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PIL for change of death sentence from hanging to less cruel ones, SC issues notice

The Supreme Court on Friday (October 6) admitted a PIL by Rishi Malhotra, asking for the death by hanging sentence to be changed to more scientific and less painful methods while giving capital punish...

SC admits plea for reopening Gandhi assassination case

Above: Mahatma Gandhi. Photo: www.biography.com PIL claims that an organization was involved in the killing of the Mahatma A petition to reopen and reinvestigate the assassination of Mahatma Gan...

Sasikala gets five-day parole to visit ailing husband

Former AIADMK head-honcho and the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s confidante VK Sasikala was on Friday (October 6) granted a five-day parole to visit her ailing husband M Natarajan, wh...

SC dismisses petition for use of VVPAT in two by-elections

The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking the use of VVPAT with EVMs in the by-elections in Gurdaspur in Punjab and Vengara in Kerala. The appellant wanted a paper trail of all votes cast. ...

PIL at SC asking ban on candidates contesting from two constituencies

A PIL has been filed with the Supreme Court by Ashwani Upadhyay, a lawyer at the apex court, asking for a ban on candidates contesting election from two seats simultaneously. The petitioner says th...

NGT bans protests at Jantar Mantar

Above: A protest at Jantar Mantar. Photo: Anil Shakya The iconic Jantar Mantar area of New Delhi will henceforth only be a tourist attraction and not a traditional centre for protests. The National...

SC asks ASG Anand to prepare price chart of essential meds

Reacting to a PIL filed by the All India Drug Action Network, the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud on Thursday (October 5) directed Addi...

Demolish all illegal structures on Yamuna floodplains immediately, says NGT

The National Green Tribunal’s principal bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar on Thursday (October 5) warned that all illegal structures within the demarcated area on the Yamuna floodplains will hav...

SC view on wetlands gains teeth with new Central rule

Above: The Yamuna wetlands. Photo: Anil Shakya The scope of a PIL filed before the Supreme Court seeking protection of wetlands had already been widened by the apex court in 2009-2010 to include al...

Ghazipur will no more be a landfill site, says NGT

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar said on Thursday (October 5) that Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill site should no more be treated as a landfill site following the cl...

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