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New Delhi, April 1 Members of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Wednesday praised the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, calling it a long-awaited reform, while the opposition criticized it as "discriminatory" and a "threat" to institutional autonomy...

Kolkata, Apr 1 Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that newly appointed officials by the Election Commission were tasked with rejecting nominations of her party candidates and urged them to be cautious while filing their nominations.Addressing a poll rally at Nanoor...

New Delhi, April 1 The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the trial court proceedings against Tamil Nadu minister and DMK general secretary Durai Murugan in a disproportionate assets case.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government on an appeal...

New Delhi, April 1 The Supreme Court on Monday imposed a fine of ₹25,000 on the Centre for pursuing unnecessary litigation, after the Centre challenged a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that overturned the dismissal of a CISF official.Upholding the high court ruling, a bench of Justices B...

New Delhi, April 1 – The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in response to a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging his acquittal in complaint cases related to alleged...

New Delhi, April 1 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed satisfaction with the progress made in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, which is heading towards elections, noting that a significant number of objections have already been adjudicated...

New Delhi, April 1 The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that approximately 4.7 million out of the 6 million objections in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal have been addressed by March 31.A bench...

New Delhi, April 1 Key cases listed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday:* The Supreme Court will hear petitions related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.* The Supreme Court will hear a plea to mandate the public disclosure of the ultimate beneficial...

New Delhi, March 31 Two days after six former bureaucrats and wildlife conservationists opposed the deployment of 1,600 forest personnel for election duty in Assam, another group of 40 retired civil servants demanded that the state government retract the order.Issued on March 19, the order by...

New Delhi, March 31 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a petition filed by the Muslim side challenging the order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in the long-standing Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque dispute in the Dhar district.According to the cause list published on the official...

Kolkata, March 31 In a strongly-worded letter to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP on Tuesday of attempting to illegally include voters from outside West Bengal on the state's electoral rolls through bulk applications using Form 6.Banerjee...

New Delhi, March 31 The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a petition challenging an order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, which stated that it would inspect the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar before April 2, in light of the "numerous disputes" pertaining to the structure...

Kathmandu, March 31 Former Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, Chhabi Rijal, was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged role in the crackdown on the Gen Z movement in September last year.Rijal, who was named in the list of high-ranking officials responsible for suppressing the Gen Z movement, in...

New Delhi, March 30 – The Supreme Court has criticized several states and authorities for failing to respond to a matter concerning human trafficking and missing persons, warning of contempt action, as it directed the formulation of a nationwide Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).In its order...

New Delhi, March 30 Members of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha on Monday criticized the government for attempting to "nullify" the Supreme Court's judgment regarding the progressive reduction of deputation of IPS officers in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) through a new legislation...

Kathmandu, March 30 Nepal's Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the newly formed Balendra Shah government, seeking an explanation regarding the arrest and detention of former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli.The Supreme Court issued the order in response to the habeas corpus petition filed...

New Delhi, March 30 – The Supreme Court has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the delay by the Gujarat government in deciding on a plea for the premature release of a life convict, warning that failure to adhere to policy timelines could result in "strict legal action", including suo motu...

New Delhi, March 30 A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court, arguing that unqualified legal professionals were deciding land disputes. The PIL seeks directions to establish a revenue judicial service and prescribe a minimum legal qualification and training module...

New Delhi, March 29 Observing that being held in jail without a trial constitutes punishment, the Supreme Court granted bail to a resident of Punjab in an attempt-to-murder case, noting that he had spent two years in jail without the trial even beginning.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and...

New Delhi, March 28 The Supreme Court has directed the Centre and all the states to inform it about the standard procedure to be adopted in cases of human trafficking.A bench of justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R Mahadevan said it was not interested in any hypothetical or academic formula...