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International Cases
A caveatable interest must be a proprietary interest in land(23.04.2018)
The Plaintiff seeks an order pursuant to Section 138C(1) of the Transfer of Land Act, 1893 extending the operation of caveat lodged on 29th September,.....
Tags : Caveats, Extension, Equitable co-owner
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Notifications & Circulars
Handbook, Module & Guidelines on Safe Childhood Programme for Gram Panchayats Released(05.06.2017)
A Handbook along with Module & Guidelines on protection of Child Rights at Gram Panchayat level was released jointly by National Commission for Protec.....
Tags : Guidelines, Safe Childhood, Gram Panchayats
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Revised disclosure formats under Regulation 7 of SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015(09.02.2021)
1. SEBI, vide Circular nos. CIR/ISD/01/2015 dated May 11, 2015 and CIR/ISD/02/2015 dated September 16, 2015, had specified the formats for disclosures.....
Tags : Revised, disclosure formats
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New Pension Scheme 'Vatsalya' Announced for Minors(23.07.2024)
A new pension scheme named 'Vatsalya' has been proposed for minors by Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in the Un.....
Tags : Vatsalya, Pension Scheme, NPS Account
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WhatsApp warned for abuse of their platform(03.07.2018)
Instances of lynching of innocent people have been noticed recently because of large number of irresponsible and explosive messages filled with rumour.....
Tags : WhatsApp, warning, Abuse, Platform
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Judgments
Fresh intake of students allowed in medical colleges seeking renewal of permission to set up new college or increase seats(20.08.2015)
The Supreme Court held that though it was for the Central Government to extend or modify time limits under the Establishment of Medical College Regula.....
Tags : Education, medical, seats, renewal, deadline
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News
P&H High Court: Revisit Policy on Reserving Posts on Rotation Basis(18.04.2016)
P&H High Court, in a move to bring a significant development that may change the way gram panchayats elections are held in Haryana, has asked an Addit.....
Tags : P&H High Court, gram panchayats elections
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Hyderabad High Court Notices Centre, State Over Talaq via Whatsapp(15.03.2017)
Hyderabad High Court has issued notices to Centre, State of Telangana and others to state their stand on a petition that challenged inaction of author.....
Tags : Hyderabad High Court, talaq, WhatsApp
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Any Attempt Made by Khap Panchayat to Scuttle Marriage Between Consenting Adults is Illegal: SC(27.03.2018)
Supreme Court has ruled that intervention of Khap Panchayats in marriages will be illegal. It said that any attempt made by Khap Panchayat to scuttle .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Khap Panchayats
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Delhi HC Directs Revenue Department to Allocate Vacant Seats in PH Category to Blind Persons(21.01.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed the Central Government to identify the vacancies in the Physically Handicapped (PH) category which can be filled up by p.....
Tags : Delhi High Court,Indian Revenue Service, Allocation of Vacant Seats in Physically Handicapped Category
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AAR: Activity Concerning Any Function Entrusted to Panchayat or Municipality, Exempted from GST(22.01.2020)
Authority for Advance Ruling, Goa has held that the activities in relation to any function entrusted to a Panchayat or Municipality are exempted from .....
Tags : Authority for Advance Ruling, Activity of Panchayats or Municipality
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Supreme Court Issues Notice on Plea Against What'sApp's New Privacy Policy(15.02.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice, returnable within four weeks, on an application seeking to restrain WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Whatsapp Privacy Policy
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Punjab and Haryana HC: Contract Given by AAI to AIATSL ‘Unreasonable’(25.09.2015)
Punjab and Haryana HC has ruled that contract given by Airports Authority of India (AAI) to Air India Air Transport Services Ltd (AIATSL) for entire g.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana HC,AAI , AIATS
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Madras HC Directs TN Agricultural University to Fill up Vacant ‘Lapsed Seats’(14.10.2016)
Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu Agricultural University to consider representation by Association of Self Finance Agriculture Colleges seeki.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, lapsed seats
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Madras High Court Pings IIT-M Professor for Report on WhatsApp's Traceability(25.07.2019)
Madras High Court has asked for a technical report on how to enable traceability of messages on social media platform WhatsApp. The court asked V Kama.....
