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Lawyers should not go on strike: SC

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The Supreme Court today said lawyers should not go on strike or give calls to boycott courts, while allowing a months time to the Bar bodies to convene a meeting to solve the problem “once and for all”. “My view is that the lawyers should not go on strike,” a bench of justices Kurian Joseph […]

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SC quashes order rejecting sanction to Gowda’s building

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The Supreme Court today set aside a Karnataka High Court order quashing sanction granted to Union ministerSadananda Gowda and a BJP MLA to construct a five-storey building in Bengaluru. “We feel that the conclusion given by the Karnataka High Court is not sustainable in law…The appeals are allowed,” a bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur […]

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Rahul Gandhi refuses in SC to regret his statement on RSS

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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today refused to accept Supreme Courts suggestion to express regret over his statement allegedly blaming RSS for Mahatma Gandhis assassination to close a defamation case against him, saying he will contest it. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant also decided to continue interim stay of criminal […]

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SC grants time to Centre on Rama Sethu

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The Supreme Court today granted four weeks time to the Centre for filing its response to a plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy that he wanted to withdraw his 2009 petition against the Sethusamudram project as government has decided that the mythological bridge Rama Sethu would not be dismantled. A bench comprising Chief Justice H […]

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Dance bars:SC asks Maharashtra to decide in 2 weeks on licence

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The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra government to implement its earlier order on dance bars and decide within two weeks the hoteliers’ application seeking grant of licence for running them in the state. A bench of justices Dipak Misra and P C Pant expressed unhappiness that the state was yet to implement its […]

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Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi: Interim stay to continue

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The Supreme Court today decided to continue interim stay of criminal proceedings against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case lodged against him for remarks allegedly holding RSS responsible for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. A bench comprising justices Dipak Misra and P C Pant also asked the respondent, RSS activist Rajesh Kunte, […]

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No one can claim trademark right on holy books: SC

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No one can claim the names of holy books and scriptures like Ramayana or Quran and use them as trademarks for selling goods and services, the Supreme Court has ruled. “There are many holy and religious books like the Quran, the Bible, the Guru Granth Sahib, the Ramayan, etc. The answer to the question as […]

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CDs are documents, can be considered as evidence under law: SC

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The Supreme Court has ruled that a compact disc (CD) is a document under Section 3 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. The Court also held that a CD has to be exhibited/played by the trial court to enable the public prosecutor to admit or deny its genuineness under Section 294 of the Code of Criminal […]

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SC refuses urgent hearing on Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship row

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The Supreme Court today refused urgent hearing on a plea seeking a direction to CBI to register a case against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for allegedly declaring himself as a British national before company law authorities there. “There is no urgency in the matter,” a bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu said […]

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Plea in SC on Rahul Gandhi”s citizenship row

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A plea was today filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to CBI to register a case against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for allegedly declaring himself as a British national before company law authorities there. Recently, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has alleged that the Congress vice-president has claimed himself to be a British […]

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SC stays levy of penalty on sales tax by Tata Sons

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The Supreme Court today restrained Maharashtra government from imposing penalty on the sales tax levied on Tata Sons Ltd over the use of the TATA brand name by its subsidiaries. A bench of Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy stayed the levy of penalty on the sales tax after senior advocate Harish Salve, […]

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SC agrees to hear plea for electoral reforms

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The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea seeking electoral reforms including framing of rules to de-criminalise and de-communalise the Indian polity and ordered tagging of the petition with a similar one. A bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy said that as similar petition is pending, the PIL be […]

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