court has issued a short-term order restoring President Donald Trump’s ban on thousands of refugees seeking entry to the country. The order puts a Lower Court ruling on hold until the High Court decides whether to grant the administration’s request for a longer-term order.
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Allahabad High Court has barred parallel proceedings in National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) in a case between State Bank of India (SBI) and an individual guarantor for Kanpur-based LML that had defaulted on Rs 73 crore in loans.
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Delhi High Court has requested District & Sessions Judges to sensitize Judicial Officers posted under their jurisdiction regarding the maximum period for which an accused can be kept in custody under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).
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Delhi High Court has issued show cause notice to all candidates in the fray over a PIL showing how the campaign had left Delhi and its public property defaced, some with permanent scars, so to speak.
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Delhi High Court has upheld an order passed by a Single Judge invalidating exclusion of certain categories from the quota set apart for wards of soldiers and defense personnel who suffered in combat, or were disabled during active service.

*12th September, 2017*
Supreme Court, while relaxing the procedure of granting divorce on ground of mutual consent, has said that period mentioned in S. 13-B(2) of Hindu Marriage Act is not mandatory but directory, and “it will be open to Court to exercise its discretion in the facts and circumstances of each case”.
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Supreme Court has asked that why should aspiring lawmakers get “immunity” from disclosing their source of income, while hearing a petition that cited instances of lawmakers declaring only a sharp increase in the value of their assets.
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Supreme Court has rejected pleas of medical colleges seeking to fill MBBS seats for this academic session alleging discrepancies in the MCI’s scrutiny of their infrastructure and faculty strength.
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Supreme Court has directed Centre to suggest a name to replace former home secretary G K Pillai as the chairperson of a committee to oversee the fencing work on the Indo-Bangladesh border.
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Supreme Court has accepted an unconditional apology of the chairperson of Kerala- based ‘Stray Dogs Eradication Group’ and closed the contempt proceeding against it for killing of stray dogs, despite a top court order against culling.
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court has accepted a plea to form a five-judge bench to hear the review petitions of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his children, son-in-law and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar challenging his disqualification in Panama Papers scandal.
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Madras High Court has stayed Government circular dated August 24, 2017 directing the registering authorities not to register a vehicle to a purchaser who does not hold a valid driving license.
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Madras High Court has ordered Tamil Nadu Curriculum Frameworks committee to incorporate a subject on animal welfare.
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Madras High Court, while taking a serious view of online Blue Whale Challenge game, has directed Centre to ensure that Indian subsidiaries of technology companies and websites compulsorily followed Indian rules and law.
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Delhi High Court has allowed an export company to import certain goods used as inputs in manufacturing products, without paying the additional levy under the new Integrated Goods and Services Tax.
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Delhi High Court has given a go-ahead to Delhi University to declare results for the post of President in Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) election.
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Bombay High Court has held that an admiralty court does not have jurisdiction to arrest cargo on board a ship for an unrelated claim.

*13th September, 2017*
Supreme Court has held that all assets in a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) would be presumed to be joint property belonging to all its members and a family member has to produce evidence to stake claim over any part even if it is ‘self-acquired’.
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Supreme Court has asked realty firm Jaiprakash Associates to pay Rs 50 lakh as an interim relief to 10 homebuyers of its Kalypso Court project along the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway.
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Supreme Court has held that once a person took part in process of selection and was not found fit for appointment, the said person was estopped from challenging process of selection.
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Supreme Court has directed Government that no petition shall be entertained from any medical institution/ college/ society/ trust or any party for grant of Letter Of Permission (LOP) for the academic session 2017-2018.
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Supreme Court has issued a contempt notice to Assam Public Works (APW) President Aabhijeet Sarmah, rapping him for “disclosing information” regarding National Register of Citizens (NRC) update process during a recently held press conference.
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Delhi High Court, appalled at the violation of laws and safety measures by the restaurants, pubs, bars and cafes in Hauz Khas village and how civic agencies had turned a blind eye to all of it, has termed the posh hangout and party address of South Delhi “a ticking time-bomb”.
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Punjab & Haryana High Court administration has recommended that an FIR be registered against its own registrar who was handling recruitment.
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Madras High Court has directed Chief Medical Officer of a government hospital at Ambur of Tamil Nadu, who was booked for insulting the national flag, to hoist the Tricolour at the hospital, salute it and sing the national anthem everyday for a week as a condition of his anticipatory bail.
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Madras High Court has directed State Government to amend TN Motor Vehicle Accident Rules, 1989, in line with the newly developed online Detailed Accident Report regime as mandated by Supreme Court.
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Madras High Court, while censuring government teachers who are boycotting classes as part of their protest demanding implementation of Seventh Pay Commission recommendations, has said such boycotts and strikes by teachers were also a primary reason for government school students’ low marks in NEET.
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Calcutta High Court has paved the way for married daughters to be recruited in government jobs on compassionate grounds should a parent die while in service.
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Karnataka High Court has stayed State government’s circular to ban the registration of new Omni vans as emergency response service ambulances in the state.
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Central Government has extended the due date for filing of returns for the month of July by Input Service Distributor to October 13th.

*14th September, 2017*
Supreme Court has held that if a member of a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) wants to stake exclusive claim over any joint family property, then he or she will have to establish that this asset was self-acquired and not ancestral.
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Supreme Court has stayed the takeover of Raghunath temple of Kullu by Himachal Government and provided relief to Maheshwar Singh, scion of royal family of Kullu, who refused to accept Himachal government’s decision to form a temple trust.
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Supreme Court has held that seniority in IPS will depend on the date of induction to IPS and it cannot be based on the length of service in any other Service prior to the induction.
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Calcutta High Court has directed investigating authorities to ascertain and record the IMEI number and other product details before handing over interim custody of stolen electronic devices such as mobile phones, laptops, etc.
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Madras High Court has rejected a plea to constitute a committee for monitoring the disrespect or insult of National Flag.
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Karnataka High Court has upheld order of Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) which had in 2015 struck down state’s regulation requiring landlords or occupants to produce ‘occupancy certificates’ issued by local municipal authorities including BBMP to get electricity connection.
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Madras High Court has ordered that no floor test would be conducted in Tamil Nadu Assembly till September 20.

*15th September, 2017*
Supreme Court has asked all High Courts to register a suo motu petition to identify kin of prisoners who admittedly died an unnatural death after 2012 and award suitable compensation to them and establish open prisons as a measure to usher in reforms for inmates and to also prevent overcrowding.
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Supreme Court has held that period of limitation under residuary Article 113 cannot be invoked if there is any other specific entry governing the case.
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Supreme Court has held that arrest of a foreign ship for a maritime claim is permissible only if there is no change of ownership between the date when claim arose and the date of arrest of ship.
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Delhi High Court has asked Centre and other authorities to frame a policy within three months to curb the practice of celebratory firing.
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Delhi High Court has held that economic offences need to be dealt with a heavy hand and releasing such accused on bail will affect the community at large and also jeopardize the economy of the country.
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Delhi High Court has held that CBI cannot claim absolute exemption from disclosing information pertaining to allegations of corruption and human rights violations held by it under the RTI Act.
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Delhi High Court has directed AAP government to post online a list of all speed breakers on the city’s roads and called for forming a panel to ensure removal of illegal ones.
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Kerala High Court has directed Commercial Tax Officer to release detained goods on payment of 50% of demand as per the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) law.
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Government has opened option for GST Composition Scheme for the assessment year 2017-18 for small traders. The persons who want to avail the benefit of the scheme can apply till September 30th.

*18th September, 2017*
Supreme Court has held that State can proceed to acquire only the buildings existing on land under the Land Acquisition Act, without acquiring the underlying land, when the State otherwise has ownership rights over the land.
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Supreme Court has directed Allahabad High Court to decide the plea for CBI inquiry moved by parents of 9-yr-old boy, who died after allegedly slipping in his school corridor in Ghaziabad, on October 4 or before October 15 while also deciding the quashing petition moved by the school.
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Supreme Court has directed members of District Bar Association of Gurgaon not to obstruct in any manner the proceedings going on before a special judge there relating to murder of a seven-year-old student in Ryan International school.
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Supreme Court has constituted a medical board for examination of a 13 year-old rape survivor on a plea for abortion of her 22-week pregnancy.
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Supreme Court has said that it could ask Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) to deposit Rs 10,000 crore-15,000 crore more to ensure that the homebuyers got their money back.
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Supreme Court has asked Tamil Nadu government to apprise it about the steps taken to control the protests over NEET examination which had intensified after the alleged suicide of a Dalit medical course aspirant.
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Supreme Court has said it was “very strange” that internet majors were objecting to making public certain recommendations in a report of a panel set up to explore technical solutions to block videos of sexual offences on social sites.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court has constituted a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into the alleged leakage of Haryana Judicial Service Examination.
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Delhi High Court has decreed a suit for passing off against defendants residing outside India, noting that they offer their services through apps and websites which are accessible from Delhi.
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Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Delhi Police to inform it about the steps taken for safety and security of passengers travelling on Delhi Metro and to deal with any emergency situation.
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Delhi High Court has stayed Trial Court proceedings against Uber India in respect of challaning and impounding of vehicles operating under its banner, by AAP government for alleged violation of licence conditions.
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Delhi High Court has said that people in National Capital appeared to be more concerned about having community centres than parks, while extending till December 8 its interim order putting on hold the construction of a community centre by the DDA.
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Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has instructed its field officers to prepare to move the Supreme Court on all disputes where levy of Goods and Service Tax (GST) has been questioned or stayed by any high court.

Supreme Court has dismissed Centre’s appeal against the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s 2010 judgment, granting disability pension on the ground of delusional disorder, to the respondent, Manjit Singh.
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Supreme Court has sought to know from the Centre details of steps it has taken to create awareness about ill-effects of drugs and check its supply.
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Delhi High Court has pulled up city’s civic body for calling effigy makers “encroachers” of public land, and destroying and confiscating the effigies of demon king Ravan.
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Delhi High Court has issued a public notice inviting suggestions from the general public on media reporting of Court matters, including whether real-time reporting (live tweeting) of court proceedings should be permitted.
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Bombay High Court has held that formulations containing less than 135 mg of dextropropoxyphene cannot be classified as a ‘narcotic’ or a ‘narcotic drug’ within the meaning of Section 2(h) of Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act, 1955 and hence are not liable for state excise duty.
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the Bombay High Court has said that Maharashtra Police cannot become private guards, while directing State government to review each and every case in which police protection has been given.
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Hyderabad High Court has issued orders to Srikakulam district officials not to damage standing crops in Vamsadhara Project affected villages till harvest stage.
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Central Information Commission has ordered an inquiry into the exchange of old currency notes after demonetisation at post office branches in Pinto Park and the Air Force area in south Delhi after an RTI applicant raised suspicion of fraud and irregularities in the exchange of currency.
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Central Government has extended period for submitting the declaration in FORM GST TRAN-1 till 31st October, 2017.

*20th September, 2017*
Supreme Court has stayed orders of Bombay High Court passed in November 2016, substantially increasing the legal and composite fees payable by Indian and foreign adoptive parents to adoption agencies at the time of adoption of a minor child.
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Jammu and Kashmir High Court has ruled that a law graduate pursuing higher studies in the field of law would be treated in actual practice.
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Madras High Court has directed Centre to use its diplomatic relationship with Russia to block URLs/links related to Blue Whale game and seek penal action against the culprits on behalf of India.
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Bombay High Court has ordered attachment of properties of a developer who failed to pay transit rent to almost 100 tenants while the building concerned was being redeveloped.
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Calcutta High Court, while questioning West Bengal government’s curbs on Durga idol immersion, has said that State cannot hinder a citizen’s right to practice religion on the basis of a mere assumption of law and order disruption and must provide sound reasons for doing so.
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Reserve Bank of India has notified that Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending platforms will fall under the ambit of a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC).

*21st September, 2017*
Supreme Court has pulled up the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the ongoing delay in the implementation of the Lodha Committee Reforms.
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Supreme Court has allowed two minor rape victims from Delhi and Bengaluru to abort their fetus while observing that the medical boards have said termination of pregnancy was permissible in these two cases.
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Supreme Court has dismissed Mathe Mahadevi’s appeal against the ban on sale and circulation of her book, Basava Vachana Deepthi, without a reasoned order.
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Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to streamline the legal decisions which are taken, in terms of a policy to be framed, as to whether or not a court case should or should not be filed/contested.
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Delhi High Court rapped the newly-elected president of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) Rocky Tuseed and other candidates for defacing public property during the polls this year and stated that no effort would be spared to make the city clean for Diwali.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court has suspended the sentence awarded to three law students from Jindal Global Law School who were convicted for blackmailing and gang raping a student of the same University for about two years.
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Delhi High Court has directed all judicial officers to return record of any case requisitioned by them to the trial court concerned to enable it to proceed with the disposal of the case.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the proceedings of criminal complaint pending against former Director General of Police Swaraj Puri at a CJM court in Bhopal, accusing him and former district collector of releasing main accused Warren Anderson in Bhopal gas tragedy case.
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Centre has issued an advisory terming Blue Whale game abetment to suicide and advising all parents to watch out for any signs of distress in their children and not discuss the game with them, which might increase the chances of children searching it online.
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National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has waived the minimum shareholding rule for Ousted Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry to file a case of alleged oppression of minority shareholders.

*22nd September, 2017*
Supreme Court has directed Supertech builders in Noida to repay the principal amount with 14 per cent interest to those homebuyers who wanted a refund of their investment in the 40-floors twin Emerald Towers being constructed by them.
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Supreme Court has refused to extend the September 14 deadline for filling up vacant seats in postgraduate, super-specialty and MBBS courses.
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Supreme Court has opened the doors for colour-blind students to pursue MBBS course by ordering the admission of two such candidates, who have scored high marks in the entrance examination, for the next academic year.
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Supreme Court has expressed its helplessness when a Petitioner sought the Apex Court’s directions to “abolish” mosquitoes from the country. The Apex Court said: “What you are asking us to do, only God can do. Do not ask us to do things which only the God can do. We are not Gods.”
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Supreme Court has expressed displeasure over disbursal of the Nirbhaya Fund and said that an “unhappy state of affairs” prevails on the issue since there is a “lot of confusion” in the absence of clarity on who is responsible for paying compensation to sexual assault victims, and at what stage it has to be paid.
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Supreme Court has quashed a non-bailable warrant issued by a trial court in Srinagar against activist Madhu Kishwar for not appearing before it in a criminal defamation case filed by a Kashmir-based journalist.
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Supreme Court has upheld the Hyderabad High Court’s decision to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to Bollywood producer Karim Morani, accused of raping an aspiring actress.
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Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to reconsider the arrangement at Model Liquor Shops which allow people to sit and consume alcohol.
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Delhi high court wants third party audit of all Delhi Government hospitals, starting with Janakpuri Super Speciality and Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality hospitals.
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Delhi High Court has directed its information officer to disclose under the RTI, the marks awarded by an interview panel to candidates of Delhi Higher Judicial Service (DHJS) examination held in 2013
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Delhi High Court has directed the municipal bodies to carry out mapping and geo-tagging of public toilets to make them more accessible for citizens. The Court found it difficult to ascertain the location of public toilets in the city.
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Gujarat High Court has quashed a probe against a judge accused of sexually harassing a woman lawyer in the courtroom on the ground of delay in inquiry by other judges.
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Delhi High Court has sought the Government’s response on a plea seeking a stay on the operations of social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp till a decision is taken whether to regulate their call services.
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“We cannot have another gas chamber situation,” the Delhi High Court said while issuing several directions to the States of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana to curb stubble burning.

*25th September, 2017*
Supreme Court has dismissed the Centre’s appeal against a Division Bench judgment of Madras High Court, which had held that children born out of void marriages are legitimate.
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Delhi High Court while acquitting filmmaker Mahmood Farooqui in a rape case involving a US researcher has said that consent to any sexual advances does not come from a mere hesitation, reluctance or a “no”, it has to be “an affirmative one in clear terms”.
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A judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to hear the anticipatory bail plea moved by the trustees of Ryan International School in light of the CBI taking over investigation in the case.
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Delhi High Court has directed the Central Information Commission (CIC) to maintain record of its daily orders and upload them within three days from the date of the hearing.
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Central Government has exempted skimmed milk powder or concentrated milk from the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.
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Companies other than banking & non-banking financial company or insurance firm can now have only two layers of subsidiaries with the government bringing in new rules effective from September 20 putting restriction on the number of layers for corporates to check money laundering & protect investors.
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Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has notified that refund cannot be allowed on unutilised input tax credit on corduroy fabrics supply under the new Goods and Services Tax laws.
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A Division bench of ITAT Bengaluru has held that the benefit of Section 54F of the Income Tax Act, 1961 can be extended to the cost incurred by the assessee on alteration / renovation on the purchased unit.
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Central Government has prescribed the procedure to be followed to furnish Form 67 to claim foreign tax credit under the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has barred banks from investing in category III Alternative Investment Funds, specified norms for their participation in commodity derivatives clearing, and tweaked rules on investing in financial services firms.

*26th September, 2017*
Delhi High Court has dismissed an anticipatory bail petition filed by Honeypreet Insan, a confidant of jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim.
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Bombay High Court has granted bail to retired Army Major Ramesh Upadhyay in the 2008 Malegaon blast case on the grounds of parity.
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The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court has refused to grant relief to Tarun Tejpal, the former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine, and allowed charges to be framed against him.
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Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Delhi Government and Tihar jail Director General, seeking their stand on the issue of parole and furlough application of Tihar jail prisoners and has directed the authorities to decide pending applications, if any.
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Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to formulate a training module of functioning for the Child Welfare Committee jointly with the Delhi Judicial Academy.
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Bombay High Court has pulled up the State Government while taking note of the fact that the Maharashtra Government has ‘hardly’ taken any effort to formulate a ‘comprehensive’ policy for disaster management.
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Kerala High Court has asked police to furnish a probe report on the alleged torture of a woman at a yoga centre near Kochi, which has been engaged in bringing people back into the Hindu fold after they had converted to other religions.

*27th September, 2017*

Supreme Court has refused to interfere with Calcutta High Court order that asked CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into Narada sting operation.
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Supreme Court has threatened to auction off Aamby Valley if Sahara India Group does not deposit Rs 5,092.64 crore with Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) by 17 April.
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Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL seeking directions to Government to stop use of helmets for motorcycle riders under Motor Vehicles Act.
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Supreme Court has held that an appeal to Division Bench of High Court is not maintainable against an order or judgment passed by Single Judge in a criminal matter, irrespective of whether order has been passed under Article 226 of Constitution or under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code.
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Bombay High Court has pulled up resident doctors of government hospitals in Maharashtra for abstaining from duty, and said their conduct is shameful.
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Delhi High Court has sought replies from Central and AAP Government on a public interest litigation alleging that cattle meant for slaughter were subjected to cruelty as they were transported in overloaded trucks.
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Madras High Court has directed Centre to ascertain whose responsibility it was to conduct a probe into March 6 killing of an Indian fisherman, allegedly by Sri Lankan Navy.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court, while paving way for completion of Dwarka Expressway, has disposed petition related to General Power of Attorney (GPA) oustees.
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Delhi High Court has sought response of AAP government on a plea for separate shelter homes for boys and girls in city, alleging that they were being sexually assaulted while staying with adults.
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Karnataka High Court has set aside decision of Ministry of Home Affairs to refer to National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigation into Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker Rudresh’s murder case.
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Delhi High Court has sought response from Central Government on a contempt plea that alleged that government had failed to act against Congress and BJP for accepting foreign funding.
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Government has proposed to make Aadhaar card mandatory to file Income Tax Return (ITR) and for permanent account number (PAN) from July 1.
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Government has moved amendments to Finance Bill 2017 proposing to further reduce legal cash transaction limit from Rs3 lakh to Rs2 lakh.
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HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014, aimed at ensuring equal rights while seeking treatment, education and job by people living with HIV, was passed by Rajya Sabha.

Supreme Court has constituted a high level committee comprising of Centre’s Information Technology officials who are to coordinate with internet giants like Facebook, Microsoft and Google to remove rape, gang rape and child pornography videos from internet.
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Supreme Court has said that various freebies and pension given to former MPs and MLAs seemed “prima facie” unreasonable and sought response from Centre on why those facilities and allowances given to former law makers should not be scrapped.
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Supreme Court, while dismissing Bihar Government’s plea for a free hand in making appointment of Government lawyers, has said that advocate’s performance in courts, and not his political connection, would count for her/his appointment as government lawyer.
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Supreme Court has allowed an appeal filed by a 99-year-old convict against his conviction and sentence in a dowry death case and reduced sentence to that of already undergone and directed authorities to release him forthwith.
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Supreme Court, while setting aside a disciplinary proceedings against a lawyer, has asked ‘how Disciplinary Committee consisting of members, who were not familiar with vernacular script, could analyse and appreciate documentary evidence which is in a language not known to them’.
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Delhi High Court has ruled that employees of private schools in Delhi cannot claim Child Care Leave.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed name of biological father be replaced with name of step-father in passport of a girl.
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Bombay High Court has held that an arbitral tribunal does not have power to appoint Court receiver of High Court as a receiver under Section 17 of Arbitration and Conciliation (Amended) Act.
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Delhi High Court, while setting aside 15% hike in fee levied by two schools, has ruled that schools cannot hike tuition fees for payment of electricity charges on ground of installation of air conditioners.
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Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra Government to state reason why an FIR could not be filed in alleged Sion-Panvel Expressway tender scam.
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Gujarat High Court has disposed of a petition seeking a ban on distribution of a book, Feku ji Ab Delhi ma (Feku is now in Delhi) ahead of Assembly elections due later this year.
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Lok Sabha has signed off on Finance Bill 2017, ratifying Government’s proposals to make Aadhaar mandatory for filing of income-tax returns and for obtaining and retaining Permanent Account Number (PAN) from 1 July and capped legal cash transactions at Rs. 2 lakh.
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Rajya Sabha has passed Employees Compensation (Amendment) Bill 2016 which enhances compensation in case of death and occupational injuries and makes it obligatory for employers to inform their workers about their rights.
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University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed all Universities and Educational Institutions to introduce identification mechanisms like student’s photograph and Aadhaar number besides security features in degrees and certificates awarded by them.
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Government has decided to waive some of regulatory processes to fast-track approvals for companies manufacturing combination drugs for HIV and Hepatitis B & C.
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Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai (ITAT) has ruled that actor Shah Rukh Khan has to include notional rent from his Dubai villa in his income-tax return filed in India.

Supreme Court has reiterated that a co-owner can alone maintain a suit for eviction of tenant without joining other co-owners if such other co-owners do not object.
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Supreme Court has observed that allegation of fraud and collusion between counsel for opposite parties, after many years, ipso facto does not render decree invalid.
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Bombay High Court has held that a winding up petition filed by an employee under Section 439 r/w sections 433(e) and 434 of Companies Act, 1956, as a creditor based on claim of recovery of his unpaid salary and wages is maintainable.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court has permitted petitioners and other candidates who desire to take NEET 2017 Examination to submit their forms.
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Delhi High Court has held husband guilty of committing contempt of court for disobeying Supreme Court order to pay Rs 1 lakh per month as ad interim maintenance to his wife, and punished him to two-month simple imprisonment along with a fine of Rs. 2000.
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Bombay High Court has directed State and BMC not to take any punitive action against resident doctors who were on mass leave if they resume and asked doctors to get back to work as Government promised to deploy 1100 armed security in April.
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Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra Government to consider framing rules to deal with cases of rape victims, after accepting compensation, settle the case with their rapists to drop criminal case.
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Bombay High Court has directed Maharashtra Government to set up an expert committee to frame guidelines for construction of flyovers, bridges and roads.
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Bombay High Court has asked State to reply on how many children are there in its 32 prisons and how much amount has been spent to establish anganwadis since 2015.
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Hyderabad High Court has appointed Justice Anil R Dave, retired judge of Supreme Court, and Justice G V Seethapathy, Former Judge of High Court, to act as administrators to manage affairs of Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) in view of forthcoming IPL matches scheduled to begin in city on April 5.
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Kerala High Court has ordered to maintain status quo on complaint against IG Manoj Abraham, alleging amassment of wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income.
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Bombay High Court has restrained city police from taking any coercive action against actor Kapil Sharma, based on FIR registered against him alleging illegal construction in his Goregaon flat.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld Rajya Sabha election of Union Minister, Birender Singh and media baron Subhash Chandra from Haryana.
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Delhi High Court has reserved its order on a plea by activist-turned-politician Yogendra Yadav’s Swaraj India, challenging Delhi State Election Commission’s decision to not allot party a common symbol to contest upcoming municipal elections in Delhi.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to Haryana Government on a plea challenging decision of Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP Government banning beef in State under Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015.
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Government has done away with 1 per cent tax on cash payments of over Rs 2 lakh for purchase of any goods or service after it banned cash dealings above that limit from April 1.

