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Provide security to Chhawla rape victim’s family: DCW tells police
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has taken suo moto cognizance towards ensuring welfare and security of the family members of a 19-year-old gang-rape victim whose body was found in…
- India
Azam Khan disqualification: SC directs EC to defer notification for Rampur by-election
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Election Commission to defer issuing a gazette notification for Rampur Assembly by-election till November 11, which would allow Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan…
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Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case: Considering allowing house arrest request of Gautam Navlakha, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it was considering allowing house arrest request of activist Gautam Navlakha incarcerated in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case. The top court asked…
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‘Very embarrassing’, SC adjourns demonetisation hearing as Centre fails to file affidavit
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned until November 24 the scrutiny of the decision-making process behind the 2016 demonetisation policy as Centre failed to affidavit, saying “it is very embarrassing”.…
- India
Will take care of citizens in every aspect: CJI DY Chandrachud
New Delhi: Newly sworn in Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Wednesday said that serving people of the country was his “priority”. Immediately after the swearing-in ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan,…
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SC order temporary respite for Soren, likely to be summoned again by ED
Ranchi: Hemant Soren’s troubles do not seem to end even after getting immediate relief from the Supreme Court over a PIL alleging illegal mining and money laundering by the Jharkhand Chief Minister.…
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Justice Chandrachud to become 50th CJI on Wednesday
New Delhi: Senior-most Supreme Court judge and CJI-designate Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud is all set to become the 50th head of the Indian judiciary on Wednesday when President Draupadi Murmu would administer the…
- Delhi
Justice Lalit delivered key verdicts during 74-day stint as CJI, initiated live stream of SC proceedings
Delhi: Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit, the second head of judiciary to be directly elevated to the Supreme Court bench from the Bar, delivered several important verdicts during his brief…
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Varanasi: Gyanvapi hearing over ‘Shivling’ worship deferred to Nov 14
Varanasi: A fast track court on Tuesday postponed till November 14 judgement on a plea seeking permission to allow worship of a “Shivling” claimed to have been found in the Gyanvapi mosque…
- India
Education not a business to earn profit, tuition fee must be affordable: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday observed that education is not the business to earn profit and tuition fees shall always be affordable as it noted that the Andhra Pradesh Government’s…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan’s assassination bid: Police in Pakistan’s Punjab province finally register FIR
Lahore: Police in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Tuesday registered an FIR in the assassination attempt on former Prime Minister Imran Khan, days after the incident, and named the assailant who was taken…
- India
SC seeks replies of UP govt, ECI on plea of Azam Khan against disqualification
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Uttar Pradesh government and Election Commission of India on a plea of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan against his disqualification from…
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EWS reservation: Key quotes from judges
New Delhi: Following are the important quotes from the Supreme Court judgment upholding the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 percent reservation to people belonging to the economically weaker sections…
- India
Kharge welcomes SC verdict upholding 10 percent reservation to EWS category
Bengaluru: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday welcomed Supreme Court’s majority verdict upholding 10 percent reservation to economically weaker sections (EWS). He also expressed confidence about Congress unitedly facing and achieving “success”,…
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Activists, social groups, Twitterati express mix views on SC’s EWS verdict
New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s verdict upholding the EWS quota on Monday has garnered mixed opinions from prominent activists, including Shabnam Hashmi, and social media users with some describing it a “landmark…