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Supreme Court: Public Authority Cannot Act Arbitrarily - 31.08.2017

Supreme Court, while cancelling the allotment of leasehold rights by Ujjain Development Authority (UDA) to a private entity, has said that a public authority cannot act arbitrarily and its decisions must be guided by public interest.

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Supreme Court Directs CBI to Appoint Senior Police Officer to Monitor Probe in Manipur Encounter Case - 31.08.2017

Supreme Court has directed CBI to appoint a senior police officer of the rank of deputy inspector-general to monitor the probe ordered by it into alleged extra-judicial killings in Manipur.

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Supreme Court: Offence u/s 138 of NI Act is Person Specific - 31.08.2017

Supreme Court has said that the offence u/s 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act is person specific. It was also clarified that the general concept under Cr.P.C that cognizance was taken against the offence and not against the offender was not appropriate in prosecution under NI Act.

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Delhi HC Slams Passport Office Over Ignorance of Order on Passport to Tibetans Born in India - 31.08.2017

Delhi High Court has slapped a cost of Rs. 25,000 to be paid to a man whose passport was revoked on illusory grounds ranging from concealment of his parents’ Tibetan origin to Intelligence Bureau report that he has purchased several properties with funds from the foreign government.

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Govt Increases Wage Ceiling Under Payment of Wages Act From 18,000 To 24,000 - 31.08.2017

Ministry of Labour and Employment has specified Rupees Twenty Four Thousand per month as the wages under sub-section (6) of section 1 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936.

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Supreme Court Asks Dilip Kumar to Deposit Rs 20 Crore to Settle Property Dispute - 01.09.2017

Supreme Court has asked thespian superstar Dilip Kumar to deposit Rs 20 crore with its registry as part payment to a Mumbai-based real estate firm with whom the agreement to develop his prime Pali Hill property ran into rough weather a decade ago.

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Supreme Court Refuses Permission to Singh Bros to Sell Fortis Shares - 01.09.2017

Supreme Court has refused to give the Singh brothers (Malvinder and Shivinder, the original promoters of Ranbaxy and Fortis) permission to sell Fortis shares. It also refused permission to banks with whom the Singhs have pledged Fortis shares to do the same.

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Supreme Court: Can Use Child Rape Law in Teen Marriages - 01.09.2017

Supreme Court has said that marriage is not an exemption under the law to protect children from sexual offences even though marital rape is not recognised as a crime and Indian Penal Code (IPC) protects any man having sexual intercourse with his minor wife above 15 years of age.

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Delhi High Court Restores All India Carrom Federation - 01.09.2017

Delhi High Court has empowered All India Carrom Federation (AICF), elected on November 29, 2015, to function and recalled the earlier order that resulted in the setting up of an ad-hoc committee to govern the game.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court: Media Misreported Remarks On Prime Minister - 01.09.2017

Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that remarks made by Judges about Prime Minister being in- charge of the entire country and not just his party were used out of context by the media. It stressed that its comments were observations and not part of its verdict on the riots.

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