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SC denies MGF’s plea, directors’ request for stay on Emaar’s FIR

The First Information Report (FIR) filed by Emaar India against MGF Development Limited and its directors for allegedly syphoning off 180 crore was denied by the Supreme Court. The bench said the... Read more »

TRACING THE CONTOURS OF THE SUTLEJ-YAMUNA LINK CANAL DISPUTE

The Sutlej-Yamuna Link (hereinafter “SYL” for brevity) Canal dispute has a long, complicated and sensitive history, with the genesis of the dispute being traced to the formation of the State of Haryana... Read more »

SECURING WATER JUSTICE: SYL CANAL DISPUTE

Of all the natural resources on the earth, water is quintessential to life. In India, Right to water has been protected as a fundamental right by the Supreme Court as part of... Read more »

Disproportionate assets case: Delhi High Court stays Lokpal proceedings initiated against Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief Shibu Soren

On Monday, the Delhi High Court has stayed the proceedings initiated by Lokpal of India under the provisions of the Lokpal & Lokayuktas Act, 2013 against Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Chief and... Read more »

DELHI HC SETS ASIDE MURDER CONVICTION & LIFE SENTENCE OF MAN WHO WAS UNPRESENTED BY LAWYER; REMANDS CASTE BACK TO TRIAL COURT

The Delhi High Court in the case Narender @ Lala v. State Of NCT Of Delhi observed and has set aside the orders of conviction for murder and sentence of life imprisonment... Read more »

SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO ENTERTAIN PLEA CHALLENGING EXCLUSION OF SC/ST RESERVATION IN JHARKHAND DISTRICT JUDGES APPOINTMENT

The Supreme Court in the case Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Educational And Cultural Trust v. Hon’ble High Court Jharkhand And Ors. observed and has refused to entertain a plea challenging the non-inclusion of... Read more »

Right to contest election is not a fundamental right; it is only a right conferred by statute: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court in the case Vishwanath Pratap Singh vs Election Commission of India observed that the right to contest an election is not a fundamental right but only a right conferred... Read more »

Varanasi Court dismisses Masjid committee’s challenge to maintainability of Hindu worshippers suit: Gyanvapi dispute

Today the Varanasi Court in the case dismissed Anjuman Islamia Masjid committee’s plea (filed under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC) challenging the maintainability of the suit filed by five Hindu women i.e.,... Read more »

HINDU DEITIES WERE WORSHIPPED INSIDE GYANVAPI MOSQUE COMPLEX EVEN AFTER AUG 15; 1947: VARANASI COURT

The Varanasi Court dismissed the Anjuman Islamia Masjid committee’s petition filed under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC, wherein, challenging the maintainability of the suit filed by five Hindu women (plaintiffs) seeking worshipping... Read more »

Places of Worship Act, the black law of India

Only those places can be protected, which were erected or constructed in accordance with personal law of the person erected/constructed them, but places erected or constructed in derogation of the personal law,... Read more »
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