A. Supreme Court Rules 2013, Order 47 - Recall of judgment - There is no provision in the Supreme Court Rules for submitting an application to recall a judgment; instead, the rules allow for the filing of a review application.[Para 8]B. Supreme Court Rules 2013, Order 47 - Application for recall of...

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Association for Democratic Reforms Vs. Union of India

Judgement Date : march/2021, Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 172 SC

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A. Under Section 31 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, Section 29C of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, and Section 131 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, regarding Electoral Bonds - Stay - The petitioner claimed that the Electoral Bonds Scheme permits political party donors to remain anony...

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Anmol Kumar Tiwari Vs. State of Jharkhand

Judgement Date : february/2021, Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 82 SC

Headnote :

Freedom of Information Act, 2005.

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SHANTI DEVI vs. UNION OF INDIA

Judgement Date : november/2020, Citation : 2020 Latest Caselaw 598 SC

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A. Under Section 3E of the Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948, and Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner filed a petition challenging the order that halted his pension. The Patna High Court dismissed the petition due to a lack of territorial jurisdict...

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BENGALURU DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY vs. MR. SUDHAKAR HEGDE

Judgement Date : march/2020, Citation : 2020 Latest Caselaw 268 SC

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A. Under Section 3(2) of the Environment Protection Act, 1986, and Section 19(1) of the Bangalore Development Authority Act, the construction of a road requires environmental clearance. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) issued a notification on January 27, 1994, which imposed restrictio...

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VINAY SHARMA vs. UNION OF INDIA

Judgement Date : february/2020, Citation : 2020 Latest Caselaw 163 SC

Headnote :

IMPORTANTNirbhaya case - Convict\'s challenge against mercy rejection - Dismissed.A. Constitution of India, 1950 Article 32; Indian Penal Code, 1860 Sections 120B, 307, 365, 366, and 412 - Nirbhaya\'s case - Rejection of mercy petition - Judicial review - The argument regarding the non-provision of...

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CENTRAL PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, SUPREME COURT OF INDIA vs. SUBHASH CHANDRA AGARWAL

Judgement Date : november/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 1095 SC

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IMPORTANTShould information be disclosed? - A Public Interest Test will be conducted to assess and determine whether the information should be provided or if it is exempt. The independence of the judiciary is a matter of public interest.A. Under the Right to Information Act, 2005, Sections 8 and 11,...

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Dr. Sridip Chatterjee v. Dr. Gopa Chakraborty

Judgement Date : august/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 662 SC

Headnote :

Freedom of Information Act, 2005.[Paragraph]

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Superintendent of Post Offices v. Hanuman Giri

Judgement Date : august/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 661 SC

Headnote :

Freedom of Information Act, 2005.[Paragraph]

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Dr. Sridip Chatterjee v. Dr. Gopa Chakraborty

Judgement Date : august/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 654 SC

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Selection and Appointment - Position of Assistant Professor in Physical Education (Yoga Therapy) - Eligibility - The advertisement specified a requirement of a Diploma in Yoga or Yoga Therapy - The appellant holds a Diploma in Yoga Education - This Diploma in Yoga Education is deemed equivalent to a...

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Superintendent of Post Offices v. Hanuman Giri

Judgement Date : august/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 649 SC

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A. Constitution of India, 1950 Article 136 - Additional Document Consideration - The appellant submitted additional documents along with their application. When records are maintained by the employer, and the authenticity of these documents is not in question, the Court can accept these documents if...

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Sant Lal Gupta Vs. Umesh Kumar Jain

Judgement Date : may/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 479 SC

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Girish Mittal Vs. Parvati V. Sundaram

Judgement Date : april/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 428 SC

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Yashwant Sinha Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation through its Director

Judgement Date : april/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 373 SC

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COMMON CAUSE & ANR. Vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

Judgement Date : february/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 149 SC

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This Writ of Mandamus requests the following: to compel the Union of India to appoint a permanent Director of the CBI in accordance with the procedures established in Section 4A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946; to annul the order from the Union of India that appointed Mr. Nageshw...

