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Supreme Court Dismisses State's Challenge to Lotteries Regulation Act Provisions as Unconstitutional. Court upholds Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 of Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998 and Rule 5 of Lotteries (Regulation) Rules, 2010 as valid and within legislative competence....

The State of Meghalaya filed Original Suit No. 1 of 2021 in the Supreme Court of India under Article 131 of the Constitution, challenging the constitutional validity of Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of t...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Recusal Request as Forum Shopping and Bench Hunting in Criminal Appeal. Petitioner's belated recusal prayer based on strictures passed in 2011 held to be mala fide attempt to avoid the bench....

The Supreme Court was hearing a special leave petition (SLP (Crl.) No. 9445 of 2022) filed by Sanjiv Kumar Rajendrabhai Bhatt against the State of Gujarat and another respondent. During the hearing, t...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Seeking Exclusive Voting Rights for Scheduled Tribes in Scheduled Areas. Representation of the People Act and Delimitation Act Apply to Scheduled Areas Without Specific Notification Under Fifth Schedule....

The appellant, a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, filed a writ petition in the High Court of Orissa challenging the application of the Representation of the People Act, 1...

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Supreme Court Allows University Appeal in Increment Dispute Under UGC Scheme. Two Advance Increments Denied to Lecturer Holding Ph.D. on Placement as Selection Grade Lecturer Upheld....

The present appeal arises from a judgment of the Kerala High Court which directed the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit to grant two advance increments to Dr. Manu, a lecturer, upon his placem...

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Supreme Court Upholds Gauhati High Court Decision Striking Down Assam Rural Health Regulatory Authority Act, 2004 for Repugnancy with Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. Diploma in Medicine and Rural Health Care Held to Be a Medical Qualification Requiring Central Permission Under Section 10A of IMC Act....

The case involves appeals against the Gauhati High Court's judgment striking down the Assam Rural Health Regulatory Authority Act, 2004. The Assam Act was enacted to establish a regulatory authority f...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in Murder Case Based on Eyewitness Testimony and Recovery of Weapon — Common Intention Under Section 34 IPC Established. The appellant was convicted for murder under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC based on credible eyewitness accounts and recovery of the knife used in the offence....

The case pertains to a criminal appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh which upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Murder Case Based on Eyewitness Testimony and Medical Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC read with Section 34 IPC Upheld as Concurrent Findings of Fact Are Not Disturbed....

The appeal arises from a conviction under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC for the murder of Sanju. The incident occurred on 31 August 2002 when the deceased was shot by the appellant and co-accus...

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Supreme Court Upholds Validity of Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition Acts in Challenge Based on Repugnancy to Central Act of 2013. Presidential Assent Under Article 254(2) Protects State Enactments from Being Void Despite Repugnancy to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013....

The case involves a challenge to the validity of three Tamil Nadu State Acts: the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Harijan Welfare Schemes Act, 1978; the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industria...

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Purchasers in Property Dispute — No Allegations of Cheating Made Against Appellants in FIR. The court held that where the FIR contains no allegations against the purchasers and a civil suit is pending, continuing criminal proceedings would be an abuse of process under Section 482 CrPC....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by Mukeem Ahmad and another against the order of the Allahabad High Court which had refused to quash the FIR registered against them. The case arose from a c...