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The Supreme Court on Thursday heard the contempt petition filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) against the Delhi chief secretary for non-payment of salaries to doctors in hospitals. Addition...

The Gujarat Government on Thursday files an appeal in Supreme Court against Gujarat High Court order mandating Community services at Covid centres for those not wearing masks.

The court said, In case he is arrested under 302 IPC, he will be allowed to release on bail bond of 1 lakh and 2 sureties.

The Court has held that keeping lottery and gambling under GST’s ambit is legally valid, upholding validity of tax imposition on lottery tickets and the prize money. A three-judge Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Subhash Reddy and MR Shah had heard the extensive arguments and reserved its judgement on 4th November 2020.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear the Union Government’s stand on the pleas filed regarding the moratorium on loan repayment and interest levied by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

CCTV cameras must be installed with digital video recorder systems or network video recorders so that the data that is stored thereon shall be preserved for a period of 18 months, said the Supreme Court.

The matter was listed for final hearing on December 2, however, the bench having regard to the paucity of time discharged the board and said that it will hear the matter exclusively on a nonmiscellaneous day where only the present matter will be listed on the board.

A three-judge bench of Justices NV Ramana, Surya Kant & Aniruddha Bose has disposed off the plea today while appreciating the efforts of the petitioner Kirti Ahuja who appeared and argued the matter in person through Video Conferencing.

The Court was hearing a Special Leave Petition filed challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court decision refusing anticipatory bail to the petitioner in a case under Sections 354, 506 (criminal intimidation), 341 (wrongful restraint), and Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The petition was filed by nine lawyers in the top court challenging a bail order issued by the Madhya Pradesh High Court where a man accused of sexual assault was asked to get a rakhi tied by the victim.