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Casteist Remarks Against SC/ST Over Phone in Public Place An Offence, Rules Supreme Court
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   20 Nov 2017 1:05pm

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that abusing or using castiest remarks over phone in a public place against the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category amount to criminal offence warranting a jail of a maximum five years.The apex…

A WhatsApp Message Can Get You Arrested
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   20 Nov 2017 11:00am

The UPA-regime section 66A of the IT Act, scrapped by the Supreme Court in 2015, was broadly worded enough to book you if you caused annoyance, inconvenience, insult or injury online.Social media arrests are not new, and nor are they…

Bofors Scam: Supreme Court Silent on Giving Specific Date for Hearing
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   18 Nov 2017 1:34pm

A petition was on Friday made in the Supreme Court for giving a specific date for hearing the plea in the politically sensitive Rs 64-crore Bofors pay-off case. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra did not pass any…

Supreme Court Asks States And Union Territories To Prohibit Pet Coke & Furnace Oil
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   18 Nov 2017 12:10pm

The Supreme Court Bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Dipak Gupta has requested all States and Union Territories to move forward towards a nationwide ban on the use of pet coke and furnace oil to power up industries,…

Union Cabinet Approves Rs. 3,320 Cr. Plan To Boost Infrastructure Facilities For Judiciary
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   17 Nov 2017 6:00pm

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shree Narendra Modi has approved the continuation of a centrally-sponsored scheme (CSS) for the development of infrastructure facilities for the judiciary beyond the 12th Five-year plan till March 31, 2020.The scheme - with an estimated…

Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Documentary Film On Arvind Kejriwal
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   17 Nov 2017 5:09pm

A three judge bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief justice Dipak Misra and Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and A.M. Khnawilkar rejected a writ petition seeking an injunction against the release of the film ‘An Insignificant Man’, documenting the life of…

Nod of Judge Not Mandatory For Transfer: Law Ministry
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   17 Nov 2017 11:22am

The law ministry has made is clear that it is not necessary to obtain consent from a Judge before transferring him. In a response to a representation by Mr  Sapreet Singh Ajmani, National President of the Youth Bar Association of…

AgustaWestland Scam: Apex Court Asks Chhattisgarh Govt To Produce Original Document of Purchase
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   16 Nov 2017 4:18pm

The purchase of AgustaWestland VIP choppers by the Chattisgarh government, a multi-million dollar deal, a decade ago came under the lens of the Supreme Court today.The apex court has directed the state government to produce the original files depicting the…

Apex Court to examine SC/ST Promotion Quota Verdict
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   16 Nov 2017 11:05am

The Supreme Court of India has decided to examine if there was a need to reconsider its decade-old constitution bench judgment on reservation in promotion for Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes in government employment. In 11 year-old verdicts it was…

Google Doodle Pays Tribute to Cornelia Sorabji, India's First Woman Advocate
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Team SoOLEGAL   |   15 Nov 2017 3:08pm

Cornelia Sorabji was the first ever female graduate from Bombay University and went on to become the first woman to study law at the esteemed Oxford University. Her education at Oxford also meant another 'first' was set - she became…

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