CASE: Ranjeet Kumar Sah & Anr. v. State of Jharkhand & Ors. CORAM: Hon’ble Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi On Thursday, the Jharkhand High Court set aside a 2019 advertisement published by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission, retrospectively demanding the reservation of the 10 percent Economically Weaker Group (EWS) by combining the previous vacancies of 2013
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The Rouse Avenue #DistrictCourt, #NewDelhi has passed a recent Judgment dated 22-01-2021 in State vs. Som Nath Bharti and Others and held the Aam Aadmi Party (#AAP) Leader and Member of Legislative Assembly (#MLA), Mr. Som Nath Bharti (the Accused) and his Associates guilty of committing offences of rioting, voluntarily causing hurt, assaulting or using
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As per the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, a #Civil #Contempt Petition can be filed by an #aggrieved party when there is a wilful, intentional, and deliberate disobedience or #breach of any directions, judgment, order or judicial processes. With this view, recently a Bench of the Hon’ble #SupremeCourt of India in the Contempt Petition titled
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Case: Shyno M. Aykara @ Sheelamma Thomas V. New India Assurance Company Ltd. Coram: Hon’ble Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul And Hon’ble Justice Hrishikesh Roy If the retrospective pay revision applied after the date of the death of an employee of the government/public authorities is a consideration taken into account when calculating the monthly emoluments of
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On Thursday, a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court consisting of Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Rajendra Kumar dismissed a written petition filed against him by Ashok Kumar Pandey, Hindu Mahasabha Chief from Aligarh pleading for the quashing of an FIR for his communal remarks against Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and its founder
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The petition attempts to quash the FIR and charge sheet under the Indian Penal Code 188/269/270/120-B, 1860. On Friday, in a petition filed by Indian nationals affiliated with the Tablighi Jamaat for the annulment of an FIR and subsequent criminal proceedings against them, the Delhi High Court ordered a report from the Delhi Police (Mohd
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In this article “Writ of Prohibition: History, Scope and Evolution, and Landmark Judgements,” the author has discussed the writ of prohibition which is nearly as old as the common law itself. Like other writs, the writ of prohibition is guaranteed under the Constitution of India—specifically Articles 32 (for the Supreme Court) and 226 (for the High
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Resident And Domicile – Introduction There is a lot of confusion among students regarding domicile and resident. In the year 2020, there have been various changes that have been brought in the law relating to Domicile in various States in India. The state of Jammu and Kashmir has been made a Union territory and after
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Bollywood Actor Sonu Sood has recently moved to the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court decision to reject his appeal. The Bombay High Court dismissed his appeal against a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) notice over an alleged illegal construction at his residential building in Mumbai’s Juhu area. Advocate Vineet Dhanda who represents the actor
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It was informed by Maharashtra State to the Bombay High Court that the state was willing to shift Telugu poet Varavara Rao to Sir JJ Hospital instead of sending him to Taloja Prison Hospital. Rao is an accused in the Elgar Parishad – Maoist Links case under UAPA. He suffers from various medical conditions and
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