Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, the most senior judge in the Supreme Court after former CJI Ranjan Gogoi retired, sworn in as the 47th chief justice of India by the president, Ram Nath Kovind, at a ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan. CJI Bobde will hold office of the top judge of the country until April 23
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A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court of India, led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, unanimously delivered the long-awaited verdict in the decades-long Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri masjid Ayodhya land-dispute case. Hindus have been allowed to build a temple on the contested site.
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The Supreme Court, while dismissing the mediation panel for failing to come up with any settlement, announced that the daily hearing of the Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute case will be commenced from August 6.
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A day after Subedar Mohammad Sanaullah (retired) was declared a “foreigner” by an Assam foreigners’ tribunal, the Supreme Court ordered the National Register of Citizens coordinator to ensure a fair hearing of those who were left out without any shortcuts.
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The Supreme Court said that foreigners who cannot be deported to their parent country should not be held in detention centres in Assam forever. The court also questioned the Assam government proposal to immediately start 1,000 foreigners’ tribunals all over the state.
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The Supreme Court granted the three-member mediation committee time until August 15 to continue with its efforts to resolve the prolonged Ayodhya dispute through mediation among the parties.
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The Supreme Court collegium reiterated its decision to promote Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice AS Bopanna to the apex court. The Centre had returned the file on the court’s nominations for reconsideration on grounds of regional representation and seniority.
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The Supreme Court rejected a petition seeking directions to the Election Commission to bar Congress president Rahul Gandhi from contesting the Lok Sabha election till allegations over his citizenship were resolved.
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A day after the Supreme Court panel gave a clean chit to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi saying it had “found no substance” in her allegations of sexual harassment against him, the woman complainant wrote to the committee seeking a copy of the report.
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The opposition parties had moved to the court after reports of defective EVMs emerged after the first phase of the Lok Sabha election. In some cases, it was reported, voters would cast their vote for a party but the EVM would record their vote for another party.
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