The Supreme Court refused to hear the plea of Hardik Patel to stay his conviction on a rioting case, on an urgent basis, so that he can contest the Lok Sabha election. The top court asked, “What’s the urgency now?” pointing out the conviction dated to 2015.
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Hardik Patel’s hopes of fighting the upcoming Lok Sabha election has been dealt a big blow as the Gujarat high court dismissed the patidar leader’s plea plea to stay his conviction in a 2015 rioting case.
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The poll panel told the Supreme Court that electoral bonds, contrary to the claims made by the government, maybe defeating the very purpose of clean political funding.
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The Supreme Court indicated that the Election Commission should increase the percentage of votes randomly verified against the voter-verifiable paper audit trail. It has also told the poll panel to file an affidavit to list its stand by March 28.
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President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose, a former Supreme Court judge, India’s first Lokpal. With this, the first national anti-corruption ombudsman has been officially set up.
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Reliance Industries chairman and India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, on Monday, saved his beleaguered and debt-ridden younger brother, Anil, from imprisonment by helping him clear the ₹453 crore Reliance Communications owed to Ericsson.
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The CBI also added that during the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom, the attacks on the Sikhs were “spearheaded by dominant political actors, like Sajjan Kumar, and duly facilitated by law enforcement agencies.”
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The Supreme Court, on Friday, put a stay on the conviction and punishment of the Shillong Times editor and publisher by the Meghalaya high court in a contempt case involving two articles, on the perks and facilities for retired judges, published in the paper in 2018.
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The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Election Commission to find an answer on the plea filed by several opposition leaders seeking the counting of VVPAT slips of 50% of EVMs in each constituency before the Lok Sabha election results are declared.
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The Supreme Court, while hearing the case seeking a review of its judgment on the Rafale warplane deal, said the Right to Information Act, 2005 prevails over the Official Secrets Act, 1923. For this, the court referred to certain sections of the RTI Act.
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