Supreme Court has sought a response from Central Election Commission (CEC) on a plea seeking a probe into allegations of alleged tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during polls, including recent assembly elections in five States.
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Supreme Court has directed Centre to deposit more than 190 files in connection with 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

Supreme Court has asked Committee of Administrators (CoA), appointed by it to run BCCI, to honour its contracts and release funds to State Cricket Associations, including Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA), which is holding the last India-Australia Test, for organising matches.
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Supreme Court has sought Election Commission’s (EC) response on a petition that raised doubts over security features of electronic voting machines.
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Supreme Court has cancelled admission to 180 MBBS seats in Kannur and Karuna Medical Colleges in Kerala owing to irregularities in admission procedures.
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Supreme Court has agreed to consider a plea of two students to open door of medical colleges for them, saying the present practice of Medical Council of India not permitting colour-blind students to take admission in MBBS courses is regressive and should be done away with.
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Supreme Court has dismissed Former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha plea seeking recall of its earlier order constituting an SIT to probe allegations of prima facie scuttling investigation in coal scam cases.
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Supreme Court has asked Centre to respond to a petition seeking to bar convicted persons from contesting polls for life and preventing their entry into judiciary and executive.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a person after retirement from service cannot be permitted to turn around and claim a different date of retirement considering change in date of birth in service record.
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Madras High Court has said Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) package, equal to salary for 72 months, paid to willing employees of Hindustan Photo Film (HPF) Manufacturing Company Limited in Ooty is in nature of compensation and no income tax should be deducted.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked Punjab Government to pay Rs 589.2 crore to State Warehousing Corporation that has failed to clear pension dues.
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Bombay High Court, while hearing a case in which a minor girl had accused a man of raping her, has observed that even if there had been a love affair between the two, the man still could not violate her against her will and without her consent.
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Delhi High Court has said that a pilot with a private airline will face trial for allegedly having unnatural sex with a former air hostess of the carrier, while absolving him of the charge of rape.
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Kerala High Court has dismissed a batch of Public Interest Petitions challenging decision of State Bank of India (SBI) to acquire State Bank of Travancore (SBT).
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Bombay High Court struck down Maharashtra Government’s draft policy to regularise unauthorised constructions built before December 31, 2015, in Digha, Navi Mumbai.
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Bombay High Court has directed Google India and YouTube to immediately remove video clips posted on websites recently which allegedly show judiciary in bad light and bring disrepute to Judges.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Punjab government to provide Rs 4-lakh compensation to a Khanna family whose sole breadwinner died after his throat was slit by a banned synthetic kite string in February 2016.
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Bombay High Court has held that in cases of suicides resulting from matrimonial disputes or sustained torture, ‘immediate inducement’ cannot be considered a compulsory requirement to charge someone with abetment.

*27th March, 2017*
has said that it would not be wrong on part of Government to make Aadhaar mandatory for opening bank accounts, getting mobile connections or passports.
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Supreme Court has stayed Bombay High Court judgment which had dismissed the challenge against levy of stamp duty on contracts entered into by advertising agencies with their clients and with media companies.
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Supreme Court has said that if the two 40-storey residential buildings of Supertech’s Emerald Towers in Noida were constructed without a proper sanction, these would be “demolished”.
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Supreme Court has reserved its verdict in brutal 2012 Delhi gang rape case.
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Supreme Court has asked representatives of Centre and Jammu and Kashmir Government to sit together and take a considered decision on formation of a minority commission for state.
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Allahabad High Court has sought explanation from State Government and Lucknow Municipal Corporation asking why meat shops were being forced to shut.
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Bombay High Court has said that Italian man, who in breach of Court’s injunction order had run away with his seven-year-old adopted daughter, would not be prosecuted if he brings her back.
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Sikkim High Court has upheld constitutionality of amendments brought through Finance Act, 2016, which made service tax leviable on a person engaged in promotion, marketing, organising, selling of lottery or facilitating in organising lottery of any kind, in any other manner.
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Delhi High Court has said that Sahitya Akademi winners were not eligible to return their awards as they were granted after considerable deliberations.
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Bombay High Court has directed Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to complete its open inquiry into alleged Sion-Panvel Highway tender scam within three months.
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Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu Government to forward medical records of a child, who allegedly developed a cancerous tumour after being vaccinated in Erode district, to AIIMS, New Delhi.
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Bombay High Court has directed BMC not to take any coercive action against alleged unauthorised construction by south Mumbai’s famous eatery – Gaylord Restaurant in its premises.
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Madras HC, while noting that only academically brilliant students must join MBBS as people entrusted them with their bodies, has asked why Centre was not asking States to start a medical college in each district.
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Madras HC, while noting that only academically brilliant students must join MBBS as people entrusted them with their bodies, has asked why Centre was not asking States to start a medical college in each district.
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Delhi High Court has ordered Centre and Delhi Police to keep constant vigil on 100 emergency helpline number.
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Delhi High Court has said that if Central Government does not want to retain ‘Hall of Nations’ at Pragati Maidan, how can it be forced to do so.

*28th March, 2017*
Supreme Court, while setting aside a High Court judgment, which suo moto applied a provision of law while deciding a second appeal, has reiterated that High Court has no jurisdiction to decide on a second appeal on a question which is not framed as required under Section 100(4) of CPC.
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Delhi High Court, while ruling that Monsanto Technology LLC’s termination of its sub- licence agreement with Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd was illegal and arbitrary, has said the royalty or trait fee payable for use of Monsanto’s patented Bt cotton technology would be as per Government stipulations.
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Uttarakhand High Court has constituted a high-powered committee to examine issues relating to mining in State.
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Mental Health Care Bill, 2013, aimed at decriminalizing attempted suicide and defining mental illness in a broader and more inclusive way has been passed in Lok Sabha.

*28th March, 2017*
Supreme Court has directed High Courts to install CCTV cameras inside courtrooms in two districts of every State and Union Territory within three months to record case proceedings.
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Supreme Court has stayed proceedings in all 19 FIRs filed against QNet direct selling company across country while granting bail to former world billiards champion Micheal Ferreira and another official of firm’s India franchise in a cheating case.
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Supreme Court has held that even if an arbitrator is specified in agreement for arbitration, Chief Justice or designated Judge is free to appoint an independent arbitrator, having due regard to qualification, if circumstances so warrant.
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Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking appointment of Chief Ombudsman (Lokpal).
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Bombay High Court has held that re-payment of loan amount will not have any adverse effect on a criminal prosecution and observed that offences involving banking and loan transactions were “offences of serious nature, where the FIR cannot be quashed only on the ground that the loan is repaid”.
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Delhi High Court has refused to direct CBI to move Trial Court for “attachment and forfeiture of shares and all the assets of Aircel Ltd”, as held by Maxis and its subsidiaries during pendency of proceedings in Aircel-Maxis case.
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Bombay High Court has rejected divorce petition that pleads cruelty saying wife would not cover head with pallu, or wear mangalsutra and sindoor.
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Delhi High Court has ruled that National Commission for Women (NCW) did not have any adjudicatory or advisory powers.
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Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 which entitles women working in organised sector to paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks has received assent from President of India.

*29th March, 2017*
Supreme Court has banned sale of BS-III vehicles, saying that health of citizens is more important than commercial interests of auto manufacturers.
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Supreme Court has held that rule of ‘public policy’ cannot be invoked to facilitate a loanee to avoid legal obligation for repayment of a loan.
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Supreme Court has held that premium collected by companies on its subscribed share capital does not come within the ambit of “capital employed in business of company” as given under section 35D of Income Tax Act, 1961 and hence a company cannot claim “premium” received on shares as deduction.

*29th March, 2017*
Lok Sabha has showed a green light to Integrated GST, Central GST, Union Territory GST & Compensation Bill thereby clearing decks for the July 1 rollout of Goods and Services Tax (GST) that will subsume all Central and State taxes for a unified tax regime across the Country.
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Supreme Court has asked Karnataka Police SIT to probe alleged role of two former Chief Ministers N Dharam Singh and H D Kumaraswamy and bureaucrats in de-reservation of 11,797 square kilometres of forest in Bellary district, leading to large-scale illegal iron ore mining.
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Supreme Court, while noting that it was not averse to modifying its order of December 15, 2016 that bans liquor vends within 500 metres of State and National Highways, has asked for suggestions on how to balance conflicting rights involved in matter.
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Delhi High Court has issued show cause notices in five 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases in which all accused were acquitted in 1986, invoking revisional Jurisdiction.
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Delhi High Court has dismissed a case by Yogendra Yadav-led, Swaraj India, challenging Delhi State Election Commission’s decision to not allot the party a common symbol to contest upcoming municipal elections in Delhi.
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Bombay High Court has directed Maharashtra Government to file a report indicating how it proposes to improve deplorable working and living conditions of resident doctors in four civic hospitals.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked Air India to explain and produce relevant record pertaining to circumstances under which it changed route of Amritsar-Birmingham flight.
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Bombay High Court has asked State Government to take steps to fight corruption in Traffic Police Department, including setting up a helpline for public to lodge complaints against corrupt officers.
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Madras High Court has stayed tender process for procurement of LED bulbs and fittings for street lights in State.
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Gujarat High Court has dismissed a set of petitions filed by edible oil company NK Proteins against Maharashtra Government’s order to attach its properties in National Spot Exchange Limited case.
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Rajya Sabha has passed Finance Bill after various amendments presented by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

*30th March, 2017*
Supreme Court has directed Centre to frame fresh media briefing policy for probing agencies to guard against prejudicing an accused and violating the rights of a complainant or victim in criminal cases.
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Bombay High Court has directed iconic South Bombay restaurant Gaylord to demolish their cake shop housed right outside the restaurant, the open seating area along the shop and the outside enclosure, within two weeks.
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Kerala High Court has directed the State government not to release any convict without serving their entire prison sentence until further orders.

*30th March, 2017*
Supreme Court has decided that a five-judge constitution bench will rule on the constitutional validity of the practice of triple talaq, ‘nikah halala’ and polygamy among Muslims. The hearing of same will begin from May 11.
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Delhi High Court has refused to stay trial court proceedings in connection with criminal defamation complaint filed against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
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Orissa High Court has quashed the state government’s amendment to Rule 51 of Odisha Zilla Parishad Election Rules of 1994.
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Allahabad High Court has given its nod to the constitution of anti-Romeo squad by UP police to check harassment of girls and women in Uttar Pradesh.
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Delhi High Court has said that it is “not correct” to presume that all private unaided schools in the city are making profits since there are cases before it over non-payment of sixth pay commission dues to their employees.
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Gujarat High Court has stayed summons issued to Shah Rukh Khan by the Government Railway Police (GRP) over the fan’s death at Vadodara railway station during the promotion of his film “Raees.”
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Election Commission of India (ECI) has tightened poll code norms for electronic and print media by disallowing poll outcome forecasts by political analysts, astrologers, tarot card readers.
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Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has eased the criteria for notifying Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) deals to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) requiring fewer companies to seek clearance from CCI before going for M&As.
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RBI has said that its mid-December 2016 ‘special measures’ on rationalisation of merchant discount rate (MDR) will continue whereby MDR for transactions up to Rs. 1,000, and above Rs. 1,000 and up to Rs. 2,000 were capped at 0.25 per cent and 0.50 per cent, respectively, of the transaction value.
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Reversing its earlier order, Reserve Bank (RBI) has said that the bank branches dealing in government businesses need not remain open on April 1 in view of the annual closing business.

*31st March, 2017*
Supreme Court has refused to give an early hearing to Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case, on a plea by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy.
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Delhi High Court has dismissed Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife’s plea seeking quashing of disproportionate assets case filed against them by the CBI.
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Uttarakhand HC has ordered Uttarakhand Environment Protection & Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) to “close down all hotels, ashrams and industries which are polluting the Ganga by strictly enforcing the court’s orders passed earlier in this regard.”
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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued a notice to the governments of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh on a plea alleging indiscriminate burning of municipal solid waste in Delhi and National Capital Region despite a ban being in force.

*31st March, 2017*
President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the Finance Bill, 2017 to give effect to provisions like bar on cash transactions above Rs 2 lakh and compulsory quoting of Aadhaar for filing tax returns.
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Supreme Court has partially modified its order banning liquor vendors in the vicinity of 500 metres on National and State highways. However it refused to give any relief to hotels and restaurants. Moreover it also declined a similar relief to Himachal Pradesh, saying the direction to reduce the distance from 500 metres to 220 metres on highways would be sufficient to cover the State’s demand.
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Supreme Court has stayed a Uttarakhand HC order directing closure of all liquor shops and consumption of intoxicants in Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts of the State, which see footfalls of lakhs of pilgrims .However, the SC’s omnibus direction for closure of liquor vends within 500 metres of National and State highways would apply to Uttarakhand.
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Supreme Court has scrapped the upper age limit of 25 years for those aspiring to appear in the National Eligibility Entrance Test for medical education, saying that the CBSE could not have fixed the age limit by way of notice on the instructions of Medical Council of India.
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Supreme Court has junked a PIL seeking action against illegal Bangladeshi migrants whose influx has affected the sovereignty and integrity of the country.
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Supreme Court has sentenced five CPM activists to seven years’ imprisonment saying if one is consciously part of a mob, he would be liable for every action of the unlawful assembly. This order comes more than 24 years after a BJP man was murdered in Kerala’s Thrissur district.
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Supreme Court has directed Parsvnath Developers to give possession of habitable flats along with occupation certificates to 12 home buyers in its Planet project in Lucknow within three weeks.
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In a first in Indian judicial history, sitting High Court judge C Karnan appeared before a seven member bench of the Supreme Court to answer charges of contempt levelled against him. Justice Karnan offered to give an “unconditional” apology provided his judicial work was restored. However the Supreme Court refused this offer and gave the judge another four weeks to file a reply in the contempt notice.
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Andhra Pradesh High Court has acquitted Satyam Babu of all charges after he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Ayesha Meera rape and murder case of 2007 in Vijayawada.
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Bombay High Court while rejecting discharge pleas of two money lenders has said that continuous verbal and physical abuse and repeated demand for the return of money amounts to abetment of suicide.
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Hyderabad High Court has directed the Income Tax Authorities to allow a lady doctor of the city to utilise Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, by relaxing some of the conditions of the scheme.
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Income Tax Department has launched the e-filing facility for select Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for the assessment year 2017-18. The filing of these returns can be done till July 31 this year.
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National Green Tribunal in a relief to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation has directed Delhi Government to allow registration of eight new diesel vehicles conforming to BS-IV norms to be used for waste disposal.

*3rd April, 2017*
Supreme Court has termed as “infructuous” a plea seeking a direction to then UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to vacate a bungalow being used by him as his office in Lucknow besides occupying another house for residential purpose.
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Supreme Court has refused to accord urgent hearing on a plea raising questions like whether people facing trial in serious crime cases can be allowed to contest polls and at which stage of trial, a lawmaker would stand disqualified.
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Delhi High Court has rejected the Yogendra Yadav-led Swaraj India’s plea for allotting a common symbol to its candidates in the upcoming MCD elections.
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Supreme Court has allowed Gujarat Government to accept the offer of Director General of Police P P Pandey, who is on extension till April 30 this year, to relinquish his office forthwith.
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Bombay High Court has struck down criminal proceedings initiated against a 26-year-old woman for attempting to kill her own infant, on the grounds that she was suffering from postnatal depression.

*3rd April, 2017*
SC has ruled that any action taken by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in its administrative & legislative capacity cannot be appealed at the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) as SAT has jurisdiction only over orders & directions passed by SEBI in quasi-judicial capacity.
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Supreme Court has given three weeks time to Centre to fill up vacancies of presidents and vice presidents in different benches of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunals (ITAT) across the country.
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Supreme Court has directed CBI probe into the alleged land encroachment by Odisha Olympic Association in Barabati Stadium, located on government land.
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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has declined the registration of 10 new diesel vehicles conforming to Bharat Stage (BS)-III norms in the wake of the ban imposed by the Supreme Court.
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Bombay High Court has dismissed the review petition filed by horse carriage owners calling for the Victoria ban to be overturned.
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Allahabad High Court has given 24 hrs to Uttar Pradesh Government to produce all its orders on the basis of which the drive for closure of illegal meat shops was undertaken in the state.
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Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the proposal of NBCC India Ltd to acquire Hindustan Steelworks Construction Ltd.

*4th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has imposed Rs. 1 Lakh penalty on Rajasthan Government for filing “frivolous and unjustified petitions” in arbitration case and granted liberty to recover the cost from the officers who had authorised for filing of appeal against the High Court order.
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Supreme Court while refusing to expedite hearing on PILs filed against tainted politicians has said that it was not possible to set up a Constitution bench in the near future on issues pertaining to politicians with criminal histories contesting elections.
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Madras High Court has directed the State Government to waive loans of all the farmers who incurred losses during the drought in the state.
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Allahabad High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation that raised objection to the name ‘Anti-Romeo Squad’, observing that it cannot indulge in argumentative interpretation of a name the government has chosen so as to hold as to whether a name is good or bad.
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Delhi High Court has upheld a five-year jail term awarded to a man for sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl and observed that the incident may have a permanent adverse effect on the child.
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Kerala High Court has rejected a plea for an interim directive to the police not to arrest the employees of a Malayalam news channel against whom a case has been registered in connection with the airing of a sex tape involving former Transport Minister A.K. Saseendran.

*5th April, 2017*
Bombay High Court has issued a circular directing the practitioners not to use prefixes like Mr/ Ms/ Mrs/ M/s in the title of legal proceedings.
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Allahabad High Court while hearing a petition filed by retail meat shop owner to renew his licence has held that food, food habits and vending thereof is connected with the right to life and livelihood guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. .
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Allahabad High Court has directed to evict unauthorised occupants from the Allahabad University hostels and to ensure that only lawfully admitted students get accommodation there.
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Delhi HC has upheld arbitrator’s award directing a man to transfer his registered domain name ‘Googlee’ to Google Inc. on the grounds that the name of the homepage was a “slavish” imitation of the most widely used search engine.
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Supreme Court has set up a 5-judge bench to hear the petition accusing WhatsApp and Facebook of privacy violation.

*5th April, 2017*
SC has refused to review its verdict in Jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case and rejected Karnataka government’s plea asking the court to re-examine its decision to abate the proceedings against former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister due to her death.
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Supreme Court has granted temporary relief to a MBBS doctor by allowing him to participate in the medical counseling process of PGM-CET exams without insisting on the rural service bond.
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Quoting of Aadhaar for filing of income tax return and for making an application for allotment of Permanent Account Number (PAN) will be mandatory from 1st July, 2017.
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Calcutta High Court has observed that state/national consumer redressal forums have the trappings of courts and are adjudicatory bodies, and so issues in a suit decided by them attract the principles of res judicata.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to exercise writ jurisdiction to issue directions to upgrade the status of college to university.
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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed costs of Rs. 5,000 each on Union Environment Ministry and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for delay in filing its reply to a plea by a retired Army officer.
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Kerala High Court has directed the State Government to ask the official of Public Works Department (PWD) to file affidavit on the work schedule, including the time of starting and completion of works, of the proposed flyovers at Vyttila and Kundannoor junctions.
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Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra Government to submit dates on which animal slaughter and sale of meat should be banned in deference to religious festivals in the state.

*6th April, 2017*
: Supreme Court by preferring social welfare to legal technicality has held that, even if, a woman is disentitled to maintenance from her husband during the period of separation after deserting him, she will be entitled to it after divorce if she is unable to sustain herself.
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Bombay High Court has directed State Government to file affidavit detailing the utilisation of CM’s Relief Fund from the year 2008-2009 onwards.
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Bombay High Court has quashed 14 year old government order banning mutton sale on Mahavir Jayanti.
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Bombay HC has directed State Government to pay Rs. 20 lakh compensation to MBBS student who was denied admission to the MBBS course in a private college despite being qualified for it.
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Bombay High Court has said that BMC must use modern technology including satellite and drones to supervise unauthorised constructions.
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Bombay High Court while expressing displeasure over the attacks on doctors at civic and government hospitals has directed state government to submit CCTV footage of the assaults at Thane Civil Hospital and the government hospital in Dhule.
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Allahabad High Court has granted bail to two Bisada residents, among the 18 arrested and facing trial for murdering a Muslim man on suspicion of cow slaughter in Dadri in September 2015,
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Bombay High Court has restrained filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar from releasing his film titled Rubik’s Cube which was set to release on April 14.
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Delhi Court has rejected the bail plea of Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra, directors of real estate major Unitech and sent them to 14-day judicial custody.
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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has allowed registration of four new diesel vehicles conforming to BS-IV norms to be used for mechanical cleaning of roads in Greater Noida.
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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed Reliance Jio to withdraw 15-days extension on Jio Prime plan.
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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to initiate action against polluting industries in Ghaziabad and adjoining areas.

*7th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has upheld a Himachal Pradesh High Court order directing a husband to grant maintenance to his deserter wife, whom he had divorced, from the date when divorce was decreed.
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Supreme Court has said that it is necessary for Courts to take a “pragmatic view” of rights of consumers in disputes concerning them since customers are at a disadvantage as compared to service providers.
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Supreme Court, while commuting capital punishment awarded to a murder convict to life term, has noted that death penalty “somehow breaches reformative theory of punishment under criminal law”.
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Supreme Court has sought response of six states, including Rajasthan, on a plea seeking a ban on cow vigilante groups.
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Supreme Court has directed Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to prepare within six weeks an inventory of existing firecrackers with traders in Delhi and National Capital Region.
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Supreme Court has said that there was nothing wrong if a Chief Minister appointed a special advisor even if exchequer had to bear expenses related to appointment.
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Supreme Court has said that it has devised a “mechanism” to deal in a phased manner the issue of arrears of cases which have been a concern for judiciary by bracketing them under various categories.
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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago has ruled that Companies cannot discriminate against their LGBT employees because of their sexual orientation.
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Gujarat High Court has held that husband is not liable for a cheque issued by wife in her personal capacity.
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Bombay High Court has held that under Article 39(f) of Constitution, it is the duty of State to make policy for healthy development of children, and certainly towards mentally-ill and mentally-challenged children.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that fundamental right of a firm to run a business cannot be taken away without following due process of law.
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Madras High Court has struck down a notification issued by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India, which called for imposition of additional fee in nature of a fine or penalty over and above prescribed fee.
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Bombay High Court has refused to grant any relief to Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd and dismissed the notice of motion in a commercial suit filed against Sony Pictures, alleging copyright infringement.
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Madras High Court has made it clear that registration authorities cannot simply refuse to register a sale deed merely on ground that it was objected to by a religious institution or a local body under section 22-A of the Registration (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2008.
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Bombay High Court has commuted life sentence of a man convicted for killing his wife by setting her on fire, observing that he “only wanted to inflict burns and not kill her but unfortunately the situation slipped out of control to a fatal extent”.
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Bombay High Court has sought to know what the State and Union governments’ policies were on employing people with HIV.

*10th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has said that officials ineligible to hold office in Indian Cricket Board or its affiliates cannot be nominated to attend the International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting scheduled from April 24.
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Supreme Court has expressed willingness to walk into volatile situation in Kashmir Valley and make security forces tackle violent protests more humanely if Srinagar-based J&K Bar Association provided unbiased suggestions.
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Supreme Court has observed that a husband, who was major at time of marriage, cannot seek annulment of marriage with his wife on ground that she was minor at time of marriage.
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Supreme Court has refused to allow a woman to abort her 27-week foetus diagnosed with polyhydramnios with Arnold Chairi malformation Type 2 severe hydrocephalus with lumbosacral meningo myelocele and spina bifida with tethered cord.
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Supreme Court has upheld life imprisonment awarded to two sadhus (monks) and a disciple of Vadtal Swaminarayan sect by High Court, finding them guilty of murdering Swami Gadadharanand, who was chairman of Vadtal temple committee.
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Supreme Court has stayed a March 28 order of Uttarakhand High Court, which had put a four-month ban on mining in State saying no fresh lease or prospective licence could be issued during this period.
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Delhi High Court has stayed restoration of contract between Monsanto Inc and Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd, as per Single Judge’s order on former’s patented Bt cotton technology.
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Madras High Court has directed authorities to de-seal 125-year-old St Antony’s church in Ekkattuthangal, allegedly situated on government poromboke land for devotees to offer prayers during the Easter week.
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Delhi High Court has stayed order of Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal, wherein DRAT had held that a Securitization Application under Section 17 of SARFAESI Act, 2002 could not be filed in DRT unless physical possession of property was handed over to or taken over by Mortgagee Bank.
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Bombay High Court has directed State Government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to ensure closure of illegal pet shops selling birds and animals at Crawford Market.
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Kerala High Court has stayed criminal proceedings pending before Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court against former Industries Minister E.P. Jayarajan in connection with appointment of his relative as managing director of Kerala State Industrial Enterprises (KSIE).
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Allahabad High Court has asked Chief Executive Oficer, Noida Authority, to appear before it and apprise about possibility of a multilevel parking in each sector of Noida.
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Delhi High Court has directed Central Government to extend benefits of liberalised land use under National Civil Aviation Policy 2016 (NCAP 2016) to GMR Group-owned Delhi International Airport.
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Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved acquisition of Reliance Retail’s dairy business by Heritage Foods, owned by Andhra Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
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Lok Sabha has passed a Constitution amendment bill to pave way for National Commission for Backward Classes.
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Lok Sabha has passed Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to reduce crashes, deaths and injuries on roads and bring reforms in road transport sector.

