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CJI administers oath of office to five new SC judges, strength rises to 37
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Tuesday, June 2, administered the oath of office to five new judges of the Supreme Court, taking the strength of judges at the…
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Plea in HC claims Cockroach Janta Party founder waging war against Centre
Prayagraj: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was moved before the Allahabad High Court seeking a multi-agency investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against the founder of…
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Cockroach Janta Party founder moves Delhi HC against blocking of X handle
New Delhi: Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the satirical digital sensation Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the Centre against the blocking of its social media accounts. Dipke…
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No urgency, thanks: SC refuses to hear PIL seeking complete ban on cow slaughter
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, May 26, refused to grant urgent hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking effective implementation of the law imposing a complete ban on cow…
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Watch out netas: The cockroaches are organising
The political class may laugh it off as another social media fad. The serious commentators may dismiss it as peak internet absurdity. But somewhere between memes, mockery and mass frustration, a strange…
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Plea filed in SC seeking CBI probe against ‘Cockroach Janata Party’
New Delhi: A petition was filed in the Supreme Court seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation against ‘Cockroach Janata Party,’ the satirical online campaign, which gained a massive following after…
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CJI Surya Kant: Constitution belongs to every citizen, not just cosmopolitans
New Delhi: Constitution belongs to all citizens equally and is not a privilege of a few cosmopolitans who can afford cost-bearing processes and engage the best of the brains, Chief Justice of…
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Lawyers urge CJI retracts SC’s ‘unfair observations’ against environmental activists
New Delhi: A group of 72 lawyers, law students, law faculty, law researchers, and activists trained in law have written an open letter to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, demanding…
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Every govt must know how many people are backward classes: SC on caste census
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, May 20, rejected a PIL challenging the Centre’s decision to conduct caste-based Census, saying the issue falls under the policy domain. The top court said…
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CJI announces ‘One Case One Data’ initiative, launches AI chatbot ‘Su Sahay’
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Monday, May 11, announced the launch of a major digital initiative aimed at strengthening judicial data integration and improving public access to court…
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CJI Surya Kant denies, condemns casteist statement on social media attributed to him
New Delhi: In an unusual outburst, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Saturday condemned and denied a casteist statement attributed to him, calling it a “vile, brazen and mischievous” concoction. “To…
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Questioning religious practices will break religion, civilisation: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, May 7, remarked that if individuals start questioning certain religious practices or matters of religion before a constitutional court then there will be hundreds of…
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SC agrees to hear pleas against Transgender Amendment Act
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, May 4, sought responses from the Centre, all states and Union territories on a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Transgender Persons…
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SC to hear PIL on stricter Aadhaar rules for adolescents, adults on May 4
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday, May 4, a plea seeking a direction to the Unique Identification Authority of India to issue new Aadhaar cards only to…
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SC questions non-believers’ right to enter Sabarimala temple
New Delhi: How can a non-believer in North India claim the right of entry to the temple in Sabarimala? The Supreme Court questioned on Wednesday, April 29, and said that while deciding…