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Despite bail, Siddique Kappan, co-accused still await release
After Supreme Court granted bail to journalist Siddique Kappan in the UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act) case on September 9, last Friday, the Allahabad High Court also granted bail in the alleged…
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Amid tussle with Centre on Collegium, SC gets 3 CJIs, delivers key verdicts in 2022
New Delhi: Amid the feud with the government on the Collegium system, the Supreme Court saw three CJIs in 2022 while it delivered key verdicts upholding the SIT’s clean chit to then Gujarat…
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Nearly 500 cases pertaining to Constitution Bench pending in Supreme Court: Govt
New Delhi: Nearly 500 cases pertaining to the Constitution Bench, more than 400 related to elections and over 2,800 PILs are pending in the Supreme Court, the Lok Sabha was informed on…
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SC stays NGT order directing Rajasthan to pay Rs 3,000 cr as environmental compensation
New Delhi: In a major relief to the Rajasthan government, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the National Green Tribunal’s order directing it to pay Rs 3,000 crore as environmental compensation for…
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PILs could become an instrument of blackmail, targeting infra projects: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday observed that public interest litigation (PIL) matters could become an instrument of blackmail when it is an issue of an infrastructure project, adding that PILs…
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‘Corruption corroding like cancerous lymph nodes’: SC seeks sincere efforts to bring corrupt to book
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that complainants, as well as the prosecution, make sincere efforts to ensure that the corrupt public servants are brought to book and convicted so…
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Telangana: Supreme Court issues notice to government over forest official’s murder
Hyderabad: The state government has been issued a notice by the Supreme Court of India on Thursday regarding the killing of Forest Range Officer(FRO) Chalmala Srinivas Rao by Gutti Koya tribal community…
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1.48 crore children aged between 10-17 addicted to substances, Centre to SC
New Delhi: The Central government has told the Supreme Court that 1.48 crore children, approximately aged between 10 and 17 years, are addicted to various substances in the country. The Ministry of…
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Law student seeking abolition of reservation withdraws plea after SC warning
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a petition filed by law students seeking the abolition of reservation for lower castes, saying that the petition was filed for publicity.…
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Bhima Koregaon case: SC extends house arrest of Gautam Navlakha
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the house arrest of activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, till the second week of January. A bench of Justices…
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Six-member Collegium led by CJI Chandrachud meets after Centre clears Justice Datta’s name
New Delhi: The six-member Collegium led by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Tuesday met for the first time after the Centre cleared Justice Dipankar Datta for elevation as a…
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Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: SC extends house arrest of Navlakha
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday extended till the second week of January its interim order placing social activist Gautam Navlakha, accused of having links to Maoists and Pakistan’s spy agency ISI, under…
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Collegium discussions can’t be put out in public domain through RTI, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said only final decisions, and not the discussions of collegium meetings, could be made public under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. A bench of…
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Chopper scam: How long can James be kept in custody, asks SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Tuesday just because Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scam, is a foreign national, how long can he be kept in…
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Nepotism exists: SC Bar Assocation prez on judicial appointments
New Delhi: Senior advocate and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Vikas Singh, in an interview with IANS on the appointment of judges, said he is not saying nepotism is institutionally there,…
