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In a severe blow to the UDF government, a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday ordered that the State Election Commission (SEC) was free to take appropriate decision and measures for conducting elections to panchayats, municipalities and Read More …

The Congress trailed behind the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Rajasthan civic elections, the results of which were announced on Thursday, but managed to close the gap with the ruling party created in the previous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Read More …

India’s food regulator suffered a second judicial setback in less than a week with the Supreme Court upholding the striking down of an advisory that asked manufacturers to get recipe-by-recipe clearance for products even if the ingredients were already approved Read More …

The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to allow it some more time to argue for punishment against Gopal and Sushil Ansal in the 1997 Uphaar fire case, and suggested that Read More …

Allowing the bail plea of one Baldev Raj, a married man accused of rape by a woman,Justice Chauhan said: “Once the prosecutrix knew that the petitioner is a married man, it was for her to restrain herself and not indulge Read More …

Deciding Authority: The Supreme Court of India Name of the Judges: D.P. Mohapatra & P. Venkatarama Reddi Date of Judgement: 24/01/2002 Facts: The respondent, herein, filed a private complaint in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Indore, alleging that the appellant Read More …

  Deciding Authority : Supreme Authority Date of Judgement : 17/01/2000 Bench : M. JAGANNADHA RAO & A.P. MISRA Facts : The appeal is against the High Courts order which stated that an application under Section 20 of the Urban Read More …

  Deciding Authority : Supreme Court Date of Judgement : 18/01/2000 Bench : R.C.Lahoti, N.Santosh Hedge Facts : In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-Section (5) of Section 8 of the Central Sales Tax Act,1956, the Government of Madhya Read More …

Deciding Authority : Supreme Court Date of Judgement : 18/01/2000 Bench : N.Santosh Hegde, R.C.Lahot, S.P.Bharucha. Facts : The appellant is a manufacturer of asbestos cement products for which it uses raw asbestos which is mainly imported from foreign countries. Read More …

Deciding Authority: The Supreme Court of India Name of the Judges: S B Sinha and RV Raveendran Date of Judgment: 04/01/2006 Facts of the case- This is an appeal made by the accused  against the judgment of the Madras High Read More …