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...
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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,...
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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...
Kapil Sibal says that “seminal” issues are at stake in the interpretation of Section 123 (3)
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In the ongoing arguments before the seven-judge Constitution Bench of the S...
Counsel Shyam Divan says that 123 (3) of the Representation of the People Act refers only to the religion of the candidates
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The seven-judge Constitution Bench led by Ch...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...