New Delhi, Feb 27 The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition challenging several provisions of the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Act, 2025, arguing that the core issue is a conflict between national interest and a hypothetical loss...
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New Delhi, February 26 The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission on a plea seeking directions to impose a cap on the expenditure by political parties for election purposes.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi...
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Prayagraj, February 23 The Allahabad High Court on Monday observed that the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 neither prohibits interfaith marriages nor bars such couples from living together in a live-in relationship.Justice Vivek Kumar Singh said that...
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New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court, in a Monday hearing, orally observed that land acquisition cases from before 2018 cannot be reopened to grant compensation with interest to farmers whose land was acquired under the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Act.This observation was...
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Jodhpur, February 21 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Saturday that "the law cannot remain a fortress erected to protect society from arbitrary actions," and called on young lawyers to make it a "forum" where differences are debated, rights are articulated, and power is reasoned with...
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Jaipur, February 21 – Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant delivered a thought-provoking address at the 18th Convocation Ceremony of the National Law University (NLU), Jodhpur, urging young graduates to view law as a dynamic and evolving institution rather than a rigid structure.Speaking on...
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New Delhi, February 18 The Delhi High Court said on Wednesday that the Delhi government has no reason whatsoever to not fill the vacant positions of chairperson and members in the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) or to not provide adequate staff there.A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and...
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New Delhi, February 16 The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea filed by a man challenging the "logical discrepancy" category in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi...
New Delhi, February 12 Senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, raised concerns about caste discrimination in workplaces on Thursday, citing a recent incident in Odisha where members of a particular community refused to let their children eat...