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- Delhi
Delhi LG approves withdrawal of cases against migrant labourers for lockdown violations
New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has approved the withdrawal of 15 cases against 64 migrant labourers for violating lockdown measures during the Covid pandemic, an official statement said on…
- India
SC says freebies to influence voters’ serious issue, asks Centre for way to curb it
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday flagged the issue of political parties promising freebies to influence voters as serious, and asked the Central government to examine the matter so as to…
- India
Supreme Court asks Centre to take Finance Commission’s views on freebies
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central government to engage with the Finance Commission on the issue of political parties inducing voters through freebies, and examine if there is a…
- India
Arrest must not be used as a punitive tool: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said when power of arrest is exercised without application of mind and without due regard to the law, it amounts to an abuse of power and noted…
- India
Aadhaar-Voter ID card linking: SC to hear plea against Election Law Amendment Act
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea by Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala challenging the Election Law Amendment Act that enables linking electoral roll data with…
- India
Maintenance matter: Daughters are not liability, says SC
New Delhi: Daughters are no liability, the Supreme Court has said while dealing with a matter relating to payment of maintenance to a woman by her father. The observation from a bench…
- India
Gyanvapi case: Locals insist ‘ganga-jamuni’ culture must not erode
Varanasi: With the Gyanvapi Shringar Gauri case in the Supreme Court, leaders from both religions voice different opinions, yet want the Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb of Kashi to stay intact. Hearing the matter on…
- India
Azam Khan case: SC criticises HCs for making irrelevant remarks in bail matters
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday criticised the new trend where high courts have made irrelevant observations, not connected with a case before them, and going overboard by imposing pointless conditions…
- India
Plea in SC against state emblem atop Central Vista
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing row on “angry lions” emblem cast atop the new Parliament building, a plea has been moved in the Supreme Court against the visible change made in the…
- Bangalore
SC stays HC order refusing to quash corruption proceedings against Yediyurappa
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Karnataka High Court order refusing to quash criminal proceedings pending against former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa under Prevention of Corruption of Act on…
- India
SC to hear on Oct 20 pleas on Gyanvapi mosque, says will await decision of Varanasi judge
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will await the Varanasi district judge’s decision on the Gyanvapi mosque committee’s application raising objections to the maintainability of the civil suit…
- India
‘Can’t deny abortion if woman is unmarried’, SC allows plea to terminate pregnancy
New Delhi: In a significant decision, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the examination of a 24-week pregnant unmarried woman by an AIIMS medical board to determine whether the pregnancy can be…
- India
Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair walks out of jail
New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Wednesday evening walked out of Tihar jail after Supreme Court granted him interim bail in all the FIRs registered against him in Uttar Pradesh.…
- India
3 weeks after arrest, Mohammed Zubair released from Tihar jail
New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair was released from Tihar on Wednesday night, hours after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in all FIRs lodged in Uttar Pradesh against…
- Bangalore
Supreme Court verdict on Mekedatu project likely by next week: Bommai
Bengaluru: Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai has expressed the hope that the Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on the Mekedatu project by next week. Bommai said on Wednesday that work on…