Tags : Madras High Court, WhatsApp
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Bombay HC Quashes District Collector's Requisition of Flats for COVID Quarantine Facility(29.07.2020)
Bombay High Court has quashed an order of the Thane District Collector for requisitioning 84 flats in two buildings in the city of Ambernath for a COV.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Requisitioning of Flats
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Delhi HC Directs on Accepting Electronic Filing of Caveats on E-Filing Portal(04.06.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the District and Sessions Judge (Headquarters) to ensure that as long as the e-filing portal of the Delhi District Court.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Electronic Filing of Caveats
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Supreme Court: No One Should Interfere When Two Adults Get Married(05.02.2018)
Supreme Court, while hearing a petition by non-profit Shakti Vahini which had demanded a ban on khap panchayats, has said that there should be no inte.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Khap Panchayats
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SC Issues Notice on Plea to Ensure 'WhatsApp Pay' Complies with Privacy Guidelines(29.01.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice in an Impleadment Application, filed in a plea pertaining to data protection on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platf.....
Tags : Supreme Court, ‘Whatsapp Pay’
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Whatsapp’s Privacy Policy(04.02.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea against Whatsapp’s new privacy policy and has sought responses of the Centre and WhatsApp on the petition.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Whatsapp’s Privacy Policy
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SC Approves 50-50 Seat Sharing Agreement Between CMC Vellore & TN Govt as Just & Fair(23.08.2022)
Supreme Court while approving the seat-sharing formula free agreed by the Christian Medical College (CMC) at Vellore and the State of Tamil Nadu for s.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Medical Seats, Seat Arrangement
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P&H HC: State Security Can't be Demanded to Display Authority And Flaunt Status(24.08.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the government to make fresh assessment in respect of security threats of 45 ex-Ministers, MPs and other pe.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Security Threats, Authority
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Delhi HC: WhatsApp's New Privacy Policy Forces Users Into Agreement by Providing Mirage of Choice(26.08.2022)
Delhi High Court while upholding proposed investigation of Competition Commission of India into WhatsApp’s privacy policy, has held that 2021 Policy p.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, WhatsApp, Privacy Policy
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SC: “You Can Choose to Walk Out of Whatsapp If You Want to Protect Your Privacy”(17.01.2017)
Supreme Court has issued notices to Centre, Facebook, WhatsApp and TRAI on a plea that sought Government Regulation of online messaging services.
Tags : Supreme Court, Facebook, WhatsApp, Privacy
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Supreme Court Says 'Make Law to Protect Those in Inter-Caste Marriages'(17.01.2018)
Supreme Court has said that it was "absolutely illegal" for anyone to attack couples marrying outside their caste and warned the government that if it.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Khap Panchayats
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Karnataka High Court Stays Highway Plan in Western Ghats(28.11.2019)
Karnataka High Court has granted an interim stay on the controversial “Greenfield Highway” project linking Shishila (Dakshina Kannada) with Byrapura (.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Western Ghats
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Supreme Court Permits RSS Ideologue Govindacharya to Withdraw Plea Against WhatsApp(03.12.2019)
Supreme Court has permitted former RSS ideologue K N Govindacharya to withdraw his plea seeking initiation of "perjury" proceedings against 'WhatsApp'.....
Tags : Supreme Court, WhatsApp
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SC Asks NPCI on Grant of Licence to Whatsapp to Start App-Based UPI Payment Service(15.12.2020)
Supreme Court has asked National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) to file an affidavit explaining how WhatsApp was granted licence to start app-bas.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Whatsapp, App-Based UPI Payment Service
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SC Seeks Response on Plea Seeking Declaration of 1975 Emergency as Unconstitutional(15.12.2020)
Supreme Court has sought response from the central government on a plea filed by a 94-year-old woman seeking to declare as “wholly unconstitutional” t.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Whatsapp, App-Based UPI Payment Service
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SC clears Decks for CCI Probe Into WhatsApp's 2021 Privacy Policy(17.10.2022)
Supreme Court has cleared the path for the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI’s) probe into WhatsApp's updated privacy policy of 2021.