*11th April, 2017*
: Supreme Court has set aside Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (Aptel) ruling that allowed Tata Power Ltd and Adani Power Ltd to charge compensatory tariff from consumers.
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Delhi High Court has quashed proceedings against BJP MP Brajesh Pathak in connection with LTC scam in which names of some former MPs had cropped up.

*11th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has cautioned High Courts from issuing interim orders in cases of medical admissions when college in question has not been granted approval by authorities concerned.
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Supreme Court, while reducing life term of a man to 10-year-jail term in a homicidal case, has said that death due to “grave and sudden provocation” could not be termed as a “cruel act” of murder.
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Supreme Court has observed that a general ban on all online content about prenatal sex determination will curtail fundamental right to know of a genuine information-seeker who is driven by curiousity.
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Supreme Court has ordered to shut down a mobile phone tower on ground after a 42-year-old man claimed that the electromagnetic radiation from tower afflicted him with cancer.
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Supreme Court has asked Uttar Pradesh Government to respond to a petition seeking contempt of court action against State authorities for failing to vacate five former Chief Ministers overstaying in Government bungalows.
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Supreme Court has said that it will first decide whether there is a need at all to open a window for public to exchange or deposit their demonetised currency notes post cut-off date of December 31, 2016 prescribed under Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act.
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Bombay High Court has fined two contemnors Rs.5 lakh for deliberate and willful breach of its interim orders which restrained them from creating any tenancies with regard to a property that belongs to a trust.
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Delhi High Court has refused to entertain AAP Government’s Petition seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) Chief M.K. Meena for allegedly disobeying Court’s order by removing an SHO of anti-graft body.
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Delhi High Court has asked Chamber Allotment Committee of High Court to look into issue whether a shop, which is granted licence to sell pan, cigarette and beedi, can be allowed to continue on High Court premises.
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Madras High Court has held that denying employment to daughter of deceased on ground of marriage is violation of Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution.
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Delhi High Court has upheld a Single Bench order restraining DPS World Foundation from using registered mark/name “DPS” or any other mark identical or deceptively similar to registered mark of plaintiff Delhi Public School.
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Kerala HC has rejected plea of Kerala Ration Wholesale Distributors Federation to retain Authorised Wholesale Distributors (AWD) and not to shut them out totally, observing that scheme of NFS Act, 2013 & TPDS Order, 2015 is to exclude private interference or indulgence in distribution system.
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Gujarat High Court, while observing that State’s Liquor prohibition policy has not yielded “positive results”, has said that either it is not effective or something is wrong with implementation of law.
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Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea challenging validity of Article 370 of Constitution which gives a special status to State of Jammu & Kashmir.
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Delhi High Court has allowed Ex-Haryana Chief Minister OP Chautala to seek furlough for attending his grandson’s marriage.
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Madras HC has asked State Government not to compel school teachers recruited before November 15, 2011, to clear Teacher Eligibility Test scheduled for April 29 and 30, and not to insist on an undertaking from them that they would quit service in case they fail.

*12th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has asked Gujarat Trial Court to expedite recording of evidence of prosecution witnesses in a sexual assault case lodged by two Surat-based sisters against self-styled godman Asaram.
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Madras High Court has restrained Tamil Nadu police from arresting Ex-Chief Minister O Panneerselvam’s son O P Ravindranath Kumar and brother O Raja till April 14 in connection with a rioting and criminal intimidation case registered against them by R K Nagar police.
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Rajasthan High Court has banned hiring in Government services through placement agencies, while also restraining State Government from employing a person on contract for a ‘post of permanent nature’.
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Lok Sabha has passed a crucial bill that ensures equal rights to people affected by HIV and AIDS in terms of getting treatment, jobs or admissions to educational institutions.

*12th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has said that third arbitrator in any international rift involving a foreign company should always be from a neutral country for a sense of fairness and to promote India as an arbitration hub.
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Supreme Court has said that a woman convict having three minor children to support would be a ground for courts to impose a lenient sentence on her.
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Supreme Court has said that a victim in a criminal case cannot file an appeal against an order of acquittal without permission of High Court concerned.
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Supreme Court has directed Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to file an audit report to explain how authorities had spent Rs 5,000 crore of a real estate cess, which was meant for welfare of construction workers.
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Supreme Court has dismissed petition filed against Punjab and Haryana High Court’s judgment refusing to prosecute officials responsible for accidents caused by badly constructed/maintained roads and bridges.
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Supreme Court has held that to ascertain actual accumulated loses to be set off in hands of assesssee, first adjust income that is accruing to it on account of waiver of interest by financial institutions.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court has declined to issue directions for hoisting of a National Flag all the days on public buildings mandatorily.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought reply within six weeks from State Government on a PIL for protection of forest land from being encroached upon after incidents of fire.
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Delhi High Court has upheld inclusion of Ketamine in list of psychotropic substances for purposes of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
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Delhi High Court has rejected ‘constitutionality’ challenge against Regulation 35 and proviso to Regulation 37(1) of Competition Commission of India (General) Regulations, 2009, as well as Regulation 6 of Competition Commission of India (Lesser Penalty) Regulations, 2009.
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Madras High Court has ordered status quo on service conditions linked to terminal benefits, pension and seniority of migrant employees of five banks which was merged with State Bank of India recently.
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Delhi High Court has held that Tata Camelot Housing Project cannot be allowed as it was well within catchment area of Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh.
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Bombay High Court has asked Airports Authority of India (AAI), Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to demolish within two months 110 buildings and structures that violate height norms and create obstacles around approach area of airport.
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Bombay High Court, while observing that environment cannot be massacred in name of development, has asked Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) to prove it did not damage a children’s park while executing its Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro project.
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Delhi High Court has asked Speaker Ram Niwas Goel whether Legislative Assembly would collapse in absence of the its present Secretary PK Suryadevara, who has been sent back to All India Radio (AIR).
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Bombay High Court has said that an investor in a construction firm that builds illegal structures is liable to face criminal prosecution.

*13th April, 2017*
President Pranab Mukherjee has given his approval to four supporting legislations related to Goods and Services Tax (GST), paving way for roll out of one-nation-one-tax regime from July 1.
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Supreme Court has directed Centre and CBSE to include Urdu as a medium of language in NEET 2018-19.
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Supreme Court has held that a senior will have to give way to eligible juniors if s/he is not otherwise eligible for consideration as per rules for promotion.
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Supreme Court has issued notice to Centre and Election Commission on a petition filed by Bahujan Samaj Party seeking immediate introduction of a paper trail with every EVM voting to ensure there is no tampering with machine.
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Supreme Court has said that it was not opposed to an amicable settlement of Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal row and asked both Haryana and Punjab to find a solution to it soon.
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Hyderabad High Court has dismissed petition challenging decision of TSRTC insisting for sale of Bisleri brand of drinking water in bus stations in Telangana.
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Delhi High Court has observed that for things to improve in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), outsiders should be barred from entering its campus.
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Bombay High Court has asked whether Amul ice cream ad, which HUL has challenged as being disparaging to its frozen desserts, can now say “vanaspati tel yani vegetable oil”.
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Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Bill, 2017 that aims to compensate States for loss of revenue due to implementation of GST has received President assent.
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Employee’s Compensation Amendment Bill that aims at providing payment of compensation to employees and their dependants in case of injury by industrial accidents, which include occupational diseases has received President assent.

*13th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has observed that citizens have right to access internet to gain information, wisdom and knowledge and their right cannot be curtailed unless it encroaches into boundary of illegality.
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Supreme Court has reiterated that from April 1, 2017, only such vehicles that comply with BS-IV standards shall be manufactured, sold and registered across the country.
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Supreme Court has allowed Ex-CBI Director R.K. Raghavan to bow out of his responsibilities as chairman of Special Investigation Team (SIT) into 2002 post-Godhra riots cases.
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Supreme Court has asked Haji Ali Dargah Trust to remove encroachments in a 908 sq mt area around famous Mumbai mosque by May 8 while making it clear that area containing the shrine will remain protected.
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Supreme Court, while holding that a Government cannot be allowed to be insensitive towards plight of drought-hit farmers who commit suicide, has said that State must take necessary steps to grant relief to them.
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Supreme Court has said that it would hear after vacations a matter challenging decision to denotify highways to overcome liquor ban.
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Ministry of Labour and Employment, while releasing a set of clarifications w.r.t. Maternity Act’17, has said that Act is applicable to contractual or consultant women employees, as well as to women who are already on maternity leave at time of enforcement of Amendment Act.
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Bombay High Court has examined whether State retains powers conferred by Section 10 of Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1932 to make certain offences cognizable and non-bailable, even though Criminal Procedure Code 1898 was repealed and replaced by Criminal Procedure Code 1973.
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Allahabad High Court has asked State Government about deliberations of High Power Committee in connection with issuing of licence and renewal of slaughter houses and meat shops.
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Delhi HC has directed MoCA and AAI to refer to International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) case of three builders seeking an aeronautical survey to ascertain if proposed height of their projects in vicinity of Mumbai Airport, Juhu Airport and Santacruz Airport would risk aircraft movement.
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Madras High Court has refused to transfer distribution rights to a third party for release of multi-lingual film ‘Bahubali 2’.
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Karnataka High Court has said that admission procedure adopted by St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences (St John’s Medical College) is contrary to regulation 9A of Post Gradutate Medical Education Regulations, 2000.
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Delhi High Court, worried over unclaimed corpses piling up in city morgues, some even for four months, has asked authorities to streamline process for their quick disposal.
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National Green Tribunal has continued stay order issued earlier by Calcutta High Court on State Forest Department, restraining it from felling trees in forest land near Gorumara National Park in north Bengal.
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has tightened rules that trigger regulatory action on lenders when they fall short of capital or exceed bad loan limits.

*14th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has said that candidates availing of age relaxation under reserved categories for government jobs can’t claim the right to be appointed under general category.
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Supreme Court has said that Karnataka has “no right” over historic Beaulieu Estate in the heart of Bengaluru city as it was purchased nearly 117 years ago by Dewan of Mysore on behalf of First Princess.
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Supreme Court, in a wake-up call to automobile giants to contribute their bit to curb rising pollution levels in Delhi and NCR, has said that a collective effort is needed to clean up the air.
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Supreme Court has dismissed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) challenging constitutional validity of Section 35F of the Central Excise Act, 1944.
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Supreme Court (SC) has issued notices to Medical Council of India (MCI) and State Government asking them to reply to a plea filed by non-service doctors over incentive marks granted to in-service doctors applying for post-graduate courses through NEET 2017.
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Supreme Court, while ordering a tenant to vacate premises immediately, has said it is “unfortunate” that the landlord had been litigating for more than four decades to get back possession of his own premises.
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Hyderabad High Court has held that cases of bride-burning fall in the category of “rarest of rare cases” and also deserve death sentence.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed anticipatory bail application of an accused in a gang rape case with observation that “young age of applicant is not a ground for grant of anticipatory bail”.
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Delhi High Court has held that a magistrate under Section 156 (3) CrPC cannot direct Station House Officer (SHO) of a police station beyond its territorial jurisdiction to investigate the crime.
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Patna High Court has ordered re-evaluation of answer sheet of a CBSE student of Intermediate Examination (Science), 2016, though there is no provision for re-evaluation under CBSE regulations.
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Delhi High Court, while upholding termination of services of a teacher by a private school in National Capital, has said that a Court can’t replace opinion of employer on an employee’s performance.
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Delhi High Court has held that foreign arbitral award can be enforced in India pertaining to put options, exit at assured return, and guarantee arrangements and provisions of FEMA and related regulations cannot be claimed as defense by Indian parties.
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Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with admission process for postgraduate medical courses in Delhi University and Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University for academic year 2017-18.
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Gujarat High Court has refused a plea for CBI investigation in Una Dalit flogging incident.
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Hyderabad High Court, slamming brakes on State Bank of India (SBI)’s merger with five of its subsidiary banks and its ‘hasty’ efforts to assimilate officers through an options route, has directed SBI not to finalise or act on the options given by officers of subsidiary banks.
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Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Income Tax Department to investigate into an incident of IT returns of an RTI applicant being released to third parties without his consent.

*17th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has said that Former BCCI Chief N Srinivasan cannot represent Indian Cricketing Board at ICC meeting next week as he has been held guilty of conflict of interest.
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Supreme Court has refused to reschedule date of NEET examination scheduled on May 7, 2017.
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Supreme Court has allowed protesting Tamil Nadu farmers to file an intervention application in farmer suicide cases.
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Supreme Court has sought a response from Centre on a petition moved by actor-director Amol Palekar, who has sought to reclaim “contours of individual freedoms” by taking away Censor Board’s authority of pre-censorship of films.
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Supreme Court has referred the question ‘Is an expelled lawmaker bound by anti-defection law that mandates an elected representative to follow his or her party whip issued during floor test?’ to a larger bench.
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Supreme Court has held that when there are eyewitnesses, including injured witness who fully support prosecution case which proved roles of different accused, prosecution case cannot be negated only on ground that it was a case of group rivalry.
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Delhi High Court has permanently restrained two taxi drivers’ unions from interfering in services offered by taxi aggregators Ola and Uber in National Capital Region.
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Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a plea seeking to restrain AAP Government from paying Rs 1.22 crore to veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani for appearing on behalf of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a defamation suit filed against him by Union Minister Arun Jaitley.
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Karnataka High Court has upheld validity of Government Order that had made mandatory for private schools to admit students at two entry points – pre-school and class one simultaneously.
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Bombay High Court has asked State Government to file an affidavit with details of Police Complaint Authority that needs to be set up at State and District level.
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Delhi High Court has sought Jawharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) stand on an appeal challenging a single Judge’s order dismissing plea by some students against its new admission policy for 2017-18 based on a 2016 UGC regulation.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notice to Governments of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on a PIL that wants the column giving caste details deleted from FIRs and other documents of criminal prosecution.
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Bombay High Court has directed State Government to evolve a proper mechanism to ensure that there is no shortage medicines for haemophiliacs.
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Bombay High Court has upheld charges under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, against director of a trust operating an Ashramshala in Satara for not reporting a case of rape of a minor girl in school to police.
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Maharashtra State Chief Information Commissioner has directed Chief Secretary of Government of Maharashtra to maintain an e-register with details of all RTI applications and their disposal.

*18th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has allowed CBI’s appeal in Babri mosque demolition case and restores criminal conspiracy charge against L K Advani and other BJP leaders.
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Supreme Court has asked Army why it chose to maintain silence despite Commissions of Inquiry set up by Manipur Government over alleged rape and murder against its personnel in Manipur during insurgency.
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Supreme Court has granted two months to Kerala Water Authority (KWA) to clean up two water tanks at historic Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in the capital.
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Supreme Court has said that its 2014 order asking Samsung group chairman Lee Kun-hee to appear before a local Court in a cheating case may be wrong, but he must obey it as long as it isn’t set aside.
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Supreme Court has issued notice to Central Government in a plea seeking framing of a policy for promoting National Anthem, National Song and the National Flag.
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Supreme Court has held that Section 50 (2) of Income Tax Act will not apply to a case where entire running business with assets and liabilities is sold by assessee in one go, as such sale cannot be considered as “short-term capital assets”.
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SC has upheld a notification issued by Bihar Government authorizing all officers of rank of police inspector, sub-inspector of police and assistant sub-inspector of police to investigate cases filed under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989, within the State of Bihar.
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SC, while upholding Rule 5 of MP Micro & Small Enterprises Facilitation Council Rules, 2006, which provides for recovery of amount for which award is passed under Section 18(3) of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006, has mooted for need of speedy recovery proceedings.
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Bombay High Court has asked State Government whether there was a policy or scheme in place for children born to victims of rape.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed an applicant to deposit a requisite court fees in a criminal complaint case after he prayed due to demonetization he was unable to deposit it following financial constraints.
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Allahabad High Court has disposed of a PIL with certain observations for release of Kulbhushan Jadhav from Pakistan and his deportation to India.
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Delhi High Court has declined Aam Aadmi Party’s request to use second-generation EVMs with paper trail in April 23 civic polls in National Capital.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a plea by seven hotel and restaurant owners challenging UT Administration’s decision to not rename Madhya Marg as a major district road.
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Central Information Commission (CIC) has upheld an order rejecting an RTI application seeking details of income tax returns of a person on ground that disclosure would cause unwarranted invasion to privacy of assessee.

*19th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has held that when there is an exclusive jurisdiction clause in an arbitration agreement stating that Courts at a particular place alone would have jurisdiction in respect of disputes arising under the agreement, it would oust all other Courts’ jurisdiction in the matter.
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Supreme Court has observed that an FIR can be quashed in part against some accused against whom no cognizable offence is made out.
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Supreme Court, while upholding a High Court order which has set aside conviction of accused in a murder case, has observed that Court cannot be expected to surrender its own judgment and delegate its authority to a third person.
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Supreme Court has set aside a judgment passed by Himachal Pradesh High Court because of the convoluted English used in judgment.
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Supreme Court has quashed criminal defamation case against BV Seetharam, the proprietor of newspaper Karavali Ale on grounds that he is neither editor nor printer and publisher of newspaper in question, but is only the proprietor.
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Supreme Court has upheld Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment which had quashed ‘hereditary jobs’ scheme for Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) employees observing that the scheme is a device to perpetuate succession.
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Supreme Court has brushed aside a government suggestion that it hold off a hearing into privacy issues involving WhatsApp as new rules on data protection issues would be in place by Diwali.
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Supreme Court has held that a second detention order under Bihar Control of Crimes Act, 1981, can only be passed on fresh grounds that arise after order of revocation.
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Supreme Court has set aside a Kerala HC judgment, which had held that law to be applied for consideration of application for grant of foreign liquor licence must be as on date on which Excise Commissioner made recommendation for grant of licence, as was in force on that date.
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Delhi High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to Government to approach International Court of Justice for securing release of Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been illegally detained at an unknown location in Pakistan and also sentenced by a military court there.
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Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed PIL seeking CBI / NIA probe into unfortunate incident of falling of dome which was being prepared for Prime Minister to address the public.
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Bombay High Court has held that there cannot be a fresh FIR on receipt of every subsequent information in respect of same cognizable offence or same incident giving rise to one or more cognizable offences.
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Delhi High Court has directed All India Institute of Medical Science to furnish medical records of 18-year-old accident victim, Sunil, whose sister had complained that hospital forcibly discharged him.
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Delhi High Court has told Police to focus on urgent steps they can take to address issue of safety and security of public, especially of women and children.
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Calcutta High Court has ordered Income Tax Department to refund in valid/new currency, any money held by it on account of a Court order.
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Karnataka High Court has held that State Government can no longer exercise power under KIAD Act, 1966 without conforming to prerequisites as prescribed under Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Act, 2013.

*20th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has approved e-auction of Taj Mansingh Hotel in Delhi, rejecting claim of Tata group-owned Indian Hotels Co. Ltd (IHCL) over the property.
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Supreme Court has quashed Patna High Court’s order granting bail to Bachcha Rai, the mastermind of Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) topper scam.
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Gujarat High Court has ordered a stay on issuance of final notification by Centre to declare area around Gir Wildlife Sanctuary as eco- sensitive zone.
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Central Government has issued a notification announcing that sections 3-19, 40, 59-70, 79 and 80 of Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, shall come into force on May 1, 2017.
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Government has notified Section 234 of Companies Act 2013 (2013 Act) which permits cross border mergers with effect from 13 April 2017 paving way for Inbound Merger & Outbound Merger in India.

*20th April, 2017*
SC, while ruling that a person could not be prosecuted for hurting religious sentiments if his action was unwitting and not deliberate or malicious, has quashed a criminal case against MS Dhoni for allegedly committing the offence as he was portrayed as Lord Vishnu on a business magazine cover.
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Supreme Court has set a benchmark for maintenance to be paid by a husband to his estranged wife, stating that 25% of his net salary might constitute a “just and proper” amount as alimony.
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Pakistan Supreme Court has constituted a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to conduct further investigation into corruption allegations levelled by opposition against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
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Delhi High Court has held that merely because proprietor of trade mark have not felt need to take action against some for using his trade name, as according to him, such use does not affect his business, the same cannot deprive proprietor of protective action when another invades his business.
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Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea by Pragati Maidan buildings architect to preserve it, a day before demolition of Hall of Nations is expected to start.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that Court in a writ jurisdiction cannot direct State to include or exclude any caste in list of Scheduled Tribes published under authority of President of India.
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Kerala High Court, taking a note of ‘sad state of affairs’ prevailing in State in matter of crime investigation, has asked Government to take some concrete action to separate crime investigation and maintenance of law and order.
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Kerala High Court has refused a Judge’s plea to expunge certain remarks made in a judgment in which some critical observations were made against him, though it clarified that none of those observations shall stand in way of career progression of the Judge in any manner.
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Kerala High Court has dismissed a plea to direct Kerala Public Service Commission to conduct Lower Division Clerk examination online instead of on OMR basis.
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Patna High Court, while upholding that a partition suit cannot be filed directly in a Permanent Lok Adalat, has observed that forums of Permanent Lok Adalat are being misused by dishonest litigants in connivance with certain judicial officers.
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Kerala High Court, taking a note of ‘sad state of affairs’ prevailing in State in matter of crime investigation, has asked Government to take some concrete action to separate crime investigation and maintenance of law and order.
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Gujarat High Court has said that if parents find difficulty in securing admission for children in class I under Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), they may approach any of Government’s 490 receiving centres which will facilitate admissions.
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Allahabad High Court has ordered sealing of more than 1,000 flats in Supertech Czar residential project of Greater Noida which were constructed allegedly without due approvals.
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Karnataka High Court has ruled that Section 24 of Centre’s Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 that deals with compensation, was applicable to land parcels acquired under Karnataka Industrial Areas Development (KIAD) Act, 1966.
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Bombay High Court has said that merely giving compensation to rape survivors is not enough, and efforts should be made by State government to frame a policy for welfare of children born to them as they too are victims.
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Bombay High Court has said that if parents desire, they are at liberty to purchase private text books for their references.

*21st April, 2017*
Supreme Court, while reiterating Constitutional protection to freedom of speech and expression has clarified that insults made on religious faith of a particular community “unwittingly or carelessly” without malice is not an offence.
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Supreme Court has said that amount of alimony awarded to a woman must be befitting the status of parties and capacity of spouse to pay maintenance.
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Supreme Court, while maintaining that no one can force a woman to love someone as she has her own independent choice, has observed that “Why can’t women live in peace in this country”.
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Supreme Court has imposed a cost of Rs one lakh on Government for not coming out with agreed directions to improve condition of destitute widows, despite its direction.
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Supreme Court has set aside a Rajasthan High Court judgment which did not set out even factual controversy nor dealt with submissions urged by parties before it and nor examined issues in context of relevant provisions of the Act that governed the controversy.
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Supreme Court has held that no decree can be reversed or substantially varied in appeal or revision on account of misjoinder or non-joinder of parties.
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Supreme Court has given two months time to Kerala Water Authority (KWA) to clean up the pond of historic Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala.
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Delhi High Court has said that a voter may be “swayed” by level of education of a candidate and prefer to cast his vote in favour of someone with a higher qualification.
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Allahabad High Court ruled that Noida Authority is not a profit-making organisation, hence, it should be considered a civic body and be allowed all benefits of a civic agency.
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Kerala High Court has recently held that Universities are not subservient to Government but are expected to act autonomously and independently under provisions of the Act that empowers and enlivens them.
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Rajasthan High Court has held that writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is maintainable against National Law University, Jodhpur.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that “no college has any statutory, fundamental or any vested right to claim that it should be made an examination centre”.
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Rajasthan High Court has recently held that there is no requirement of previous sanction under Section 19 of Prevention of Corruption Act for ordering a preliminary inquiry against a public servant.
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Bombay High Court has upheld order of a Family Court dissolving a marriage between a couple who had been married since 1987, on grounds that act of the wife in lodging a false Criminal Complaint under section 498-A against her husband amounts to cruelty.
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Bombay High Court has set aside rape conviction of one Anant Shivde, giving him benefit of doubt after it was found that evidence of prosecution suffers from several infirmities as well as improbabilities.
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Delhi High Court has asked Central government to respond to a petition seeking capping of airfares.

