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The Purpose of Article 30: Satish Chandra Sharma's Dissent on Establishment, Administration, and Aligarh Muslim University
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Delay in paying Foreign Travel Tax is not failure to pay, Supreme Court holds
A Supreme Court division bench held that delayed deposit of Foreign Travel Tax falls under Section 38(4), not Section 38(3), and penalty is never automatic.
Delhi HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Special Voter Enrolment for Demolition-Displaced Homeless Persons
A Division Bench found ECI's existing Manual and Draft Electoral Roll extracts sufficient to address exclusion fears, rejecting mandamus for a separate facilitative mechanism.
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Delay in paying Foreign Travel Tax is not failure to pay, Supreme Court holds
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Supreme Court Upholds Post-Conviction Quashing Under Section 482 Where Offences Were Private and Compromise Genuine
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Supreme Court Acquits Bank Manager, Calls CBI Case “Fully Fabricated” in Indian Bank Loan Fraud
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Only the Victim, Not the Informant, Can Authorise a Settlement to Quash Criminal Proceedings
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Supreme Court Restores Section 311 Application, Faults Prosecution for Not Examining Doctor and IO
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The Collegium Cannot Be Reformed Without Being Replaced
The Collegium Cannot Be Reformed Without Being Replaced
Read essay →The Purpose of Article 30: Satish Chandra Sharma's Dissent on Establishment, Administration, and Aligarh Muslim University
The Purpose of Article 30: Satish Chandra Sharma's Dissent on Establishment, Administration, and Aligarh Muslim University
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Centre Notifies Appointment Of Nine Lawyers As Judges Of Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Central Government notified the appointment of nine advocates as Additional Judges of Punjab and Haryana High Court.
SC Collegium Recommends Four New High Court Chief Justices, Two Judge Transfers
A single Collegium meeting reshuffles leadership at four major High Courts and moves two Orissa HC judges out — one to Gujarat, one to Chhattisgarh.
BCI Bars, Reverses and Finally Drops Enrolment Case Against NALSAR's 2026 Batch After CJI Calls the Move "Uncalled For"
For a few hours on 13 August, every law graduate of NALSAR University of Law's 2026 batch was, on paper, unemployable as a lawyer anywhere in India. By the next morning, the ban was gone, the inquiry behind it was gone too, and the Chief Justice of India had told the regulator that ordered it all that it had "no busine