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Supreme Court Rules Appointments Process for SEC Judges is ‘Unconstitutional’
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   22 Jun 2018 3:00pm

The U.S. Supreme Court has taken a step towards giving presidents control over administrative agencies, after it ruled on Thursday that the way the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appointed in-house judges overseeing investor protection laws violated the U.S. Constitution.The…

Justice KM Joseph Elevation Uncertain Following the Superannuation of Justice Chelameswar
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   22 Jun 2018 10:30am

The process of Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice (CJ) KM Joseph’s elevation as a Supreme Court judge might possibly get delayed following the superannuation of Justice Jasti Chelameswar due today.The top court collegium had on May 11 agreed in-principle to…

Percy Billimoria to leave Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas to start counsel practice
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   21 Jun 2018 3:00pm

With rumours circulating for months now about Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) partner Percy Billimoria's plan to exit the law firm, authoritative sources have confirmed that Billimoria will indeed leave the firm for counsel practice.Billimoria will be likely, starting his chamber in August.…

HSA Advocates Hires Abhirup Dasgupta as Associate Partner
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   21 Jun 2018 12:30pm

HSA Advocates has hired Dhir & Dhir disputes principal associate Abhirup Dasgupta as Associate Partner in its Delhi office. A release from HSA Advocates states, a 2008 LLB graduate of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), Dasgupta had been working…

Bombay HC refuses to entertain plea for aborting pregnancy of 20-year-old Mumbai woman
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   21 Jun 2018 10:30am

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain the petition of a 22-week pregnant woman from Mumbai who sought to terminate her ‘unwanted’ pregnancy on the grounds of domestic violence. The 20-year-old woman had married before 18, when she…

Maharashtra farmers moves Supreme Court challenging Article 31B of the Constitution
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   20 Jun 2018 5:30pm

A group of farmers from Maharashtra has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking the abolishment of Article 31B of the Indian Constitution. The farmers of Kisaan Putra Andolan (KPA), a movement commenced in Maharashtra by farmers' activist Amar…

Uttarakhand HC Suggests State Government to Enact a Law for the Welfare of Advocates’ Clerks
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   20 Jun 2018 3:30pm

The Uttarakhand High Court recently suggested that the State Government may formulate a suitable legislation for welfare of Advocates’ clerks.The HC order came while hearing a plea filed by the High Court Advocates Clerk Association, a society constituted for the…

CJI Appointment row: Don’t doubt government intentions, says Law Minister
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   20 Jun 2018 10:30am

The government’s intention should not be doubted over the appointment of the next Chief Justice of India (CJI), the Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday. The Law Minister further added that the Centre will discuss about the…

SC declines urgent hearing on PIL seeking declaration of Kejriwal's protest as “unconstitutional”
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   19 Jun 2018 5:30pm

The Supreme Court today declined the request for an urgent hearing on a petition seeking its direction to declare the sit-in protest of Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet ministers inside the lieutenant governor’s office as “unconstitutional”.A vacation…

Don’t act as ‘paid Goondas’: Madras HC tells advocates resorting to illegalities
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   19 Jun 2018 3:30pm

While hearing a petition in a case involving eviction following non-payment of rent, the Madras High Court made scathing remarks about the conduct of Advocates who opt to act as “paid goondas”.What sparked off the dispute between the petitioner and…

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