Tags : Supreme Court, ompetition Commission, WhatsApp
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Delhi HC Issues Notice to Centre on WhatsApp Privacy Policy(31.08.2016)
Delhi HC, on petition filed by Karmanya Singh Sareen and Shreya Sethi against new privacy policy which threatens the privacy of WhatsApp users, has is.....
Tags : Delhi HC, WhatsApp, Centre
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Madras HC Orders Action against Complainant Who Paid Rs 20 Lakh(08.09.2016)
Madras HC, while voicing concern over use of money to get medical seats, has ordered action by police and Income Tax authorities against a complainant.....
Tags : Madras HC,Complainant ,medical seats
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Delhi HC: WhatsApp Forward Without Original Can’t Be Treated As Document Under Evidence Act(17.07.2017)
Delhi High Court has held that a document received as a WhatsApp forward does not even qualify as a document in terms of the Evidence Act, 1872, if ne.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, WhatsApp
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Supreme Court Notice to Govt, WhatsApp Over ‘Non-compliance’(28.08.2018)
Supreme Court has issued notice to Whatsapp and Centre seeking their response over plea alleging non-compliance with Indian laws, including appointing.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea of MP Seeking CRPF Protection Against Threats(22.07.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to Ministry of Home Affairs in a plea moved by Member of Parliament from Andhra Pradesh, Kanumuru Raghu Rama Krishn.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, CRPF Protection Against Threats
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NCLAT Grants Partial Relief to Whatsapp by Staying Ban on its Data-Sharing Policy(27.01.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has granted relief to Whatsapp by staying an order passed by Competition Commission of India banning Whatsapp from sharing user .....
Tags : NCLAT New Delhi, Data-Sharing Policy, Whatsapp
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NGT Slams Telangana Government for Furnishing Fake Orders(28.11.2016)
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up Telangana Government for misleading Tribunal by furnishing a fake order during a hearing on ongoing case i.....
Tags : National Green Tribunal, Telangana Government, fake order, Himayatsagar, Osmansagar
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AAR Kerala: PVC Tufted Coir Mats and Mattings Taxable at 12%(14.11.2019)
Authority for Advance Ruling Kerala has ruled that PVC tufted coir mats and mattings shall be chargeable to a GST of 12%. The Tribunal ruled that PVC .....
Tags : AAR Kerala, Coir Mats
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SC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging St Stephens College's Cut-Off for Disability Quota Seats(24.12.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a plea challenging the procedure followed by Delhi University's St. Stephens College in setting an "unreasonably hi.....
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Delhi HC Rules ‘Administrators’ of WhatsApp Groups Not Liable for Member’s Post(19.12.2016)
Delhi High Court has held that administrators of WhatsApp groups cannot be made liable for defamatory statements by any other member of group.
Tags : Delhi High Court , WhatsApp Groups
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Bhopal Court Hears Vyapam Case Till 2 am, Issues Arrest Warrants Against 200 Accused(29.11.2017)
Bhopal Court Hears Vyapam Case Till 2 am, Issues Arrest Warrants Against 200 Accused
Tags : The 1500-page CBI chargesheet had named 592 accused in connection with 2012 Pre-medical Test scam. The accused included officials of four private medical colleges involved in selling seats for profits and several government officials.
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Orissa HC Directs Commissioner of Endowments to Extend Financial Assistance to Sevayats(30.10.2020)
Orissa High Court has directed the Commissioner of Endowments to consider and dispose of the representation of Sevayats and other similarly situated S.....
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SC Dismisses Plea Challenging MoEF Draft Notification on Western Ghats(13.09.2022)
Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL challenging the Draft Notification published by Central Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, demarcat.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Western Ghats, Draft Notification
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Karnataka HC Denies Anticipatory Bail to Group Admin for Pakistan Zindabad' Slogans in WhatsApp Group(28.01.2019)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed anticipatory bail application of Administrator of a WhatsApp Group in which some group members had shared 'Pakistan.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Whatsapp Group
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P&H HC Directs Lok Adalats to Pass Awards in Compliance with NALSA Regulations(08.01.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed that the Lok Adalats in the States of Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory Chandigarh are directed to pass t.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Lok Adalats, Passing of Awards
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P&H HC Directs Lok Adalats to Pass Awards in Compliance with NALSA Regulations(08.01.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed that the Lok Adalats in the States of Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory Chandigarh are directed to pass t.....
