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- India
Availability of legal aid should be made easier: SC judge Surya Kant
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Surya Kant on Saturday said the availability of legal aid should be made easier, while stressing that the use of technology must be guided by local knowledge,…
- India
Shami’s wife moves SC, seeks Rs10 lakh monthly maintenance
New Delhi: The Supreme Court issued a notice to cricketer Mohammad Shami on Friday on a plea filed by his estranged wife, seeking enhancement of the interim maintenance granted to her and…
- India
Pilot of Air India plane crash not to be blamed, SC says
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said no one blamed the chief pilot of the Air India Dreamliner for the June 12 crash, which claimed 260 lives, and asked his 91-year-old…
- India
SC orders removal of stray dogs from schools, hospitals, highways
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday took note of the “alarming rise” in dog bite incidents in institutional areas like educational centres, hospitals, bus stands and railway stations, and directed the…
- India
SC makes written communication of arrest grounds mandatory for all offences
New Delhi: In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that every arrested person must be furnished with the grounds of arrest in writing and in a language they understand…
- India
SC petition by 19-yr-old dalit accuses shelter home of fraudulent conversion
New Delhi: A 19-year-old man belonging to the Scheduled Caste community has moved the Supreme Court, urging to be made a party in a batch of pleas relating to the issue of…
- India
MP High Court petition seeks stay on film ‘Haq’ in Shah Bano case row
Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday heard a petition seeking stay on release of Hindi film ‘Haq’, said to be inspired by the famous Shah Bano case of the 1980s,…
- India
Fugitive Mehul Choksi challenges extradition in Belgium Supreme Court
New Delhi: Fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi has challenged before Belgium’s Supreme Court an October 17 ruling by the Antwerp Court of Appeal that had upheld India’s request for his extradition, calling…
- News
DMK moves SC against EC’s decision to conduct SIR in Tamil Nadu
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the decision of Election Commission to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, calling…
- India
SC to hear challenges to Rajasthan’s anti-conversion law
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear two petitions challenging the validity of several provisions of the law against illegal religious conversions that came into force in Rajasthan last…
- India
SC directs centre to respond to plea banning online gambling
The Supreme Court on Monday sought response of the Centre on a plea seeking directions to the government to prohibit online gambling and betting platforms that allegedly operate under the guise of…
- Telangana
Mockery of system: SC bins plea for appointment as Telangana HC judge
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking direction to appoint the petitioner as a judge of the Telangana High Court, terming the matter as an abuse…
- India
No law student be detained from sitting in exams for lack of attendance: HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday ruled that no law student in the country should be detained from sitting in examinations due to lack of minimum attendance. The high court,…
- India
SC to hear Delhi riots conspiracy bail pleas on Monday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to resume hearing on Monday the bail pleas of student leaders Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, and other activists accused in the alleged “larger…
- India
‘Will not obey order of any Supreme Court’, UP SHO defies SC
A station house officer (SHO) at Kandhai police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh was reprimanded by the Supreme Court for threatening that he “will not obey any Supreme Court order” and will…