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- India
SC refuses to stay Madras HC order on Thiruparankundram Deepam
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, August 3, issued notice on a plea filed by the Tamil Nadu government challenging a Madras High Court order permitting the lighting of the traditional…
- India
70 pc water samples near Union Carbide contaminated: Report
Bhopal: Survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal on Monday, August 3, accused the Bhopal Municipal Corporation of creating a situation like Indore’s Bhagirathpura by supplying contaminated water in…
- India
SC declines to revisit FIR order on Thakur’s ‘goli maaro’ remark
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a review petition filed by CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat seeking reconsideration of its April 29 judgment, which had declined to interfere with the refusal to…
- India
Committed to Karnataka’s farmers: Shivakumar leads all-party meet
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday, August 2, asserted that his government was committed to protecting the interests of the state’s farmers and people on the Cauvery issue, while…
- India
NMC flags long working hours of resident doctors before SC
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has informed the Supreme Court that long and exhausting working hours are causing serious mental and psychological stress among resident doctors. The commission said reasonable…
- India
People abandon cattle, but object to using them for food: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday, July 31, remarked that it was a feature of this “flawed world” that people will abandon cattle after it fulfils its economic purpose but still take offence…
- News
Foreigner can’t be deported sans nationality proof: Centre to SC
New Delhi: A foreign national whose nationality is unverified cannot be deported unless their home country confirms the nationality and agrees to accept him, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. The…
- India
Rights lawyer flags poor awareness of SC sex workers ruling
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court‘s 2026 judgment in Prajwala v. Union of India, which introduced safeguards to protect the rights and agency of adult voluntary sex workers, remains poorly understood by many magistrates,…
- Hate Crime
Delhi court orders FIR against NDMC staff over casteist abuse
New Delhi: A court here has directed the Delhi Police to register a first information report (FIR) against several NDMC staffers for allegedly subjecting a woman to “sustained casteist abuse, humiliation and…
- India
SC orders status quo on demolition of 25 houses in MP’s Khandwa
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, July 31, ordered a status quo on the demolition of houses in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya…
- India
MP: Namaz offered at site near Bhojshala complex in Dhar
Dhar: A day after the Supreme Court granted permission, Muslims offered prayers on Friday, July 31, at a site near the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh amid heavy…
- India
SC seeks Centre’s response on plea to end polygamy among Muslims
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, July 31, sought the Centre’s response on a plea seeking to have polygamy among Muslims declared unconstitutional and asking for a direction to Parliament to abolish…
- Kashmir
SC dissolves Omar Abdullah’s marriage with estranged wife
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, July 31, agreed to dissolve the marriage of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah with his estranged wife Payal Abdullah after taking note of…
- Hate Crime
SC allows Friday prayers at dargah land near Dhar’s Bhojshala
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, July 30, permitted Muslims to offer Friday prayers at the premises of a dargah adjacent to the disputed Bhojshala complex at Dhar in Madhya Pradesh.…
- India
Supreme Court reserves order on CEC appointment law challenge
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, July 30, reserved its judgment on whether the pleas challenging the law for regulating appointment procedures of the chief election commissioner (CEC) and the deputies…