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Delhi HC Dismissed Facebook India’s Petition Challenging Probe Initiated by CCI(29.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has dismissed Facebook India's petition challenging the probe initiated by Competition Commission of India (CCI) against it in connec.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, WhatsApp Privacy Policy, CCI
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Calcutta HC: Right to Privacy Entitles Person to Carry Secrets to Grave(03.10.2022)
Calcutta High Court while directing police to immediately withdraw WhatsApp messages and photographs of deceased woman with her friend, that were disc.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Privacy, WhatsApp
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MP High Court Disposes Plea Challenging 100% Reservation in 600 PG Medical Seats(27.09.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has disposed of the Writ Petition challenging 100% reservation in Post Graduate Medical seats holding that it is against the.....
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All. HC: Senior Bureaucrats of UP Govt Taking No Action in Issue of Court’s Infrastructure(07.11.2022)
Allahabad High Court while observing that no action was being taken by Uttar Pradesh government's senior bureaucrats despite its repeated orders regar.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Senior Bureaucrats, Court Infrastructure
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Delhi HC Sets Aside Order Passed of Criminal Contempt for Sending Summon Over Whatsapp(18.01.2022)
Delhi High Court has set aside an order passed by a Commercial Court to the extent of issuing a show cause notice of criminal contempt after a plainti.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Sending Summon Over Whatsapp
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Madras HC Upholds Decision to Reserve 50% PG Medical Seats for Govt Doctors(20.01.2022)
Madras High Court has upheld the State government’s decision to not only reserve 50% of postgraduate medical seats for government doctors serving in v.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Reservation of PG Medical Seats
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SC Sets Up 5-judge Bench to Hear the Plea Challenging WhatsApp Privacy policy(05.04.2017)
Supreme Court has set up a 5-judge bench to hear the petition accusing WhatsApp and Facebook of privacy violation.
Tags : supreme court, whatsapp, facebook, privacy policy
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Bombay HC: Sending of Abusive Messages on Whatsapp Personal Account Not an Offence u/s 294 IPC(16.03.2020)
Bombay High Court has held that sending of abusive messages on the personal account of WhatsApp will not amount to the utterance of obscene words in a.....
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CESTAT, Chennai: Builder Cannot be Liable to Pay Service Tax for Construction of Residential Flats(31.01.2022)
Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai has held that the builder cannot be liable to pay service tax for the con.....
Tags : Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Service Tax for Construction of Residential Flats
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SC to WhatsApp: Widely Publicise That Users Aren't Bound to Accept 2021 Privacy Policy(02.02.2023)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench has directed WhatsApp to widely publicise its stand that WhatsApp users in India don’t have to accept its 2021 privac.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Constitution Bench, WhatsApp, Data Protection Bill, Privacy Policy
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Punjab and Haryana HC Put Stay on Haryana’s Decision to Give 10% Quota to Jats, 5 Other Communities(26.05.2016)
Punjab and Haryana HC has put on hold the Khattar Government’s step to give 10% reservation to Jats and five other communities in government jobs and .....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana HC, Quota to Jats,
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AAAR, Maharashtra: 18% GST Applicable on Construction of Flats to be Given on Lease(14.02.2020)
Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling (AAAR), Maharashtra has held that 18% Goods and Services Tax (GST) applies to the construction of flats to be g.....
Tags : Appellate Authority for Advance Rulings, Construction of Flats
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CCI Orders Probe into WhatsApp's New Privacy Policy; Finds Prima Facie 'Abuse of Dominance'(25.03.2021)
Competition Commission of India has ordered a probe into the new privacy policy of WhatsApp, after making a prima facie observation that it was violat.....
