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In West Bengal, the Election Commission has released the complete list of voters under judicial review as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) for the electoral roll. For the first time, details have been published at the district level, clearly indicating whether voters are eligible or...

New Delhi, April 7 The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it supports the restriction on the entry of menstruating women into Kerala's Sabarimala temple, arguing that the issue falls squarely within the domain of religious faith and denominational autonomy, and lies beyond the scope...

Kolkata, April 7 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Tuesday that the names of people belonging to specific communities were removed from the voter rolls in the state after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.Addressing a rally in Chakdaha, Nadia district, Banerjee...

New Delhi, April 7 – The Supreme Court has granted bail to an accused who was booked under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2021, observing that the Allahabad High Court had overlooked crucial aspects while rejecting his...

New Delhi, April 7 In a significant procedural directive, the Supreme Court has stated that "exceptionally urgent matters" that cannot wait for the listing process must be mentioned only before the Chief Justice of India, even if he is busy presiding over a constitution bench.According to the...

New Delhi, April 7 A nine-judge Supreme Court bench commenced hearings on petitions related to discrimination against women in religious places, including the Sabarimala temple of Kerala, and on the scope and extent of religious freedom practiced by multiple faiths.The Constitution bench...

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...

Bengaluru, April 7 The Karnataka High Court has ordered a re-verification of the 279 postal ballots that were rejected in the Sringeri Assembly constituency during the 2023 election.The court has also stated that the Returning Officer (RO) will need to recount the postal ballots and announce...

Important cases listed before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 7:* A nine-judge constitutional bench will hear pleas seeking review in the case related to the entry of women into the Sabarimala temple.* The Supreme Court will hear the plea of the Uttar Pradesh government in the case...

New Delhi/Itanagar, April 6 – Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu welcomed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation, as directed by the Supreme Court, and assured full cooperation with the central agency.In response to this development, the opposition Congress demanded...

Kathmandu, April 6 Nepal's Supreme Court ordered authorities to complete the investigation against former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak by Thursday, or release them from custody.Oli, chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), and...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed criminal proceedings against a doctor who had performed surgery on a one-and-a-half-year-old child, stating that continuing the case would be an abuse of the court's process.A bench of Justices Pamidigantam Sri Narasimha and Manoj Misra...

Itanagar, April 6 Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday welcomed the CBI preliminary inquiry ordered by the Supreme Court into allegations surrounding the awarding of contracts to the CM’s family members, asserting that his government had “nothing to hide”.Khandu, in a...

New Delhi, April 6—The Supreme Court on Monday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the investigation into the incident in West Bengal’s Malda district, where seven judicial officers deputed for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls were allegedly held...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the cancellation of an industrial plot allotted to Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. in Uttar Pradesh, stating that the company failed to utilize the land and violated the lease conditions for several years.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep...

Itanagar, April 6 The Arunachal Pradesh unit of the Congress demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday, following the Supreme Court's direction for a CBI investigation into the alleged awarding of public works contracts to firms linked to family members.In a statement...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday directed the 88-year-old grandson of the legendary artist Nandalal Bose to approach the Appellate Tribunal after his name was removed from the voters' list during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, which is...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over cases related to the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda, observing that the bureaucracy's credibility was being lowered and politics was being injected into the West Bengal...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday said that around 60 lakh claims and objections of those removed from voter lists in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal will be decided during the day, observing that central forces will remain...

Itanagar, April 6 Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu welcomed the CBI preliminary inquiry ordered by the Supreme Court into allegations surrounding the awarding of contracts to members of his family, asserting that his government has "nothing to hide".In a statement, Khandu said the...