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Several pleas filed in SC challenging Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019

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Several petitions, including those by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh and Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, were filed in the Supreme Court on Friday challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019. According to the amended Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and […]

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No SC relief for ‘slander’ lawyer in BBC rape documentary

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The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a plea by a Delhi lawyer, accused of making derogatory remarks against women in a BBC rape documentary on the December 16 gangrape, to let him “settle” the matter with the women lawyers who want him barred from the court premises. A bench of Justices V Gopala Gowda […]

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Delhi HC rejects PIL for CBI probe into alleged land deals of Vadra

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The Delhi High Court today dismissed a PIL seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into various land deals allegedly entered into by Robert Vadra’s firms. “The petition is dismissed,” a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw said. Earlier, the bench had reserved its order on the PIL filed by advocate M […]

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HC dismisses plea against ordinance on convicted lawmakers

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The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed a plea seeking quashing of the government’s decision to bring an ordinance to shield convicted lawmakers from being unseated. A division bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justice Manmohan, giving relief to jailed legislators and parliamentarians, said if an individual’s the right to stand for an election if […]

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Won’t let PIL be used for cheap publicity : SC

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The Supreme Court Monday said that public interest litigation route could not be taken to target and bring down the reputation of any one person and for gaining cheap publicity.   The apex court bench of Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice Ranjan Gogoi said this while dismissing as withdrawn a PIL by advocate M.L. Sharma […]

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SC seeks UP’s response on riot relief

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The Supreme Court Thursday sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response on a plea seeking a CBI probe over a sting suggesting alleged discrimination in giving relief material to the Muzaffarnagar riot victims. The sting also hinted at the alleged interference in the district administration’s response to the violence by some people present in Lucknow. An […]

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SC moved over ordinance on convicted lawmakers

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The Supreme Court was moved by a petitioner Wednesday seeking the quashing of the government’s decision to bring in an ordinance to shield convicted lawmakers from being unseated in the wake of the court’s July 10 verdict. Petitioner advocate M.L. Sharma urged the court to declare the ordinance as “arbitrary and malafide” and against the […]

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SC seeks details on power to allocate coal blocks

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The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the central government to clarify as to who had the power to allocate coal blocks – the centre or the states – and sought details about a committee that vetted applications for the allocation of blocks. The poser came from a bench of Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice Madan B. Lokur […]

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SC seeks details on NGOs, their accounts

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The Supreme Court Monday asked the CBI to file an affidavit stating whether NGOs receiving financial assistance from the government and other aid agencies were filing the statement of their accounts on the funds received by them and how these were spent. A bench of Justice H.L.Dattu and Justice M.Y. Eqbal also asked the Central […]

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SC dismisses PIL seeking quashing of food security Ordinance

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The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a PIL seeking the quashing of the National Food Security Ordinance on the grounds that it wasUPA government’s politically inspired pre-election propaganda camouflaged as a scheme to feed the hungry mouths. “What is your problem if under the scheme some poor people are benefitted,” observed a bench of Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Vikramajit […]

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SC dismisses PIL seeking curbs on sale of Ranbaxy drugs

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The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a petition for prohibiting Ranbaxy from producing and marketing its alleged “adulterated” medicines in the Indian market in the wake of reports of the pharma major having sold misbranded drugs in the US. A bench of Justice A.K.Patnaik and Justice Ranjan Gogoi dismissed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by advocate M.L. Sharma, asking him […]

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Gangrape case: SC dismisses plea to shift trial outside Delhi

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A plea has been dismissed by the Supreme Court  to shift the trial in Delhi gangrape-cum-murder case to a place outside the national capital. A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir rejected a transfer petition which was claimed to have been filed on behalf of one of the six accused in the case. The bench passed the order after going through the […]

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