New Delhi, February 23 In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to restrain a one-member committee appointed by the Andhra Pradesh government from reviewing an independent Special Investigation Team's (SIT) report on the Tirumala laddus controversy.The top court, on...
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New Delhi, February 23 – Messaging platform WhatsApp informed the Supreme Court on Monday that it would comply with the directions issued by the Competition Commission of India (CCI), requiring the platform to give users greater control over whether their data is shared with other Meta...
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New Delhi, February 23 Global tech giants Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp told the Supreme Court on Monday that they would comply with the NCLAT's directions to extend the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) guidelines on privacy and consent to data related to advertising.A bench of Chief...
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india
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whatsapp
whatsapp privacy policy
New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) seeking to be treated on par with Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) for the purpose of practicing law and obtaining membership of a state bar council, saying it does not have time for...
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oci
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section 24
supremecourtofindia
New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would examine whether the sharp reduction in qualifying marks for NEET-PG 2025-26 affects the standard of postgraduate medical education.A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe made the remarks while hearing a batch of...
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supremecourtofindia
vacancies
New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday said that discrimination against women, particularly against the girl child, is widely prevalent in several parts of the country, and female foeticide is a crude manifestation of this social malady.A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Ujjal...
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New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to February 26 the hearing on a plea filed by Gitanjali J Angmo, the wife of jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, against his detention under the National Security Act.A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P B Varale deferred the...
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New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Lucknow district election officer to examine and take remedial action on the grievances of 91 residents of Akbar Nagar in the state capital, who were allegedly excluded from the Uttar Pradesh electoral rolls following the demolition...
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special intensive revision (sir)
supremecourtofindia
uttar pradesh electoral rolls
voter exclusion
Kolkata, February 23 – Senior politician Mukul Roy, a former Railway Minister from West Bengal, died early Monday morning at a private hospital in Kolkata, his family has confirmed. He was 73.Mukul Roy passed away shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Monday, according to his son, Subhranshu Roy. He had...
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trinamool congress
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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...
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india
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whatsapp
New Delhi, February 22 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) on Monday challenging the decision to drastically reduce the qualifying cut-off percentages for the NEET-PG 2025–26 examination.According to the daily cause list published on the website of the...
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india
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medical education
ministry of health and family welfare
national board of examinations in medical sciences (nbems)
national medical commission (nmc)
neet-pg examination
postgraduate medical admissions
public interest litigation (pil)
supremecourtofindia
New Delhi, February 22 The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear pleas filed by Meta and WhatsApp against an order by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposing a penalty of ₹213.14 crore due to their privacy policy.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices...
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data sharing agreements
digital privacy
india
meta platforms inc
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privacy policy
supremecourtofindia
surveillance
whatsapp
Thiruvananthapuram, February 21 Kerala Minister V Sivankutty said on Saturday that the state was expediting steps to make regular appointments of special educators for children with disabilities and cautioned against "fake campaigns" on the issue.In a statement, the state's Minister of General...
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samagra shiksha kerala
screening committee
special education
supremecourtofindia
teacher deployment
teacher-student ratio
Bhubaneswar, February 19 – The Odisha Revenue Department held a high-level meeting on Thursday to discuss the protection and restoration of land belonging to the Lord Jagannath Temple in Puri, which is located in various parts of the state.The meeting was held at the Lok Seva Bhavan here...
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khordha district
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land records
land restoration
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odisha revenue department
orissa high court
puri
record-of-rights
revenue department
shree jagannath temple administration (sjta)
supremecourtofindia
tahsils
New Delhi, February 19 – The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to conduct only a "Special Revision" of the electoral rolls in Assam, instead of undertaking a more rigorous "Special Intensive Revision" (SIR) ahead...
New Delhi, February 19 The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to reconsider its rule that prohibits office-bearers of bar associations from contesting elections to the state bar councils.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and...
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india
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Kottayam/New Delhi, February 19 Kerala Congress (M) chairman Jose K Mani said on Thursday that the change in bar timings in the state was not new, but merely a "streamlining" of the existing liquor policy, while state BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar termed it the "sole contribution of 10 years of...
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kerala
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new delhi
rajeev chandrasekhar
reservation for differently abled
school management
supremecourtofindia
teacher regularisation
tourism
New Delhi, February 19 The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal's (CAT) decision to transfer his case from Kolkata to New Delhi."The petition is dismissed (as it)...
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calcutta high court
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delhi high court
disciplinary proceedings
india
kolkata bench cat
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ministry of personnel and public grievance and pensions
retirement
supremecourtofindia
transfer order
New Delhi, February 19 The Supreme Court said on Thursday that it will commence the final hearing on May 5 regarding over 200 petitions, including the main one filed by the Indian Union of Muslim League (IUML) challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019...
New Delhi, February 18 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking to stay a case pending before a civil court in Ajmer concerning the alleged "unauthorised occupation of the Shankat Mochan Mahadev Temple by the Ajmer Sharif Dargah".A bench headed by Chief Justice of...