The defence ministry, on Wednesday, has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the Rafale review petition that contains leaked confidential documents of the defence ministry on the pretext that the documents compromise national security.
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The Supreme Court said it could not deprive lakhs of families, dependent on manufacturing firecrackers, of their livelihood. It observed that the court “can’t let people go hungry” and “generate unemployment”.
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Recruitment notifications for various central government jobs advertised after new quota law came into effect have not given relaxation in age limit, cut-offs or number of attempts to candidates of EWS category under the new reservation policy.
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The Centre issued a circular clarifying compliance with the Forest Rights Act and obtaining consent of the gram sabha under the act was no longer necessary to consider projects on forest land, a day before it sought a stay and modification of Supreme Court’s February 13 order.
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Earlier, the Supreme Court had ruled that lawmakers are immune to criminal prosecution for their actions inside Parliament or a state assembly. But that may change soon, now.
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After telling the Supreme Court that classified documents related to the Rafale deal were stolen from the defence ministry, attorney general KK Venugopal has taken a complete U-turn. He now says reports of him having said so was “wholly incorrect”.
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This mediation will be held in Uttar Pradesh’s Faizabad district. Former apex court judge Justice FMI Kalifulla will head a panel of mediators in the case.
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The Union Cabinet approved the human resource development ministry’s proposal to introduce an ordinance that will restore the 200-point roster for faculty reservation in universities. This comes a day after nationwide protests against the new quota roster.
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N Ram said, “We got them from confidential sources and no force on earth can make me or us reveal the source of the documents, because we have given our word.”
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Tribals and dalits from across the country called for a Bharat bandh in protest against the Supreme Court’s order to states to evict forest dwellers from forest lands and the University Grants Commission’s new 13-point roster system. Various opposition parties supported the protest
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