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SC Constitution bench to hear petitions against demonetisation
New Delhi: A five-judge Constitution bench will on Wednesday hear petitions challenging Centre’s decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 in November 2016. A bench of Justices S.…
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SC allows EC to continue with hearing Shinde team’s claim of being real Shiv Sena
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to go ahead with the hearing of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde group’s plea seeking recognition as the…
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SC issues notices to NIA, Maha govt on activist Navlakha’s plea for house arrest
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the state of Maharashtra to jailed activist Gautam Navlakha’s plea that he be placed under house…
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SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging Centre’s 10 per cent EWS quota
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker sections…
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President gives assent to Haryana law declaring child marriages void
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to a legislation of Haryana under which every child marriage that has been solemnised will be considered as “void ab initio” (having no…
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SC to live stream Constitution bench proceedings from today
New Delhi: Come Tuesday, the Supreme Court will begin live streaming its Constitution bench proceedings, which can be accessed at: webcast.gov.in/scindia/ The apex court will live stream three separate five-judge Constitution benches.…
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Remove all business activities within 500 metres of Taj Mahal: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Agra Development Authority to remove all business activities within 500 metres from the boundary/peripheral wall of the Taj Mahal. Senior advocate A.D.N. Rao, who…
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‘Will submerge separation of power’: SC on plea seeking barring minister after arrest
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a PIL seeking to debar a minister from holding office after two days of judicial custody, like a public servant. A bench,…
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HC seeks ED stand on Satyendar Jain’s challenge to transfer of money laundering case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the stand of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea by Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain challenging a lower order to transfer the money…
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Relief for SRK as SC upholds quashing of case against him for Vadodara stampede
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Gujarat High Court decision to quash a criminal case filed against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, filed for allegedly causing a stampede in…
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SC notice on plea against using public funds on govt advertisements
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Centre and state governments on a plea by NGO Common Cause seeking direction to prohibit state governments from publishing advertisements outside the…
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SC notice to TN, Centre on pleas of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government on the petitions of S. Nalini and R.P. Ravichandran, convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Citing the…
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Bilkis case convict questions maintainability of plea in SC challenging remission by Guj govt
New Delhi: A convict in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case has questioned the locus standi of the petitioners who have challenged in the Supreme Court the remission given to him and 10 other…
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‘Politically motivated’, Bilkis Bano case convict to SC on plea challenging release of accused
New Delhi: A convict in the Bilkis Bano case has told the Supreme Court that the petition challenging Gujarat government’s remission order is “speculative and politically motivated”. The plea filed by Radheysham…
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Why can’t Haryana have separate gurdwara panel, asks CM Khattar
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday asked when a separate gurdwara committee can formed for Patna Sahib and Delhi, then why the same cannot be done in Haryana. Khattar…