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ANJALI BHARDWAJ AND OTHERS Vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

Judgement Date : february/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 141 SC

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The Right to Information Act of 2005 is at the center of this Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the petitioners, who seek transparency and complete disclosure regarding: (a) specific criteria for appointments, and (b) the public announcement of these criteria in advance. The Supreme Court ac...

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Smt. K. Vijaya Lakshmi Vs. Govt. of Andhra Pradesh Represented by its Secretary Home (Courts C1) Department and another [february 18, 2013]

Judgement Date : february/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 143 SC

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List of Judgements

Neha Chandrakant Shroff &amp; Anr. Vs. State of Maharashtra &amp; Ors.

State of Jharkhand &amp; Ors. Vs. Rukma Kesh Mishra

Vijay Bahadur Vs. Sunil Kumar &amp; Ors.

Vellore District Environment Monitoring Committee represented by its Secretary Mr. R. Rajebdran Vs. The District Collector, Vellore District &amp; Ors.

Om Prakash @ Israel @ Raju @ Raju Das Vs. Union of India &amp; Anr.

B. N. John Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh &amp; Anr.

State of Orissa Vs. Pratima Behera

Anantdeep Singh Vs. The High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh &amp; Anr.

Central Information Commission Vs. Delhi Development Authority &amp; Anr.

BISCO Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise

CPL Ashish Kumar Chauhan (Retd.) Vs. Commanding Officer &amp; Ors.

Joseph Vs. State of Kerala &amp; Ors.

People's Union for Civil Liberties &amp; Anr. Vs. State of Maharashtra &amp; Ors.

Kishan Chand Jain Vs. Union of India &amp; Ors.

State of Orissa &amp; Anr. Vs. Laxmi Narayan Das (D) through LRS. &amp; ors.

Kailash Vijayvargiya Vs. Rajlakshmi Chaudhuri and Ors.

Sabir Ali Khan Vs. Syed Mohd. Ahmad Ali Khan and Ors.

Government of NCT of Delhi &amp; Ors. Vs. Kamlesh Rani Bhatla

Saurav Das Vs. Union of India

HDFC Bank Ltd. &amp; Ors. Vs. Union of India &amp; Ors.

Harkirat Singh Ghuman Vs. Punjab &amp; Haryana High Court

B.L.A. Industries Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Union of India

Manoj &amp; Ors. Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh

Noel Harper Vs. Union of India

Pattali Makkal Katchi Vs. A. Mayilerumperumal

Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. Vs. Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission

Ram Manohar Lohia Joint Hospital Vs. Munna Prasad Saini

Rahmat Khan @ Rammu Bismillah Vs. Deputy Commissioner of Police

Reserve Bank of India Vs. Jayantilal N. Mistry

Association for Democratic Reforms Vs. Union of India

Anmol Kumar Tiwari Vs. State of Jharkhand

SHANTI DEVI vs. UNION OF INDIA

BENGALURU DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY vs. MR. SUDHAKAR HEGDE

VINAY SHARMA vs. UNION OF INDIA

CENTRAL PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, SUPREME COURT OF INDIA vs. SUBHASH CHANDRA AGARWAL

Dr. Sridip Chatterjee v. Dr. Gopa Chakraborty

Superintendent of Post Offices v. Hanuman Giri

Dr. Sridip Chatterjee v. Dr. Gopa Chakraborty

Superintendent of Post Offices v. Hanuman Giri

Sant Lal Gupta Vs. Umesh Kumar Jain

Girish Mittal Vs. Parvati V. Sundaram

Yashwant Sinha Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation through its Director

COMMON CAUSE & ANR. Vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

ANJALI BHARDWAJ AND OTHERS Vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

High Court of Tripura through the Registrar General Vs. Tirtha Sarathi Mukherjee

Union Public Service Commission Etc. Vs. Angesh Kumar & Ors. Etc. [February 20, 2018]

Indore Development Authority Vs. Shailendra (Dead) Through Lrs. & Ors. [8th February, 2018]

Yogesh Mahajan Vs. Prof. R.C. Deka, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences [January 31, 2018]

Canara Bank Rep. by its Deputy Gen. Manager Vs. C.S. Shyam & ANR. [August 31, 2017]

