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New Delhi: Routinely ordering the CBI to take over probes not only leads to an “unimaginable burden” on the premier investigative agency, but also has a “very serious and far-reaching demoralising impact” on the officers of the state police, the Supreme Court on Monday highlighted. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan made…
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Two women were arrested during the protests outside RG Kar Hospital in September. The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a probe by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the alleged torture of two women, who were arrested in September during protests against the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and…
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Kolkata: Dissenting judgments were vociferously advocated as a means of facilitating a culture of debate today by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court. At an event or organised in Kolkata by The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Justice Dipankar Dutta highlighted why these comprise an important element of the judicial system. “We…
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New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India UU Lalit told NDTV today that while it is true that bail is right and jail exception, certain factors should be kept in mind while deciding on bail for arrested people. Everything has to be done within the ambit of the law, said Justice Lalit, the 49th Chief…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said the State cannot be permitted to acquire citizens’ land without paying appropriate compensation. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan observed that though the right to property was no longer a fundamental right, it was still a constitutional right. The supreme court dismissed…
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The Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response from the Gyanvapi mosque committee in Varanasi on a plea filed by the Hindu side for conducting an ASI survey of the sealed area of the mosque where a “shivling” was purportedly found in May, 2022. A bench of Justices…
New Delhi: GRAP-IV, or the fourth stage of anti-pollution measures in effect for Delhi and the National Capital Region, will remain in force for the next 72 hours, the Supreme Court said Friday, with the AQI in the city and surrounding areas at 371, or still in the ‘very poor’ category, this morning. The court…
The CBI has said the trial can be shifted to Delhi if Yasin Malik is adamant on appearing in person New Delhi: Even 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab got a fair trial in this country, the Supreme Court said today as it heard the CBI’s challenge to a Jammu court order asking separatist leader Yasin Malik…
New Delhi: Around 1,000 farm fires were detected in Punjab alone today — on a day the Supreme Court ripped into the Delhi government over the pollution blanket over north India that went off charts. Hiren Jethva, an aerosol remote sensing scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, told NDTV this evening that this data…
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The plea claims usage of fireballs in West Bengal despite the court’s direction to stop using them.(File) New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking initiation of contempt proceedings for alleged violation of its orders asking the state authorities to desist from using fireballs to drive elephants that come near…
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