Centre agrees to reinstate NCLAT chairperson after controversy on his retirement date

Justice AIS Cheema had approached the court after his services were terminated 10 days before the date he was supposed to retire.

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· 12 hours ago

Life sentence means rigorous imprisonment, says Supreme Court

The bench said there was no need to reconsider the matter.

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· Yesterday · 01:26 pm

Centre is ‘cherry-picking’ names to fill up vacancies in tribunals, says Supreme Court

During the hearing, Attorney General KK Venugopal said the government was ‘entitled to follow certain recommendations’.

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· Yesterday · 01:13 pm

Attorney general gives consent for contempt action against YouTuber for ‘gross’ remarks about SC

Ajeet Bharti had allegedly criticised the Supreme Court and its judges, calling them ‘sinners’ on one occasion, according to the complaint.

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· Sep 14, 2021 · 11:12 pm

Curbs at Nizamuddin Markaz needed because of diplomatic and cross-border implications, says Centre

The home ministry made the submission before the Delhi High Court while responding to a plea seeking reopening of the mosque.

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· Sep 13, 2021 · 10:18 pm

Judicial magistrates cannot extend deadline to file chargesheets in UAPA cases, says SC

Only special courts established under the National Investigation Agency Act, or in their absence sessions courts, have the power to do so, the judges added.

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· Sep 10, 2021 · 06:12 pm

Delhi HC seeks LG’s reply on plea against appointing lawyers for R-day violence, February riot cases

LG Anil Baijal had appointed prosecutors chosen by the Delhi police after the AAP government rejected them.

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· Aug 27, 2021 · 03:57 pm

Muzaffarnagar riots: UP withdrew 77 cases without providing reasons, lawyer informs Supreme Court

Sixty people had died in communal riots in the state in 2013.

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· Aug 25, 2021 · 10:50 am

Hand over keys of Nizamuddin Markaz’s residential area to occupants: HC to Delhi Police

The HC issued a notice to the Delhi government on the plea against a trial court order denying access to the residential part of the building to the petitioner.

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· Aug 23, 2021 · 07:02 pm

Unfair that Tamil Nadu’s Lok Sabha seats were cut as state controlled population growth: Madras HC

The court proposed that such states should be compensated either financially or by increasing their representation in the Rajya Sabha.

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· Aug 22, 2021 · 03:23 pm

Throwing a chit to profess love for married woman is outraging her modesty, rules Bombay HC

The High Court bench added that a woman’s modesty is her ‘most precious jewel’.

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· Aug 10, 2021 · 04:28 pm

Every child has the right to use mother’s surname, says Delhi High Court

The court said that the father does not own the child to dictate terms on the matter.

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· Aug 08, 2021 · 04:02 pm