Tags : Competition Commission of India, WhatsApp's New Privacy Policy
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Bombay High Court Sets Precedent, Serves Summon via Messaging App 'Whatsapp'(28.04.2017)
Bombay High Court has set a precedent after it served a summon via WhatsApp in a copyright infringement suit against producers of Kannada movie ‘Pushp.....
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Karnataka HC Dismisses KSAT Chairman's Plea Claiming Salary Equivalent to HC CJ(19.04.2019)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by its former Judge Justice K Bhakthavatsala, who is presently, Chairman of Karnataka State Admini.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal, Justice K Bhakthavatsala
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SC: No Statutory Appeal Against Order u/s 14B of Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act(06.01.2022)
Supreme Court has held that no statutory appeal lies against an order passed under Section 14B(1) of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959, ref.....
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MP HC: Rotation of Reserved Seats in Municipal Wards Mandatory & Not Discretionary(12.01.2022)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the process of Rotation of Wards in Municipalities is mandatory and not up to the discretion of the state gove.....
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MP HC: Employees WhatsApp Groups Are Private, Forwarded Message Not Personal Opinion(07.03.2024)
MP HC while observing that messages sent in a private group of employees have nothing to do with the office work of the government has quashed a suspe.....
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Madras High Court: ‘Katta Panchayats’ Subverts Judicial Process(20.01.2017)
Madras High Court, while holding that 'katta Panchayats' (Kangaroo Courts) subverted judicial process, has warned it will frame guidelines if State Go.....
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Tax Benefit can be Availed on Multiple Flats' Sale, Says ITAT(12.02.2019)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that a taxpayer can avail of the tax benefits where long-term capital gains arising on sale of more than.....
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AP HC Directs CBI to Specify Steps to Prevent Circulation of Intimidatory Threats and Remarks(18.10.2021)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to specify steps to prevent the circulation of such intimidatory thre.....
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Madras HC Takes on Record Affidavit in PIL Against Encroachment of Bhaktavatsala Perumal Temple Land(22.10.2021)
Madras High Court has taken on record the affidavit filed by the Joint Commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department in.....
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Delhi HC: Communication between Parties through Whatsapp Constitute Valid Agreement(04.07.2025)
Delhi High Court has held that communications exchanged through WhatsApp and email can amount to a valid arbitration agreement between the parties.
Tags : Delhi High Court, Valid Arbitration Agreement, WhatsApp
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SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Delimitation Process for Increasing Number of Assembly Seats in AP(25.07.2025)
Supreme Court has dismissed a plea that sought directions on the Centre to begin delimitation process in order to increase the number of assembly seat.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Delimitation Process, Assembly Seats
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SC Declines Petition Challenging Privacy Policy for Whatsapp Business Accounts(05.02.2021)
Supreme Court has declined to entertain a petition by Confederation of All India Traders against the new privacy policy for business accounts of socia.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Whatsapp Business Accounts Privacy Policy
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Madras HC Grants Relief to WhatsApp Administrator in FIR Over Offensive Post(27.12.2021)
Madras High Court has granted relief to an administrator of a WhatsApp group in an First Information Report registered over offensive post in the grou.....
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Bombay HC Seeks Constitution of Lok Adalats Across Zones of Railway Claims Tribunal(27.12.2021)
Bombay High Court has sought constitution of Lok Adalats across various zones of the Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT) to clear the huge pendency of cases.....
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Karnataka High Court: Judicial Powers Cannot be Exercised by Conciliators in Lok Adalats(29.03.2024)
Karnataka High Court has held that the conciliators have exercised the judicial powers while presiding over the Lok Adalat, hence the compromise and d.....
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Delhi HC Dismisses WhatsApp, Facebook's Challenge to CCI Order for Probe on New Privacy Policy(22.04.2021)
Delhi High Court has rejected Facebook Inc and its subsidiary WhatsApp's challenge to an order by the Competition Commission of India directing a prob.....
