2 h. ago Supreme Court Plans Guidelines To Stop Insensitive Orders On Rape Cases

The Supreme Court today expressed concern over controversial and "anti-women orders" passed by courts across the country in rape and sexual assault cases. To check this issue, a detailed set of...

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4 d. ago After Supreme Court Order, Pregnant Woman Eagerly Awaits Return To India

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to consider allowing Sonali Khatun, a pregnant woman, and her child, who were pushed into Bangladesh this year, to enter India on "humanitarian grounds".

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4 d. ago "Where 10,000 Deployed...": Top Court Pushes States Over Booth Officer Deaths

The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed serious concern over the deaths of men and women some by suicide working as booth-level officers, or BLOs, to revise state voter lists.

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5 d. ago "State Must Bend": Top Court Orders Return Of Pregnant Woman Sent To Dhaka

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to bring back nine-months pregnant woman Sonali Khatun and her 8-year-old child from Bangladesh.

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5 d. ago India’s Supreme Court Upholds Christian Army Officer’s Dismissal

India’s Supreme Court Upholds Christian Army Officer’s Dismissal  International Christian Concern

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6 d. ago Schoolchildren Wearing Dog and Cow Masks Lead PETA India Protests of Supreme Court Community Animal Roundup Order on National Day of Action

Schoolchildren Wearing Dog and Cow Masks Lead PETA India Protests of Supreme Court Community Animal Roundup Order on National Day of Action - Blog  PETA India

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6 d. ago Prashant Bhushan Calls Poll Body "Despot". Supreme Court Objects

Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, while making submissions on legality of the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists or SIR in the Supreme Court today, used a derogatory term for the Election...

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8 d. ago Mumbai Youth Congress Urges Top Court To Stay Order On Stray Dogs

The Mumbai Youth Congress has written to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, urging the Supreme Court to stay its November 7 order directing the removal of stray dogs from public institution premises.

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9 d. ago Court Issues Notice To Centre On Plea To Ban Female Genital Mutilation

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea to ban the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision prevailing among Muslims, especially in the Dawoodi Bohra community.

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1 week ago Opinion: On Religion, Duty, And An Army Officer's Dismissal Over Matters Of 'Faith'

An officer cannot be absent - ever - from the cocoon of brotherhood if he is to command implicit obedience from his troops when the bullets come flying. That, folks, is the creed of the Indian armed...

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1 week ago Inside Adiala Jail, Pakistan's Own Tihar, That Now Holds Imran Khan

Government officials have dismissed speculation surrounding the former Pak prime minister's alleged death in custody. Yet the episode has once again turned national attention toward the long-feared...

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1 week ago "Judiciary Has No Magic Wand To Solve Delhi Pollution Problem": Top Court

The Supreme Court remarked on Thursday that it has no magic wand to solve the pollution problem in the Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region). The bench said that all reasons for the worsening air...

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1 week ago Web Content Watchdog Soon? Top Court Says 'Somebody Has To Be Accountable'

Somebody has to be accountable for content uploaded on social media, the Supreme Court said today, as it brainstormed solutions to the issues that emerged during India's Got Latent case that brought...

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1 week ago 'Should Intruders With Aadhaar Be Made Voter?' Supreme Court's Big Question

Raising concerns over intruders who managed to get Aadhaar cards, the Supreme Court has asked whether a non-citizen with an Aadhaar card should be given voting rights too. Aadhaar, the court said

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1 week ago Top Court Rebukes "Cantankerous" Christian Army Officer In Faith Row

The Supreme Court criticised a Christian Army officer fired for refusing to enter a gurdwara (to perform a puja) and labelled him a "cantankerous man" and a "misfit", and backed the armed forces'...

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1 week ago Top Court Agrees To $570 Million Settlement By Fugitive Billionaire Brothers

India's Supreme Court has agreed to drop criminal charges against billionaire brothers Nitin and Chetan Sandesara if they pay a third of their dues in a $1.6-billion bank fraud, a step that could...

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2 w. ago Justice Surya Kant takes oath as the 53rd Chief Justice of India

Justice Surya Kant takes oath as the 53rd Chief Justice of India  Supreme Court Observer

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2 w. ago Dogs are NOT ‘Strays’— PETA India’s New Billboard Campaign Reminds Citizens It’s Their City Too, Following Recent Supreme Court Round

Dogs are NOT ‘Strays’— PETA India’s New Billboard Campaign Reminds Citizens It’s Their City Too, Following Recent Supreme Court Round-Up Order - Blog  PETA India

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2 w. ago What Changes For Tamil Nadu After Top Court's Note On Governors, Bills

The Supreme Court's clarification - that it can't use special powers under Article 142 to declare bills 'deemed to have passed' - has opened the door for the centre to challenge an April verdict...

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2 w. ago Chief Justice's "Sacrifice" Quip As Top Court Answers President's Queries

Shortly after a Constitution bench responded to President Droupadi Murmu's questions on the withholding of Bills and timelines, Chief Justice of India BR Gavai said the bench had decided that the...

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