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We’ll do what’s right; those excluded must be given a fair chance to prove claims: SC on NRC draft

Amid a raging political uproar over the exclusion of a staggering 40 lakh people from the National Register of Citizens (NRC), published in Assam, the Supreme Court, on Tuesday (July 31), made it clea...

Female genital mutilation a violation of human rights and punishable via POCSO Act statues, SC told

The apex court on Tuesday (July 31) was informed by the Senior Counsel Shyam Divan that the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Dawoodi Bohra community in India was illegal, citing various ...

Think beyond four walls of law, or repercussion will be harsh, counsel for Sabarimala temple tells SC

The counsel arguing for the ban of entry of women aged 10-50 years to the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Keralaon Tuesday (July 31) tried to justify before the Supreme Court constitution bench of Chief ...

Vrindavan widows: SC accepts expert committee recommendations

The apex court on Tuesday (July 31) accepted the recommendations of expert committee which was constituted to suggest measures to rehabilitate Vrindavan widows and directed Council of Scientific &...

Manipur extra-judicial killings: Prune the layers of investigating officers from six to two and replace DIGs to SPs, SC tells CBI

By Rajesh Kumar The apex court on Monday (July 30) told CBI to prune the layer of investigating officers in Manipur extra-judicial killings case from six to two and also replace DIGs to Superintend...

Cases of under-trial prisoners being expedited up, AG tells SC

The issue of speedy trial of under-trial prisoners is getting better in the country, Attorney General (AG) K K Venugopal on Monday (July 30) informed the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Mis...

Police Reforms: If case of sudden vacancy in DGP post, interim DGP has to be appointed, says SC

The apex court on Monday (July 30) said that if there is sudden vacancy in the post of Director General of Police (DGP), then on interim basis a DGP has to be appointed. It is to be noted that on t...

Jantar Mantar Protests: A Fine Balance

Above: A Supreme Court bench of Justices AK Sikri (top) and Ashok Bhushan insisted on guidelines to regulate protests instead of banning them altogether The apex court has taken the middle path in ...

Sabarimala case: CJI observes that ban on women is violative of their fundamental rights

The Supreme Court constitution bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra, hearing the petition against ban on entry of wo...

SC raps UP govt for filing draft Vision Document on Taj Trapezium Zone

The apex court on Thursday (July 26) rapped the UP government for filing the draft Vision Document on the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) saying that why a draft was presented instead of final document. "...

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