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Bombay HC: WhatsApp Group Administrator Not Liable for Member's Objectionable Post(26.04.2021)
Bombay High Court has held that a Whatsapp group administrator cannot be held liable for objectionable content posted by a member of the group, in the.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, WhatsApp Group Administrator, Member’s Objectionable Post
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Supreme Court Launches Whatsapp Messaging Services, Advocates and Parties to Receive Updates(25.04.2024)
Supreme Court has announced the integration of Whatsapp messaging services with its IT services and through this initiative, Advocates on Record and p.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Whatsapp Messaging Services, Causlists, Electronic Filing
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Apex Court Stays Demolition of Kochi Flats for Six Weeks(11.06.2019)
Apex Court has stayed the demolition order passed by the Court on May 8 for six weeks. The Court passed the order while considering a writ petition fi.....
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SC Registrar: WhatsApp Not Valid Mode of Service Under Supreme Court Rules(17.02.2023)
Registrar Court at Supreme Court has stated that service of notice on a party via messaging platform WhatsApp is not valid, as per Supreme Court Rules.....
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Supreme Court Rejects Centre's Suggestion to Put Off Hearing on WhatsApp Privacy Issue(20.04.2017)
Supreme Court has brushed aside a government suggestion that it hold off a hearing into privacy issues involving WhatsApp as new rules on data protect.....
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Delhi High Court: Do Not Take Coercive Steps Against 3 Senior Bureaucrats(12.06.2018)
Delhi High Court has requested the Delhi Legislative Assembly not to take any "coercive steps" against three senior bureaucrats summoned by the Speake.....
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Bombay High Court Says Legal Notices Received on WhatsApp Valid(18.06.2018)
Bombay High Court has ruled that legal notices sent, received and opened via online messaging application WhatsApp will serve as valid evidence in cou.....
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SC Stays Telangana HC Order on Surrender of Post Graduate Medical Diploma Seats(18.05.2020)
Supreme Court has stayed Telangana High Court decision directing suspension of surrender of seats in post graduate diploma courses by medical colleges.....
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SC Dismisses BJP Members' Petition Challenging Increase of Seats in Mumbai Corporation(18.02.2022)
Supreme Court has dismissed a petition challenging the Maharashtra Ordinance which increased the electoral seats in the Municipal Corporation of Great.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Increase of Seats in Mumbai Corporation
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Kerala HC: Admin of WhatsApp Group Not Vicariously Liable for Objectionable Post by Group Member(24.02.2022)
Kerala High Court has ruled that the admin of a WhatsApp group cannot be held vicariously liable if a member of the group posts objectionable content .....
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Madras HC Upholds Right of Government to Keep a Check on Spending of Public Money by Panchayats(30.11.2015)
Madras HC while expressing concern over complaints of misappropriation of huge amounts of panchayat funds by their office-bearers by misusing autonomy.....
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Supreme Court Asks Centre to Block Explicit Internet Content(27.10.2017)
Supreme Court, with a view to ensure that explicit videos depicting rape, gang rape & child pornography are not available for circulation in Internet,.....
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Consumer Complaints by Subsequent Transferee of Flats Not Always Barred: SC(28.11.2018)
Supreme Court has held that consumer complaints by subsequent transferee of flats are not always barred and clarified that decision in Haryana Urban D.....
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Kerala HC Dismisses Pleas Challenging Allocation of Reserved Seats for Ensuring Election(12.11.2020)
Kerala High Court has dismissed a batch of writ petitions challenging allocation of reserved seats to different wards/divisions of some of the local b.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Allocation of Reserved Seats
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Kar. HC to State: Submit Proposal for Effective Implementation of Centre's Vatsalya Scheme(08.09.2023)
Karnataka High Court has directed State Government to submit the financial proposal and plan for the year 2022-2023, for effective implementation of M.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Vatsalya Scheme, Proposal
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Rajasthan HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of News Report Claiming Non-Functioning of 16 Lok Adalats(15.05.2025)
Rajasthan High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of a news report published in a Dainik Bhaskar that claimed that as many as 16 permanent Lok Adalat.....
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Parties Entitled to 100% Court Fee Refund if Case Settled by Lok Adalat: Bombay HC(12.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has clarified that when cases are settled by Lok Adalats, the parties are entitled to a full refund of the court fee paid by them.
