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Supreme Court Examines Constitutionality of Prohibitory Orders Under Section 144 CrPC Restricting Public Assembly. Judgment Clarifies That Reasonable Restrictions on Speech and Assembly Must Be Just, Fair and Reasonable Under Articles 19 and 21....

The Supreme Court initiated a suo motu criminal writ petition regarding the incident at Ramlila Maidan on 4-5 June 2011, involving the imposition of prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of...

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Supreme Court Hears Civil Appeal on the Scope of Section 22 of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 Overriding the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 in a Pre-Existing Asset Sale Agreement. The AAIFR Ruled That Section 22A Does Not Apply to Pre-Existing Agreements, and the Supreme Court Was to Determine the Correctness....

The Supreme Court heard a civil appeal arising from orders passed by the Appellate Authority for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (AAIFR) concerning the applicability of the Sick Industrial Com...

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Supreme Court Hears Appeal on Taxability of Capital Gains from Transfer of Shares of a Cayman Islands Company Holding Indian Telecom Assets. The core issue involves whether the offshore transaction is liable to capital gains tax in India under the Income Tax Act, 1961, given that the company's value is derived from Indian telecom assets....

The matter concerned a tax dispute between Vodafone International Holdings BV (VIH), a Netherlands resident company, and the Indian Revenue authorities regarding the acquisition of the entire share ca...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals Against High Court Ruling That Canteen Workers of Subsidiary Are Not Employees of Air India — Corporate Veil Not Lifted in Absence of Fraud. Workmen of Statutory Canteen Run by Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Under Factories Act Not Deemed Employees of Holding Company When No Direct Control or Sham Arrangement Proven....

Background: The litigation arose from an industrial dispute raised by workmen employed by Chef Air, a unit of Hotel Corporation of India (HCI), who operated a statutory canteen within the premises of ...

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Supreme Court Considers Appeals Against Death Sentence in Bihar Family Burning Case Under IPC Sections 302/149. High Court Had Confirmed Conviction and Death Sentence for Three Accused; Supreme Court Examines Propriety of Sentence on Grounds of Non-Compliance with Section 354(3) CrPC....

Background: The case arose from a gruesome multiple murder where six members of a family were burnt alive in their house, and the informant survived with severe injuries. The prosecution alleged that ...

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Supreme Court Directs Matters to Final Hearing on Whether Pre-execution Challenge to COFEPOSA Detention Orders Can Be on Grounds Beyond Alka Subhash Gadia Exceptions. The Court Examined if New Grounds Such as Absence of Live Link and Delay Could Be Used to Challenge Detention Orders Before Execution....

The Supreme Court dealt with a batch of matters challenging detention orders passed under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (COFEPOSA). The common q...

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Supreme Court Examines Binding Effect of UGC Regulations on State Educational Institutions in Batch of Civil Appeals. The Court Considers Whether UGC Regulations on Pay Scales and Superannuation Age Apply to State-Operated Universities Under the UGC Act, 1956....

The Supreme Court of India heard a batch of civil appeals, writ petitions, and transferred cases involving common questions of law and fact. The central issue was whether regulations framed by the Uni...

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Supreme Court Addresses Challenge to National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) Notifications for Medical Admissions. The court examines the regulatory power of medical councils and the impact on minority educational institutions under Articles 19(1)(g) and 30 of the Constitution....

The Supreme Court of India heard a batch of writ petitions and transferred cases challenging four notifications issued by the Medical Council of India (MCI) and the Dental Council of India (DCI). Two ...