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Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Order Due to Nine-Month Delay in Providing Reasons, Remits for Reconsideration. The Court held that the practice of pronouncing only the operative order without a reasoned judgment for such a long period violates Article 21 and the right to appeal....

The Supreme Court dealt with a civil appeal arising from a Special Leave Petition against an order of the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court dated 21.01.2020. The High Court had dismissed the w...

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Supreme Court Dismisses State's Appeal for Immediate OBC Reservation in All India Quota Medical Seats. Implementation of OBC reservation in All India Quota seats for current academic year not feasible due to advanced stage of admission process....

The State of Tamil Nadu appealed against the judgment of the Madras High Court which, while accepting that there was no legal impediment to extending OBC reservation to All India Quota seats surrender...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal Against High Court's Interim Stay on Liquor Shop License, Dismisses Writ Petition as Frivolous with Costs. Non-Participant in Resettlement Process Lacks Locus Standi to Challenge Allotment on Ground of Loss of Revenue When Recovery Proceedings Ensure No Actual Loss....

The case pertains to the allotment of a foreign liquor shop license at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. Initially, the license was allotted to Sh. Balkar Singh for the financial year 2020-2021. However, due ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction in NDPS Case Despite Acquittal by Trial Court — High Court's Reversal Justified as Trial Court's Findings Were Perverse and Based on Inadmissible Evidence. Conviction can be based on police witnesses alone if credible; non-confrontation of document with witness renders it inadmissible....

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of Raveen Kumar, who was convicted under Section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) for possession of 1 kg 230 gms of char...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Transfer Petition by Investigative Journalist Seeking Transfer of Criminal Cases from Uttarakhand Courts. Apprehension of Malicious Prosecution Unsubstantiated as Charge Sheets Filed and Trial Courts Capable of Fair Adjudication....

The petitioner, Umesh Kumar Sharma, an investigative journalist, filed transfer petitions under Section 406 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking transfer of three criminal cases pending in...

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Supreme Court Monitors CBI Investigation in Hathras Gang-Rape and Murder Case — Fair Investigation and Witness Protection Ordered. The Court directed the State to provide threefold security to the victim's family and noted that the CBI investigation, initiated at the State's request, would continue under judicial supervision....

The Supreme Court of India heard multiple writ petitions and intervention applications concerning the gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. The victim was brutall...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals of Higher-Ranked Candidates in J&K Police Sub-Inspector Recruitment Dispute. Court Holds That Concession by Advocate General Cannot Override Statutory Rules and Right to Equality Under Article 14....

The case involves a long-standing dispute over the recruitment of Sub-Inspectors of Police (Executive) in Jammu and Kashmir pursuant to an advertisement dated 25th February 1999. The initial selection...

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Supreme Court Quashes Interim Order Restraining Corporation from Appointing New Contractual Employees. High Court's Order Set Aside for Lack of Reasons and Failure to Consider Absence of Employer-Employee Relationship....

The case involves an appeal by the Rajasthan State Road Development and Construction Corporation Ltd. against an interim order of the Rajasthan High Court. The respondent, Piyush Kant Sharma, was appo...

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Supreme Court Dismisses State's SLP as Time-Barred Due to 663-Day Delay, Imposes Costs for Wasting Judicial Time. Government Inefficiency Not a Valid Ground for Condonation of Delay Under Section 5 of Limitation Act, 1963....

The Supreme Court dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by the State of Madhya Pradesh as time-barred due to an inordinate delay of 663 days. The Court found the explanation for the delay—'unavai...