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Godhra train burning case: Supreme Court seeks details about convicts for deciding bail pleas
A bench Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala made the request in view of the large number of bail applications before the Court.
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Registered adoption deed sufficient to prove adoption of child, decree from civil court not required: Gujarat High Court
Single-judge Justice Biren Vaishnav disagreed with the decision of the Bombay High Court, which had held that only a civil court can decide if an adoption was legal and done after following due procedure.
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Sena vs Sena Case: Supreme Court Refuses To Refer Pleas To 7-Judge Bench
In 2016, a five-judge Constitution bench, while deciding the Nabam Rebia case of Arunachal Pradesh, had held that the assembly speaker cannot proceed with a plea for disqualification of MLAs if a prior notice seeking removal of the speaker is pending before the House.
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Calcutta High Court orders inspection of all jails in State after inmate of Berhampore prison found with mobile phone
The Court also ordered the authorities to take action against jail officers who failed to properly search the inmates of Berhampore prison.
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Allahabad High Court quashes case against Salman Khurshid for quoting Shahenshah movie dialogue in response to CM Yogi Adityanath
Published on : 15 Feb, 2023, 9:39 pm Uttar Pradesh: The Allahabad High Court on Monday quashed criminal proceedings against Congress leader and Senior Advocate Salman Khurshid for a remark he made against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the 2019 Lok Sabha election campaign [Salman Khurshid v. State of UP]. Khurshid was alleged
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Supreme Court closes PIL for ban on Zoom app after being told government found nothing objectionable
The plea had raised concern over privacy and security issues with the Zoom app. Senior Advocate Arvind Datar today pointed out that the MEITY found nothing wrong with the app and even courts use it for hearing cases.
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Student forced to marry teacher entitled to divorce on ground of cruelty: Gujarat High Court
Published on : 14 Feb, 2023, 8:49 pm Gujrat: A teacher forcing his much younger student to marry him would amount to cruelty entitling the student-wife to divorce, the Gujarat High Court recently held. A division bench of Justices NV Anjaria and Sandeep N Bhatt, therefore, upheld the decision of a family court dissolving the 5-year-long marriage
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Higher duty of care expected from ICU staff when patient critical: National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
The commission held that gangrene developing in the patient’s hand went unnoticed and unmonitored throughout the night by ICU staff, amounting to failure of duty of care.
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First woman judge to helm Gujarat High Court Justice Sonia G Gokani appointed as Acting Chief Justice
Justice Gokani, whose name was recommended by the Collegium on Thursday, will serve as Acting Chief Justice only for a fortnight.
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Justice L Victoria Gowri appointment: Collegium knew and considered facts, says Supreme Court
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai stressed that no judicial review is permissible over Collegium decisions as regards suitability of names recommended.