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BSF 'Pushing Back' Rohingyas; Supreme Court Asks Govt to Respond to Plea - 31.01.2018
During the brief hearing, lawyer Prashant Bhushan, appearing for Mohammad Salimullah and Mohammad Shaqir, alleged that the BSF was pushing back hapless refugees through "inhumane and degrading treatment" and in clear violation of "the non refoulement principle of customary international law".
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Legislators Can Continue To Be Lawyers: BCI Sub-committee Report - 05.02.2018
BJP leader and Supreme Court advocate, Ashwini Upadhyay, who had filed a plea to debar lawyers, said there is a clear conflict of interest as MPs and MLA have powers to "impeach judges".
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CBI Moves Delhi Court to Investigate Bofors Case Once Again - 05.02.2018
The CBI's plea mentioned a television interview by private detective Michael Hershman, who claimed that the Rajiv Gandhi government had sabotaged his investigation, and that he was open to assist the Indian agency in getting to the truth.
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Concerned With Justice Loya's Death, Won't Go Into Other Issues: Supreme Court - 05.02.2018
The apex court, which is hearing the petitions seeking an independent investigation into Loya's death in 2014, made it clear that issue before it was whether further probe should be ordered into it or not.
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'For Heaven's Sake, Do Your Duty': Delhi HC to AAP Govt and MCD on Dengue - 05.02.2018
Delhi HC said that instead of the authorities doing their duty, the court had to actively monitor the issue of waste management, the lack of which, according to the bench, was one of the reasons behind vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria.
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Bofors Case: CBI Goes Against Attorney General's Advice, Files Appeal in SC After 12-Year Delay - 05.02.2018
Sources said CBI's law officers were in favour of the appeal as the agency came out with "some important documents and evidence" to challenge the high court order.
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Supreme Court Refers Pleas Against Jallikattu to Constitution Bench - 05.02.2018
A Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice R F Nariman framed five questions to be adjudicated on by the Constitution bench.
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SC Raps Khap Panchayats, Asks Them to Not 'Play Conscience Keeper of Society' - 05.02.2018
The Supreme Court also mulled over the idea of a police authority, on the lines of the one commissioned to end cow vigilantism, to keep couples out of harm’s way.
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Roster Made Public for Supreme Court Judges, CJI to Hear All New PILs - 01.02.2018
The new roster system, which will begin from February 5, apparently aims at dispelling notions about the CJI "selectively" allocating cases to bench of "preference" – as alleged by the four most senior judges in an unprecedented press conference on January 12.
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10 High Courts May Get New Chief Justices - 01.02.2018
Most of the posts have been lying vacant for long due to a lack of consensus between the government and the Collegium, which comprises the five most senior judges, including the Chief Justice of India, in the top court.
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