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New Delhi, March 16 The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear in April a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the establishment of a Legal Education Commission to reform the legal education system and provide for a four-year LL.B instead of a five-year course after Class 12.A bench...

New Delhi, March 16 The Supreme Court on Monday refused to intervene in a plea alleging the risk of contamination of land and groundwater due to possible leakage of mercury from incinerated waste linked to the Bhopal gas tragedy.However, the top court asked the ‘Bhopal Gas Peedith Sangharsh...

New Delhi, March 15 The four-decade-old MC Mehta case finally came to a close on March 12 when the Supreme Court dismissed the 1985 Public Interest Litigation (PIL) concerning air pollution in Delhi and its surrounding areas.The PIL, filed by environmentalist M C Mehta in 1985, led to several...

March 14, New Delhi: Days after the Supreme Court of India allowed the first-ever case of passive euthanasia, Dr. MR Rajagopal spoke exclusively to DD about its impact.Dr. Rajagopal, widely regarded as the Father of Palliative Care in India, emphasized that the verdict should no longer be...

March 14, New Delhi: Ahead of the state assembly elections, the Kerala government has reversed its previous stance on women's entry into the Sabarimala Temple.The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government will now inform the Supreme Court of India that traditional temple practices must be...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 – The Kerala government's shift in stance on women's entry into the Sabarimala temple has triggered a sharp political confrontation between the ruling CPI(M) and the Opposition, with both sides accusing each other of political opportunism ahead of the Assembly...

New Delhi, March 14 A nine-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to commence hearings on March 17 on the contentious issue of defining the term "industry" under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.According to the Supreme Court's cause list for March 17, the matter will be...

Kolkata, March 13 Government offices across West Bengal largely functioned normally on Friday despite a “strike” called by a forum of employees and teachers demanding payment of pending Dearness Allowance (DA).The agitation, called by the Sangrami Joutha Mancha, evoked a limited response in...

New Delhi, March 12 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to curb the practice of animal sacrifice in temples across the country.Issuing notice, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta sought responses from the Union...

New Delhi, March 12 The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Centre on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of several provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi...

New Delhi, March 12 – The Supreme Court formally disposed of the four-decade-old environmental case, M.C. Mehta vs. Union of India, on Thursday, directing that issues related to air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR) be addressed through fresh, independent proceedings.A bench...

New Delhi, March 12 The three-member committee set up by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to investigate the grounds for the removal of High Court Judge, Justice Yashwant Varma, following the recovery of burnt currency notes from his residence, is expected to submit its report during the monsoon...

New Delhi, March 12 – The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a petition seeking directions to bring back the remains of freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose from Japan to India.After a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant expressed disinclination to hear the plea...

New Delhi, March 12 The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea filed by the grand nephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, seeking directions to bring back to India the ashes believed to be those of Bose from the Renkoji temple in Tokyo.After a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and...

New Delhi, March 12 – The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a terror funding case. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta granted relief to the 74-year-old leader, noting his prolonged period of incarceration and the delay in the...

New Delhi, March 11 Aruna Shanbaug and Harish Rana. The Mumbai nurse who died in 2015 after 42 years in a coma and the 32-year-old Ghaziabad man waiting to die with dignity, highlight the long-standing debate about passive euthanasia.This complex issue, which involves morality, compassion, and...

New Delhi, March 11 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed passive euthanasia for a 31-year-old resident of Ghaziabad who has been in a permanent vegetative state for nearly 13 years, following severe head injuries sustained in a fall from the fourth floor while he was a student.A bench of...

New Delhi, March 11 The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed passive euthanasia for a 31-year-old man who has been in a coma for more than 12 years, by withdrawing his artificial life support.Passive euthanasia is the intentional act of allowing a patient to die by withholding or withdrawing...

Kolkata, March 10 Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said that the Supreme Court's intervention in the SIR exercise was a "victory for democracy and the people of Bengal", while launching a sharp attack on the Election Commission and the BJP over the alleged deletion...

New Delhi, March 10 – Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav reaffirmed the government’s strong commitment to protecting the Aravalli Range while responding to a discussion in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.During the debate on the functioning of his ministry...