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New Delhi, March 13 Shiv Sena-UBT Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday demanded that all three branches of government – the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary – should be equal before the law, accountable, and open to scrutiny.During Zero Hour, Chaturvedi highlighted the...

New Delhi, March 11 In a strong move against three experts involved in drafting a controversial chapter in NCERT's class 8 social science book containing "offensive" content on corruption in the judiciary, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and all state governments to...

New Delhi, March 11 The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to constitute a committee of domain experts within a week to finalize the curriculum related to legal studies in NCERT textbooks.The top court said that its orders in the matter were not intended to prevent any healthy and...

New Delhi, March 11 The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it has directed the NCERT to review the textbooks of all classes.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said that instead of asking the NCERT to do so, it would have...

Key cases listed before the Supreme Court on Wednesday:* The Supreme Court will deliver its judgment on a plea filed by a father seeking passive euthanasia for his son, who is 100% disabled and has been bedridden for over a decade.* The Supreme Court will hear a suo moto case related to the...

New Delhi, March 10 Union Minister J P Nadda on Tuesday challenged the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, accusing it of lacking respect for the judiciary, the Election Commission of India, and democratic procedures, and alleging that "the rule of law has been disregarded" in the state...

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has withdrawn the social science textbook "Exploring Society: India and Beyond" for Grade 8 (Part -II), which included a chapter titled "The Role of the Judiciary in Our Society."In a public apology issued this morning, the...

Jammu, March 10 Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia on Tuesday expressed full confidence in the judiciary and said that he and others who were recently discharged in the excise policy case but were later served notices by the Delhi High Court would follow all legal processes.Sisodia...

New Delhi, March 10 – The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) issued an unconditional and unqualified public apology on Tuesday regarding a controversial chapter in its now-withdrawn Class 8 Social Science textbook, which referred to corruption in the judiciary.Ahead...

New Delhi, March 10 – The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) issued a public apology on Tuesday regarding a chapter in its Class 8 Social Science textbook, titled "Exploring Society: India and Beyond" (Grade 8, Part II), which included a section on the judiciary. The...

New Delhi, March 8 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant emphasized the need for greater institutional reforms in the judiciary to promote greater female representation in the legal field, stating that high court collegiums should consider meritorious female lawyers for judicial appointments as a...

Chandigarh, March 7 The judiciary must continue to serve as a constitutional guardian in matters concerning the environment, and not impede legitimate development aspirations, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Saturday.He made the remark while addressing the Punjab and Haryana High...

Washington, March 4: With military supremacy effectively institutionalized in Pakistan, the country’s volatile politics, fragile civilian governance, entrenched military dominance, systematic corruption, criminal networks, and widespread human rights abuses risk becoming more persistent, a...

Vijayawada, March 1 – Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, on Sunday called on the judiciary to promote mediation, stating that it is gaining wider acceptance as an effective tool for resolving disputes.Highlighting the need to build a "mediation culture," he stated that mediation is no longer...

Tehran, March 1 – Hours after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike, Iran named Ayatollah Alireza Arafi as his interim successor on Sunday.Ayatollah Khamenei, whose death in an attack on his residence in Tehran was announced by Iran, had been the Supreme Leader since...

March 01, New Delhi – Iran's judiciary confirmed on Sunday that U.S. and Israeli strikes killed the head of the Revolutionary Guards and another senior security advisor.According to Iran's judiciary's Mizan online news portal, the commander of the Guards, General Mohammad Pakpour, and the head...

Jammu, February 28 The father of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) president Uday Bhanu Chib on Friday thanked the judiciary for granting bail to his son, saying that faith in the justice delivery system had been upheld.A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Chib, who was arrested in connection...

Dhaka, February 28 – With a two-thirds majority in parliament, the Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government has taken office amidst high public expectations, with restoring confidence in the country’s judiciary emerging as one of its most pressing challenges.According...

Pune, February 27 Social activist Anna Hazare welcomed the release of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case on Friday, saying the court's verdict must be accepted as the judiciary is supreme.The anti-corruption crusader also advised Kejriwal to work for society and the country...

Chandigarh, February 27 – Kuldeep Dhaliwal, a legislator and spokesperson for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab, praised the decision of the Special Delhi Court on Friday, in which the party's national convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia, were...