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SC Rules 'Taking Fingerprint of Accused Doesn't Breach His Right Against Self-Incrimination' - 05.05.2017

Supreme Court, while settling a doubt which has troubled crime investigators for long, has ruled that asking an accused to give finger or foot prints for investigation purposes did not violate his fundamental right to protect himself from becoming a witness against himself.

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Delhi High Court Follows Suit, Orders Service of Summon via Whatsapp, Text Message, Email - 05.05.2017

Delhi High Court has allowed plaintiff in a case to serve summons on one of the defendants through Whatsapp, text message and email.

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Madras High Court Asks 'Why Marry If You Can’t Maintain Wife, Kids?' - 05.05.2017

Madras High Court, while disposing of revision petition against a maintenance case, has observed that there is unreasonable delay on part of Family Courts in disposing of maintenance petitions and it affects women and children very much.

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Bombay HC Junks Appeal By 11 Convicts, Sets Aside Acquittal of Cops in Gujarat Riot Rape, Murder Case - 05.05.2017

Bombay High Court has dismissed appeal filed by 11 convicts who were sentenced to life by a Trial Court in 2008, after being held guilty of gang-raping a five-month pregnant girl and killing seven of her family members in post-Godhra riots of 2002.

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Banking Regulation Ordinance, 2017: RBI Gets Power to Initiate Insolvency Process Against Defaulters - 05.05.2017

President Pranab Mukherjee has approved Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 which gives power to Reserve Bank of India to initiate insolvency resolution process in respect of a default, under Insolvency Code of 2016.

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#Breaking on Nirbhaya Case: SC Upholds Capital Punishment for Convicts in 2012 Delhi Gang Rape Case - 05.05.2017

Supreme Court of India has upheld Death penalty of all four convicts in December 16, 2012 gang rape and murder.

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SC Notices Kerala on TN Plea for Implementation of Court’s Verdict on Mullaperiyar Dam - 04.05.2017

Supreme Court has issued notice to Kerala on Tamil Nadu Government’s plea accusing the former of not allowing its officials to maintain Multiplayer dam.

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Kerala HC: No Illegality in Insisting Employee to Withdraw Case Against Employer to Avail Benefits - 04.05.2017

Kerala High court has held that when an employer introduces a beneficial scheme, not because of any right or entitlement of employer, but entirely as an ex gratia, there is no illegality in insisting employee to withdraw from any litigation pending against it, as an eligibility criterion.

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Gujarat High Court Allows 16 Year Old Rape Victim to Abort Over 20 Week Foetus - 04.05.2017

Gujarat High Court has permitted a 16-year-old rape survivor from Ramol to undergo an abortion.

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Bombay High Court Terms Circular to File Pleas in Marathi 'Patently Illegal' - 04.05.2017

Bombay High Court has declared that a circular that made it compulsory for litigants to file petitions only in Marathi was "illegal".

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