*24th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to Centre for implemention of the recommendations of Justice J S Verma committee to bring into force fundamental duties of citizens.
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Supreme Court has directed Kerala Government to reinstate Former Director General of Police T P Senkumar, and said he was transferred from the post “arbitrarily”.
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Supreme Court has asked Secretary General of the Court to inform all High Courts about pendency of ‘senior designation’ matter before it.
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Supreme Court has held that Section 34 (4) of Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, does not empower Court to relegate parties before Arbitral Tribunal after having set aside arbitral award in question.
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Kerala High Court has observed that school authorities, while accepting a ward in their boarding house, are required to take all adequate and prudent steps in relation to welfare of the child, as they stand in loco parentis in so far as child is concerned, though may be to a limited extent.
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Bombay High Court has restrained associations of taxi drivers and owners in Mumbai from stopping drivers attached to app-based cab service provider Uber from doing their work.
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Madras High Court has directed Head of Project Tiger, Kalakad Mundunthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) at Ambasamudram in Tirunelveli district to consider a plea made by a 57-year-old farmer to grant him compensation for having been attacked by a bear which strayed into his farm in Chettimedu village.
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Central Information Commission has held that when information is being sought by applicant, non-traceability of file cannot be used as an excuse to deny information sought.
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Medical Council of India (MCI), while asking all registered Medical Practitioners to ensure that they prescribe drugs with generic names only, has warned disciplinary action against those found violating these regulations.
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National Company Law Tribunal, while dismissing Cyrus Mistry petition that alleged mismanagement and minority shareholder oppression at Tata Sons, has said that former chairman’s family firms failed to make a ‘prima facie’ case and show ’cause of action’ against India’s largest conglomerate.

*24th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has held that Formula One World Championship (FOWC) in motor racing is liable to be taxed in India for the F1 Grand Prix Championship.
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Supreme Court, while rejecting plea of an accused facing trial to produce certain pages of police diary obtained by him through RTI for the purpose of contradicting police officer, has reiterated that accused cannot claim unfettered right to inspect case diary.
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Supreme Court has rejected a plea to incorporate detailed life history and teachings of all 10 Sikh Gurus along with Guru Granth Sahib in syllabus of all classes in history books for teaching.
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Supreme Court has transferred a Public Interest Litigation seeking de-polluting of river Yamuna and a complete clean up to National Green Tribunal, after hearing it for 23 years.
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Supreme Court has directed Uttar Pradesh Government to fill over 1.5 lakh police vacancies in State in fours years, saying filling up of posts will help in dealing with law and order problem.
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Supreme Court has directed a husband to provide his wife Rs. 50 lakh amount and a flat worth Rs. 1 crore, even though it held that acts of wife in filing false complaints against husband amounted to cruelty.
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Supreme Court has directed real estate firm Unitech to deposit 14 per cent interest on Rs. 16.55 crore invested by 39 home buyers in its project in Gurugram by May 8.
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Supreme Court has issued notices to Indian Army and Centre on a plea seeking a review of Sahayak system and its alleged misuse.
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Supreme Court has ordered notice to Centre, Tamil Nadu Government and Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) in an appeal filed by Poovulagin Nanbargal against CRZ clearance granted to Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) units 3-6.
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Supreme Court has observed that India’s reputation and its extradition requests suffer because it has not ratified the UN convention against torture.
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Bombay High Court while refusing to quash an FIR registered u/s 420, 406, 467, 471 and 34 of IPC, has held that complainant cannot pick and choose an accused as per his convenience.
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Bombay High Court has directed State to set up a high-powered committee to resolve issues of resident doctors.
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Allahabad High Court has directed UP Government to appoint District Grievance Redressal Officers within a month for expeditious and effective resolution of complaints with regard to distribution of welfare benefits under National Food Security Act.
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HIV Act, 2017 that seeks to prohibits discrimination against persons with HIV and AIDS has received President assent on April 20, 2017.

*25th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has said that alleged Hizbul Mujahideen operative and Former AMU research scholar Gulzar Ahmad Wani will be released on bail on November 1 if the Trial Court fails to complete witnesses’ examination by that time.
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Supreme Court has directed all States and Union Territories to ‘scrupulously’ follow the new law prescribed under Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016,
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Supreme Court, while sending a strong message to medical fraternity who provide medical asylum to VVIP accused, has awarded a fine of Rs 1.4 crore on two doctors for admitting an Ex- MLA, a murder accused, in their hospital for 527 days without any ailment in a contempt case.
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Supreme Court has asked Centre to extend to the India-Bangladesh border areas the rules framed to counter cross-border cattle smuggling to Nepal.
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Supreme Court has declined to entertain a PIL filed by BJP spokesperson and advocate Ashwini Upadhyay for a direction to Government to review the working of Constitution.
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Karnataka High Court has held that any person, whether male or female, aggrieved and alleging violation of provisions of Domestic Violence Act, can invoke provisions under the Act.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that ceremonial gift given to a visiting dignitary in Gurudwara cannot be said to be an offence within purview of the MP Government’s notification as it was not carried in a public place.
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Delhi High Court has reiterated that nomination is not a Will in law and in absence of any Will, only legal heirs (as per the Hindu Succession Act) shall be entitled to inherit property of deceased.
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Delhi High Court has asked AAP Government to take all necessary steps to prevent outbreak of vector-borne diseases, including dengue, chikungunya and malaria, which are caused on account of mosquito bites.
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Allahabad High Court has issued directions to State to ensure that adequate safety measures are undertaken by Electricity Department.
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Karnataka High Court has held that reservation to the extent of at least 25 per cent under RTE Act applies to both entry levels, if the school is imparting education at both levels.
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A Civil Court in Bengaluru has granted temporary injunction holding back author Chetan Bhagat from selling his book `One Indian Girl’ following a city-based writer’s suit claiming that the work was a copy of one of her short stories, `Drawing Parallels’ from her book, `Life, Odds & Ends’.

*26th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has said that acquittal of relatives or husband under Section 498A IPC will bar prosecution to use presumption available under Section 113A of Evidence Act prove abetment to suicide under Section 306IPC.
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Supreme Court has asked Centre to examine enacting a law to regulate Government funds for NGOs and prosecute them in case of misuse, misappropriation of funds or non-filing of annual statements.
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Supreme Court, while holding that bail cannot be granted on sole ground that accused was in custody for a long time, has said that when seriousness of offence is high, the mere fact that he was in jail for however long time should not be the concern of the Courts.
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SC has ordered handing over of probe report submitted by Former Judge Justice S B Sinha on 2006 Meerut fire which claimed 60 lives, which fixed responsibilities and liabilities on State Government and organizers, to Uttar Pradesh Government for it to take a stand on disbursement of compensation.
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Supreme Court, while strongly pushing for appointment of a Lokpal, has said that existing Lokpal bill is a workable piece of legislation and there was no justification to keep its operation pending.
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Bombay High Court has held that an Appellate Court cannot dismiss an appeal exercising its jurisdiction under Section 386, unless matter has been decided on merits.

*27th April, 2017*
Supreme Court has put a poser as to why there was no objection from lawmakers on Government’s decision to make Aadhaar mandatory for making PAN cards, a move which was given effect by latest Budget from July 1.
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Supreme Court has said that dignity of its decree passed in Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal case must be maintained and the directions implemented.
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Supreme Court has extended till June 19 the parole of Sahara Chief Subrata Roy with a warning that failure to meet deadline of June 15 for payment of Rs 1,500 crore would land him in prison once again.
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Supreme Court has upheld its direction for mandatory registration of FIR against Armed Forces Personnel, even in disturbed areas under Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA), for every encounter death despite Centre pleading that this order could jeopardise efforts to maintain peace and security.
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Supreme Court has held that Constitution does not mandate that in all matters concerning appointment to various offices in different bodies, primacy must be accorded to opinion of Chief Justice or his nominee.
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Supreme Court has dismissed Centre’s plea to recall a 2016 verdict on conducting a probe into 1,528 cases of alleged fake encounters in Manipur in last 20 years.
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Supreme Court, while setting aside conviction of accused in Hindu Munnani Activist murder case, has observed that confessions of accused are involuntary as they were taken in immediate custody of high security of CBI and a non-voluntary confession cannot form the basis of conviction.
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Bombay High Court has held that an Appellate Court cannot dismiss an appeal exercising its jurisdiction under Section 386 of CrPC, unless the matter has been decided on merits.
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Bombay High Court has directed completion of admission process to law colleges for this academic year within stipulated time without Bar Council of India’s consent or approval.
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Bombay High Court has directed petitioners of a PIL opposing idea of Life Insurance Corporation of India holding one-third equity stake in tobacco giant ITC, to implead Union Ministry of Finance, ITC, Ministry of Industries and Commerce and SEBI as respondents.
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Madras High Court has set aside a Judgment delivered by District & Sessions Judge No.II, Kancheepuram observing that impugned judgment is a classic example as to how a Court of Law in this Country should not pen down a judgment.
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Delhi High Court directed AAP Government to ensure that a 12-year-old Afghan refugee girl, who has been allegedly asked by her school not to attend classes since she does not have an Aadhaar card, be allowed to study.
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Delhi High Court acted tough with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for not being vigilant enough after a speech and hearing impaired mentally-challenged girl managed to exit a station without a token before going missing.
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Delhi High Court has said that hospitals cannot hold patients “hostage” to extract money for unpaid bills.
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Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Police to flash photographs of missing persons on social media “without fail” to ensure such persons are traced soon enough.
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Delhi High Court has said that even minor children have liberty to choose not to live with their parents.

*28th April, 2017*
Bombay High Court has set a precedent after it served a summon via WhatsApp in a copyright infringement suit against producers of Kannada movie ‘Pushpaka Vimana’ released in 2017.
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Bombay High Court at Goa has directed State Government to consider providing potable water to residents of Sonshi and to ensure that dust pollution in village is under control.
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Uttarakhand High Court, while hearing a petition alleging tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in Vikasnagar constituency, has ordered that EVMs of constituency be sealed.
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Karnataka High Court has ruled that stepchild of a deceased public servant is not eligible for appointment under Karnataka Civil Services (Compassionate Appointment) Rules, 1996.
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Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has decided to allow individuals to withdraw money for treatment of illnesses, purchase of equipment for handicap as well as borrow for funding education and house building through self-declaration.

Bombay High Court has turned down plea of two advocates, who had appealed to it to suo moto take up issue of inconvenience citizens are facing after demonetisation of 500 and 1,000 rupee currency notes.

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Supreme Court has questioned Centre’s “contradictory” stands on bovines, asking how it could permit Jallikattu where bulls are subjected to rough treatment and used for entertainment when Constitution has provisions to protect cows.

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Supreme Court has asked CBI to examine whether it could investigate all 76 FIRs lodged against Nirmal Singh Bhangoo-headed Pearl group of Companies in different States in connection with a Rs 45,000 crore land development scam.

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Supreme Court has given two weeks’ time to Gujarat to file its response to Social Activist Teesta Setalvad’s petition challenging State Police’s order to freeze her personal and NGO’s accounts.

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Supreme Court has stepped up efforts to punish sex-determination of fetuses under PNDT Act and said India could ill-afford a socially explosive situation caused by dropping sex-ratio.

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Delhi High Court has slammed South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) while refusing to rely on its affidavit regarding unauthorized constructions in upscale Sainik Farms.

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Delhi High Court, while hearing a plea over non-cleaning of rubble from construction site of Barapullah flyover above Kushak Nallah by Public Works Department, has remarked “Don’t turn Delhi into a dumping ground”.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition seeking to transfer probe into RSS Man Assault Case to CBI for ensuring free and fair investigation.

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Punjab & Haryana High Court has asked UT Administration to look into feasibility of increasing water level of Sukhna Lake by two feet, taking up a petition to save water body.

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Punjab & Haryana High Court has upheld appointment of Justice (Retd) Naval Kishore Aggarwal as Haryana Lokayukta.

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Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu Social Welfare Department to look into allegations that funds under various welfare schemes were sanctioned to 26 ineligible beneficiaries and take steps to recover amount.

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Madras High Court has issued notice to State Government on plea seeking to quash Government order prohibiting fishing by Mechanized Vessels, Motorized Country Craft and those using mechanized techniques in a radius of five nautical miles around potential nesting and breeding sites of sea turtles.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court has annulled admission cancellation order of 37 MBBS candidates who were given admission in private colleges exceeding intake capacity (150) due to human error.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has proposed constitution of a Central Committee of chief secretaries from five states – Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh – to prepare an emergency action plan to combat air pollution.

*10th November, 2016*

Bombay High Court has dismissed a plea seeking scrapping of Section 56 of CPC, which prohibits arrest or detention of women in execution of decree for payment of money, on ground that it is violative of Articles 14 and 15 of Constitution.

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Bombay High Court has issued notices to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), and State Government asking if the state has a policy in place to address the problem of “critical shortage” of burial spaces in City.

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Madras High Court has dismissed a petition filed against Government move to scrap old notes of denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 and observed that demonetisation was good for Country.

*10th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has asked Government and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) whether they intend to just sit back and watch people gasp for breath and finally die in a polluted National Capital.

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Delhi HC, while slamming Central & AAP Government over alarming rate of Air Pollution in National Capital, has said that, failure of Government to reduce air pollution amounts to “genocide”.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has defined the term “environmental emergency” and listed measures to be taken by Delhi and its neighbouring States whenever air quality index crosses “severe” levels.

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Madras High Court has questioned Tamil Nadu Government for failing to allocate adequate funds for Judiciary and has asked ‘Whether State was facing a “Financial Emergency” and proposed to declare it as such’.

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Karnataka High Court has upheld rules framed by State Government to regulate fares by Taxi Aggregators such as Ola and Uber, which includes a ban on surge pricing by these platforms.

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Delhi HC has said that roads and pavements in National Capital cannot be allowed to be blocked by hawkers, but genuine street vendors would be protected.

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Kerala High Court has upheld dismissal of a Basketball Coach Rajan David from service for sexually molesting women athletes.

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European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the shape of multicoloured three-dimensional puzzle Rubik’s Cube is not a trademark.

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Allahabad High Court directed State Government to reply on alleged ill-treatment given to mentally unstable patients at Hazrat Munawwar Ali Shah Babas Dargah in Himmatganj locality of Allahabad.

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Madras High Court has given Central Government three months to appoint an additional expert member for South Zone Bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on regular basis.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped Delhi Government for not installing Air Filters in Government Schools during recent thick smog which had engulfed National Capital for almost 10 days.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to file a status report on steps taken to combat air pollution and mindless dumping of municipal solid waste at Kaushambi in Ghaziabad.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought explanations from West Bengal Environment Department, Director General of West Bengal Police and Commissioner of Kolkata Police on why regulations of West Bengal Pollution Control Board(WBPCB) regarding noise are not imposed in State.

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A Mumbai Court has declared beleaguered entrepreneur Vijay Mallya, a proclaimed offender and directed the Enforcement Directorate to freeze movable properties listed by Agency in its application.

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has eased rules for various stressed asset resolution schemes and expanded scope of a loan recast plan previously limited to infrastructure sector.

*11th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has admitted appeal filed by Rajasthan Government challenging acquittal of Bollywood actor Salman Khan in a case of Chinkara Poaching in Jodhpur.

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Supreme Court, while refusing to stay Allahabad High Court verdict restraining Noida Toll Bridge Company Ltd from levying cess, has said that DND flyway connecting Delhi and neighbouring Noida will remain toll free for commuters.

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Supreme Court has upheld constitutional validity of State Legislations with regard to levy of Entry Tax on goods coming into its territory.

*11th November, 2016*

Gujarat High Court has turned down an appeal seeking direction to Chief Information Commissioner to ask Government to furnish details on 2013 jailbreak attempt at Sabarmati Central Jail.

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Hyderabad High Court has granted a stay on arrest of Lakshmichand Samdhariya and his wife, parents of 13-year-old girl Aradhana, died of cardiac arrest after fasting for 61 days during holy period of ‘Chaumasa’.

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Madras High Court has directed Election Commission (EC) to file an affidavit of expenses incurred for conduct of Assembly Elections to Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies, which were cancelled in May following evidence by Poll Panel of money used to bribe voters.

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Karnataka High Court has sought information on how soon Chief Secretary could decide on a representation seeking removal of Raghaveshwara Bharati seer of Sri Ramachandrapura Mutt.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT), while directing Delhi Government, to introduce mechanical cleaning in National Capital, has said that, manual cleaning of road dust must be stopped immediately.

*15th November, 2016*

Supreme Court while refusing to stay demonetisation of 1000 and 500-rupee notes, has asked Centre to file an affidavit giving details of steps taken to ease inconvenience faced by citizens.

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Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a PIL seeking a ban on burqas and other face veils in public places due to security threat to National Capital.

*15th November, 2016*

Madras High Court has refused to accept argument that demonetization of 500 and 1,000 currency notes will impact elections in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies, and hence polls to these two segments must be postponed.

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Kerala High Court has held that a rape survivor is eligible for Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) as unwanted pregnancy is a threat to her life.

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Bombay High Court has rejected a plea filed by Gujarat riot rape survivor Bilkis Bano to intervene and be heard in an appeal filed by convicts and in a plea against acquittal filed by CBI in 2002 rape and murder case.

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Bombay High Court has allowed NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal and his nephew Sameer to withdraw a petition challenging constitutional validity of certain provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

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Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition seeking CBI probe into lynching of Mohd Akhlaq on beef consumption rumours at Dadri in Gautam Budh Nagar in September 2015.

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Rajasthan High court ordered a CBI probe into mysterious triple murder at National Handloom Showroom at Johari Bazar in Jaipur eleven years back.

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Bombay High Court has said time has come for Maharashtra Government to take immediate steps towards introducing advanced methods for investigation of serious offences like murder and also ensure that investigating officers are skilled in handling such cases.

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Madras High Court has indicted officials of Public Works Department (PWD) for their failure to even inspect a machine in Port Trust, which can be used for de-silting water bodies.

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Bombay High Court has slammed callous approach of Judiciary and implementation of its orders by executive in a Pune builder murder case.

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Hyderabad High Court has told Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) that Court wanted to see some “action” to curb fleecing of pilgrims on Seven Hills allegedly by eateries in violation of rules.

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Madras High Court has observed that ‘unit’ system of measurement followed by Tamil Nadu Government to sell sand was against central rules as it should be sold on basis of “tonne”.

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Delhi High Court has stayed operation of a 2012 order passed by Central Information Commission (CIC) asking Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) to disclose details of Institutional donors to fund.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has stopped Government from spending “a single penny” for Ganga Rejuvenation Work between Haridwar and Unnao, saying a whopping Rs 20,000 crore was being spent on entire national project by officials who did not even know about river.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT), while refusing to permit a farmer to carry out cultivation on his farm along Yamuna river, has asked, why should farmers be allowed to grow vegetables on land along polluted Yamuna?

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) to pay tipping fee of Rs 500 per tonne daily to Jaypee Group, which is company running the only garbage processing plant of city.

*16th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has directed companies that operate search engines like Google India, Yahoo India and Microsoft Corp. India Pvt. Ltd to block advertisements for sex determination of foetus within 36 hours.

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Bombay High Court has rejected bail plea filed by Peter Mukerjea, Former Media Baron and an accused in Sheena Bora murder case.

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Delhi High Court has sought response from Centre and RBI on a PIL contending that surcharge levied on credit and debit card transactions was “illegal” and “discriminatory”

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Karnataka High Court has asked Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA) to approach State in event of any problem rising in implementation of order dated October 26, issued by State banning all forms of chewing tobacco.

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Madras High Court has give time till November 21 for Tamil Nadu Cable TV Corporation (TACTV) to come out with a concrete proposal for selecting District and Taluk-level control room operators through a transparent process and after permitting participation of all cable operators.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that there is no bar on a former employee, consultant or adviser of a party being appointed as a mediator merely by virtue of his/her past engagement.

*16th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has dismissed Tamil Nadu Government’s plea to lift ban on Jallikattu in State, saying it finds no ground to allow State for Bull Taming Sport.

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Bombay High Court has refused to hear a petition seeking stay on demonetization policy of Union Government.

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Madras High Court sought to know from RBI when new Rs 500 notes would be made available in Tamil Nadu to ease present cash crunch situation following demonetization.

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Delhi High Court has stayed ongoing demolition of Delhi Public Library building at Karol Bagh, observing that building did not appear to be “on the verge of collapse” as had been claimed by private owners of premises.

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Madras High Court has directed CBSE to consider and pass orders within three months on a representation, seeking a direction to it to remove alleged objectionable content in Class IX Social Science Textbook about Nadar Community.

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Bombay High Court flayed National Investigation Agency (NIA) on failure to submit record and papers pertaining to bail application moved by Sadhvi Pragya, accused deadly bomb blasts in Malegaon on September 29, 2008.

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Hyderabad High Court has upheld decision of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) to renovate Vakulamatha Temple at Peruru, Pathakalva village, on Chittoor -Tirupathi by pass road.

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Hyderabad High Court has directed Telangana Government to pay enhanced compensation under new Land Acquisition Act to land losers at Nampally stretch of Metro Rail Project.

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Delhi High Court has expressed dissatisfaction over civic agencies’ efforts to clean up National Capital, saying that “officialdom” was preventing compliance of its orders to periodically remove rubble and garbage from public areas.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has questioned Delhi Government’s decision to lift ban on construction imposed by it earlier this month in a bid to control alarming levels of pollution in National Capital.

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Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Army to provide details to an RTI applicant about Court Martial of five soldiers in fake encounter of Macchil in 2010 as well as Court of Inquiry conducted into killing of five civilians at Pathribal in 2000.

*17th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has agreed to hear a fresh plea of Centre seeking stay on proceedings before various High Courts and Other Courts, apart from Apex Court, against its 8 November decision to demonetise high denomination currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.

*17th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has asked Delhi High Court to decide plea of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking quashing of defamation case filed against him by Former Union Minister Kapil Sibal’s lawyer son Amit Sibal.

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Bombay High Court has said that, “Government’s efforts to act against black money needs to be supported”.

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Delhi High Court has sought Centre’s response on a PIL seeking appropriate directions to treat National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ on a par with National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’.

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Allahabad High Court has directed State Government to consider imposing ban on use of generators and firecrackers to check air pollution.

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Orissa High Court has issued notices to Centre, State Government and Malkangiri District Collector, asking them to file their responses over plea seeking adequate compensation for families which have lost members due to Japanese Encephalitis disease.

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Kerala High Court has published norms for regular accreditation of journalists wanting to report High Court proceedings.

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Bombay High Court has refused to stay upcoming concert by British Rock Band ‘Coldplay’, but said Maharashtra Government should take an undertaking from event organiser that it would be willing to pay waived entertainment Duty if Court directs so in future.

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Delhi High Court has fast-tracked long-pending plan of Public Works Department to build an underpass in south Delhi as an alternative route to Airport.

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Bombay High Court has sought Enforcement Directorate’s report regarding its probe against Ex-Maharashtra Deputy CM Chhagan Bhujbal and his family members relating to their properties attached, persons arrested and investigation done in money laundering cases.

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Gujarat High Court has upheld an Anand Court’s decision to acquit 16 accused persons in connection with a Post-Godhra riots case, in which these people allegedly torched a hotel on February 28, 2002.

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Madras High Court has observed that politics of hate is practised by parties in South India without being cordial and friendly unlike politicians of North.

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Rajasthan High Court has dismissed an appeal by Rajasthan Chief secretary O P Meena’s estranged wife Geeta Singh Deo seeking financial support for study of his daughter in UK.

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Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) has set aside an order of Competition Commission of India (CCI) in a case of alleged abuse of dominant position and anti-competitive practices by International Air Transport Association (IATA) and its Indian arm.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Irrigation Department to file its reply explaining why construction is still going near Vrindavan Heritage Ghats of Yamuna river.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said that it is builders and not construction workers who will have to face “consequences” for polluting ambient air quality in National Capital.

