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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

New Delhi, February 18 The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a response from cricketer Mohammad Shami on pleas filed by his estranged wife seeking transfer of cases, including the one alleging domestic violence, from West Bengal to Delhi.A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Manmohan agreed to...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 18 The Kerala government has decided to grant temporary pay scale approval to nearly 20,000 teachers affected by a recent Supreme Court verdict mandating K-TET qualification, Minister V Sivankutty said on Wednesday.Addressing a press conference, Sivankutty said...

New Delhi, February 18 The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list for final hearing pleas challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law, which prohibits filing a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on August 15, 1947.A...

New Delhi, February 18 – The Supreme Court has overturned the controversial Allahabad High Court judgment that ruled that grabbing a minor’s breasts and breaking her pajama string did not constitute an attempt to rape.In dismissing the case, which included the criminal appeals filed by two...

New Delhi, February 18 The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Uttarakhand High Court to expedite the decision on two separate pleas filed by aviation firm Deccan Charters Pvt Ltd against the repeated, temporary acquisition of its private helipad at Govind Ghat by the state government.A...

New Delhi, February 18 The Supreme Court has ruled that grabbing breasts and pulling a pyjama string constitutes "an attempt to rape," overturning a controversial Allahabad High Court order that said these were only "preparation to commit rape."A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and...