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When Chief Justice DY Chandrachud Was Trolled For Shifting In Chair

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When Chief Justice DY Chandrachud Was Trolled For Shifting In Chair

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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Karnataka Approaches Supreme Court For Release Of Funds To Tackle Drought

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Karnataka Approaches Supreme Court For Release Of Funds To Tackle Drought

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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Kerala Approaches Supreme Court Against Governor Reserving 7 Bills For President’s Assent

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Kerala Approaches Supreme Court Against Governor Reserving 7 Bills For President’s Assent

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…

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Nitin Gadkari Reveals ‘Main Intention’ Behind Electoral Bonds, Recalls Meeting Arun Jaitley

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Nitin Gadkari Reveals ‘Main Intention’ Behind Electoral Bonds, Recalls Meeting Arun Jaitley

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”….

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Supreme Court Directs K Kavitha To Approach Lower Court For Bail

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Supreme Court Directs K Kavitha To Approach Lower Court For Bail

K Kavitha was arrested in the alleged scam by the Enforcement Directorate last Friday. (File) New Delhi: BRS leader K Kavitha, who was arrested last week in the Delhi liquor policy case by the Enforcement Directorate, has been denied relief by the Supreme Court and told to approach the trial court. A special bench of…

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Electoral Bonds Data Out With Numbers, Donors Can Be Matched With Parties

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Electoral Bonds Data Out With Numbers, Donors Can Be Matched With Parties

New Delhi: The Election Commission has released data that have numbers to match donors with political parties their contribution went to. The data was submitted to the Commission earlier today by the State Bank of India in line with the Supreme Court order. The bank had earlier given two lists to the Election Commission, which…

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Supreme Court Puts On Hold Centre’s Notification On Its Fact-Check Unit

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Supreme Court Puts On Hold Centre’s Notification On Its Fact-Check Unit

A day after the Centre notified the Fact Check Unit under the Press Information Bureau to “address the challenge of fake news”, the Supreme Court today paused the notification, setting aside the Bombay High Court’s go-ahead to the government’s move. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj…

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Supreme Court Refuses To Hold Poll Officers’ Appointment

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Supreme Court Refuses To Hold Poll Officers’ Appointment

New Delhi: In a significant order weeks before the elections, the Supreme Court has once again refused to order a stay on the law to appoint election commissioners, stating that doing so at this stage would be “creating chaos”. While making the observations, the court also noted that there are no allegations against the newly…

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Ex Supreme Court Judge Indira Banerjee Underlines Gender Imbalance In Higher Judiciary

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Ex Supreme Court Judge Indira Banerjee Underlines Gender Imbalance In Higher Judiciary

Indira Banerjee became a judge of the top court on August 7, 2018 and retired in September 2022. New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge Indira Banerjee on Tuesday underlined the “gender imbalance in the higher judiciary” and said her appointment to the top court in 2018 made her only the eighth woman there in 68…

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