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Kolkata, April 8 "At times, I feel like starting to practice law again," West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday, targeting the BJP and the election panel over large-scale deletions of names from voter rolls under the SIR, while asserting that the TMC would move court over...

Itanagar, April 8 The BJP in Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday dismissed the Congress' demand for Chief Minister Pema Khandu's resignation, calling it premature and not based on any established legal principle.The Congress raised the demand after the Supreme Court ordered a preliminary inquiry by...

New Delhi, April 8 Describing a decade-long dispute between estranged spouses as "a matrimonial battle of Mahabharata," the Supreme Court has provided a "final resolution" to the bitter legal conflict and annulled the marriage.Observing that the marriage was "dead for all practical purposes,"...

New Delhi, April 8 The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain the bail plea of an advocate, arrested for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 30 lakh to secure a favorable judicial order in a divorce case, saying he was "selling the judiciary.""You (petitioner) tried to sell a judge in...

Panaji, April 8 The Bombay High Court on Wednesday declared the Election Commission of India's notification for the Ponda Assembly by-election as "null and void," effectively cancelling the April 9 poll. The Congress said it would challenge this decision in the Supreme Court.Justices Valmiki...

New Delhi, April 8 The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Centre's response to two petitions challenging provisions of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, which removes the right to self-perceived gender identity.A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and...

New Delhi, April 8 The NCERT has reconstituted its curriculum committee after being criticized by the Supreme Court over a section on "Corruption in the Judiciary" in the now-withdrawn Class 8 Social Science textbook, officials said on Wednesday.The high-powered, 20-member National Syllabus...

New Delhi, April 8 The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it has the right and jurisdiction to determine what is a superstitious practice in a religion.This came in response to the Centre's submission that a secular court cannot decide the issue, as judges are experts in the field of...

New Delhi, April 8 – The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea filed by Christian Michel James, alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter scam, challenging a trial court order that had rejected his application for release from prison on the grounds that he had served the...

Jaipur, April 8 Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot alleged on Wednesday that a "constitutional crisis" is deepening in the state due to the BJP government's "undemocratic approach".Gehlot said that elections to village councils and urban local bodies have not been held for over a...

Important cases listed before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 8:* A nine-judge Supreme Court bench will hear pleas seeking review of the decision allowing women to enter the Sabarimala temple.* The Supreme Court will hear a plea seeking directions to the Centre and state governments to...

New Delhi, April 7 The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear, on April 28, a batch of pleas challenging the reduction in the qualifying cut-off percentile for the NEET-PG 2025–26 examination.During a brief hearing, senior advocate Gopal Sankarnarayanan, appearing for the petitioners...

New Delhi, April 7 The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that borrowers are not entitled to a mandatory personal hearing before their accounts are classified as fraudulent by banks under the rules laid down by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan...

New Delhi, April 7 The Supreme Court said that "unreserved" vacancies for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) are an open pool where merit remains the decisive factor, and that eligible candidates belonging to any social or special category can be employed.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N...

Kolkata/New Delhi, April 7 – Strongly condemning the alleged attack on judicial officers in Malda district, West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court Bar Association passed a resolution on Tuesday suspending one of its members and calling for strict action against those involved.In a resolution...

New Delhi, April 7 The Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the 2018 Sabarimala judgment, which lifted the ban on women aged 10-50 entering the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, was wrongly decided and requires reconsideration.Appearing before a nine-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of...

New Delhi, April 7 The Supreme Court has ruled that a High Court cannot waive the statutory penalty payable on deficient stamp duty, holding that such power lies exclusively with the competent authority under the relevant Stamp Act.In a significant judgment, a bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar...

New Delhi, April 7 The Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that all issues concerning the installation of CCTV cameras in police stations across the country would be resolved within two weeks.Attorney General R Venkataramani told a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that he...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Tuesday that those interpreting the law must take faith into account, as he spoke about the Sabarimala women entry issue and the lessons learned from the controversy.Speaking to the media here, the Thiruvananthapuram MP said he...

Mathura, April 7 RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Tuesday that public awareness may help end cow slaughter in India, and wished for a Ram Temple-like fervor for this purpose."Make society devoted to cows, and cow slaughter will stop immediately. We have to make the public aware; the rest will...