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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…
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SC gives Centre final chance to clarify its stance on Bangladesh deportation
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 24, granted the last opportunity to the Centre to apprise about its stand on a plea seeking to bring back some people who were…
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SC applauds high voter turnout, lack of violence in West Bengal elections
New Delhi: While hearing cases regarding West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, the Supreme Court on Friday, April 24, lauded the 92 per cent voter turnout and lack of…
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Will Constitution not rescue believer who is not allowed to touch deity: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 21, asked the chief priest of the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple if the Constitution will not come to the rescue of a believer who is…
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CJI Surya Kant urges real-time cybercrime enforcement, flags systemic gaps
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Monday, April 20, stressed the urgent need for a transition towards real-time enforcement mechanisms to effectively combat the rapidly evolving threat of…
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We can’t have fishing inquiry, says SC on allegation of addition of voters in WB
New Delhi: “We can’t have a fishing inquiry,” the Supreme Court said on Monday, April 20, after it was mentioned that five to seven lakhs voters have allegedly been added by the…
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CJI warns new advocates-on-record against outsourcing legal work to AI
New Delhi: Underlining the ethical obligations of the legal profession, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday, April 17, warned the newly qualified batch of advocates-on-record (AoRs) against outsourcing legal work…
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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…
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SC gives Malda incident probe to NIA, pulls up Bengal chief secretary
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 6, exercised its plenary power to transfer cases related to gherao and attack on seven judicial officers engaged in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise…