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SC asks Centre to take a decision on framing national yoga

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The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to take a decision within three months on pleas seeking framing of a national yoga policy and making yoga compulsory for students of Class I-VIII across the country. A bench headed by Justice M B Lokur asked the Centre to treat the petitions filed on the issue as […]

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Order reserved on P Abdullah’s plea for govt house

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The Delhi High Court today reserved its order on a plea of Payal Abdullah, estranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, for government accommodation for her and her sons on the ground that they enjoyed ‘Z’ and ‘Z plus’ security status. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice V […]

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SC refuses to go into plea seeking SIT probe

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The Supreme Court today refused to go into a plea seeking probe by an SIT into alleged recovery of documents by the IT department in connection with raids on two business houses here in 2013-14 which purportedly showed computerised inventories containing designations of top people having received money. “You take this back. You come when […]

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Can’t hear pleas of cooperative banks or grant relief, says Bombay HC

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The Bombay High Court today said it cannot hear the petitions filed by district co-operative banks on demonetisation issue or grant any relief to them, and asked the banks to get clarification from the Supreme Court on whether the high court can hear the pleas. The Mumbai, Solapur, Nashik and Pune District Central Co-operative Banks […]

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SC to hear plea by TN-based co-operative society against curbs

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The Supreme Court today agreed to hear tomorrow a plea seeking a direction to the Centre and the RBI that a Tamil Nadu-based co-operative society be allowed to accept old demonetized currency notes and permit withdrawals. A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur listed the plea for hearing tomorrow when the counsel said […]

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Delhi HC to hear pleas against demonetisation on Dec 8

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The Delhi High Court today fixed December 8 for hearing the pleas against demonetisation which questioned the government allowing certain public utilities including hospitals and petrol pumps to use the old notes. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice V K Rao said that it will take up the matter in December as […]

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SC dismisses Kejriwal’s plea against Jaitley defamation case

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The Supreme Court today dismissed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking stay on trial court proceedings in a criminal defamation case filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. A bench of Justices P C Ghose and U U Lalit, while dismissing the plea, said that under the Evidence Act, a judgement given in a civil […]

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Demonetisation: SC to hear transfer plea on Nov 23

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The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on November 23 a plea of the Centre seeking transfer of all demonetisation cases to either one high court or the apex court. A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice D Y Chandrachud listed the matter after Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi mentioned it and sought […]

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Demonetisation: No urgent hearing to plea by SC

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The Supreme Court today refused to grant urgent hearing to a plea seeking quashing of the Centre’s November 8 notification demonetising Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes on various grounds, including that political parties and religious institutions have not been allowed to deposit the old notes in banks. “We cannot hear demonetisation issue every […]

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SC to hear next week Swamy’s plea on Ayodhya dispute

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The Supreme Court today agreed to hear next week BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea as to why Ayodhya temple dispute matters should be heard on a day-to-day basis. A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice A R Dave listed the plea of Swamy for next week after he sought an urgent hearing […]

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SC rejects TN’s plea for review of jallikattu verdict

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The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea of the Tamil Nadu government seeking review of the 2014 judgement banning use of bulls for jallikattu events in the state and bullock-cart races across the country. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R F Nariman rejected the state government’s review petition, filed in 2014 through its […]

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Peter Mukerjea’s bail plea rejected by Bombay HC

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The Bombay High Court today rejected the bail plea of former media baron Peter Mukerjea, arrested in the 2012 murder case of Sheena Bora, his wife Indrani’s daughter from an earlier relationship. Justice N W Sambre, while rejecting the bail, said he would pass a reasoned order tomorrow. Peter, who was arrested in the case […]

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