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Land Owner Can Approach Consumer Forum In Case Of Breach Committed By Builder [Bunga Daniel Babu v. Sri Vasudeva Constructions, 2016 SCC OnLine SC 729, decided on 22.07.2016]

In an appeal against the order of the NCDRC, which has approved the view of the State Commission, Hyderabad which held that the complainant was not a “consumer” within the definition under Section 2(1)(d) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 as the agreement of the appellant with the respondents was

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Supreme Court Issued Notices To Union Of India And MCI To Prescribe Guidelines For Private Hospitals To Curb Medical Negligence [Asit Baran Mondal v. Rita Sinha, 2016 SCC OnLine SC 827, Order dated 17.08.2016]

The Apex Court issued a notice to the Central Government and the Medical Council of India to answer whether any guidelines are prescribed for private hospitals on providing care to patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Critical Care Unit (CCU). In the case relating to medical negligence where it was

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Investigation In The Bulandshahar Rape Case Stayed In The Light Of Statements Made By Azam Khan [Kaushal Kishor v. State of U.P., 2016 SCC OnLine SC 876, order dated 29.08.2016]

The Apex Court sought an explanation from Cabinet Minister of U.P Azam Khan for calling the gangrape of a woman and her minor 14 years daughter a “political conspiracy”. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan questioned that “He (Khan) may not be directly involved in the investigation

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Dismissal of WBNUJS Registrar Held Valid for Committing Financial Misdeeds [Surajit Chandra Mukhopadhyay v. West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, W.P. No. 12652 (W) of 2016, decided on July 26, 2016]

Calcutta high court wile confirming the decision of the Execuive Council held dismissal of Registrar valid for committing financial misdeeds. In the instatnt case, the students of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences had complaint about the financial misdeeds in the affairs of the university. Pursuant to a representation

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Election of BJP MP from Bihar declared null and void

Patna High Court, in its recent judgment in Ganga Mishra v. ChhediPaswan, declared the election of the respondent as null and void. The court stated that an election candidate is supposed to disclose all his previous criminal convictions of 2 or more years. The court referred to the ruling of

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Central Government directed to enact laws prohibiting cow slaughter and import and export of cow/calf, selling of beef or beef products

Himachal Pradesh High Court in Bhartiya Govansh Rakshan Sanverdhan Parishad v. Union of India, directed the Union Government to enact laws prohibiting slaughter of cow and import and export of cow/calf, selling of beef or beef products. The petitioner raised issues regarding the plight of bovine population in the state and that

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Central Government directed to enact laws prohibiting cow slaughter and import and export of cow/calf, selling of beef or beef products

Himachal Pradesh High Court in Bhartiya Govansh Rakshan Sanverdhan Parishad v. Union of India, directed the Union Government to enact laws prohibiting slaughter of cow and import and export of cow/calf, selling of beef or beef products. The petitioner raised issues regarding the plight of bovine population in the state and that

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Single Judge’s order directing blocking of 73 pirate websites, restored

Delhi high court, division bench, in its recent judgement in Department of Electronics & Information Technology v.  Star India Pvt. Ltd., upheld the decision given by single judge for blocking of 73 pirate websites. The high court also directed the Government of India and the Department of Electronics and Information Technology to ensure

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Hope for Liberalizing the grant of citizenship

The well debated Citizenship Bill of 2016 was introduced in the lower house of the Parliament on July 19, 2016 by our Hon’ble Home Minister Mr. Rajnath Singh [PRS, LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH, THE CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT BILL,2016] with a view of amending the Citizenship Act of 1955 and henceforth putting a stage

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India’s policy shift towards Balochistan and it’s future

On August 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, mocking Pakistan’s actions of glorifying terrorist activities in India, said that India, unlike Pakistan, has always extended support and condolence towards any such terrorist activities in Pakistan. He proved the point by highlighting the 2014 Peshawar killing of 130 children and reminded that

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