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Charu is Legal Correspondent for BW Legal World
The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala on Monday asked the Attorney General to ensure that the Defence Ministry does not attempt to take laws into its own hands in relation to the payment of One Rank One Pension arrears.
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The Madras High Court bench comprising Justice G. Chandrasekharan recently allowed a petitioner to hold a meeting to promote and raise information about inter-caste marriage. The petitioner herself is a victim of the crime as her husband was killed because of it. The permission to hold the meeting was denied by the police but the petitioner thereafter approached the High Court with the present writ petition.
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The Meghalaya High Court bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice W. Diengdoh observed that stricter set of norms needs to be prepared, both for checking and control, if only to stop the plundering of the bountiful of natural resources available and maintain the integrity of the roads, particularly since the roads are exposed to some of the heaviest rain anywhere in the world.
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The Delhi High Court bench comprising Justice Tushar Rao Gedela on Friday granted Bharat Bachao to conduct a seminar on fascism. The seminar by the name of “Understanding Fascism in Present Indian Context” is to be held on March 11 and March 13 but the permission for the same was earlier denied by the Delhi police just two days before the scheduled date.
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The Delhi High Court bench comprising Justice Prathiba M. Singh recently observed that any attempt to vilify judges without any reasonable ground, be it Judges of Constitutional Court, Trial Court or judges presiding over quasi-judicial bodies cannot be permitted.
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The Delhi High court bench comprising Justice Sachin Datta recently said that it is not for the tenant to dictate where the landlord should accommodate himself. The court was hearing a revision petition challenging the eviction order against the petitioner where the Additional Rent Controller dismissed the leave to defend application by the petitioner (tenant).
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The Delhi High Court bench comprising Justices V. Kameshwar Rao and Anoop Kumar Mendiratta recently reinstated the employment of a candidate whose services were terminated for lying about his involvement in a criminal case in his attestation form and thereafter lying in his undertaking.
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The Karnataka High Court bench comprising Justice M Nagaprasanna recently quashed the proceedings under Sections 376, 376 (2) (n) , 354, 406 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code against the accused who was charged after he refused to marry the girl after a courtship of over five years but the court kept the charges under section 506 r/w 34 and 323 of the IPC against the accused.
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The Allahabad High Court granted bail to a Juvenile after analysing the provisions of Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 after setting aside the order of the Juvenile Justice board and the appellate court.
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March 8 is globally celebrated at the Women’s Day and while there are hundreds of articles and marketing gimmicks which float about women and their rights around this day, it originally aims at acknowledging the movements of women rights and their struggles over time for basic rights and equality. While the women around us have fought and won the fight for universal female suffrage and have broken several glass ceilings, their misfortune refuses to leave them when it comes to a workplace dominated by their men counterparts. Such is a plight of women lawyers in India when it comes their cruel and misogynistic objectification in their field.
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