*18th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has refused to stay proceedings against scrapping of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes filed in various High Courts across country.

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Supreme Court has refused to accept rejection of 43 names by Centre recommended by its Collegium for appointment of HC Judges by Centre.

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Supreme Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a stay on Airtel Half Marathon scheduled to be held in Delhi on November 20.

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Bombay High Court has observed that State Government’s condition of compelling auto rickshaw drivers to have knowledge of Marathi language is ‘reasonable’.

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Delhi High Court has asked Union Government to examine allegations of objectionable content (including soft porn) being made available for download on online streaming app Hotstar, owned by STAR India.

*18th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has ruled that presumption of culpability against an accused in a dowry death case under Evidence Act would be “activated” only when there is a proof that a deceased woman had been subjected to cruelty for demand of dowry.

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Supreme Court has said that disclosure of names of debtors, who owe Rs 500 crore or more to banks, will not lead “anywhere” as the important issue is to address “root cause” of accumulation of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs).

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Supreme Court has stayed all meetings between homebuyers and Unitech on proposed scheme of compromise to complete its pending projects.

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Karnataka High Court has ordered winding up of now defunct Kingfisher Airlines Limited(KFL).

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Uttarakhand High Court has asked State Government to constitute five Special Investigation Teams to trace bodies of those who lost their lives during 2013 Kedarnath Tragedy.

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Delhi High Court has directed States of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi to formulate a detailed action plan with definite timelines to eliminate problem of crop burning in coming year.

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Karnataka High Court has asked State and Central Governments to use advertisements to spread awareness on fundamental duties of citizens.

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Madras High Court has stated that a bank employee terminated from service is entitled to have back wages till inquiry report is submitted to him.

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Madras High Court, while pointing to death of children due to flying of kites using manja threads in past, has rejected plea to direct Chennai Police Commissioner to take action to allow manufacturing and sale of kites.

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Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra government to clarify whether it would adopt model rules framed by Centre on child adoption or it intends to bring about modifications after discussing rules with authorities concerned.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked Haryana Government to investigate into funds meant for four lakh students being embezzled from State’s Education Department.

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Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition that questioned election of P.M. Narendraswamy of Congress to State Legislative Assembly from Malavalli constituency in 2013.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) Asks all States to issue guidelines on manufacture, sale and burning of firecrackers keeping in mind that these were a major source of pollution.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has questioned Uttar Pradesh Government and its Pollution Control Board over regulation of tanneries on banks of river Ganga in Kanpur.

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Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued show cause notice to Delhi University’s Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) asking why maximum penalty should not be imposed for rejection of an RTI application seeking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s graduation degree.

*21th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has stayed auction process of iconic Taj Mansingh Hotel.

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Supreme Court has rejected bail to rape accused Asaram Bapu and extended his custody till November 28.

*21th November, 2016*

Supreme Court, while rejecting Delhi Chief Minister’s request to suspend the defamation case, has said that cases filed against Arvind Kejriwal by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will not be dropped.

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Supreme Court has slammed Centre for not being “serious” in dealing with increasing number of cyber crimes related to sexual offences against women.

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Supreme Court has sought response from Government and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a plea to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe circumstances which led to suicides of Former Director-General of Corporate Affairs B.K. Bansal and his son.

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Supreme Court, while emphasizing that “a systemic overhaul of entire infrastructure is necessary if Consumer Protection Act, 1986, is not to become a dead letter”, has directed Centre to frame model rules prescribing objective norms for administration of Consumer Courts.

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Supreme Court has said that lawmakers in Uttar Pradesh Assembly would only recommend work of a developmental nature in their constituencies under Vidhayak Nidhi Scheme (VNS) but its execution would be by a body of State Government.

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Bombay HC, while observing that prima facie there were some inconsistencies in two circulars issued by Reserve Bank to District Co-Operative Banks on demonetisation issue, has sought RBI’s response to a batch of petitions filed by these banks.

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Madras High Court has restrained leading soft drink manufacturers Pepsi and Coca-Cola from using water drawn from Tamirabarani River for their bottling plants in Tirunelveli District.

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Delhi High Court has sought response from Centre over a challenge brought to its recent aviation policy, which restricts Airports currently operating under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode from commercially utilising land for providing non-aeronautical services.

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Orissa High Court has appointed retired Civil Engineer N K Mohanty to verify actual amount of repair work of Jagamohan, hall facing the sanctum sanctorum of Jagannath Temple in Puri, carried out by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) so far.

*22nd November, 2016*

Madras High Court has questioned Centre on what authority it has printed ‘Devanagari’ numerals on new Rs 2000 currency notes along with regular English numerical.

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Punjab and Haryana HC has ordered Chairman and Secretary, University Grants Commission (UGC) that either of two will remain present on December 5 to assist court on financial crisis of Panjab University.

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Karnataka High Court has declined to quash criminal proceedings against Former Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao in corruption and extortion scam within anti-corruption body, Lokayukta.

*22nd November, 2016*

Supreme Court has dismissed Income Tax (IT) Department’s appeal seeking to tax proceeds of $1.5-billion Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) issued by Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications nearly a decade ago.

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Delhi High Court has sought Centre’s response on a plea filed by Jindal Power Limited for refund of over Rs 1,185 crore, paid by company as an additional levy for participating in coal auction as a result of mandatory provisions of Coal Mines Act.

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Kerala High Court has held that a divorced woman is entitled to initiate proceedings against her ex-husband or former in-laws under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

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Delhi High Court has refused to intervene in demonetization debate at a stage when Supreme Court is hearing petitions on the subject.

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Bombay High Court has observed that “Over 80% of PILs seem to have been filed by people who are put up by some individuals or for the purpose of blackmail”.

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Bombay High Court, while cautioning environmentalists against taking an adversarial stand against all development work, has granted go-ahead to five projects across State that could lead to destruction of mangroves.

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Karnataka High Court has an interim order banning all Kambala races in State until disposal of PIL filed by People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), India.

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Madras High Court has issued stringent directions, including prohibiting constructions of any kind on 600-acre Pallikaranai marshland.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned use of music systems by tourists in Sunderbans.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) came down heavily on Municipal Corporations and Delhi Government over “incorrect” data pertaining to solid waste management.

*23rd November, 2016*

Supreme Court has refused to stay transfer of proceedings against demonetisation of Rs500 and Rs1,000 currency notes across various High Courts in the country.

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Government, through an amendment to Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, has made it mandatory for manufacturers and truck body-builders to fit air-conditioners in cabin of all new trucks sold from 1 April 2017.

*23rd November, 2016*

Supreme Court while ruling that no one could have copyright over judgments delivered by Apex Court, has said that it could be reproduced in its raw form by anyone without risk of being accused of infringing copyright.

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Supreme Court has asked if Modi Government would take rest of its two and-a-half-year term to bring Lok Pal Act into effect.

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Delhi High Court has said that demonetization should not come in way of banks releasing timely payments to compensate rape victims.

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Bombay High Court has directed that a copy of a witness statement withheld so far by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Sheena Bora murder case be given to Peter Mukerjea and other accused after deleting a portion of it.

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Delhi High Court has sought Centre’s response on a plea that sitting Members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies should not participate in poll campaigns for their parties.

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Delhi HC has directed AAP Government to provide free medical treatment to an acid attack victim who suffered injuries in a 2009 attack.

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Bombay HC has asked Enforcement Directorate to continue to provide treatment to NCP Leader Chhagan Bhujbal, arrested in a money-laundering case at Bombay Hospital till November 29.

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Karnataka High Court has directed State Government to ensure that each police station maintains an up-to-date list of senior citizens in its jurisdiction, if no such list is maintained as per provisions of Karnataka Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules, 2009.

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Madras High Court has set aside an order of Assembly Secretary removing a Deputy Secretary-level officer who was appointed as Special Personal Assistant of DMK Treasurer and Leader of Opposition M K Stalin.

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Bombay High Court has directed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Ajoy Mehta to remain present in Court in a matter regarding identification of a site for installation of a Doppler Radar System(DRS) in suburban Mumbai.

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Bombay High Court has suggested Railways to consider starting trains from Churchgate to Central Suburbs like Thane, Dombivli, Ambernath and so on to reduce crowd at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST).

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Bombay High Court has criticized Maharashtra Government for failing to take effective steps to recover government dues from people, to whom police protection has been provided.

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Kerala High Court has ordered issue of notice to Former Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan on a PIL challenging his appointment as chairman of Kerala Administrative Reforms Commission (KARC).

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered environment audit of all Government Buildings, including offices and hospitals, in Delhi to control pollution.

*24th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has cancelled bail granted by Patna High Court to suspended RJD MLA Rajballabh Yadav who is facing trial for allegedly raping a minor girl.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court took suo motu note of unemployed ETT teachers of Punjab climbing mobile towers as a mark of protest in Chandigarh.

*24th November, 2016*

Supreme Court, while acquitting a man whose spouse had committed suicide because of his alleged extra-marital relationship, has held that, a person cannot be convicted for subjecting his wife to cruelty only on basis of his extra-marital affairs.

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Supreme Court has slammed Central Government for doing precious little to make Government buildings disabled-friendly.

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Supreme Court has sought response on plea of market regulator SEBI that it has been dragged as a party in a PIL seeking a court-monitored CBI probe against Indians whose names have figured in Panama papers for allegedly holding bank accounts in foreign Countries.

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Delhi High Court while granting divorce to a man who was accused by his wife of having illicit relationship with another woman, has observed that allegation of adultery levelled by a spouse is most “painful” for a person.

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Bombay High Court has said that it cannot hear petitions filed by District Co-operative Banks on demonetization issue or grant any relief to them, and asked the banks to get a clarification from Supreme Court on whether HC can hear pleas.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a child’s passport can carry stepfather’s name without a declaration by a court appointing him as a legal guardian.

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Orissa High Court has granted anticipatory bail to Saswati Das and Arati Ranjana Nayak, both trustees of SUM Hospital where fire mishap had occurred on October 17 in which 29 people have died so far.

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Bombay High Court has asked Union Government for its response to a 2014 order to frame a policy to enhance compensation given to terror attack victims and their kin.

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Bombay High Court has extended by two weeks interim relief granted to comedian Kapil Sharma in a case involving alleged illegal constructions in his flat in Goregaon.

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Karnataka High Court has directed Alliance University to make a submission about status of students in University in wake of a dispute between two factions of management.

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Madras High Court has appointed Retired Justice D Hariparanthaman as administrator of trust and properties of Ex-Chief Minister M G Ramachandran.

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Delhi High Court has asked Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to file an affidavit, explaining why two police officials, who had been appointed as nodal officers by court for redevelopment of Chandni Chowk, were transferred without prior permission.

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Delhi High Court has issued notices Delhi Development Authority (DDA), South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) and Delhi Police asking why contempt of court proceedings should not be initiated against them over waste management in Dwarka.

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Madras High Court has rapped Chennai Corporation over failure to pass a resolution to amend property tax since 1998.

*25th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has ordered ban on sale of fire crackers in Delhi and NCR to curb increasing pollution levels.

*25th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has expressed concern over recent “phenomenon” where witnesses are turning hostile in high-profile cases to frustrate justice delivery system, resulting in accused getting acquitted.

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Supreme Court has said that Centre must take action to bring back hundreds of fugitives taking shelter in foreign countries to escape clutches of law-enforcing agencies in India.

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Supreme Court, while upholding primacy of a Central Law over a State Act, has said that, there is no embargo on banks in Tripura to sell properties mortgaged to them to non-tribals for realisation of their dues.

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Supreme Court has refused to order an investigation into a tranche of documents recovered during raids at offices of Aditya Birla and Sahara groups in 2013 and 2014 that allegedly showed entries of “massive” bribes paid to high profile politicians and ministry officials.

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Supreme Court has termed as “infructuous” appeals of West Bengal Government against Calcutta High Court order, which had in June 2012 struck down Singur Land Act that had allowed State Government to reclaim 400 acres of land given to Tata Motors.

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Delhi HC has sought reply from police and AAP government on plea that despite Najeeb Ahmed, a student of JNU, missing for 40 days a probe has not been conducted.

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Delhi High Court has said it would not look into correctness of the Centre’s policy on demonetisation, as the issue was already under consideration in Supreme Court.

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Delhi High Court has said that Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) is meant to tackle sexual harassment at workplace and help affected women, not to tarnish reputation of an accused until proven guilty.

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Kerala High Court has said there had not been any stipulation that law graduates alone could cover Court proceedings.

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Madras High Court has ruled that a person’s acquittal of criminal charges by a Trial Court does not provide them with immunity from Departmental Action for their delinquency.

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Gujarat High Court has granted relief to BJP Minister Parshottam Solanki by staying an arrest warrant issued against him by a Bhavnagar court in connection with 17-year- old case of alleged bogus voting.

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Allahabad High Court, while acquitting two convicts after 20 years in a gang rape case, has said there was not sufficient evidence in form of internal or external injury to prove that woman had been subjected to the crime.

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Bombay High Court has paved way to give Actress Nanda’s 4,000 sq ft sea-facing triplex residential flat in Versova on leave and licence, two years after death of Actress.

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J&K High Court, while ordering release of Human Rights activist Khurram Parvez, has quashed his detention under Public Safety Act (PSA), saying that Government order was “illegal” and that “detaining authority has abused its powers”.

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Madras High Court has ordered a probe by CB-CID into the cause of death of Dalit youth Ilavarasan, who was found dead near a railway track in Dharmapuri following his separation from his caste Hindu wife.

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Madras High Court has banned use of polythene products in Courtallam as well as adjacent Ayeriperi Panchayat for maintaining the environment at site visited by thousands of tourists.

*28th November, 2016*

Supreme Court, while extending Sahara Chief Subrata Roy’s parole, has asked him to deposit Rs 600 crore by February 6 if he wished to stay out of jail.

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Supreme Court has issued notice to Centre on a plea by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, seeking framing of a cogent and clear National Security Policy covering economic offences as well.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT), while prohibiting use of Hindi during its proceedings, has made it clear that a litigant, who appears before it as party-in-person, must submit documents in English only.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up Telangana Government for misleading Tribunal by furnishing a fake order during a hearing on ongoing case involving illegal structures in catchment areas of Himayatsagar and Osmansagar.

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Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved proposed acquisition of Urea and Customised Fertilisers business of Tata Chemicals by Norway’s Yara Fertilisers.

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Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that records related to loans given to industries promoted by Gautam Adani cannot be disclosed as these are held by State Bank of India in fiduciary capacity and involve commercial confidence.

*28th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea to shift former RJDMP Mohammad Shahabuddin, facing trial in 45 criminal cases, from Bihar to Tihar Jail, saying that ensuring free and fair trial against the strongman while protecting witnesses is a challenge for judiciary.

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Delhi High Court has asked why status report of Delhi Police made no mention of alleged on-campus scuffle or injuries sustained by JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who has been missing for over a month now.

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Delhi High Court appeared to have agreed with Centre that relaxation has been provided to citizens to help them deal with shift to new currency as per Demonetization Policy.

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Delhi High Court has questioned Former Ranbaxy promoter Shivinder Singh and other respondents about asset declarations that were to be made, in relation to ongoing enforcement proceedings to realise a Rs 2,562-crore Singapore Arbitration Award in favour of Japanese pharma major, Daiichi Ltd.

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Bombay High Court has directed NIA to file its affidavit in response to an appeal filed by Maharashtra’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) challenging discharge of eight accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case.

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Madras High Court has permitted erstwhile leaders of South India Artistes Association (SIAA, Sarath Kumar, President, and his nephew Radha Ravi, General Secretary to withdraw their previous petition challenging their suspension earlier and file a fresh one against their expulsion on Sunday.

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Madras High Court, while refusing to entertain a petition seeking direction to Authorities to take appropriate steps to recover antique idols allegedly stolen from temples in State, has held that it is duty of State Government to bring back such idols.

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Madras High Court has directed Government to sanction within six months two posts of Assistant Director, four Scientific Officers, four Junior Scientific Officers and sufficient number of Technical Staff for serving in main laboratory of Forensic Sciences Department in Chennai and Madurai.

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Bombay High Court pulled up State Government over delay in making an appointment to post of Maharashtra Advocate General.

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Gujarat High Court has permitted a 19-year-old Hindu girl to live-in with her Muslim boyfriend, who is just 20 years old and is currently ineligible for marriage.

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Kerala HC has said that State Government could not deny beer and wine parlous licence citing its Abkari policy as existing rules confer right to seek and obtain such a licence.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Delhi Government and Delhi Police to impound four wheelers running on diesel in Capital under Environment Protection Act.

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Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has issued a new framework for functioning of Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations that are setting up their operations in International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs).

*29th November, 2016*

Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill 2016, which proposes 30% tax on undisclosed income plus 10% penalty beside a 33% surcharge and 75% tax and 10% penalty in case Income Tax authorities detect undisclosed wealth deposited post demonetisation, has been passed in Lok Sabha.

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Supreme Court has asked Centre to take a decision within three months on pleas seeking framing of National Yoga Policy and making yoga compulsory for students of Class I-VIII across the country.

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Supreme Court has said it may monitor setting up an International University by UK-based Vedanta Group in holy city of Puri in Odisha to ensure that piece of land is not used for “commercial purposes”.

*29th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has slammed NDA Government for sitting on files sent by collegium to re-appoint 25 Retired Judges to various High Courts.

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Supreme Court has sought details after the Centre said that 14th Finance Commission had approved allocation of Rs 9,749 crore last year to be released to States over next five years to improve Judicial Infrastructure.

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Supreme Court, while taking exception to submission of Aligarh Muslim University that an ’eminent person’ can be appointed its vice-chancellor, has said that, did it mean that “a singer, a sportsman or a musician” can also be selected for coveted assignment.

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Hyderabad High Court has questioned Centre as to why it was not taking into confidence Cooperative Banks in its fight against black money.

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Gujarat High Court has sought replies from Centre and RBI on a petition challenging legality of their notifications banning District Central Co-Operative Banks (DCCBs) from exchanging defunct notes and disbursing short-term loans to farmers.

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Delhi High Court, while upholding wishes of an elderly couple who wanted their son and daughter-in-law evicted from their house, has ruled that an adult son has no legal right to stay in his parents’ self-acquired property.

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Delhi High Court has termed concealing mental illness and termination of pregnancy a ground for divorce as it amounts to cruelty.

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Madras High Court has set aside an order passed by a Single Judge of High Court, directing State Government not to give permission for demonstrations, rallies or any other form of protest by any religious organisation on December 6, the day when Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was demolished.

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Bombay High Court, while sentencing six persons, including Sudhir Mehta, brother of late Harshad Mehta, alleged brain behind the 1992 multi-crore securities scam, has rejected their plea for leniency, saying that none of them spent even a day in jail in this case.

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Madras HC, while slamming parents of 14 year old girl, who was abandoned by her father soon after her birth, for laying a claim over her, has ordered that they could not be given custody if child was unwilling to live with them.

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Bombay High Court has rejected petition by four students, admitted in a Malad school under Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, who were expelled after it came to fore that their parents had submitted forged income certificates to gain eligibility.

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Ministry of Finance has appointed December 1, 2016 as the date on which provisions of Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Act, 2003 (“SICA Repeal Act”) shall come into effect and Section 4(b) of SICA Repeal Act shall be enforced.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has granted permission to NHAI to build a bridge and approach roads over Yamuna River for Delhi-Meerut Expressway noting that project “will aid environment rather than harming it”.

*30th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has ruled that National Anthem accompanied by National Flag must be played before all film screenings in cinema halls, adding that everyone present in hall must rise and pay respect.

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Delhi High Court has refused to grant any relaxation in withdrawal limit of Rs. 2.5 lakh for weddings, imposed in wake of the ban on Rs 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes.

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a notification saying that Jan Dhan Account Holders will be allowed to withdraw only Rs 10,000 a month, as a temporary measure to prevent activities of money laundering.

*30th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has ordered status quo on land acquired for construction of Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal’s stretch in Punjab and appointed Union Home Secretary, Punjab’s Chief Secretary and Director General of Police as receivers.

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Supreme Court has paved way for first woman gallantry award winning Army officer, Lt Col Mitali Madhumita, to be given permanent commission despite her last minute change of mind for a career in Armed Forces.

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Bombay High Court has said that Passport Authority did not have any right to decide whether an accused in a criminal case could travel abroad or not.

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Bombay High Court has expressed displeasure over CCTV cameras not being installed in lock-ups and cabins of police officers, despite previous Court orders, and directed State to complete this job in four weeks.

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Madras High Court has refused to pass any kind of orders with respect to exchange of demonetised Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 currency notes recovered by Police after November 9.

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Delhi High Court has directed Traffic Police to geo-tag speed breakers to enable commuters to get prior information about them on GPS.

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Delhi High Court has said that Tamil Nadu Government tried to place hurdles by refusing to relieve 1980 batch IPS officer Archana Ramasundaram after it forwarded her name for deputation to Central Government on October 15, 2013.

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Delhi High Court, while quashing Minutes of a March 2010 Meeting of erstwhile UPA government regarding citizenship to children born to Tibetan refugees in India, has observed that, rights conferred under an Act cannot be taken away by a mere inter-ministerial decision.

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Bombay High Court has directed BMC Chief Ajoy Mehta to call for a Special Extraordinary Meeting of Improvements Committee to approve a site to install second Doppler weather radar for Mumbai.

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Gujarat High Court has disposed of a petition seeking FIR against State Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shankar Chaudhary, for allegedly having a forge degree.

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Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) to submit statements of declaration of assets made by all Elected Councillors of Corporation of Chennai from 2006 to 2016.

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Bombay High Court has cleared decks for BEST to set up a bus depot at Nahur, after it rejected an attempt to challenge State’s decision to take over sprawling plot of land.

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Delhi High Court has ruled that a payment by Jaiprakash Associates Ltd for the use of Formula One World Championship (FOWC) logos and symbols to promote Grand Prix couldn’t be considered royalty and be taxed as such.

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Ministry of Finance has repealed Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (SICA) with effect from today.

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Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code which aims to help quicker resolution of cases and unlock value of assets has become operational from today.

*1st December, 2016*

Delhi High Court has quashed Centre’s Notification to ban 344 fixed dose combination (FDC) medicines.

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Government has scrapped 1 % Excise Duty currently applicable on branded gold coins.

*1st December, 2016*

Supreme Court, while holding that a medical test does not give an accurate finding regarding age of a person, has held that an accused cannot be declared a juvenile solely on basis of ossification test result and allowed to evade a jail term.

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Supreme Court has questioned Centre for its 2016 notification allowing use of bulls in events like Jallikattu, saying that its 2014 verdict banning use of animals cannot be “negated”.

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Supreme Court, while hearing arguments on whether a political party can file and pursue a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), has observed that, “We do not want politics to shift to Courts”.

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Gujarat High Court has disposed of a set of petitions filed by e-commerce players Flipkart, Amazon, and Instakart challenging Entry Tax imposed by State Government on goods purchased through e-commerce portals.

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Bombay High Court has issued a notice directing all subordinate Courts in State to begin accepting cheques and demand drafts instead of provisional cash for bails and sureties, owing to Centre’s Demonetisation move.

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Allahabad High Court has rejected plea of a live-in couple that they be provided protection on ground that the woman in question happened to be married and “her marriage has not been dissolved by any competent court as on date”.

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Madras High Court has ordered that water from river Tamirabarani in South Indian State of Tamil Nadu must not be diverted to Coca-Cola and Pepsi producing plants in Gangaikondan due to severe water shortages in area.

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Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a shoe manufacturer for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of a minority community observing that no case was made out against him.

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Delhi High Court has asked NTT Docomo Inc. and Tata Sons Ltd to respond to a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) application seeking to be heard in a dispute between two estranged partners.

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Delhi High Court has backed a joint project of NHAI and East Corporation to use mounds of garbage spewing poisonous gases in Ghazipur landfill site for a road-widening project.

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Bombay High Court has said that State Police Complaints Authority (SPCA) should start functioning in two weeks.

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Bombay High Court has said that it was for Government, and not court, to take a decision to implement odd-even scheme for private vehicles.

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Bombay High Court has said that Shivaji Park has become “a dumping ground” for celebrations even as it chided State Government for not implementing its orders on curbing noise.

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Karnataka High Court has upheld Government order of taking over administration of Sri Vinayaka Temple situated Jayanagar, after finding that temple was being mismanaged by M/s Sri Vinayaka Seva Samiti.

*2nd December, 2016*

Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea of a BJP leader and Lawyer seeking playing of National Anthem in all courts before start of proceedings.

