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I Hang My Head In Shame: Kapil Sibal On State Of Judiciary

Sibal also said the present dispensation wants an 'Opposition-mukt Bharat' not just a 'Congress-mukt Bharat'

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Judiciary Answerable To 'Constitution And Constitution Alone': CJI Ramana

He also expressed disappointment that even after 75 years of Independence people have not understood the roles and responsibilities assigned by the Constitution to each Institution

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SC To Hear Shiv Sena Plea Seeking Suspension Of CM, Rebel MLAs From Assembly On July 11

On June 29, the top court refused to stay the direction of the Maharashtra Governor to the 31-month-old Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government to take a floor test in the Assembly on Thursday to prove its majority after which the beleaguered chief minister Uddhav Thackeray quit office.

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The Curious Case Of Nupur Sharma

Sharma's remark against the Prophet, made during a TV debate, triggered protests across the country and invited sharp reactions from many Gulf countries. The BJP subsequently suspended her from the party

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Google Will Pay $90 Million To Settle Legal Tussle With App Developers

The app developers, in a lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco, had accused Google of using agreements with smartphone makers, technical barriers and revenue sharing agreements to effectively close the app ecosystem and shunt most payments through its Google Play billing system with a default service fee of 30 per cent

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SC To Hear After Vacation Plea By Adani Ports And SEZ Against HC Order

A vacation bench of Justices A S Oka and M M Sundresh was told by senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for the petitioner, that the matter may be heard after vacation

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SC Upholds SIT’s Clean Chit To Then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi

The bench, also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and C T Ravikumar, said her plea is devoid of merit. She had alleged a larger conspiracy in the 2002 Gujarat riots

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Must PM And Prez Visit Bengaluru For Civic Agencies To Do Their Job: HC

On October 21, 2020, a single-judge bench of the HC ordered the civic agencies to restore the connection to the two sites within two months and disposed of the case

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Plea In Delhi HC To Change Call Sign VT On Indian Aircrafts

The plea said the call sign or the registration code is for the identification of an aircraft and the prefix 'VT' is the nationality code that every aircraft registered in India is required to carry

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Demolitions In Kanpur, Prayagraj As Per Law: UP Govt To SC

It said that none of the actual affected parties, if any, have approached this court concerning the lawful demolition action

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Courts Expected To Pass Order At Earliest In Personal Liberty Matters: SC

The apex court, while hearing a petition against a June 2 order of the Delhi High Court, observed that posting an application seeking anticipatory bail after two months cannot be appreciated

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SC Stays HC Order Asking Insurance Firm To Compensate Farmers For Crop Loss

The high court order had come on a batch of petitions of the farmers challenging the refusal of their insurance coverage for their post-harvesting losses

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Delhi Court Dismisses Satyendra Jain's Bail Plea

After Jain was taken into custody, all the portfolios held by him were allocated to Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia

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Out Of 1536 Business Laws In India, Provision Of imprisonment Is In 26134 Sections

Of the 69,233 compliances that businesses have to comply with, 37.8 per cent (or about two out of every five) have imprisonment clauses

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Notification Allowing Linking Aadhaar With Voter List Issued: Rijiju

Kiren Rijiju, the Law Minister, declared by tweeting on his official handle that the four notifications were issued after a discussion with the Election Commission (EC)

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