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The top court issued the notice and tagged the VVPAT plea with pending matters on the issue. New Delhi: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Election Commission and the Centre on a plea seeking a complete count of VVPAT slips in polls as opposed to the current practice…
Bhojshala is an Archaeological Survey of India-protected 11th-century monument Bhopal: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the “scientific survey” of the Bhojshala complex, a medieval-era structure that both Hindus and Muslims claim as their own in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, but said no action should be taken without its permission on the outcome…
She said that it is quite embarrassing for the governors to be told to do or not to do a thing. Hyderabad: Supreme Court Judge BV Nagarathna on Saturday cautioned against instances of governors sitting indefinitely on bills passed by elected legislatures, referring to the case involving the Punjab Governor. In her keynote address at…
New Delhi: Congress’s Mallikarjun Kharge issued a strong rebuttal this evening to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comment that to “browbeat and bully others is vintage Congress culture”. In a statement that started with a mild “it is not proper form for the PM to comment on our judiciary”, the Congress chief went on to ask…
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Section 120B of IPC provides for punishment for a criminal conspiracy. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking review of its verdict which held that a person cannot be booked under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by invoking Section 120B of the IPC if the alleged criminal conspiracy was not…
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The trial judge needed to have analysed why such an ex parte injunction was essential, top court said. New Delhi: Courts should not grant ex-parte injunctions against publication of a news article barring in exceptional cases as it may have severe ramifications for the right to freedom of speech of the author and the public’s…
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The misrepresented video led to what he described as “vicious trolling and knives were out.” New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Saturday shared an incident where he was subjected to trolling and online abuse for what he termed a “misrepresented action” during a court hearing. CJI Chandrachud recounted a recent episode…
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The chief minister said the state government released Rs 650 crore from our treasury. Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the state government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding a direction to the Centre to immediately release grants under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to the state, which is…
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The state said not one of the bills relates to Centre-state relations. New Delhi: The Kerala Government has moved the Supreme Court against Governor Arif Mohammed Khan’s decision to reserve seven bills for the assent of President Droupadi Murmu stating that his conduct is “manifestly arbitrary.” In the petition, the Kerala Government has sought to…
Nitin Gadkari spoke about the main intention behind electoral bonds scheme. Ahmedabad: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said it was not possible to run a political party without funds, and added that the Centre had introduced the electoral bonds scheme, now struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, in 2017 with a “good intention”….
