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The Uttar Pradesh government had said it backs the law. New Delhi: Thousands of madrassa students across Uttar Pradesh may get to know today which way their education will go as the Supreme Court decides if the madrassa law, scrapped by the Allahabad High Court, should stay or not. Here are top 10 points on…
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New Delhi: Senior Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna will take oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India on November 11, but his parents wanted him to be a Charted Accountant. They believed a legal career was full of challenges and hardship, sources close to him said. But Sanjeev Khanna chose to embrace the…
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Supreme Court said it would frame pan-India guidelines on the demolition of properties (File) New Delhi: The Gujarat government on Friday informed the Supreme Court the land, where the alleged illegal demolitions of Muslim religious structures took place at Gir Somnath, will remain with it and not allotted to any third party. A bench comprising…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said a doctor can be held liable for negligence only when there was no requisite qualification and skill, or a failure to exercise reasonable expertise during treatment. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Pankaj Mithal said when reasonable care, expected of the medical professional, was extended…
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The 50th Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, is retiring on November 10. New Delhi: The seasonal pollution spike in Delhi is affecting the health regimen of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. The Chief Justice, in an informal conversation with reporters at the Supreme Court on Thursday, said he has stopped going for morning…
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Aadhaar Card can be used to establish identity, but not date of birth, said the bench. (File) New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had accepted an Aadhaar card for determining the age of a road accident victim to grant compensation. A bench…
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New Delhi: Justice Sanjiv Khanna has been apointed the next Chief Justice of India by President of India Droupadi Murmu after Chief Justice DY Chandrachud named him his successor. The oath ceremony will be on November 11 – a day after Justice Chandrachud retires. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal made the announcement on X…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court grilled the central – and Punjab and Haryana – governments on Wednesday as arguments over states’ non-compliance with, and failure to enforce, anti-pollution measures, rolled into yet another hearing, even as air quality in Delhi and the national capital region remains ‘very poor’ and prompts concern over the risk of…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights or NCPCR on Tuesday why it was concerned with madrassas after the child rights body said students of such institutions weren’t able to pursue medical and engineering professions. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra…
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In October 2023, the Supreme Court directed the implementation of a hybrid mode of hearings. (File) New Delhi,: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the introduction of hybrid hearings in family courts across the country. A bench, headed by CJI DY Chandrachud, agreed to examine and sought…
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