*2nd December, 2016*

Supreme Court has said that odd-even scheme could be reintroduced in National Capital in a bid to put a check on pollution level in Delhi.

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Supreme Court has asked Centre to put in place a Pollution Coding Mechanism with a graded response system to tackle New Delhi’s growing foul air.

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Supreme Court has asked Centre to spell out measures taken to ease sufferings and inconvenience of people in rural areas, who are mostly dependent on Co-operative banks, post-demonetisation.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned use of disposable plastic, which is mainly used in grocery and plastic tea cups like items in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) with effect from January 1, 2017.

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Madras High Court, while ruling that there was nothing wrong in extension of remand of Riswan Sheriff, arrested along with five others, beyond usual period of 90 days, has said that Magistrates can authorise detention of National Investigation Agency (NIA) suspects up to 180 days.

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Delhi HC has said that restrictions on daily withdrawal of cash is a policy decision that is beyond the scope of judicial review and dismissed a PIL against Modi Government’s demonetisation exercise.

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Delhi High Court has said that Government of India is under no obligation to raise a dispute with a Foreign Government qua the private claim of its citizens.

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Calcutta High Court has directed that a two-year-old child would remain with a couple who had adopted her, despite biological mother’s tearful plea to get her back.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) to file an affidavit about steps taken to protect witnesses related to criminal cases registered against those involved in violence during Jat agitation for reservation in February.

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Bombay High Court has rapped State Government and a Private School for their failure to create a conducive environment for specially-abled students under provisions of Right to Education Act (RTE).

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Karnataka High Court has ordered Businessman Vijay Mallya to appear before Court on 19 January for charges to be framed in a contempt case filed by public sector lender State Bank of India (SBI) in 2014.

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Delhi High Court has quashed a Trial Court order sentencing a couple and their daughter to life for allegedly setting ablaze their daughter-in-law in 1991, ending “prolonged incarceration” and trauma of over 25 years in murder case.

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Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking directions to Tamil Nadu Government to remove ‘discriminatory’ titles such as ‘cheri, kuppam, colony’ given to habitations of Scheduled Caste people from all Government records and rechristen them.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court has sent a panel of three retired judges for post of Chairman of Police Complaint Authority (PCA), which has been lying defunct for the past year.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court has pulled up University Grants Commission (UGC) after noticing that it was trying to pass buck to Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) with regard to financial crunch being faced by the Panjab University.

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Bombay High Court has appointed a court receiver to break open two bank lockers belonging to estate of the late classical singer and Sangeet Natak Academy Laureate Sushilarani Patel, after her Trust told court that lockers may contain demonetised notes.

*5th December, 2016*

Supreme Court has deferred hearing on pleas against Central Government’s demonetisation decision to December 9.

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Bombay HC has said that a Hindu can marry again after 90 days of decree dissolving his or her marriage, if no appeal has been made against such decree.

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Karnataka High Court has quashed Rule 8(1) of Minerals (other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession Rules, 2016, pertaining to limitation it imposes on ‘minerals not specified in First Schedule of Act’.

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MP High Court has issued notices to State Higher Education Department (SHED), Indore Mayor, Municipal Commissioner and Principal of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government College of Arts and Commerce for allowing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) to hold a four-day national convention on campus.

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Central Information Commission (CIC) has ordered Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to release details of security clearances related to Jet Airways.

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Gujarat High Court has granted conditional bail to five persons in controversial Una dalit flogging case, in which 32 persons were arrested following public uproar.

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Delhi High Court has dismissed bail pleas filed by 15 suspected ISIS operatives who were arrested from various parts of country by the NIA for allegedly financing and recruiting people to join terror group.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to two public sector oil companies asking them whether they use any diesel vehicle which is more than 10-years-old, while allowing registration of new BS-IV compliant ones for transporting petrol or petroleum products.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered demolition of a factory constructed on a 30-feet wide rainwater nala at Patancheru, in violation of various existing laws, and thus shrinking it to 10-15% of its original size.

*5th December, 2016*

Allahabad High Court has directed Uttar Pradesh Government to immediately explore all measures to deal with the “unprecedented” situation with respect to alarming levels of pollution due to smog in Lucknow.

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Hyderabad High Court has sought from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and other Urban Development Authorities their action plan for developing Green Parks in Hyderabad and elsewhere in State.

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Hyderabad High Court has directed State of AP to explain within a week its stand on a petition that charged State of going ahead with its plan to extract bauxite in 212 hectares of land in Visakhapatnam agency areas.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned construction activities for one week in Delhi and National Capital Region.
*9th November, 2016*

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Supreme Court has stepped up efforts to punish sex-determination of fetuses under PNDT Act and said India could ill-afford a socially explosive situation caused by dropping sex-ratio.

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Delhi High Court has slammed South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) while refusing to rely on its affidavit regarding unauthorized constructions in upscale Sainik Farms.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition seeking to transfer probe into RSS Man Assault Case to CBI for ensuring free and fair investigation.

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Punjab & Haryana High Court has asked UT Administration to look into feasibility of increasing water level of Sukhna Lake by two feet, taking up a petition to save water body.

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Punjab & Haryana High Court has upheld appointment of Justice (Retd) Naval Kishore Aggarwal as Haryana Lokayukta.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court has annulled admission cancellation order of 37 MBBS candidates who were given admission in private colleges exceeding intake capacity (150) due to human error.

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Supreme Court has directed Sessions Court in Hyderabad to complete trial in Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) Legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi attack case within three months.

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Supreme Court has asked Centre and six State Governments to file replies on Public Interest Litigations (PIL) related to cow vigilantism within a period of four weeks.

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Delhi High Court has reserved AAP Government’s decision to award Rs. 1 Crore compensation and a job to next of kin of Ex-Serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal, who allegedly committed suicide last week over “non-implementation” of OROP.

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Delhi High Court has directed Hotel Leela Venture Ltd to pay Rs.258 crore to Airport Authority of India (AAI) regarding land leased by Airport Operator near Mumbai airport.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) came down heavily on Central Government, Delhi and Neighbouring states for doing little to tackle mounting air pollution in Capital that touched alarming levels this season.
*7th November, 2016*

Supreme Court has said that it could not impose yoga on anyone or frame its curriculum as it declined to entertain a PIL seeking direction to make yoga a part of school syllabus.

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Supreme Court has issued a notice to Centre in a plea seeking disqualification of Elected Representatives by Election Commission of India upon conviction in criminal cases.

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Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking review of its decision upholding clean chit given by Subordinate Courts to BJP president Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

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Supreme Court has asked Centre to file status report on severe shortage of judicial members in Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) that hear all cases related to defence forces.

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Madras High Court has quashed Public Interest Litigation filed by activist K R ‘Traffic’ Ramaswamy challenging consent for nomination by Chief Minister who affixed her left thumb impression instead of signature.

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Delhi High Court has given Central Government another two months to arrive at its decision regarding extension of a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with Cairn India for extraction of oil in Barmer, Rajasthan.

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Uttarakhand High Court has asked State Government to impose a ‘glacier tax’ on tourists visiting the Himalayas.

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Uttarakhand High Court has imposed a blanket ban on any construction within a radius of 2 km from major lakes in Nainital.

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Allahabad High Court has ordered Dr MC Saxena Medical College in City to pay Rs 25 lakh damage per student for “wrongly admitting” 150 of them in MBBS 2015-16 course.

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Orissa High Court has expressed serious displeasure over tardy progress of repair work of Jagamohan, hall facing sanctum sanctorum of Jagannath Temple in Puri, and directed Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Puri Temple Administration to file a status report on repair work by November 17.

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Karnataka High Court has issued directions to State Government to make an ‘Action Plan for Structured Annual Recruitment’ and to strengthen recruitment wing with more personnel in almost all cadres of Police Department.

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Delhi High Court has directed Ratnagiri Gas and Power (RGPPL) and Konkan LNG to hold separate meetings of their shareholders and creditors for considering demerger.

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Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notice to Special Area Development Authority (SADA), Kufri over issues relating lawlessness and deteriorating condition in tourist place Kufri near Shimla town.

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Uttarakhand High Court, while taking a strict view of pending work on three flyovers in Dehradun, has ordered work to be completed within six months.

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Delhi High Court has passed an order over-ruling orders passed by various other High Courts removing stay granted for extension of digitization for 9 cases spanning 4 states, in DAS (digital access system) Phase 3.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has stayed cutting of trees in 13.93 hectares of Yettinahole Drinking Water Project area till further order.

*8th November, 2016*

National Green Tribunal (NGT), while taking cognizance of alarming air quality in Delhi, has asked Central Pollution Control Board and Delhi Pollution Control Committee to take steps to control and curb pollution.

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Delhi based Patiala House Court has issued non-bailable warrant against liquor baron Vijay Mallya for evading summons in connection with a FERA violation matter.

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed banks to issue Rupee-Denominated Bonds, or Masala Bonds, in overseas market to shore up their capital base as well as for financing infrastructure and affordable housing.

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Competition Commission of India (CCI’s) has approved Ashok Leyland to buyout its Japanese partner Nissan Motors’ stake in JVs, which were floated to manufacture and market Light Commercial Vehicle (LCVs).

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Centre has imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of steel wire rods from China to protect domestic manufacturers from cheap in-bound shipments.

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National Food Security Act (NFSA), which envisages supply of subsidized food grains, has been implemented across the country.

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Historic Paris Climate Agreement which aims at combating climate change came into force, when less than a year after negotiators from nearly 200 countries agreed to specifics of text at 2015 U.N. Climate Summit.
*4th November, 2016

Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that Lower Courts will no longer entertain cases against private schools in fee-related matters or pass judgments in such cases.

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Orissa High Court has asked Puri Police not to take any coercive action against Jayakrushna Mahasuhar pertaining to non-bailable warrant issued against him, in at least four cases, including attacks on journalists and threatening District Collector during ‘Niladri Bije’ ritual of Deities.

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Hyderabad HC has ordered Andhra Pradesh Government to file a counter to a Habeas Corpus Petition filed by A Sirisha alias Padma, wife of Maoist leader Ramakrishna alias RK, asking police to produce her husband in court.

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Madras High Court has issued notice to Chief Electoral Officer on a petition questioning election of Chief Minister J Jayalalitha from RK Nagar assembly constituency during recent State Assembly Election.

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Madras High Court has issued contempt notice to Member Secretary, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, asking why action should not be taken against body for disobeying its July 18 order over holding meetings and framing rules on issues related to regularization of buildings.

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Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed State Government to file a status report on shortage of drinking water supply in Shimla.

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Karnataka High Court has dismissed petitions filed by two top officials of Excise Department challenging criminal proceedings initiated against them on charges of corruption by Lokayukta police.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued an interim injunction against proposed steel flyover planned by Bangalore Development Authority (BDA).

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Government has notified Final Rules to implement Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 for five Union Territories, that aims to bring transparency and set accountability in sector and help in completion of stalled projects.

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The new law to prohibit Benami Transactions, which provides for up to seven years’ imprisonment and fine, for those indulging in such activities, came into effect from November 1.

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Labour Ministry has decided to fix minimum wage at Rs 350 per day for Unskilled Agricultural Labour in C-class towns in central sphere to be effective from November 1, 2016.

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Northern Chennai District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has ordered three months imprisonment for a city-based realtor, in a case in which Chennai based homebuyer claimed that builder had failed to provide parking space and water facilities.

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Market regulator SEBI has given in-principle approval to BSE to set up international exchange and clearing corporations at GIFT city.

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Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has asked Credit Rating Agencies to frame detailed rules for rating criteria, processes and responsibilities of Rating Analysts and increase range of their disclosures.

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Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has said that it has issued guidelines to its Field Offices to settle death claims within seven days and retirement cases before a worker retires from job.

*2nd November, 2016*

Supreme Court has ruled that Courts must exercise power of contempt to punish offenders, if there is a “calculated effort” to undermine Judiciary.

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Centre has notified a Standard House Purchase Agreement that builders all over India will have to sign with home buyers, which will result in automatic termination of sale agreement, in case of delay beyond committed date of possession.

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Delhi High Court, while upholding a Lower Court order dissolving a marriage, has said that, raising questions of sexual perversity against a husband amounts to mental cruelty and justifies grant of divorce.

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Bombay High Court, while dismissing a divorce petition by a husband on grounds that his wife had illicit relationship with three men during their marriage, has said that charges were concocted by husband who maligned image of wife in society by levelling false and baseless allegations.

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Delhi High Court, in a bid to clamp down on “rampant unauthorized construction” in Sainik Farms Area, has banned entry of all heavy vehicles except for emergency service vehicles and school buses.

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Karnataka High Court has questioned State Government’s logic behind celebrating Birth Anniversary of Tipu Sultan, observing he wasn’t a freedom fighter but a monarch who fought to safeguard his interests.

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Allahabad High Court has ordered that UP State Information Commission does not have a power to review and change its own orders, including order of imposing penalty under RTI Act.

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Delhi HC, while giving stern message to put ‘full stop’ to unabated unauthorized construction, has said, it was mulling putting “black marks” on confidential reports of government officials, including police, to see that they are demoted or not promoted for failing to check such illegal activity.

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Delhi High Court has rejected plea of an RTI activist challenging a Trial Court order rejecting his plea to lodge a Graft case against AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi for allegedly incurring expenses more than prescribed limit in 2013 Assembly Polls.

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Madras High Court has underscored need for greater social responsibility by citizens, more so, on part of political parties, to avoid caste violence.

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Madras High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 on Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) on a PIL, alleging inaction over an unauthorized construction in city.

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Madras High Court has directed School Education Secretary to address complaints of lack of operational toilets, sanitary workers, security staff, functional sanitary napkin vending machines and masonry choolas for safe disposal of napkins in Government Schools in Tamil Nadu.

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Bombay High Court has dismissed a plea filed by Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society, opposing a title suit filed by Ministry of Defence regarding land on which the building stands.

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Madras High Court has quashed a petition filed by a VCK Cadre alleging encroachment of public land by GRT Hotels and Resorts at Mahabalipuram.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued show-cause notices to Chief Secretary, Secretary of Water Resources Department and Collector Cuttack for allowing erection of stalls on the Mahanadi river bed for Baliyatra Fair.

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Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved proposed acquisition of controlling stake in Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation (MCC) PTA India by Kolkata- based The Chatterjee Group.
*3rd November, 2016*

Bombay High Court has observed that Maharashtra Government should realize that if it cannot support its own judiciary by giving infrastructure and staff, then it will not be able to obtain early disposal of cases and pending matters.
*3rd November, 2016*

Supreme Court has expressed unhappiness over careless attitude of Bombay High Court for not making available copies of Order to litigants in a time-bound manner to enable them to appeal before Appellate Courts, if needed.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to Government Advocate and Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) seeking a detailed report on ‘encounter’ of eight suspected SIMI members after their escape from Bhopal Central Jail.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court has rejected bail plea of suspected SIMI member – Mohammad Sajid alias Sheru for third consecutive time.

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Delhi High Court has said that threat by a woman to commit suicide and implicate her husband and in-laws for it, amounts to causing mental cruelty which permitted divorce.

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Allahabad High Court has referred to arbitration a dispute between Yamuna Expressway Authority and JP Infratech Ltd in connection with enhanced compensation to land owners whose land was acquired for construction of Yamuna Expressway.

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Karnataka High Court has said that Tipu Sultan Jayanti is a policy decision of State Government and Court will not interfere in it.

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Bombay High Court, while observing that there exists an urgent need to evolve a safe and effective method of disposing of biomedical waste, especially for Government Hospitals, has asked Maharashtra government to constitute a Statewide Committee to look into issue.

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Calcutta High Court has rejected CBI’s prayer for cancellation of bail to Trinamool Congress Leader Madan Mitra, an accused in Multi-crore Saradha Chitfund Scam.

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Bombay High Court, while granting bail to a Gondia man arrested for murder and cases under Arms Act and SC/ST Act, has said that court can’t turn Nelson’s eye in cases of illegal detention.

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Delhi High Court has said that Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) would be disallowed from levying demurrage fees at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.

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Delhi High Court has asked Centre to examine feasibility of making a law to check illegal trafficking of manpower for jobs abroad, including on foreign vessels.

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Bombay High Court has directed Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) to give an undertaking stating that it will provide 18,000 square feet constructed space to Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) at Earnest House in Nariman Point.

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Madras High Court has lambasted Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and Chennai Corporation for their lackadaisical attitude in taking action against unauthorized buildings.

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Karnataka High Court has allowed petitions filed by three BJP leaders, including Ex-Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu, challenging criminal proceedings pending against them before Lokayukta Special Court in three different cases.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has allowed Chhath Puja rituals at Rabindra Sarovar, a 73-acre lake in South Kolkata, for this year following a plea by Kolkata Municipal Corporation and representatives of Bihari community.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Delhi Chief Secretary K.K.Sharma to file a status report by Friday in connection with alarming smog and air pollution levels.

*4th November, 2016*

Delhi High Court while staying Look Out Circular issued against Meat Exporter Moin Qureshi, has asked him to appear before Enforcement Directorate for questioning in a money laundering case lodged against him.

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Madras High Court has directed Google and its subsidiary YouTube to part with details of a user (Marupakkam Seithigal) who posted a video content dubbed defamatory by a private company (Lebara Foundation).
*26th October, 2016*

Supreme Court has asked whether a candidate or a party, seeking votes in name of religion, caste or tribe by promising that this would help protect and improve voters’ lot as a community, would be a “corrupt practice”.

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Supreme Court has held that temporary employees who have been hired by Government Departments and Agencies across country on contractual basis, are entitled to wages at par with permanent employees and principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ must be followed.

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Supreme Court has Politician Navjot Singh Sidhu to face trial in an Election Petition accusing him of excessive spending on newspaper advertisements and taking help from a Government servant for his election from Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency in 2009 as a BJP candidate.

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Supreme Court has dismissed a case filed by National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL), challenging applicability of Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors Act (MPID) in alleged Rs 5,600 crore payments fraud.

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Madras High Court has ordered an interim compensation of Rs 3 Lakh each to families of nine people who died due to a fire accident at a cracker shop in Sivakasi on October 20.

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Bombay High Court while rejecting Intervention Application (IA) filed by Bilkis Bano, survivor of a gang-rape and witness to murder of her family, in the aftermath of 2002 Godhra riots, has allowed her to convert her intervention application into an appeal.

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Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking to reject nomination of AIADMK candidate for Aravakurichi constituency, Senthil Balaji, stating that an FIR was pending against him.

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CBI Special Court has acquitted Ex-Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and all others accused of accepting Rs 40 crore in kickbacks from mining companies through Prerana Trust, managed by his family members.

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Bombay High Court has directed Maharashtra Chief Secretary to personally look into death of tribal children due to malnutrition and lack of government facilities available to them.

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Bombay High Court has allowed an American couple to make representation to Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and Department of Family Welfare to allow them take back to their country eight embryos kept by them in a hospital.

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Bombay High Court has dismissed a Review Petition filed by Wockhardt Hospital where it had challenged Court’s earlier orders directing NIT to undertake fresh decisions on quantum of lease premium and ground rent charged by Rashtra Bhasha Sabha at first renewal from March 31, 1991-2021.

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Bombay High Court has issued notice to Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and its other departments on their failure to take action against owners of Empress Mall in which there are large-scale violations of fire Safety Regulations and other norms.

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Bombay High Court has directed Mhada to initiate action against a city builder, including attaching his properties, to recover transit rent which he failed to pay residents of a Dadar building that was taken up for redevelopment.

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Bombay High Court has issued contempt notices to two Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACP) for failing to take action against noise pollution during Navratri, despite receiving complaints.

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Madras High Court has imposed Rs. 20,000 as cost to State government for sitting on application made by Vanniar Educational Trust to establish a Private Law College at Tindivanam.

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Hyderabad HC has issued notices to State Government in petitions filed challenging final notifications issued for formation of Siddipet and Korutla Revenue Division.

*27th October, 2016*

Supreme Court has deferred hearing of a plea challenging Sonia Gandhi’s Election from Rae Bareli Lok Sabha Constituency in 2014 on the issue of her citizenship and for allegedly playing communal card to garner Muslim votes.

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Delhi High Court has dismissed Tata Group-Owned Indian Hotels Co. Ltd’s (IHCL) plea against a decision to auction Delhi-based Taj Mahal Hotel.

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Calcutta High Court has refused to stay proceedings against Businessman Pawan Ruia in connection with a case filed by CID following a fire at Jessop’s factory here and directed him to cooperate in investigation.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought response from Ministries of Environment and Forests and Urban Development, Yamuna campaigner Manoj Mishra and others on NHAI’s plea seeking permission to build a bridge across Yamuna.

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Government has notified a new Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and South Korea, which was signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Seoul in May 2015.
*27th October, 2016*

Supreme Court while observing that religion should not be used to invoke votes, has said that, Parliament has done nothing in last two decades to stop misuse of religion for electoral gains.

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SC while observing that those keeping elephants in captivity, whether private individuals or temples, do not care for animals or law, has said owners, including temples, cannot be unkind to them and must follow the law.

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Gujarat High Court has acquitted 14 persons out of 31 convicted by a Lower Court in 2002 post-Godhra Sardarpura Massacre case in which 33 people were burnt alive.

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Patna High Court has granted bail to Rocky Yadav, who was arrested for being accused of murdering 16-year old Aditya Sachdeva in a case of road-rage.

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Madras High Court has slammed Principal Accountant General (PAG) for returning a proposal sent by an Additional Assistant Educational Officer (AAEO) in Virudhunagar district to grant terminal benefits and family pension to adopted daughter of a government school headmistress who died in harness.

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Delhi High Court, while permitting a man to meet his child in school, has observed that, a father who is ready and willing to pay maintenance for his daughter, is also entitled to visit her at least on her birthday or at regular interval.

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Rajasthan High Court has asked Principal Secretary of Urban Development and Housing (UDH) and Jaipur Development Commissioner (JDC) to be personally present in court on November 9 in connection with demolition drive carried out by JDA at Rajmahal Hotel premise on August 24.

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Karnataka High Court has summoned Vijay Mallya to appear before it on 24 November for allegedly violating an “oral undertaking” given before Bengaluru Bench of Debt Recovery Tribunal in 2013 for not to transfer, alienate or otherwise to deal with his assets.

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Rajasthan High Court has ordered dissolution of State Other Backward Classes (OBC) Commission, saying it was constituted without State Assembly enacting any legislation for it.

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Calcutta High Court has refused to stay appointment of primary school teachers in West Bengal, the process for which has already started for thousands of selected candidates.

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Bombay High Court came down heavily on Maharashtra Government for failing to procure noise-measuring meters for State despite being given enough time to do so.

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Bombay High Court has issued notices to Ex-Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and NCP MLC from Yavatmal Sandip Bajoriya in a PIL that alleged massive irregularities in Jigaonand Lower Pedhi Irrigation Projects.

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Madras High Court has directed Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) to consider a plea made by a policeman suffering from Guillain Barre Syndrome to transfer him from Udhagamandalam to Tiruchi, his hometown.

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Bombay High Court, while considering risk to thousands of devotees who visit Tekdi Ganesh Temple everyday, has granted permission to carry on construction and repairs at temple which is in highly dilapidated condition.

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Bombay High Court has refused to stay or quash appointment of administrator for Dargah of Hazrat Baba Tajuddin Welfare Society.

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Bombay High Court has set aside order by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) declaring Goa MLA Caetano Silva a Portuguese citizen which had cast a shadow of uncertainty over his political career.
*21st October, 2016*

Supreme Court has denied to grant an urgent hearing to a PIL seeking declaration of the India-Pakistan Indus Waters Treaty as unconstitutional.

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Punjab & Haryana HC has accused UT Administration of being “discourteous” and trying to obstruct the renovation of court rooms on the pretext of building’s heritage status.

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Bombay HC has denied to grant interim relief to fashion magazine ‘Vogue’, which sought an injunction against a Just Life Styles, which has retail shops across India by the name ‘Just In Vogue’ and selling lifestyle products like watches, writing instruments etc, from using its trademark.

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Bombay HC has lifted a stay it had granted a year ago against National Green Tribunal (NGT) proceedings against Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation for not shifting a dumping ground that came up on mangroves.

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Punjab and Haryana HC has rejected anticipatory bail application of Ex-Gurdaspur SP Salwinder Singh, who was in news during January terror attack at Pathankot Airbase in a case of alleged sexual harassment and corruption.

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Punjab and Haryana HC has slamed Haryana Government for “suggesting” it to not to monitor investigation of around 2,100 criminal cases related to violence during Jat agitation in February.

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Madras HC has irked and said that no one can be allowed to use the High Court as a platform to settle either personal or political scores in view of the ensuing elections.

