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Gyanesh Kumar, who was named as an Election Commissioner last year, has been appointed the next Chief Election Commissioner of India, replacing the outgoing Rajiv Kumar. Mr Kumar will oversee the conduct of the Bihar Assembly election later this year and the polls in Bengal, Assam, and Tamil Nadu next year. He took charge as…
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New Delhi: Gyanesh Kumar assumed charge Wednesday morning as the new Chief Election Commissioner. Mr Kumar replaces Rajiv Kumar in the role and will oversee the conduct of nearly two-dozen elections, state and presidential, over the course of his four-year term. The new CEC is an ex-IAS officer from the Kerala cadre, and earlier served…
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New Delhi: Calling it an abuse of the process of the law, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar to shift him from Mandoli Jail in the national capital to any other prison, except ones in Punjab and Delhi. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and P B…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court heard a plea by influencer Ranveer Allahbadia against the FIRs lodged over his comments on parents and sex during a show on YouTube. The court said no further FIRs will be registered against him. Here are the top quotes from the judgment: “There is something very dirty in his mind…
New Delhi: The disposal of hazardous waste from the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has come under the Supreme Court’s scanner following a petition about the health risk to residents of Pithampur, where it has been shifted. The petition also pointed to the risks to the people of Indore, which is just 30 km away. Today,…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed Uttar Pradesh authorities to respond as to why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them for razing a portion of a mosque at Kushinagar in alleged disobedience of the apex court’s direction. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih also directed that…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court will likely hear on Tuesday a plea by YouTube personality Ranveer Allahbadia, aka ‘BeerBiceps Guy’, to club FIRs that have been filed across various states, including Maharashtra and Assam, over controversial remarks he made on stand-up comedy show ‘India’s Got Latent’. Mr Allahbadia – who faces police investigations, has been…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has expressed his displeasure over piles of new petitions filed in the matter involving the Places of Worship Act, 1991, which stops a lawsuit from being filed to reclaim a place of worship or change its character. “Enough is enough. There has to be an end to…
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New Delhi: The Waqf Amendment Bill has sparked intense opposition from the All India Shia Personal Law Board, with General Secretary Maulana Yasoob Abbas vehemently criticising the proposed legislation on Thursday. Mr Abbas termed the bill as “not right” and announced that the Board would formally oppose it and vowed to take the matter to…
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New Delhi: A double-engine government in Delhi may not translate to positive action to end air pollution in the national capital, the Supreme Court said today in a moment of light-hearted exchange. While hearing the issue of air pollution, the discussion turned to the change in government in Delhi. Amicus curiae in the case, senior…