Justice K S Puttaswamy (Retd.), and ANR. Vs. Union of India and Ors. [AUGUST 24, 2017]

State of U.P. and Ors. Etc. Etc. Vs. Shiv Kumar Pathak and Ors. Etc. Etc. [25th July, 2017]

Common Cause: A Registered Society Vs. Union of India [APRIL 27, 2017]

Balakram Vs. State of Uttarakhand & Ors. [April 19, 2017]

Surajsinh Alias Sonu Surajsinh Collectorsinh Alias Sevaram Rajput Vs. State of Gujarat [April 18, 2017]

Ali Mohammad Beigh and Ors. Vs. State of J & K [March 21, 2017]

State of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors Vs. District Bar Association, Bandipora [December 08, 2016]

Anurag Kumar Singh & Ors. Vs. State of Uttarakhand & Ors. [October 5, 2016]

Visvesvaraya Technological University Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax [April 22, 2016]

Reserve Bank of India Vs. Jayantilal N. Mistry [December 16, 2015]

Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. Vs. Dwarka Prasad Koolwal & Ors. [August 7, 2014]

Aayush Buildwell Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Haryana Urban Development Authority [February 25, 2014]

Renu & Ors. Vs District & Sessions Judge, Tis Hazari & ANR [February 12, 2014]

Dipak Babaria & ANR. Vs. State of Gujarat & Ors. [January 23, 2014]

T.S.R. Subramanian & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors. [October 31, 2013]

Thalappalam Ser. Coop. BankLtd. and others Vs. State of Kerala and others [October 07, 2013]

Union of India Vs. Namit Sharma [September 03, 2013]

R.K. Jain Vs. Union of India & ANR. [April 16, 2013]

Devender Pal Singh Bhullar Vs. State of N.C.T. of Delhi [April 12, 2013]

Smt. K. Vijaya Lakshmi Vs. Govt. of Andhra Pradesh Represented by its Secretary Home (Courts C1) Department and another [february 18, 2013]

Manohar s/o Manikrao Anchule Vs. State of Maharashtra & ANR. [December 13, 2012]

Bihar Public Service Commission Vs. Saiyed Hussain Abbas Rizwi & ANR. [December 13, 2012]

Tok Tade Appellant Vs. Nabam Amas & ANR. [December 10, 2012]

Satbir @ Lakha Vs. State of Haryana [October 18, 2012]

Pratapbhai Hamirbhai Solanki Vs. State of Gujarat and [October 12, 2012]

Surinder Singh Brar and others etc. versus Union of India and others [October 11, 2012]

Girish Ramchandra Deshpande Vs. Cen. Information Commr. & Ors. [October 3, 2012]

Amit Kapoor Vs. Ramesh Chander & ANR. [September 13, 2012]

Neha Chandrakant Shroff & Anr. Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

State of Jharkhand & Ors. Vs. Rukma Kesh Mishra

Vijay Bahadur Vs. Sunil Kumar & Ors.

Vellore District Environment Monitoring Committee represented by its Secretary Mr. R. Rajebdran Vs. The District Collector, Vellore District & Ors.

Om Prakash @ Israel @ Raju @ Raju Das Vs. Union of India & Anr.

B. N. John Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.

Anantdeep Singh Vs. The High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh & Anr.

Central Information Commission Vs. Delhi Development Authority & Anr.

CPL Ashish Kumar Chauhan (Retd.) Vs. Commanding Officer & Ors.

Joseph Vs. State of Kerala & Ors.

People's Union for Civil Liberties & Anr. Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

Kishan Chand Jain Vs. Union of India & Ors.

State of Orissa & Anr. Vs. Laxmi Narayan Das (D) through LRS. & ors.

Government of NCT of Delhi & Ors. Vs. Kamlesh Rani Bhatla

HDFC Bank Ltd. & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors.

Harkirat Singh Ghuman Vs. Punjab & Haryana High Court

Manoj & Ors. Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Vs. Shaunak H. Satya & Ors.

Central Board of Secondary Education & ANR. Vs. Aditya Bandopadhyay & Ors.

The Director General, Indian Council for Agricultural Research & Others Vs D. Sundara Raju