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Gujarat HC has denied to quash charges against PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd and its nominee Hasmukh Mewada in the 2002 case over criticizing it for its efforts to drag trial for over a decade.

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Allahabad HC has issued notices to Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC), along with two others and directed them to be present in the court on e next date of hearing on November 30 on issue of issue of illegal hoardings in the city.

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Patna HC has called Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav a ‘greenhorn’ for his decision to transfer an engineer of State’s Building Construction Department on recommendations of an MLA and restored the official to his original place of posting.

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J&K HC has directed authorities concerned to remove “all illegal constructions” in and around the famous tourist resort of Gulmarg in North Kashmir before the next date of hearing.

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Jharkhand HC has taken suo-moto cognizance after a mentally challenged patient at State’s biggest medical college hospital was served meal on the floor of hospital corridor and also sought reply from State Government.

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Orissa HC has allowed arrested Puri Temple servitor Rabi Dash in a case relating to his alleged involvement in Niladree Bije fiasco of sibling deities, to go on an interim bail for three weeks from September 28 to October 18 to be with his ailing wife.

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Hyderabad HC has stayed operation of GO Ms No. 45 issued by Telangana Government to acquire land through private negotiations for allotting same to certain industrial blocs like Green Pharmacity in Ranga Reddy district, NIMZ in Medak, and Solar projects in Mahabubnagar district.

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Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has allowed Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) to trade directly in corporate bonds without needing any broker.

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Central Information Commission (CIC) has ordered inquiry into “gross irregularities” in issuance of fake birth certificates by North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) after 49 forged certificates has came to light.

*26th September, 2016*

SC has asked Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to serve notice to UP Minister and Samajwadi party leader Azam Khan for his alleged statement on Bulandshahr gangrape case.

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Punjab and Haryana HC has directed Vice-Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot, to submit admission schedule to the BDS course under management quota in Punjab medical colleges on September 28, failing which he has been asked to remain present to explain lapses.

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Hyderabad HC has upheld the decision of the Telangana State that made it mandatory for poultry farms to obtain National Egg Coordination Committee Certification to remain eligible to supply eggs to the State’s Anganwadi Centres and hostels etc.

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Hyderabad HC has stayed land acquisition process initiated by Government to enable Singareni Collieries set up its open-cast mine in an area of 175 acres in Kasipet village near Mandamarri of Adilabad district.

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Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has notified that entity promoting yoga will not have to pay service tax for a period between 1 July, 2012 to 20 October, 2015.

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Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a detailed framework on Investor Protection Fund (IPF), which can be used for investor education and awareness programmes.

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Competition Commission of India (CCI) has permitted swapping of Animal Health and Consumer Healthcare businesses between French drugmaker Sanofi and Germany-based Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH (BI), a deal worth $25 billion.

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Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved Rs1,000 crore investment being made by UK Government-owned CDC Group Plc in financial services firm India Infoline Finance Ltd (IIFL Finance).

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken a strong note of incidents of children drowning in mining pits filled with rain water and directed authorities to immediately carry out inspection of all existing mines in Madhya Prakash.

*27th September, 2016*

SC has warned Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for not complying with its directives on reforms in cricketing Body after Lodha Panel submitted its report accusing Board of defying orders on many counts.

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Bombay HC has again expressed its dissatisfaction with Investigation Officer’s (IO) report about tracing high-ranking beneficiaries of four benami flats in Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society.

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Neuron Bio has obtained patent from US Patent Office for a family of molecules with high Neuroprotective Capacity with possible application in treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases like Alzheimer’s.

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Hyderabad HC has asked Telangana Govt. to explain how State Govt. could request Union of India to delete State of Telangana from Purview of AP Administrative Tribunal (APAT) which leads to transfer of more than 8,670 cases of Telangana before the APAT, without consulting the High Court at all.

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Orissa HC has granted interim protection from arrest to Ravi Sharma, head of the news portal which had allegedly conducted sting operation on four BJD MLAs.

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Uttarakhand HC, while hearing petition related to appointments of Shiksha Mitras in Government Schools of State, has ordered that only those who have passed the Teachers Eligibility Test or hold a Diploma in Elementary Education should be given appointment on the post.

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Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issue fresh warehousing norms for agri-commodities with an effort to ensure that exchanges are able to guarantee settlement of trades, ensure delivery and avoid potential default risks.

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Central Information Commission (CIC) has ordered Indian Navy to make public the inquiry report on death of Lt Cdr Rahul Nair during a 2010 air show even as it pulled up officials for their “cavalier attitude”.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a whopping Rs 105-crore fine on Goel Ganga Developers for violating environmental laws by carrying out construction over and above the clearance obtained from the Environment Department.

*28th September, 2016*

SC has refused to entertain a plea of Swathi murder case accused P. Ramkumar’s father, who allegedly committed suicide in jail, to have an independent expert present at the time of his son’s autopsy, stating this will become a “bad practice”.

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Delhi Consumer Commission has directed a private hospital and two orthopaedics to pay Rs. 25 lakh as compensation to a patient who had suffered 40 per cent disability on his left leg due to medical negligence.

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LG Innotek, a parts-making unit of LG Group, has won a patent suit against Japanese electric motor-maker Nidec Corporation in case related to infringement of its patents related to optical disk drive.

*29th September, 2016*

Supreme Court has ruled that a widow alone is entitled to pension after death of an employee and not his mother.

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Patna HC while quashing notification issued by Bihar Government has held that levy of entry tax on online purchases is illegal and unconstitutional.

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Supreme Court has sought response from Alkem on the Competition Commission of India’s plea seeking to impose penalty of over Rs. 74 crore on the company and its two officials for indulging in unfair business practices.

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Delhi HC has asked the Central Government if it was willing to allow Bharti Airtel to adjust over Rs 3000 crore, which as per the company, is owed by Government towards disputed license fees for its Punjab circle for 1996-98 against future license fees.

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Delhi HC has asked Central Government why it had made online application mandatory for students from minority communities seeking scholarships.

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Delhi HC has directed the CBI to file a status report on a petition which has sought investigation into several alleged graft cases relating to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

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Gujarat HC has issued notices to the CID (Crime), which is investigating the Una Dalit flogging incident, and the Complainant on a bail petition moved by a key accused in the case.

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Karnataka HC has issued notice to the Union & State Government on a plea questioning constitutional validity of a provision of Inter-State Water Disputes (ISWD) Act, 1956, that declares the decision of the water disputes tribunal equivalent to an order passed by the Supreme Court.

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Bombay HC has asked CBI to obtain forensic reports from the Scotland Yard within six weeks in connection with the probe into murders of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, communist leader Govind Pansare and scholar M M Kalburgi.

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Delhi HC has asked Governments of UP, Haryana and Punjab to share their action plans aimed at ending practice of burning crop stubbles, which is a major cause of pollution in National Capital Region.

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Madras HC has stayed operation of a communication sent by University Grants Commission (UGC) in July this year directing Madurai Kamaraj University to stop offering courses through distance education mode from the academic year 2016-17.

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Hyderabad HC has said that Court is not inclined to grant a stay on the reorganization of districts in Telangana State, but made it clear that any further actions of Government will be subject to further orders of the court.

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Madras HC while voicing concern over elopement of minor children and attributing it to reasons such as nuclear family setup has asked parents to spend more time, than money, with their children.

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Madras HC has directed the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to honour an award passed by the Insurance Ombudsman in Chennai on December 31 last and refund the purchase price of Rs.2.43 lakh paid for a single premium pension plan by a policy holder, who was subsequently diagnosed with cancer.

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Madras HC has directed the Superintendent of Puzhal Central Prison, Chennai, to provide necessary medical attention to the captain of US anti-piracy ship MV Seaman Guard Ohio Dudnik Valentyn (66), a Ukranian national, who had been reportedly diagnosed with skin cancer.

*30th September, 2016*

SC has ordered Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain to cough up a cost of Rs 25000 in his personal capacity over delay in disclosing names of officers who are allegedly disobeying his orders on dealing with vector-borne diseases dengue and chikungunya.

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SC has asked the Karnataka Government to appraise it by Tuesday afternoon whether it has released water to Tamil Nadu as directed by it on September 30.

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Bombay HC came down heavily on Maharashtra Government for its failure in distributing funds, allocated for providing better facilities to underprivileged children, across the State.

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SC has held that Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal, the convicts in 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, will be in jail for 25 years.

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Hyderabad HC has advised AP Government either to amend AP Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act or to form a society for imparting education on religious affairs, for bringing all schools teaching Vedic knowledge and teach methods of rituals under control of said society.

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Hyderabad HC has directed Central Government and Sarva Siksha Abhiyan’sTelangana Project Director to pay a compensation of Rs 8 lakh each to the parents of two girl students who died due to snake-bites in a residential school in Adilabad district.

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Hyderabad HC has held that once the parties are separated and separation has continued for a sufficient length of time and if one of them is now seeking a divorce, it can well be presumed that marriage had broken and it is better to grant them divorce.

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Karnataka HC has directed United Breweries (Holdings) Ltd. and Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. to approach Appellate Tribunal against order of Adjudicating Authority, which had rejected their application seeking copies of certain documents based on which the Enforcement Directorate had attached properties.

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Competition Commission of India has cleared proposed amalgamation of Coffee Day Overseas with Coffee Day Enterprises, which operates popular CCD chain of shops.

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Central Information Commission has declared Government Employees’ Cooperative Society Kendriya Bhandar to be a public authority under the Right to Information Act.

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Central Information Commission has admonished a Right to Information (RTI) applicant who was allegedly seeking massive information from the Income Tax Department to spot tax evasion by assessees and gives it back to department to get rewards for being an “informer”.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) while demanding Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report, which is mandatory for execution of the proposed Strategic Road Development Plan (SRDP), has directed the Telangana Government to maintain status quo around KBR National Park until further orders.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has granted three weeks’ time to the Maharashtra Government to submit its reply on anomalies in environmental and coastal regulatory zone clearances given for constructing a memorial to Chhatrapati Shivaji in the Arabian Sea off the southern coast of Mumbai.

*3rd October, 2016*

Supreme Court has rejected AAP functionary Ashish Khetan’s petition challenging constitutional validity of Section 295A of Indian Penal Code, under which he has been booked by Punjab Police for hurting religious sentiments by comparing AAP’s Punjab manifesto to Guru Granth Sahib.

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Hyderabad HC has directed Andhra Pradesh Government to provide employment to daughter of a principal of Government Polytechnic College on compassionate grounds.

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Madras HC has asked Tamil Nadu Additional Advocate General to get instructions from State Government with regard to health condition of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa who has been undergoing treatment in Apollo Hospitals in Chennai since September 22.

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Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has raised Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) investment limit in Government Securities to Rs. 1.48 lakh crore, which will be further raised to Rs. 1.52 lakh crore from next January, in order to boost inflows of foreign funds into Indian Capital Market.

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Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has exempted Neeman Family Foundation, a trust set up by Max Financial Services promoter Analjit Singh and his family, from making an open offer to shareholder of the Company.

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Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed fine on Piramal Enterprises Chairman Ajay Piramal, his wife and daughter, along with another director of the company, N Santhanam, for violating insider trading rules in May 2010 when the Indian company sold its healthcare business to Abbott.

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Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that demanding asset details of spouse and dependents of government officials under Right to Information Act is “unreasonable and illegal”.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT), while noting the “indifferent conduct” of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board Officers, has slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on it for not submitting documents relating to beverages major Coca Cola’s Hapur plant in Uttar Pradesh.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed a foreign national, Walter Egle and his power of attorney holder to appear before Goa coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) for a hearing in a complaint of CRZ violation along River Sal.

*4th October, 2016*

SC has dismissed appeals by more than 50 land owners of Surat alleging that Reliance Gas Transportation and Infrastructure Ltd had not adequately compensated them for land acquisition.

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Bombay HC has asked Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe further into allegations of four benami flats in the Adarsh scam case.

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Punjab & Haryana HC, after granting sufficient opportunities to owners of Sector 37-based Batra Theatre to remove building violations, has directed their tenants to remove the non-compoundable building violations within two weeks at the expense of Batra brothers.

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Delhi HC has said that delay in formulating a scheme to carry out a survey of street vendors in the city and issuing them certificates to sell their wares on the roadsides has “defeated the purpose” of the law.

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Orissa HC has refused to interfere in technical aspects of repair work of Jagamohan of Shri Jagannath Temple at Puri currently undertaken by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released Fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2016-17 and cut down Repo Rate by 25 Bps to 6.25%.

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Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered another detailed probe against the genetically modified seed major, Monsanto, for alleged unfair business practices.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has refused to stay Baina Beach Beautification Project following a petition filed last week against the ongoing works.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) to obtain environmental clearance from Uttar Pradesh Environment Authority for construction of a six-lane Hindon elevated road connecting NH-24.

*5th October, 2016*

SC, while giving a major relief to domicile candidates seeking admission to MBBS course through NEET counseling, has ordered to give preference to medical aspirants from State by maintaining status quo on allotment list released on October 2.

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Madras HC has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by social activist K R ‘Traffic’ Ramaswamy which sought a report on health status of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa who is undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospitals in Chennai.

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Punjab & Haryana HC has asked State Government to revise pension of pre-2011 retirees and has held that pre- January 2006 retirees are entitled to re-fixation of their pension as per December 2011 notification of Government without any retrospective effect.

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Bombay HC has sought a response from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on insurance companies floating a scheme where hospitals can recover unpaid bills.

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Madras HC has slammed Kuruvikulam and Perumalpuram police in Tirunelveli district for failing to act in a woman missing case.

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Gujarat HC has asked State Government to inform it about possible actions it can take to prevent illegal downloading of the location-based augmented reality game ‘Pokemon Go’.

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Madras HC has restrained State Government, from letting sewage into Amaravathi River which joins the Cauvery before the water is pumped out for the drinking purpose.

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Calcutta HC, while rejecting CBI’s plea to keep Ex-Transport Minister Madan Mitra, under house arrest and police surveillance, has granted him interim bail, an accused in multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam.

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Competition Commission of India (CCI) has dismissed allegations that Power Grid Corporation abused its dominant position with policy that materials used in construction of transmission lines should be tested at NABL approved laboratories.

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Central Information Commission (CIC), while rejecting the plea of Higher Education Regulator, has said that UGC and other public authorities cannot deny clarifications sought by RTI applicants if it is part of their duty to collect that.

*6th October 2016

Supreme Court has stayed Patna High Court order quashing the notification banning consumption and sale of liquor in the state.

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Madras High Court has granted interim bail to racing champion Vikash Anand, who was arrested for causing a car accident in which an auto driver was killed and eight others injured in Chennai last month.

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Delhi High Court while expressing concern that UP government had not given compensation to the kin of all victims of the 1987 Hashimpura massacre has asked the authorities to disburse the ex-gratia amounts “expeditiously”.

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Rajasthan High Court has stayed the hiring of school lecturers in political science and issued notices to related authorities over alleged irregularities in the exam held for the post of lecturer.

*7th October, 2016*

A US federal appeals court has reinstated a $120 million jury award for Apple Inc against Samsung, marking the latest twist in the fierce patent war between the world’s top smartphone manufacturers.

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MC David has got an Indian patent for his design to develop a life saving device, a portable light-weight mosquito net with inflatable support system using air pressure and water.

*10th October, 2016*

SC, while acquitting three persons of rape charges, has ruled that a sex worker cannot lodge a sexual assault complaint against her customers if they refuse to pay.

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Supreme Court has declined to interfere with the two-year-ban imposed on the IPL team by the Lodha panel after noting that CSK had itself made the decision “final” when it withdrew its appeal against the sanction.

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Supreme Court has stayed Allahabad High Court order directing CBI probe into illegal mining across Uttar Pradesh, saying it was passed without proper application of mind or examining preliminary enquiry reports filed by the CBI.

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SC has dismissed an appeal filed by Aurangabad Municipal Corporation against Bombay HC’s judgment on October 16 last year, in which it quashed a criminal complaint filed by the civic body’s medical health officer against a city-based gynaecologist.

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Delhi HC has held that students, who secure a rank in an entrance exam but fail to produce the required documents at the time of counselling, cannot fault the university for denying admission.

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Delhi HC has taken note of surprise speed breakers that prove dangerous for motorists plying on city roads and ordered corrective action to prevent accidents. The court called for the installation of proper signage ahead of authorised ones to warn oncoming motorists.

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Gujarat HC has sought explanation from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on granting a settlement and clearing licence to National Spot Exchange.

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Gujarat HC, while deciding a case of maintenance, has told a man to feel happy about his wife’s income and maintained that her earning must not be used as a ground to escape the liability to pay maintenance.

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A Special Court in Delhi has said that a wife is entitled to seek maintenance only from her husband and is not liable to be maintained by her in-laws.

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Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in order to safeguard investors of firms listed on non-operational bourses, has allowed such companies to raise capital through preferential allotment route to meet listing requirements.

*12th October, 2016*

Bombay HC has granted State government six weeks to compile data, file replies along with affidavit in support of its stand on reserving seats in government jobs and educational institutions across State for Maratha community.

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Bombay HC has refused to interfere with decision of Authorities to compulsorily retire a Junior Telecom Officer in Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd after a departmental inquiry held him guilty in a case of loss of telephone cables.

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Punjab & Haryana HC has questioned Haryana Transport Department’s decision to allot timetable of State Roadways Buses to private operators on some routes allegedly to extend them undue favor.

*13th October, 2016*

Delhi High Court has ruled that a wife cannot claim enhanced maintenance from her husband, working abroad, by converting his income into Indian currency.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought reply within two weeks from Rewa District Administration, after the latter allowed a Dussehra function to be held at TRS Government College’s Major Dyanchand Hockey and Athlete Sports Complex on October 11.

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Madras High Court has directed Avadi Municipality to quickly provide water connections to over 18,000 applicants in that area and submit a compliance report on December 16.
*14th October, 2016*

Bombay HC has ruled that State Chief Information Commissioner has power to transfer State Information Commissioner from one region to other to ensure proper functioning of Commission.

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Delhi HC has asked the Centre to file its opinion over a plea seeking an immediate ban on 19 pesticides as recommended by an expert panel on ground that they are carcinogenic.

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Delhi HC has held that demand for privacy by a married woman after she enters her matrimonial home cannot be dubbed as cruelty towards husband to grant him divorce.

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Madras HC has directed Dean of Royapettah Government Hospital to constitute a team of two doctors to conduct an autopsy on body of a paan masala vendor, who allegedly suffered custodial harassment at hands of Manali police.

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Bombay HC has directed entrepreneur and co-founder of Hiranandani Group, Niranjan Hiranandani to deposit Rs 370 crore in cash and another Rs 149.50 crore by way of bank guarantees as compensation for his daughter for a “breach of trust” and for infringing terms of a business agreement.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that accumulated unutilised leave of an employee cannot be reduced to 300 days even if he is entitled to leave encashment for a maximum of 300 days.

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Bombay HC has rapped State for refusing to register complaints against illegal hoardings in Mumbai.

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Delhi High Court has said that behaviour of a spouse showing “lack of respect, faith and understanding” and causing pain and disrepute to the other partner amounts to cruelty.

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Bombay HC has said that Government must enhance the compensation paid to victims of rail accidents to ensure that the amount marches with time.

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Bombay High Court came down heavily on Maharashtra government for death of tribal children due to malnutrition, saying it seems to lack “sensitivity” and is “not concerned at all”, and judicial orders were almost an “exercise in futility”.

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Hyderabad HC has directed Visakhapatnam District Revenue Authorities not to take any coercive steps against fishermen families in Chepala Timmapuram near Bheemunipatnam of Vishakhapatnam District aimed at evicting them from places of their residence.

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Punjab and Haryana HC has asked University Grants Commission (UGC) to explain rationale behind not recognising Distance Education Degrees acquired by students for which examinations were conducted at centres outside territorial jurisdiction of Universities.

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Bombay High Court has directed Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to avoid holding Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in areas facing water crisis in Maharashtra during summer to spare last-minute shifting of matches, like previous edition.

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Bombay HC has directed National Investigation Agency (NIA) to compile and submit all previous court orders concerning 2008 Malegaon blasts accused Pragya Singh Thakur, while questioning if a person could be “kept behind bars even if there was no charge against him or her”.

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Hyderabad HC has stayed decision of Andhra Pradesh government to award contract of operating the ‘108’ ambulance and health emergency services to UK Specialist Ambulance Services, BVG Consortium.

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Hyderabad High Court while granting major relief to direct selling company QNET, which has been trying to defend its business model in Mumbai for the last three years, has stayed all proceedings against the company in State.
*17th October, 2016*

Supreme Court has asked CBI to conclude its investigation in Journalist Rajdev Ranjan murder case in Bihar within three months.

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Bombay High Court has refused to grant a temporary suspension of sentence on medical grounds to a woman convicted of murder.

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Bombay HC has warned hospitals that if they do not implement a scheme to treat poor, it will direct State Government to take over their beds.

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Bombay High Court while hearing a petition filed in a Solapur murder case in which charge sheet was not filed for four years, has demanded a overhaul in crime investigation of Maharashtra.

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Karnataka HC has disposed of a PIL seeking for proper survey and removal of encroachments from Mahadevapura lake in suburbs of Bengaluru city by asking petitioners to submit a detailed representation to Deputy Commissioner, Bengaluru Urban District.

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Bombay High Court has directed Service Tax Department to complete process of re-auction and sale of businessman Vijay Mallya’s private aircraft by December 15 this year.

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Kerala HC has issued a press note that said there are no restrictions on entry of media personnel to court premises for reporting purposes.

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Karnataka High Court has issued notices to State government and three private contractors on a Public Interest Litigation, which complained about alleged illegal sand extraction in Tungabhadra.

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Bombay HC has pulled up Income Tax Department after it found that department had slapped a notice on an individual even though the search and seizure carried out by Tax Office revealed nothing.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT), while asking medical bodies to ensure proper collection, segregation and disposal of bio-medical waste in National Capital, has directed Delhi government to submit quantum of waste generated by city hospitals, nursing homes and labs.

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Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) must pro-actively disclose steps taken to ward off menace of theft which has recently plagued the institution as it is suspected that culprits could be hiding somewhere inside the campus.

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National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to Tamil Nadu government over reported death of three college girls in a road accident involving a water tanker in Guindy area in Chennai.

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Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (IRDA) has said that it is having second thoughts about mandatory listing of Insurance Companies on the Stock Market after a nudge from the Finance Ministry.

*17th October, 2016*

Delhi HC has dismissed plea of UK-based Vedanta Group Company, Cairn India Ltd’s seeking permission to export excess crude from its oil field in Rajasthan.

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Drug firm Suven Life Sciences has been granted one product patent each by Europe and Israel for a drug used in treatment of Neuro-Degenerative Diseases.

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Bombay HC has said that shops storing firecrackers should not be set up in residential areas and directed civic bodies in Maharashtra to ensure strict compliance of rules related to keeping of these small explosive devices to avoid any mishap.

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Uttarakhand HC while taking suo moto cognizance of a death due to electrocution last year, has ordered removal of illegal electric fences citing threat to the wildlife.

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Madras High Court has declined to accept a plea of State Revenue Secretary seeking eight years to implement a GPS system to enable generation of proper data and records of various government lands.

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Madras High Court has rejected a petition filed by Secretary of a Muslim jamath seeking a direction to State Government to declare caste to which Dalit converts to Islam would belong and issue community certificates to them mentioning the appropriate caste.

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Punjab and Haryana HC has asked Punjab government to explain about arrangements made by it to secure school children commuting through buses.

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Delhi High Court has issued notice to AAP government and three City Municipal Corporations asking them why action should not be taken against them for not complying with the court’s earlier order on filling teachers’ vacancies.

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Hyderabad High Court has directed Secretary to Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Assembly to take steps to recover pay and allowances paid to Former Minister Satrucharla Vijayarama Raju during his tenure as MLA.

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Madhya Pradesh HC has issued notice to police and CBI and barred the media from publishing contents of a petition filed regarding alleged custodial torture of an RSS pracharak Suresh Yadav last month.

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Delhi High Court has told AAP government to ask National Informatics Centre (NIC) to develop online software to address problem of spurious CNG kits in National Capital within 20 days.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken exception to non-submission of status report by Delhi government on steps taken by it to tackle diseases like dengue and chikungunya in National Capital.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to Centre, Delhi government, Container Corporation of India’s (CONCOR) and Railway Board over plea seeking g shifting of Inland Container Depot at Tughlakabad to another place.

*18th October, 2016*

Supreme Court has ordered Real Estate Developer Unitech to refund Rs 16 crore to 39 flat buyers in a case of not completing housing project Vista in Gurugram on time.

