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Important cases listed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 24:* The Supreme Court will hear petitions challenging the electoral rolls in West Bengal.* The Supreme Court will hear a case related to the remediation of polluted rivers.* The Supreme Court will hear a case related to the...

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...

New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday sought details of backward Muslim communities while hearing a plea seeking quota in jobs and admissions under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category for 'Pasmanda Muslims'."What about the other Muslim OBCs? The OBC is not only a social...

Jammu, February 23 The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh reserved its order on a petition challenging the detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik.Malik, who is the president of the AAP's Jammu and Kashmir unit, was detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) on September 8 last year for...

Key cases listed in the Supreme Court on Monday, February 23:* The Supreme Court will hear a case regarding air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region.* The Supreme Court will hear a petition challenging the detention of Sonam Wangchuk.* The Supreme Court will hear pleas from Meta and WhatsApp...

New Delhi, February 21 The Supreme Court has referred a batch of pleas concerning the validity of the increase in OBC reservation in Madhya Pradesh from 14 per cent to 27 per cent to the state high court.In 2019, the state decided to increase the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota in Madhya...

Mumbai, February 21 Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha's signature dialogue, "Khamosh," is "exclusively associated" with his persona, the Bombay High Court has said, while prohibiting the use of his name, images, and other personal attributes to create online content without his consent.In an...

New Delhi, February 20 The Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear a petition seeking a direction to prevent the construction or naming of any mosque or religious structure in the name of Mughal emperor Babur or Babri Masjid.After a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta indicated its...

New Delhi, February 18 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought a response from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) regarding a petition alleging inaction by the authorities regarding encroachment on a water body in Savitri Nagar here.An NGT...

New Delhi, February 18 The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the Chhattisgarh government's response to a plea alleging the exhumation and forced reburial of bodies of tribal Christians in villages there.The court also restrained any further exhumation.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep...

Important cases to be heard in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, February 18:* The High Court will hear a petition seeking to fill vacant positions of chairperson and members in the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights.* The High Court will hear a lawsuit filed by Baba Ramdev to...

Prayagraj, February 17 The Allahabad High Court has issued contempt notices to the district magistrate and SSP of Bareilly for allegedly preventing certain individuals, including the petitioner, from offering prayers inside a private property belonging to the latter.A two-judge bench...

Kochi, February 17 – The Kerala High Court, in its order on Tuesday, stayed the Nava Kerala Survey, making serious observations against the CPI(M), led by State Secretary M.V. Govindan. It also criticized the Kerala government.The Division Bench pointed out that the party appeared to have...

New Delhi, Feb 17 – The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a petition seeking strict guidelines for statements and remarks made by constitutional officials that do not align with constitutional principles.A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant said the issue was serious, but the...

New Delhi, February 17 – The Delhi High Court on Tuesday postponed the hearing in the case concerning the arrest of retired Major Vikrant Jaitly in the UAE, after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) requested four weeks to arrange the next consular meeting with him.A single-judge bench of...

New Delhi, February 17 The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted time to the Centre and the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi to pursue the matter through diplomatic channels and seek cooperation from the UAE authorities regarding the detention of Major Vikrant Jaitly (retired), brother of actress...

Kochi, February 17 – In a major setback for the Pinarayi Vijayan government, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday struck down the controversial "Nava Kerala Survey," calling it unlawful and questioning how it was funded and executed.The ruling comes amid growing opposition allegations that the...

New Delhi, February 16 The Delhi High Court on Monday observed that the country cannot be allowed to be denigrated internationally, as it listed for hearing on August 27 a petition by UK-based journalist Amrit Wilson challenging the cancellation of her Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card.In...

New Delhi, February 16 The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the Chhattisgarh High Court order in a matter related to hoardings that allegedly prohibit the entry of pastors and converted Christians in some villages in the state.The high court had disposed of two separate...

New Delhi, February 16 The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain petitions seeking action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over a viral video purportedly showing him aiming and firing a rifle at members of a particular community.Expressing strong disapproval of the trend...