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Breach of confidentiality impermissible, says UK Supreme Court

In a significant judgment, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has held that a public official or body cannot disclose information which was obtained on condition of confidentiality. It said, “An imper...

Apex court vouches for ‘equal pay for equal work’

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr Supreme Court judge Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, delivering the judgment on the behalf of the division bench, the other judge being Justice SA Bobde, on October 26, 2016,...

Supreme Court: Oswal Greentech did not violate tax concession law   

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr In the Commissioner of Commercial Tax UP vs M/S Oswal Greentech Limited, delivered by the bench of Justice Dipak Mishra and Justice Shiva Kriti Singh, on October 28,  2016...

Appeal to “enduring ethos of the Constitution”

Kapil Sibal says that “seminal” issues are at stake in the interpretation of Section 123 (3) Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr In the ongoing arguments before the seven-judge Constitution Bench of the S...

CJI clarifies Constitution Bench wouldn’t consider broader definition of religion

Counsel Shyam Divan says that 123 (3) of the Representation of the People Act refers only to the religion of the candidates Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr The seven-judge Constitution Bench led by Ch...

Delhi HC: 25 percent quota in EWC no ceiling

Recently, a division bench of the Delhi High Court had to pass an order to get a seven-year-old child with a prosthetic leg admitted to a private school in his neighbourhood in the Economically Weaker...

Railway Budget: End of Journey

Starting 2017, there will be no separate Rail Budget in February-end. The Union Cabinet has given its green signal to the Railway Ministry’s move, merging Rail Budget with the Union Budget. Finance Mi...

Block info on gender selection: SC

In a recent order in a public interest litigation filed by Dr Sabu Mathew George, seeking that internet search engines Google, Yahoo and Microsoft comply with the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnost...

Five new chief justices appointed in high courts

At a time when the stand-off continues between the executive and the judiciary over appointment of judges to the higher judiciary, a major development took place recently that offers a ray of hope. Th...

MPISA, 2016: Boon or bane?

The Maharashtra government once again seems to be courting controversy.  In 2015, it had to withdraw a circular on sedition laws – which had billed legitimate criticism of an elected government and it...

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