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SLP Against Death Sentence Shall Not Be Dismissed Without Giving Reasons: SC

It has to be said right at the outset that in a landmark judgment delivered on November 1, 2018 with far reaching consequences, the three-Judge Bench of Supreme Court comprising Justice AK Sikri, Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice Indira Banerjee in Babasaheb Maruti Kamble v State of Maharashtra in Review Petition (Criminal) No. 388of 2015 in Special Leave Petition (Cr..

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The triplicate mystery in Indian registration act,1908

1) EXECUTION: ACT OF EXECUTING: The word ' Execution ' in its widest sense signifies the enforcement to effect, to achieve: To complete as a legal instrument to perform what is required to give validity to as by write signing and perhaps sealing and delivering as to execute a document or deed. or To perform, to finish, to accomplish an act. or..

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Bombay HC Quashes Government Resolution Making It Mandatory For Assistant Public Prosecutors To Secure 25% Conviction For A Promotion

It must be noted first and foremost that in a landmark judgment with far reaching consequences for Assistant Public Prosecutors, the Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court in Maharashtra State Public Prosecutors Association Through its President Sanjay Purushottam Deshmukh versus 1. The State of Maharashtra Through its Secretary, Home Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2...

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Duties of an Advocate

Advocates, in addition to being professionals, are also officers of the courts and play a vital role in the administration of justice. Accordingly, the set of rules that govern their professional conduct arise out of the duty that they owe the court, the client, their opponents and other advocates. p style="text-align:justi..

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NRC Being Prepared Under Supreme Court's Watch Is Laudable

Let me start by first and foremost pointing out that the consolidated draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) which is a database of Indian citizens in Assam and is being prepared under the Supreme Court's watch, is a critical step in resolving one of Assam's longstanding and most complicated problem of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. No politics should ..

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Delhi HC Sentences 16 Policemen To Life Imprisonment In Hashimpura Massacre Case

It has to be stated right at the outset that in a much awaited judgment, the Delhi High Court finally ending the years of nail biting suspense has finally delivered its historic verdict in Zulfikar Nasir & Ors v State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors in CRL.A. 574/2015 & Crl.M.A. No. 8003/2015 which was reserved on 6 September and then finally pronounced on 31 Octob..

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Traditional asset classes are losing value: what can one do?

Till about a few years ago, if one had spare funds or was looking to make some investments, then gold and fixed deposits were the preferred choice. For someone who was willing to take some risk and was seeking better returns then mutual funds and equities were the options to explore. However now with the changing market dynamics traditional asset classes are losing sh..

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62 percent of the country's prison population is made up of undertrial prisoners: Supreme Court

62 percent of India’s prison population comprises of undertrial prisoners, against the world average of 18-20 percent, the Supreme Court said yesterday in a case concerning speedy trial of undertrial prisoners. The Bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta also witnessed some sharp remarks by the B..

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Failure to determine the Seat of Arbitration

In a recent Judgment dated 25th September 2018, Supreme Court of India, in the matter of Union of India Vs Hardly Exploration and production (India) Inc reported as 2018 SCC Online 1640 allowed the petitioner to maintain an application seeking to challenge an arbitrator award under S.34 of the Arbitration and conciliation Act, 1996 even though award..

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Cabinet approves the Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2018 for regulation and standardisation of education and services by allied and healthcare professionals

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2018 for regulation and standardisation of education and services by allied and healthcare professionals. The Bill provides for setting up of an Allied and Healthcare Council of India and corresponding State Allied and Healthcare Councils which will ..

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SC Allows Live-Streaming Of Public Proceedings In Larger Public Interest

It must be said with consummate ease that in one of the most landmark, laudable and progressive judgment by the then CJI Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud which will go forward to a large extent in promoting transparency and probity in judicial proceedings, the Supreme Court in Swapnil Tripathi v Supreme Court of India in Writ Petition..

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Courts Have To Adequately Consider Defence Of The Accused U/s 313 CrPC; Non-Consideration Can Vitiate Conviction: SC

It must be observed right at the outset that in a remarkable and landmark judgment delivered on October 31, 2018 in Reena Hazarika v State of Assam in Criminal Appeal No. 1330 of 2018 (arising out of SLP(Crl.) No. 2440 of 2018) authored by Justice Navin Sinha for himself and Justice RF Nariman, the two Judge Bench of Apex Court observed quite clearly and convincingl..

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Pigeon feeding - Legal, Financial & Health Modalities

01. PIGEONS, were our original messengers and were deployed as Postman, for Strategic purposes, in the bygone days.  Even today, some highly specialized eccentric people & some governments do strategically indulge in using Pigeons, as their clandestine messengers /postman. a) Pigeons are often found in pai..

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Removal of encroachment from waqf property

In India a substantial number of auqaf exist. The property comprised in a waqf is vested in the implied ownership of Almighty God and administration is vested in natural persons. As such it is open for abuse often. The successive legislations on the protection of property had no effect. Therefore, a humble beginning was made by Waqf Act, 1995. p style="tex..

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In defence of Suu Kyi

Freedom and human rights are prevailing in the West and nowhere else in the world. There they have the freedom to say anything and to do anything. At present they are aghast with  Myanmar for violation of human rights and the inhuman treatment meted out to Rohingyan Muslims there. For that, they hold Aung San ..

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