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After 6 yrs in jail, Khalid Saifi celebrates Eid-al-Adha with family
For the first time in six years, activist Abdul Khalid Saifi celebrated Eid al-Adha outside prison walls. Saifi, a member of the United Against Hate collective, walked out on interim bail on…
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Advances free, fair polls: SC upholds Election Commission’s SIR drive
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, May 27, gave its stamp of approval to the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls – a large-scale exercise to…
- India
Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on Bihar SIR challenge on Wednesday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver its judgement on Wednesday on a batch of petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The pleas have…
- Hyderabad
Supreme Court Bar Association condemns advocate’s ‘brutal murder’ in Hyderabad
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Bar Association on Tuesday, May 26, condemned the “planned, brutal, and shocking murder” of senior advocate Khaja Moizuddin in Hyderabad and sought a “fair, expeditious and thorough…
- India
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…
- Telangana
Supreme Court backs TGGENCO in recruitment dispute
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Monday, May 25, dismissed petitions filed by candidates seeking directions to fill 42 unfilled Assistant Electrical Engineer (AEE) posts notified by TGGENCO in 2015. A bench comprising…
- Telangana
SC relief for farmers in Yadadri-Warangal Highway compensation case
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with the orders of an arbitrator enhancing compensation for farmers who lost their lands under the Yadadri-Warangal National Highway expansion project in Telangana. The…
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Don’t take it so sentimentally: CJI on Cockroach Janta Party plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, May 25, declined to urgently list two petitions linked to the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) – a satirical social media movement that briefly went viral before…
- India
NEET paper leak: NTA has not learnt lessons, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, May 25, said it was sad that NTA has not learn lessons from the earlier NEET paper leak as it sought response from the Centre,…
- India
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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Supreme Court refers Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam bail ruling to larger bench
New Delhi: A division bench of the Supreme Court on Friday, May 22, referred its earlier ruling denying bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots case to…
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Bhojshala dispute: Mosque committee challenges HC order in Supreme Court
The Kamal Maula Mosque committee on Thursday, May 21, approached the Supreme Court challenging the Madhya Pradesh High Court order that declared the disputed Bhojshala complex a temple and barred Friday prayers…
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I-PAC raid row: SC to hear ED plea against Mamata Banerjee today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday, May 22, a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), alleging interference by then West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and…
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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…