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Supreme Court Issues Fresh Guidelines on S.498A IPC, Now Arrests Only After Panel's Advice - 28.07.2017

Supreme Court has issued new set of directions to prevent the misuse of Section 498A of Indian Penal Code. It observed that arrests u/s 498A could be carried out only on advice of civil society panels that must be set up in every district.

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Bombay High Court Annuls Govt Resolutions Making Quota For SC/STs During Promotion - 28.07.2017

Bombay HC has struck down two state Government Resolutions as ultra vires to Article 16 (4A) of the Constitution of India. The said GRs dated May 25, 2004, grant reservation at promotion stage to government employees belonging to SCs, STs and De-Notified Tribes, Nomadic Tribes, SBCs and OBCs.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court: 'Slap, Say Sorry & Forget' Practice by Contemnors Not Accepted - 28.07.2017

Madhya Pradesh High Court, while sentencing a person accused of contempt to six months’ imprisonment, has observed that “slap, say sorry and forget” practice by some contemnors cannot be accepted and cannot be allowed to go scot-free by a simple ‘paper apology’.

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Himachal Pradesh High Court: Person Approaching Courts Must Enjoy Fruits of Decree - 28.07.2017

Himachal Pradesh High Court has observed that a person who approaches the court must be able to enjoy fruits of a decree and he cannot be made to suffer indefinitely even after a contest of a claim in a court of law.

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Supreme Court Uses Special Powers, Allows Company to Withdraw from NCLT - 28.07.2017

Supreme Court has used special powers to allow a company to withdraw from insolvency proceedings after both parties, the borrower and the creditor, arrived at a mutual settlement on the loan.

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Supreme Court: States Not Empowered to Create Office of Parliamentary Secretary - 27.07.2017

Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional Assam Parliamentary Secretaries (Appointment, Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2004.

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Delhi High Court Imposes 50k As Costs For 'Forum Shopping' - 27.07.2017

Delhi High Court has levied costs of Rs. 50,000 on a private company which, it opined, indulged in “forum hunting” by filing a Writ Petition indirectly against an order delivered in an Appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.

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Delhi High Court Slams Delhi Govt for ‘Dilatory Tactic’ in RTI Case - 27.07.2017

Delhi High Court has disapproved of dilatory tactics by Delhi government’s Directorate of Education in denying information on income and expenditure of private schools sought under the Right to Information and ordered it to consider the application in accordance with the law.

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Bombay High Court Directs Builders to Meet July 31 Rera Registration Deadline - 27.07.2017

Bombay High Court has directed a group of builders to comply with a July 31 registration deadline under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (Rera), 2016.

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Supreme Court Allows Recording Consent Terms After Case is Admitted Under Insolvency Code - 26.07.2017

Supreme Court has exercised powers under Article 142 of Constitution to record consent terms between the parties post admission of the application under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

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