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Bombay High Court has expressed unhappiness over non-payment of pension and arrears to retired judicial officers and warned that if they are not paid their dues, it would summon State Government Officials concerned and deprive them of their pension for two years.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed States of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Delhi to clarify policy on use of CNG as main fuel for vehicles.

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Madras High Court has decided to crack down on private buses that fleece passengers especially during holidays and festival seasons and directed State Government to explain as to why was it not controlling fare collected by those bus operators.

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Delhi HC has said that anyone who lays down his life for Country is a martyr who is remembered by society, and no other recognition like a certificate of ‘shaheed’ from the government is needed.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Delhi government to convene a meeting of concerned authorities to devise a plan to deal with increasing levels of air pollution in National Capital, after being informed that second odd-even scheme had not aided in curbing air pollution menace.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped Uttar Pradesh government for wasting crores of rupees of public money on Ganga rejuvenation and restrained it from spending on any major project except maintenance work on the stretch from Haridwar to Kanpur.

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Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that Constitution Club which is a “platform for interaction amongst past and present member of Parliament” will now be answerable to queries under Right to Information Act.

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National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) while taking suo motu cognizance of news reports that 740 students of Residential Schools (ashramshalas) in tribal areas have died of various health issues over last 10 years, has asked Maharashtra Government to submit a report within four weeks.
*19th October, 2016*

Supreme Court while deliberating on its two-decade-old judgement which declared “Hinduism” as a way of life, has asked if spiritual leaders who aren’t contesting polls seek votes for a particular party could be held accountable for “corrupt practices” under Electoral Law.

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Supreme Court has reserved its judgment on nature of awards being given by Water Tribunals set up under Inter-state River Disputes Act, 1956, and its provisions amended in 2002.

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Bombay High Court while admitting an appeal filed by Lt Col Prasad Purohit, an accused in 2008 Malegaon Blast Case, against rejection of his bail plea, has sought response from National Investigation Agency (NIA) over the matter.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court came down heavily on Haryana Advocate General Office and State Government for not filing replies in a bunch of land acquisition matters related to Kurukshetra and other districts despite grant of repeated opportunities.

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Madras High Court has restrained private bus operators in Tamil Nadu from selling tickets based on their revised fare for 2016-17, which they announced last week.

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Gujarat High Court has sought response from Government on plea challenging contractual appointment of two retired police officers who are accused in Ishrat Jahan Encounter Case.

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Delhi High Court has extended relief granted to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students against University’s decision holding them guilty of indiscipline in controversial February 9 event in which “anti-India” slogans were allegedly raised.

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Madras High Court has issued notice to State Government on a plea seeking direction to authorities to follow procedures laid down by statutory rules before releasing water under the Parambikulam Aliyar Project.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court has called upon Lower Courts to be in control of proceedings and not permit prolonged litigation in order to reduce pendency of cases in Lower Courts.

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Bombay High Court has rapped State Government for not constituting Police Complaint Authorities, which were to start functioning by October 15.

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Hyderabad High Court has stayed criminal case registered against former world billiards champion Michael Joseph Ferreira and four others by Hyderabad police for allegedly duping unemployed youth with e-commerce jobs and fraudulent investment schemes.

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National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), while taking suo motu cognizance of media reports, has issued a notice to Odisha Government on the fire at SUM hospital that claimed 21 lives.

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to replace debit cards whose security is suspected to have been compromised after being used in some Automated Teller Machines (ATMs).

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A Delhi court while dismissing anticipatory bail of Punit Beriwala, MD of Vipul Infrastructure Developers, has ordered him to surrender in the criminal case relating to a South Delhi property where company is accused of duping a buyer.
*20th October, 2016*

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*20th September, 2016*

Supreme Court has rejected Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which demanded an alternative to be brought to the collegium system used to appoint judges in the country.

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Punjab & Haryana HC has dismissed petitions filed for challenging single-judge order on Punjab Pre-Medical Entrance Test (PMET-2016) conducted by Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, for admission to MBBS/BDS courses in state medical colleges.

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Delhi High Court has ordered the release of Bollywood movie Love Day-Pyaar Ka Din with a U/A certificate and set aside the Central Board of Film Certification order that categorised the movie as the adult.

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Microsoft owned Skype, has secured an Indian patent for an invention relating to a system and method for minimizing the load on a message server, which in turn could facilitate faster communication.

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Supreme Court has asked search engines of companies, like Google India, Microsoft India and Yahoo India, to take steps to block sex determination advertisements.

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SC has denied to entertain a petition challenging Maharashtra government’s decision to grant 16% quota to Marathas in jobs and education in the state. The Court, however, allowed the petitioner to approach Bombay high court for “expeditious” hearing of the case.

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SC while questioning the mode and method in which the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has been appointed, asked that how University Grants Commission rules could be ignored in the appointment process.

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Supreme Court has sought Maharashtra government’s response on the bail plea by the lone convict in the 2010 Pune German Bakery blast that had claimed 17 lives.

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Karnataka High Court has granted bail to former Lokayukta Y Bhaskar Rao’s son, Ashwin Rao and nine others in the Lokayukta extortion case.

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Supreme Court has granted six months extension to Gujarat court to complete trial in the Naroda Gaon violence case, one of the nine post-Godhra riots matters.

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Delhi HC has rapped Congress functionary Sajjan Kumar for casting aspersions on a Sikh judge who is on the division bench hearing of an appeal relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

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Bombay High Court has directed to set up special investigation team (SIT), to probe the allegations of murder of suspected LeT terrorist Shaikh Abdul Naeem Karim, an accused in 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case.

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Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved JSW Energy’s purchase of the 500MW Bina thermal power plant from Jaiprakash Power Ventures.

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Chief Information Commissioner has issued order to four ministries of Union Government to furnish the information about birth and death anniversary of King Ashoka and whether it is celebrated?

SC has rapped Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Governments for allowing bandhs, agitations to challenge its order passed in public interest to share Cauvery water between the States.

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SC has disposed of a petition by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) over Sehajdhari Sikhs’ right to vote in SGPC elections as the case had become irrelevant following a new central law taking away their right.

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SC, while quashing plea by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on acquisition of a piece of land in Vasant Kunj in 1961, has said that State’s right to expropriate land is not an absolute one and it would lapse if the acquisition proceeding is not completed within five years.

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Delhi HC has directed ‘mandatory periodic inspection’ of all buildings and premises of government and private schools in the national capital to ensure the safety of students.

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Delhi HC has refrained from passing an interim order on Britannia Industries Ltd’s plea challenging a single judge’s order restraining them from using the packaging of its ‘Nutri Choice Digestive Zero’ biscuits in its present form.

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Madras HC has quashed rape case registered against a caste Hindu youth after he agreed to marry the victim, a Dalit, with whom he had sexual relationship on the promise of marrying her but had subsequently refused to honour his promise leading to the registration of a First Information Report.

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Karnataka HC has upheld circular issued by Medical Council of India (MCI), which had asked all medical colleges to fill up seats under NRI/foreign nationals quota only from merit list prepared on basis of marks secured by candidates in National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), from 2016-17.

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Madhya Pradesh HC has commuted to seven years jail term life imprisonment awarded to a man for murder of a ten-year-old boy, holding that it was a culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

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Direct Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2016, which came into force from 1st June, 2016, can be availed up to 31st December, 2016.

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Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO), has cancelled Aappakadai’s registration of trademark ‘Aachi’ in the United States.

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Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered inquiry against Jaiprakash Associates Ltd through majority orders in two separate cases involving real estate projects in the National Capital Region for alleged abuse of dominant market position and imposition of “unfair” conditions on buyers.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a 5 -member expert group to inspect Indian Super League (ISL) football venue Rabindra Sarovar Stadium following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that pleaded that night matches should not be organised without proper environmental monitoring.

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Delhi HC has rejected suits by three international publishers against sale of photocopied books and pages in Delhi University (DU), a landmark verdict likely to have a wide-reaching impact on copyright laws in India.

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Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has directed the Income Tax Department to keep its country-wide offices open till midnight on September 30 in order to receive declarations under the domestic black money window – the Income Declaration Scheme (IDS).

SC has quashed criminal proceedings against cricketer MS Dhoni for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by portraying himself as God on a magazine cover.

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SC has again denied interim bail to self-styled Godman Asaram Bapu, while stating that his bail plea would be heard only after the medical report.

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SC has given Centre four weeks’ time to file its response on the right of Muslim women in matrimonial matters relating to divorce and maintenance, including triple talaq.

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SC has directed Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu for the next 10 days to ameliorate plight of farmers.

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Competition Commission of India (CCI) has dismissed allegations that ANI Technologies, which runs taxi and auto services under Ola brand, abused its dominant position in the national capital with predatory pricing ways.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has denied to quash the environment clearance granted to the Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd, being developed by Adani Group in Thiruvananthapuram.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken exception to non-submission of status report on quality of water supplied to households in the national capital by the Delhi Government and summoned Delhi Environment Secretary.
*5th September, 2016*

SC has directed all States and Union Territories to upload the FIRs on their websites within 24 hours of registration at police stations.

*7th September, 2016*

A Special Mumbai Court has sentenced a 25-year-old man to death for hurling acid at a woman, which resulted in her death three years ago.

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Delhi HC, while giving jolt to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which had appointed the MLAs as parliamentary secretaries on March 13, 2015, has set aside an order of AAP Government appointing 21 of the party’s MLAs as parliamentary secretaries.

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Patna HC has granted bail to controversial RJD leader Mohammad Shahbuddin in a case of murder of a witness in the killing of two brothers in Siwan by bathing them in acid.

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A Delhi court has allowed Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, an accused in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, to confront a prosecution witness with her deposition in a related case.

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Madras HC, while voicing concern over use of money to get medical seats, has ordered action by police and Income Tax authorities against a complainant who has claimed to have paid Rs 20 lakh to a person in a bid to get admission in a medical college.

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Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has clarified that all forms of broadcasting including digital music streaming fall under section 31(D) of the Copyright Act of 2013.

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Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has marginally tightened delisting norms and said in case of compulsory delisting, if company’s fair value is positive, it cant effect transfer of equity shares via sale, pledge or in any manner till the promoters of such a firm provide an exit option.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has allowed Tata Motors and other automakers (and automotive societies) to file applications on September 27 seeking clarifications on previous orders of the tribunal regarding the scrapping of diesel vehicles in Delhi.
*8th September, 2016*

SC has denied to stay a Delhi High Court judgment declaring Delhi a Union Territory (UT) and the Lieutenant Governor its administrative captain.
*9th September, 2016*

Cabinet has approved setting up of the GST Council, which will decide on the rate of tax under the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, likely to kick in from April 1, 2017.

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Central Government has imposed stock-holding limits on sugar mills and said sugar mills should not hold stocks in excess of 37 per cent of their total inventories as on September 30, 2016, while as on October 31, 2016, no mill can have stocks above 24 per cent of total inventories.

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SC has reduced quantum of Cauvery water to be released by Karnataka but expressed displeasure over the deteriorating law-and-order situation across southern India, where life is paralysed by violent strikes.
*12th September, 2016*

Bombay HC has dismissed petition filed by Sanjay Gejge, who claimed to be an adopted son of art collector Lance Dane, challenging validity of City Collector’s order enabling a Public Charitable Trust to take over treasure trove of antiques etc., left behind by the British Army Officer.

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Bombay HC has held that city residents are entitled to sacrifice goats on occasion of Bakrid, subject to terms and conditions laid down in licences obtained by them from local authorities.
*13th September, 2016*

Bombay HC has quashed a Family Court order thereby granted relief to a husband, that asked him to live with his wife.

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UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO), while taking Swiss watchmaker ‘Swatch’ opposition against Apple’s registration of the trademark “iWatch” in the UK, has agreed with Swatch, upholding its opposition which it filed in March 2014.
*14th September, 2016*

: Supreme Court has directed Parsvnath Developers to deposit Rs 12 crores with the court’s registry in four weeks in a case related to delay in possession of flats in the realtor’s Exotica project in Ghaziabad.

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SC has quashed death sentence given to Govindachamy, convict in Soumya rape case. However, he was held guilty of rape and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for seven years.

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Karnataka HC, while giving relief to NPS Schools, has stayed further proceedings pursuant to FIR lodged against them and also stayed CBSE’s disaffiliation of NPS Group of Schools in relation to forged minority certificate controversy.

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Gujarat HC has issued notice to US-based developer of Pokemon Go on a PIL seeking ban on location based-augmented reality game in India for “posing danger to public safety”.

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Uttarakhand HC has asked Union Ministry of Science and Technology to submit its reply in case related to a student Pooja Joshi, who claimed that despite being eligible for a ministry scholarship of Rs 80,000, she was deprived of it after two years, citing change in eligibility criteria.

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Madras HC has dismissed anticipatory bail plea of expelled AIADMK Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala Pushpa and her three family members in a sexual harassment case, holding that nature of charges against them was “severe” and their custodial interrogation was required.

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Central Information Commission (CIC) has cautioned the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to adopt “due seriousness” in handling of Right to Information applications and provide responses within the mandatory time limit.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Uttar Pradesh and Haryana Government to mull over possibility of installing CNG stations in NCR while refusing to grant permission to over 10 year old diesel vehicles to ply in these areas.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued an order upon Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) asking them to explain as to why its directions to stop flow of untreated sewerage from villages to the storm-water drains of Kaushambi has not been complied with.

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VRS: It is not open for the Employees to withdraw the Application after the stipulated last date
The Supreme Court in Madhya Pradesh State Road Transportation Corporation vs. Manoj Kumar & Anr. Held that Voluntary Retirement Schemes (VRS) are contractual in nature and the option to opt for them constituted as an ‘invitation to offer’ and not an ‘offer’ themselves. The Bench of Justices AK Sikri and RK Agrawal also held that it is not open to the applicants to withdraw their applications after the stipulated last date
Contract of Insurance to be construed strictly

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The Supreme Court in M/s. INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION & INVESTMENT CORPORATION OF ORISSA LTD. VS. NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD. & ANR. reiterated that Contract of Insurance should be construed strictly and it is only when there is any ambiguity or doubt the clause in the Policy, it should be interpreted in favour of the insured.
Partial deposit before DRAT under Section 18 of SARFAESI Act refundable

Reiterating the dictum laid down in in Axis bank vs. SBS Organics Private Limited, the Supreme Court in KUMAR ALUMINIUM LTD. VS. ASSET RECONSTRUCTION COMPANY INDIA set aside a Delhi High Court Judgment which had refused to interfere with DRAT order which turned down the prayer for refund of the amount deposited in compliance of the requirement of the second proviso to section 18(1) of the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, for maintaining an appeal.
Phrase ‘contract to the contrary’ does not mean that the parties are free to contract out of the express provisions of the law

The Apex Court in M/S PARK STREET PROPERTIES (PVT) LTD. VS. DIPAK KUMAR SINGH & ANR held that the phrase ‘contract to the contrary’ in Section 106 of the Transfer of Property Act means a ‘valid contract’ and it cannot be read to mean that the parties are free to contract out of the express provisions of the law, thereby defeating its very intent.
Deputy Director of Income Tax is not competent to file complaint of the contempt of lawful authority of IT Officers
Complaint filed by the Deputy Director of Income Tax fails for procedural snag. The Supreme Court held that the Deputy Director of Income Tax (Investigation) has no competency to file a complaint against the contempt of the lawful authority of Income Tax Officers, resulting in quashing the complaint. The Court was dealing with the multifarious questions related to the competency of the Deputy Director of Income Tax (Investigation) to file a complaint of the aforementioned nature, territorial jurisdiction of the Court to entertain a complaint etc.

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Land acquisition for Tata’s car plant in WB scraped; slammed procedure adopted
The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the acquisition of 1000 acres of land in Singur by West Bengal’s Left Front government in 2006 for Tata’s Nano project concluding that it was “illegal” and proceeded ahead in “violation of law”.

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Power of JLO is limited in re-appreciating the Evidence recorded by Enquiry Officer in Disciplinary Action
The Joint Labour Commissioner, who sits in deciding the Approval Petition submitted by the employer on the action of dismissal from service of the employee, cannot exceed his jurisdiction in re-appreciating the evidence against the employee recorded by the Enquiry Officer, the Supreme Court said. The Court pronounced the judgement in an appeal preferred by the Management of TNSTC (Coimbatore) Ltd against one of its drivers, who was ordered to be dismissed by the orders of the Disciplinary Authority based on the findings of the Enquiry Officer that the incumbent was rash and negligent while driving the bus owned by the appellant, whereby severe casualties and damage of vehicles occurred.

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Accepting His Apology, Advocate Yatin Oza Exonerated From Contempt Proceedings
Accepting the ‘unconditional apology’ tendered by Gujarat High Court Bar Association President Yatin Narendra Oza, the Supreme Court exonerated him from contempt proceedings initiated by the Gujarat High Court.

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Jalgaon Housing Scam: SC grants Bail to ex-minister Suresh Jain
In a reprieve for jailed former Maharashtra minister Suresh Jain, the Supreme Court on Friday granted him bail in the multi-crore Jalgaon housing scheme scam case.
Release plea of longest serving prisoner of Kashmir convicted under TADA rejected
Kashmir valley’s longest serving prisoner would continue to be in Prison as Supreme Court rejected his Writ petition seeking release

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Notice to banks on Mallya plea for recall of contempt notice
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the consortium of 17 banks led by the State Bank of India which have initiated loan recovery proceedings against liquor baron Vijay Mallya, to respond to his plea seeking the recall of the notice of contempt for allegedly not making full disclosure of all the assets owned by him and his family as directed by the top court earlier.

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Disclose source of money raised: SC to Roy
In the strongest ever attack on Sahara group and its chief Subrata Roy, the Supreme Court asked it to reveal from where it had raised Rs 25,000 crore and paid its investors in cash.
Asaram be brought to AIIMS for checkup by Air

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Supreme Court on Monday directed the Rajasthan government to bring self-styed godman Asaram Bapu facing rape charges to AIIMS by air from jodhpur jail for medical check ups as he claimed to be suffering from several chronic ailments.

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Kejriwal Vs LG suit:
AAP govt accused of attempting “parallel proceedings”
The Apex Court on Monday accused the Delhi’s Kejriwal government of attempting to initiate parallel proceedings on the issue of its ongoing tussle with the Lt Governor over sharing of powers by making the apex court hear two petitions on the same issue.
AAP govt withdraws suit in SC for demarcating powers
Three days after the Supreme Court accused the Delhi’s Kejriwal government of attempting to initiate parallel proceedings on the issue of its ongoing tussle with the Lt Governor over sharing of powers, the AAP government on Friday withdrew the suit on the subject

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Bulandshahr Rape: Azam Khan’s Statement to be examined, Nariman appointed as Amicus, Probe stayed
Supreme Court on Monday prima-facie expressed disapproval of the alleged comments made by Uttar Pradesh minister and Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan that the Bulandshahr gang rape incident in which a minor girl and her mother were victims was a “political conspiracy” to malign his party-led government in the state.

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Challenge against Maharashtra LAW CET: notice issued to State and BCI
A Division bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and RK Agrawal on Monday issued notices to the Maharashtra Government and the Bar Council of India in a Special Leave Petition filed against the Bombay High Court judgment dismissing the writ petitions challenging the introduction of CET for undergraduate courses in law.
Dance bar: notice to Maharashtra Govt on new conditions

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the response of the Maharashtra government on a fresh plea filed by dance bar owners protesting certain new conditions imposed by it.
Notice issued on petitions challenging beef, cow slaughter ban; hearing after 6 weeks

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The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Maharashtra government and Centre on a petition against the May 6 order of the Bombay High Court which upheld the ban on cow slaughter in the state under the amended Maharashtra Animals Preservation (Amendment) Act, 2015.

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the response of the Maharashtra government on a fresh plea filed by dance bar owners protesting certain new conditions imposed by it.
Notice issued on petitions challenging beef, cow slaughter ban; hearing after 6 weeks
SC to hear PIL to debar convicted persons uniformly from Legislature, Executive & Judiciary

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A petition was filed in the Supreme Court of India on Thursday, demanding that convicted persons be debarred uniformly from Legislature, Executive and Judiciary.
Resident moves SC against judges ordering security to themselves

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A resident of Meghalaya has moved Supreme Court challenging the order of Meghalaya High Court ordering security to its own serving and retired Judges.
Rahul Gandhi to face Trial

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Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will have to stand trial for the criminal defamation case filed by a Maharashtra-based RSS activist for allegedly blaming the organisation for the assasination of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Personal laws cannot be challenged: AIMPLB to SC
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court has stated that Personal laws of a community cannot be re-written in the name of social reforms.

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A Special Mumbai Court has sentenced a 25-year-old man to death for hurling acid at a woman, which resulted in her death three years ago.

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Delhi HC, while giving jolt to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which had appointed the MLAs as parliamentary secretaries on March 13, 2015, has set aside an order of AAP Government appointing 21 of the party’s MLAs as parliamentary secretaries.

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Patna HC has granted bail to controversial RJD leader Mohammad Shahbuddin in a case of murder of a witness in the killing of two brothers in Siwan by bathing them in acid.

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A Delhi court has allowed Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, an accused in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, to confront a prosecution witness with her deposition in a related case.

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Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has clarified that all forms of broadcasting including digital music streaming fall under section 31(D) of the Copyright Act of 2013.

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SC has quashed criminal proceedings against cricketer MS Dhoni for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by portraying himself as God on a magazine cover.

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SC has again denied interim bail to self-styled Godman Asaram Bapu, while stating that his bail plea would be heard only after the medical report.

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SC has given Centre four weeks’ time to file its response on the right of Muslim women in matrimonial matters relating to divorce and maintenance, including triple talaq.

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SC has directed Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu for the next 10 days to ameliorate plight of farmers.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) has denied to quash the environment clearance granted to the Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd, being developed by Adani Group in Thiruvananthapuram.

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SC has directed all States and Union Territories to upload the FIRs on their websites within 24 hours of registration at police stations.
*7th September, 2016*

The Supreme Court asked the Commission to examine whether it is permissible and advisable to provide appeals routinely to Supreme Court only on a question of law or substantial question of law which is not of national or public importance ? A two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court has directed the Law Commission of India to examine various issues relating to the working of Tribunals including the desirability of providing statutory appeals directly to Supreme Court from orders of Tribunals on issues not affecting national or public interest and other aspects of statutory framework in respect of Tribunals. While making the reference to Law Commission of India, the Bench observed as follows: “We make it clear that as far as heavy pendency in this Court on account of liberal exercise of jurisdiction under Article 136 of the Constitution of India is concerned, we do not wish to make any comment as this is a matter in the discretion of the Court and it is for the Court to address this issue. Our discussion is limited to the consideration of desirability of providing statutory appeals directly to this Court from orders of Tribunals on issues not affecting national or public interest and other aspects of statutory framework in respect of Tribunals as discussed above.” The Bench comprising Justices Anil R Dave and AK Goel has directed the Commission to examine the following questions Whether any changes in the statutory framework constituting various Tribunals with regard to persons appointed, manner of appointment, duration of appointment, etc. is necessary in the light of judgment of Supreme Court in Madras Bar Association Case or on any other consideration from the point of view of strengthening the rule of law? Whether it is permissible and advisable to provide appeals routinely to this Court only on a question of law or substantial question of law which is not of national or public importance without affecting the constitutional role assigned to the Supreme Court having regard to the desirability of decision being rendered within reasonable time? Whether direct statutory appeals to the Supreme Court bypassing the High Courts from the orders of Tribunal affects access to justice to litigants in remote areas of the country? Whether it is desirable to exclude jurisdiction of all courts in absence of equally effective alternative mechanism for access to justice at grass root level as has been done in provisions of TDSAT Act (Sections 14 and 15) Any other incidental or connected issue which may be considered appropriate. The Bench has observed that while there may be no lack of legislative competence with the Parliament to make provision for direct appeal to the Supreme Court from orders of Tribunals but the legislative competence is not the only parameter of constitutionality. “It can hardly be gainsaid that routine appeals to the highest court may result in obstruction of the Constitutional role assigned to the highest court as observed above. This may affect the balance required to be maintained by the highest court of giving priority to cases of national importance, for which larger Benches may be required to be constituted. Routine direct appeals to the highest court in commercial litigation affecting individual parties without there being any issue of national importance may call for reconsideration at appropriate levels. Further question is composition of Tribunals as substitutes for High Courts and exclusion of High Court jurisdiction on account of direct appeals to this Court. Apart from desirability, constitutionality of such provisions may need to be gone into”, the Bench added. Rea the Judgment Here