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Supreme Court Upholds Life Imprisonment of BSF Constable for Murder, Rejects Plea of Private Defence. Evidence of Post-Mortem and Eyewitnesses Showed Deceased Was Made to Crouch and Shot Twice, Negating Claim of Self-Defence Under Section 46 of BSF Act, 1968 and Section 302 IPC....

The appellant, a Constable in the Border Security Force (BSF), was convicted under Section 46 of the BSF Act, 1968 for murder punishable under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment. The i...

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Supreme Court Allows Partition Appeal in Thiyya Family Dispute — Presumption of Marriage and Legitimacy Upheld Based on Long Cohabitation. Law leans in favour of legitimacy and frowns upon bastardy; presumption under Section 114 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 arises from long cohabitation and is rebuttable only by clear evidence....

The case involves a dispute over partition of ancestral property belonging to a Thiyya family governed by Mitakshara law. The appellants (plaintiffs) claimed that the first plaintiff, Krishnan, is the...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Pleas for Special Stray Round of Counselling for NEET-PG-2021 Vacant Seats. No Direction Issued to Conduct Additional Counselling as Nine Rounds Already Held and Admission Process for NEET-PG-2022 Has Begun....

The Supreme Court dismissed a group of writ petitions and special leave petitions seeking a direction to the Medical Counselling Committee to conduct a Special Stray Round of counselling for NEET-PG-2...

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Supreme Court Bans Mining in Eco-Sensitive Zones Around National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries. Minimum 1 km Buffer Zone Mandated to Protect Forest Resources and Wildlife Habitat Under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and Forest Conservation Act, 1980....

This judgment arises from a series of interlocutory applications in the ongoing T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India public interest litigation concerning forest protection across India. The ...

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Supreme Court Acquits Appellant in Murder Case Due to Inconsistent Dying Declarations. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as High Court Erred in Relying on Oral Dying Declarations After Discarding Written Ones....

The appellant, Uttam, was convicted under Section 302 IPC for the murder of his wife, Pushpabai, by pouring kerosene on her and setting her on fire. The trial court relied on two written dying declara...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Union of India's Appeal in CRPF Departmental Proceeding Case Due to Lack of Vital Witnesses. High Court's Order Setting Aside Penalty Upheld as Departmental Proceedings Suffered from Serious Lacuna in Not Examining Key Witnesses Under Section 11(1) of CRPF Act, 1949....

The case pertains to a departmental proceeding initiated against Suresh Kumar Singh, a constable in the CRPF, on charges of misconduct under Section 11(1) of the CRPF Act, 1949. The allegation was tha...

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Supreme Court Quashes NGT Proceedings in Resort Construction Case Due to Parallel Proceedings in High Court. Tribunal's Orders Set Aside as Subordinate to Constitutional Court's Orders, Directing Parties to Approach High Court for Appropriate Relief....

The Supreme Court of India heard an appeal by the State of Andhra Pradesh against orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that prohibited further construction of a resort at Rushikonda Hill, Visak...