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Will make guidelines on ‘living will’ more workable, no review: Supreme Court

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice K M Joseph said during Wednesday’s hearing a clarification by the court should not lead to more confusion.
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Delhi High Court issues guidelines to shield child survivors in POCSO bail hearings

The High Court said that it is in the interest of the survivor that she is not traumatized again and again by re-living the incident by being present in Court proceedings.
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Child adopted by widow after death of govt servant husband not entitled for family pension: SC

The top court noted that Sections 8 and 12 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA), 1956 permits a female Hindu who is not a minor or of unsound mind, to adopt a son or daughter in her own right.
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Don’t believe in unnecessarily keeping people behind bars: SC on plea opposing bail to accused in Northeast Delhi riots

Hearing the appeal against the June 15, 2021 order of the High Court, the bench, also comprising Justices A K Oka and J B Pardiwala, said lengthy hearings were a waste of the HC’s judicial time.
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Courts, tribunals should not rely on Wikipedia: Supreme Court

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Vikram Nath observed that more authentic sources should be depended on, since the online encyclopedia is a crowd-sourced one with user-generated edits.
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Delhi High Court rejects review petition against appointment of Justice DY Chandrachud as CJI; upholds ₹1 lakh costs on petitioner

The review petition was filed against an order of the High Court dated November 11, 2022, by which the petition challenging appointment of CJI Chandrachud was dismissed by the High Court with ₹ 1 lakh costs.
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Allahabad High Court allows UP Electricity Department to recover ₹ 9 crore electricity dues from directors of insolvent defaulter company

The Court held that the approval of a resolution plan does not ipso facto absolve the surety/guarantor of his or her liability, which arises out of an independent contract of guarantee.
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Pendency of divorce petition between parties not ground to quash criminal case for dowry demand: Supreme Court

The Court said that once the chargesheet is filed, the High Court cannot regard the prosecution case as bogus.
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Supreme Court upholds Section 3A(3) of Himachal Pradesh Motor Vehicles Taxation Act imposing Special Road Tax

The Court was of the view that such special road tax was well within the power of legislature and could be termed as regulatory in nature and cannot be categorised as penalty.
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Bombay High Court Refuses To Defer JEE Main 2023; Says Delaying Exam Will Have ‘Cascading Effect’

JEE Main 2023 Exam: The JEE Main session 1 exam is scheduled to be held from January 21 to January 31, 2023.