WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 943 OF 2021...
The Supreme Court of India, in a combined proceeding, dealt with a batch of writ petitions, special leave petitions, and contempt petitions invoking Article 32 of the Constitution. The petitioners sou...
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Supreme Court Allows Petition Challenging Age Limit for Adoptive Mother's Maternity Benefit; Declares Section 60(4) of Code on Social Security, 2020 Unconstitutional. The Court Held That Restricting Benefit to Child Below Three Months Violates Articles 14 and 21 by Creating Arbitrary Classification and Denying Reproductive Autonomy....
The Supreme Court adjudicated a public interest petition challenging the constitutionality of Section 60(4) of the Code on Social Security, 2020, which limits maternity benefit to adoptive mothers onl...
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Supreme Court Allows Applicant in Medical Treatment Withdrawal Case — CANH Held to Be Medical Treatment and Withdrawal Permitted Under Best Interest Principle. Right to Die with Dignity under Article 21 Recognised to Include Withholding of Life-Sustaining Treatment from Patient in Permanent Vegetative State....
The matter arose from a tragic accident in 2013 when Harish Rana, then a 20-year-old engineering student, fell from the fourth floor of his accommodation, sustaining diffuse axonal injury. Despite ext...
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Supreme Court of India Hears Appeals Against Bombay High Court Judgment Concerning Auction Sale Validity Under Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. Key Issue: Whether Violation of Rule 107(11)(h) of Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Rules, 1961 Renders Sale Void Despite Creditor's Waiver, to be Decided....
The dispute arises from recovery proceedings initiated by Mahanagar Co-operative Bank against a partnership firm, M/s. Borse Brothers, for defaulting on a cash credit facility. The bank obtained an ex...
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Supreme Court Upholds Union of India in Section 17A Challenge — Prior Approval Requirement for Investigating Public Servants is Constitutionally Valid. Read Down to Mandate Independent Screening; Lokpal to Approve for Covered Public Servants....
The writ petition was filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation challenging the constitutional validity of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, inserted by the Prevention of...
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Supreme Court Recognizes Menstrual Hygiene as Integral to Right to Education and Dignity. Court Emphasizes State's Obligation to Provide Free Sanitary Pads and Separate Toilets in Schools Under Articles 14, 21, and 21A....
The writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution was filed by a social worker seeking judicial intervention to address the widespread lack of menstrual hygiene management in schools across India...
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Supreme Court Disposes of Appeals by Authority for Advance Rulings Against High Court Judgment Quashing AAR's Rejection of Treaty Benefits. Questions Raised on Taxation of Capital Gains Under India-Mauritius DTAA and Scope of Section 245R(2) Proviso (iii) of Income Tax Act, 1961....
The disputes arose from applications for advance ruling filed by three Mauritius-incorporated companies—Tiger Global International II Holdings, Tiger Global International III Holdings, and Tiger Glo...
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Supreme Court Considers Appeal Against Discharge in POCSO Case. The Court Examines the Validity of the High Court's Order that Affirmed the Discharge of School Officials Accused of Failing to Report a Sexual Assault on a Minor....
This appeal arises from a Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No. 4772 of 2024, filed by the mother of an eight-year-old minor victim of sexual assault. The appellant challenges the order dated 08.03.20...
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Supreme Court Considers Legality of Land Acquisition for Jaipur Metro Rail Phase II, Focusing on Compliance with Section 5A Hearing. The Court Examined Whether Denial of Personal Hearing to Landowners Vitiates Acquisition under Land Acquisition Act, 1894....
The Supreme Court heard civil appeals by landowners challenging a Division Bench judgment of the Rajasthan High Court that reversed a Single Judge's order quashing land acquisition proceedings. The ac...
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Supreme Court Hears Appeals Against Conviction Under Sections 147, 148, 302/149 IPC for Murder; High Court Had Upheld Trial Court's Conviction Based on Eye-Witness Testimony and Recovery of Bicycles...
The appeals before the Supreme Court arose from the judgment of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, which affirmed the conviction of the accused-appellants under Sections 147, 14...
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