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Family Courts rebuked for laxity: SC

Rebuking family courts for granting adjournments liberally, the Supreme Court of India held that the maintenance to wife should be granted from the date of application for maintenance and not the date of order from the family court. Terming it … Continue reading

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Supreme Court formulates guidelines restricted to proceedings under the NDPS Act

Gaining a first-hand account about the state of trials in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (“NDPS”) cases pending in all the States where the undertrial has been incarcerated for a period exceeding five, the Supreme Court of India formulated … Continue reading

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