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Supreme Court Interprets Scope of 'Child' under POCSO Act in Appeal Concerning Mentally Challenged Victim. Mental Age of Adult with Cerebral Palsy Considered for Applicability of Special Procedures under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

The case concerned a criminal appeal by the prosecutrix, a 38-year-old woman suffering from cerebral palsy (R. Hemiparesis), through her mother. An FI...

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Supreme Court Allows PIL Seeking Scribe Facility for Person with Disability Without Benchmark Disability — Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. Benchmark Disability Not a Precondition for Reasonable Accommodation in Examinations Under Sections 2(s), 2(t), 3, 16, 17, 20 of RPwD Act, 2016.

The petitioner, Gulshan Kumar, a person with 25% permanent disability due to Focal Hand Dystonia (Writer's Cramp), filed a Public Interest Litigation ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals by Developer Challenging Quashing of Environmental Clearance for Housing Project Near Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary. Project Located in Catchment Area of Sukhna Lake Requires Central Government Clearance Under Category 'A' of EIA Notification.

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals filed by Tata Housing Development Company Ltd. (Tata HDCL) against the judgment of the High Court of Delhi, wh...

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Supreme Court Resolves Conflict in Citizenship Rules for Assam NRC: Harmonious Construction of Sub-para (2) of Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 8 of Schedule to Citizenship Rules, 2003. Court Declines to Create Appellate Forum Under Article 142, Leaves it to Parliament and Executive.

The Supreme Court of India heard a batch of civil appeals arising from Special Leave Petitions challenging the preparation of the National Register of...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses PIL Challenging State's Interpretation of Supreme Court Order Allowing Post-Deadline Transportation. The Petitioner Contends That the Supreme Court's Order Under Article 142 Permitted Only Excavation Till 15 March 2018 and Not Post-Deadline Transportation.

The Goa Foundation, a public interest organization, filed a writ petition in the High Court of Bombay at Goa challenging the State Government's decisi...

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Bombay High Court Allows Army Major's Resignation in Writ Petition Under Article 226 — Rejection Set Aside as Arbitrary. Right to Resign Must Be Considered Reasonably with Disclosure of Valid Reasons.

The petitioners, Major Yogesh Chandra Madhav Sayanakar and Ms. Shruti Kulkarni, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India b...

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Supreme Court Reviews Constitutional Validity of UGC Regulations Mandating NET/SLET as Minimum Qualification for Lecturer Appointments. Conflicting High Court Decisions on Whether Regulation is Prospective and Intra Vires UGC Act Addressed.

The case involved a batch of appeals before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the University Grants Commission (Minimum Qua...

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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, Tige...