Anand Teltumbde, scholar and activist, arrested for ‘Maoist links’

The move has raised many questions as the Pune Police arrested Teltumbde while ignoring the Supreme Court’s injunction against arresting him. Read More
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SC: Giving political colour to verdicts is ‘gravest contempt’

The Supreme Court came down heavily on lawyers giving “political colour” to judgments while appearing before the media and said it was the “gravest form of contempt” and that such “black sheep” should be removed from the profession to protect the integrity of judiciary. Read More
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SC asks if only bureaucrats posted in CIC for clearing RTI backlog

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, has sought information from the government over appointment of the post of information commissioners responsible for the clearing backlog of Right to Information applications in the Central Information Commission. Read More
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Centre seeks SC nod for returning excess land around Ayodhya site

The Union government asked the Supreme Court to permit return of excess land around disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid plot to its original owners. The Centre has urged that the government should consider releasing around 67-odd acres of land to its original owners. Read More
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SC to hear petitions against Sanskrit, Hindi prayers in KVs

The Supreme Court, on Monday, has decided to take up the petitions filed in the court against compulsory recitation of Hindi and Sanskrit prayers in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan schools across the country. Read More
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SC: It’s ‘no murder’ if wife kills husband for calling her ‘prostitute’

The Supreme Court freed a woman of murder charges, who killed her husband for calling her and their daughter “prostitute” and ruled that the wife should be punishable for “culpable homicide not amounting to murder”, and “not murder”. Read More
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Haren Pandya murder: NGO files plea in apex court for fresh probe

Centre for Public Interest Litigation, a non-governmental organization, has filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding fresh and court-monitored investigation in the murder of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya. Read More
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Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of EWS quota

An NGO called Youth For Equality and political activist Tehseen Poonawalla have filed petitions arguing that economic status alone cannot be liable for reservation. Read More
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CBI officer: Govt adamant about giving ‘clean chit’ to Asthana

The application filed by Bassi states that he is “being victimised by the present ‘acting’ CBI director, M Nageshwar Rao, who represents ‘certain elements’ within the CBI” and Rai “doesn’t want him to conduct a free and fair investigation in the Asthana FIR.” Read More
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Kerala submits list of women who entered Sabarimala in SC

The Kerala government, on Friday, has confirmed that 51 women, aged 10 to 50 have visited the Sabarimala shrine during the recent pilgrimage season. According to media reports, the state government has also submitted the list of 51 women to the Supreme Court. Read More
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