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Umar Khalid files review petition against Supreme Court order denying bail
New Delhi: Jailed activist Umar Khalid, on Monday, April 13, filed a review petition challenging the Supreme Court’s ruling denying him bail in the 2020 Delhi riots case. Advocate N Sai Vinod…
- India
SC to hear plea seeking immediate implementation of Women Reservation Bill today
New Delhi: Ahead of the upcoming special session of Parliament, the Supreme Court is slated to hear, on Monday, a plea seeking immediate implementation of 33 per cent reservation for women in…
- India
Biggest challenge is limited access to justice, not lack of laws: CJI Suryakant
Dehradun: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Sunday said that the greatest challenge facing the country’s legal system is not a dearth of laws, but rather the limited access that ordinary…
- Hyderabad
Activists condemn Amit Shah’s remarks against Salwa Judum verdict
Hyderabad: People’s organisations and activists in Telangana strongly condemned Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks in the recent Parliament Session, against the 2011 verdict delivered by former Supreme Court Justice B Sudershan…
- India
Right to vote, right to contest not fundamental rights: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 10, reiterated that neither the right to vote nor the right to contest an election is a fundamental right, holding that both are purely statutory…
- Telangana
Telangana HC grants transit bail to Congress’ Pawan Khera in Assam FIR case
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday, April 10, granted one week of transit anticipatory bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera in connection with an FIR registered by the Assam Police, offering…
- India
Exclusion from temple may divide society, impact Hinduism: SC
New Delhi: Everybody must have access to all temples and ‘maths’ and excluding a denomination will negatively affect Hinduism and divide the society, the Supreme Court said on Thursday, April 9. The…
- India
Bengal SIR: NIA files 12 FIRs over gherao of judicial officers in Malda
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday, April 8, registered 12 cases to probe a gherao of judicial officers, who were deputed for work relating to the Special Intensive Revision…
- India
NCERT revamps curriculum committee after SC rap over Class 8 textbook
New Delhi: The NCERT has reconstituted its curriculum committee after being rapped by the Supreme Court over a section on “Corruption in Judiciary” in the now-withdrawn Class 8 Social Science textbook, officials…
- India
Vacancies for candidates with disabilities open to all categories: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 7, said “unreserved” vacancies for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) are an open pool where merit remains the decisive factor and that eligible candidates belonging…
- India
Names of people belonging to Matua, minority communities deleted: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday, April 7, alleged that names of people belonging to the Matua and minority communities were deleted from the post-SIR voter rolls in the…
- Bangalore
HC directs to re-verify rejected postal ballots in Sringeri Assembly constituency
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has directed to re-verify the 279 rejected postal ballots polled in Sringeri Assembly constituency during the 2023 election. The court has also said that the Returning Officer…
- India
SC to commence hearing on long-pending Sabarimala review today
New Delhi: As hearings begin on Tuesday, April 7, the Supreme Court has formally notified the constitution of a nine-judge Constitution Bench to take up the long-pending Sabarimala review matter. As per…
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Abusive language alone not obscenity under Indian Penal Code: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that mere use of abusive language such as the word “bastard” during a heated altercation would not amount to an offence of obscenity under Section…
- India
Constitution illustrator Nandalal Bose’s grandson dropped from Bengal voter list
Kolkata: The 88-year-old grandson of Nandalal Bose, the renowned illustrator of the Constitution of India, said that his and his wife’s names are missing from the voter list after the Special Intensive Revision…
