In the significant development, the Supreme Court declined to refer to a 5-judge bench the issue of the reconsideration of its observations in a 1994 verdict that the mosque wasn’t integral to Islam.
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The Supreme Court ruled that adultery is not a crime and struct down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code as unconstitutional. According to the law, a man can be penalized for having sex with a married woman without the consent of her husband.
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The Supreme Court refused the Centre’s appeal to reconsider its own 2006 verdict regarding quota on job promotions in the public sector for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and reiterated that is not mandatory for the government to provide reservations in job promotions.
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One of the petitioners who moved the Supreme Court challenging a verdict by Allahabad high court that accepted the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision refuse sanction to prosecute Yogi Adityanath in a 2007 hate-speech case, was arrested on charges of gang rape.
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The Supreme Court declared the Aadhaar Act as constitutionally valid but canceled some of its provisions, which includes mandatory linking of Aadhaar with bank accounts, mobile numbers and school admissions.
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The Supreme Court said it cannot stop politicians with criminal cases from contesting polls and instead asked Parliament to enact a law to stop criminalization of politics. It said the country is facing a growing trend of criminalization of politics and it “attacks the roots of democracy”.
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The Supreme Court directed the chief judicial magistrate of Gorakhpur to pass an appropriate order on a case filed against Yogi Adityanath, UP chief minister, for allegedly delivering a hate speech in 2007, which had led to tension in the city.
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The Supreme Court sought the Centre’s response on a bunch of pleas that seeks the court to declare the new amendments in the SC/SC Act as ultra vires. Parliament had passed a bill to overturn a Supreme Court order concerning certain safeguards against arrest under the act.
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