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New Delhi, March 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked 17 states, including Delhi, Gujarat, and Maharashtra, to strive to ensure that dedicated NIA courts complete trials in UAPA cases within one year.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that the states may set...

Ranchi, March 24 – The ongoing dispute between the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Jharkhand Police has now reached the doors of the Supreme Court of India. The state government has challenged the order of the Jharkhand High Court, which directed a CBI investigation into the matter.The...

March 24, New Delhi – The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday upheld a ruling by the Andhra Pradesh High Court, stating that once an individual converts to Christianity and actively professes and practices the faith, they can no longer be considered a member of the Scheduled Caste community.The...

New Delhi, March 24 The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that no person professing a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism can be considered a member of a Scheduled Caste.A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and NV Anjaria, upholding an order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court...

New Delhi, March 23 The Supreme Court on Monday resumed its final hearing on a batch of petitions, including review petitions, challenging its Vanashakti verdict permitting retrospective environmental clearances (EC) by the Centre and other authorities to projects found violating green norms...

Jaipur, March 23 – The Supreme Court of India has cancelled the interim bail granted to Babulal Katara, a suspended member of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission, who was arrested in connection with a paper leak case. The decision came after the court considered objections raised in a...

New Delhi, March 23 The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, against the latter's detention under the National Security Act (NSA).A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale noted that the Centre had revoked its order...

Kolkata, March 20 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday issued a notification announcing the constitution of 19 appellate tribunals to hear objections on decisions taken by judicial officers during ongoing adjudications of cases classified under the “logical discrepancy” category...

New Delhi, March 20 – The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a man from Gujarat, who was accused of abetting suicide due to alleged harassment over loan repayments, holding that simply demanding repayment of debt cannot constitute abetment.Allowing the appeal filed by...

New Delhi, March 20 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant recused himself from hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of a 2023 law that removed the Chief Justice of India from a committee responsible for appointing the Chief Election Commissioner and the Election...

New Delhi, March 19 A nine-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on the contentious issue of defining the term "industry" under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.The bench, headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, heard the submissions of various lawyers...

New Delhi, March 19 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of unilateral divorce practices within the Muslim community, including Talaq-e-Hasan and Talaq-e-Ahsan, which allow a Muslim man to dissolve a marriage without the wife's...

Jaipur, March 18 – The issue of panchayat and civic body elections in Rajasthan has once again come before the Rajasthan High Court, with former MLA Sanyam Lodha filing a contempt petition against the state government and the State Election Commission (SEC).In his petition, Lodha alleges that...

Patna, March 18 – A protest organized by students in Patna turned violent on Wednesday, leading to clashes with police and disruption in key parts of the city.A large number of students had gathered near Gate No. 10 of Gandhi Maidan before marching towards the Lok Bhavan (Governor's House)...

New Delhi, March 18 – A group of senior advocates, academics, former police officials, and members of the Bar have written to the Chief Justice of India (CJI), expressing concern over allegations made by former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against a sitting judge of the Delhi High Court...

New Delhi, March 18 – The Supreme Court of India is scheduled to hear a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday, alleging interference by the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, during its search operations at the office of the Indian Political Action...

New Delhi, March 17 – Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk said on Tuesday that the government's willingness to hold "constructive and meaningful dialogue" was the key objective of his movement.Addressing the media here in his first public comments after being released from detention under the...

New Delhi, March 16 The Haryana government told the Supreme Court on Monday that it had decided not to grant sanction to prosecute Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a professor at Ashoka University, who was booked last year for social media posts related to Operation Sindoor, as a one-time gesture of...

New Delhi, March 16 – The government has filed a claim of $2.81 billion against Reliance Industries Limited and the UK oil giant BP for allegedly siphoning gas from ONGC's fields in India's eastern offshore KG basin, according to information provided to Parliament on Monday."The Government has...

New Delhi, March 16 Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday recalled that eminent jurist Nani Palkhivala had penned a letter to then-prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1975, in which he dismissed a verdict of the Allahabad High Court against her, saying it was “erroneous” in both fact and law.On...