Tags : Bombay High Court, Court Fees, Lok Adalats
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Delhi High Court Issues Notice on PIL Challenging Whatsapp Privacy Policy(06.05.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Centre and social media platforms, Facebook and WhatsApp seeking their responses on a Public Interest Litiga.....
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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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SC Orders Fresh Mop-up Round Counselling for NEET-PG 2021-22(31.03.2022)
Supreme Court has cancelled the mop-up round counselling held for All India Quota (AIQ) of the NEET-PG courses for the year 2021-22, and has ordered a.....
Tags : Supreme Court, mop-up round counseling, All India Quota, NEET-PG courses, 146 seats,
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Karnataka HC Asks on Details of Health Policy in Plea Seeking Hospital Facility in Gram Panchayats(08.06.2021)
Karnataka High Court has asked the State government to submit details of its health policy, if any, as a litigant has sought a direction to the govern.....
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CESTAT, Mumbai: Sports Boats Come Within Ambit of Inflatable Craft under Customs and Tariffs Act(02.05.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has ruled that sports boats come within the meaning of inflatable craft subsequent to headi.....
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Ker. HC: Emp. Messaging in Pvt. Whatsapp Group About Safety of Company Doesn’t Attract Disc. Proc.(21.06.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that an employee sending messages on a private WhatsApp group regarding the safety of company cannot attract disciplinary p.....
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Madras HC to State: Frame Law to Use EVMs in Civic Polls(22.09.2016)
Madras HC has directed State Government “in its wisdom” to take immediate steps to bring in legislation incorporating appropriate provision in the Tam.....
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Delhi HC Directs Whatsapp to Delete Users’ Data Gathered before September 25(23.09.2016)
Delhi HC has ordered instant messaging platform WhatsApp to remove information or data of users who delete their accounts and not share it with Facebo.....
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SC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Filling of 3373 Vacated Seats of AIQ Medical PG(10.08.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea seeking directions to the Union to come forth and declare 3373 seats of All India Quota under Medical NEET-P.....
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Delhi HC Refuses to Stay CCI Probe Against WhatsApp's Privacy Policy(23.06.2021)
Delhi High Court has refused to stay the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) enquiry against WhatsApp's new privacy policy in an appeal by WhatsAp.....
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Delhi HC: Cannot Read WhatsApp Conversation as Evidence Without Mandatory Certificate(05.07.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that WhatsApp conversations cannot be read as evidence without there being a proper certificate as mandated under the Eviden.....
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Delhi HC to Centre: File Copy of Contracts with FB, WhatsApp(29.10.2015)
Delhi High Court while expressing dissatisfaction over standard agreement filed by the Centre, has asked it to file an affidavit along with agreements.....
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SC: MBBS Seats Denied, Can’t be Given(02.11.2015)
Supreme Court has upheld the award of 3 lakh as compensation to two students, who, despite being in the merit list of a private medical college, were .....
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Delhi High Court Seeks Govt’s Stand on Plea to Stay Facebook, WhatsApp Ops(25.09.2017)
Delhi High Court has sought the Government's response on a plea seeking a stay on the operations of social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp till .....
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Rajasthan HC: No Sale of Flats Without Completion Certificate(14.12.2015)
Rajasthan High Court has ordered that no registration of flats in multi-storey buildings will be allowed in the state without issuance of completion c.....
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Punjab & Haryana HC: No Bar on Appointment of Former Bureaucrats as Government Arbitrator(16.11.2016)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that there is no bar on a former employee, consultant or adviser of a party being appointed as a mediator merel.....
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NGT Seeks Irrigation Department Explanation over Ongoing Works Near Heritage Ghats of Yamuna(18.11.2016)
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Irrigation Department to file its reply explaining why construction is still going near Vrindavan Heritage .....
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Madras HC Directs Centre to Take Steps for Implementing OBC Reservation in MBBS Seats(21.07.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the Central government to immediately take measures for implementing OBC reservation in MBBS seats under All India Quot.....
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Delhi High Court Seeks Govt Response Over Plea to Regulate FB/Whatsapp Calls(23.02.2017)
Delhi High Court has sought a response from Government on a plea seeking regulation of call services over internet provided by ‘Facebook’ and ‘WhatsAp.....
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P&H HC: Whatsapp Messages Not to Have Any Evidentiary Value(18.01.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that WhatsApp messages will have no evidentiary value unless they are certified as per Section 65B of the I.....
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Delhi HC Refuses to Issue Notice on Plea Against Whatsapp’s New Privacy Policy(18.01.2021)
Delhi High Court has said that it will not issue notice in the Petition against Whatsapp application and its contentious updated privacy policy, obser.....
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Provide Changing Rooms and Toilets on Major Ganga Ghats: Uttarakhand High Court(05.11.2018)
Uttarakhand High Court has directed the Haridwar Municipal Corporation to provide 100 changing rooms and construct 300 toilets at Har Ki Paudi area an.....
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SC Asks WhatsApp, FB: How Much Do You Share with Third Parties?(07.09.2017)
Supreme Court has directed instant messaging platform WhatsApp and social media giant Facebook to file affidavits stating what user data they shared w.....
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SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Filling of Vacated Seats of AIQ Medical NEET-PG on Merit(17.08.2020)
Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking directions to the Union to come forth and declare 3309 seats of All India Quota under Medical NEET-PG 2020 .....
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CCI Dismisses Plea Alleging Abuse of Dominant Position by Whatsapp & Facebook(24.08.2020)
Competition Commission of India has dismissed a plea which sought investigation against Whatsapp and Facebook for alleged abuse of dominant position b.....
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MP HC Grants Protection to Couple Receiving Threats from Parents(15.07.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted protection to a couple receiving threat from their parents after observing that persons, being major, voluntaril.....
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SC Dismisses Pleas Seeking Additional Mop-Up Round for Filling Vacant Seats in Nursing Courses(10.06.2022)
Supreme Court has dismissed plea seeking an additional mop-up round to fill up seats which have remained vacant in nursing courses for the academic ye.....
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Finance Ministry Files Review Petition in Supreme Court’s Safari Retreats Case Ruling(09.01.2025)
Finance Ministry has filed a review petition in SC seeking review of its Safari Retreats Case judgement (MANU/SC/1080/2024; 2024 INSC 756) that allowe.....
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Karnataka HC Rejects Pleas Against Elections(19.01.2016)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed all petitions, which had challenged laws and methodology related to reserving seats for various castes in taluk and.....
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MP HC: Can't Issue Blanket Order to Restrict Circulation of News on Whatsapp, Facebook Etc.(19.10.2020)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to put a blanket order to restrict the circulation of news on WhatsApp, Facebook etc.
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J&K HC: Threats to Litigants Justifies Measure Like Virtual Hearing(25.03.2025)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court while allowing virtual hearing for a party instead of transferring the appeal on grounds of security, has stated that leg.....
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NIA Court: Court Rejects Claim ATS Tried to Frame RSS Chief in Malegaon Case(04.08.2025)
The Special NIA Court dismissed arguments that the Anti-Terrorism Squad attempted to implicate RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.....
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Supreme Court Notices Centre Over WhatsApp Privacy Policy(16.05.2017)
Supreme Court has said it was "concerned" whether the citizens' rights were being affected by WhatsApp's 2016 privacy policy and asked Centre what ste.....
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Delhi HC Grants Centre Time to Respond to Plea Against WhatsApp's Privacy Policy(02.03.2021)
Delhi High Court has refused to issue notice on petition against WhatsApp's new privacy policy, giving the Central Government 4 weeks' time to respond.....
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MP HC to DGP: Think of Creating WhatsApp Groups for Purpose of Summoning Witnesses(26.09.2023)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed Director General of Police (DGP) and Director, Prosecution to take suggestion from police officers and other ex.....
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MP High Court Allows Production of Whatsapp Chat Obtained Without Consent as Evidence(18.06.2025)
MP HC while hearing a matrimonial dispute has allowed production of WhatsApp chat in evidence which was obtained by the husband without the consent of.....
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