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“It is not an ordinary updating of the electoral roll. It’s a special survey. Unless the rule or the statute itself contemplates a procedure to be followed, any process which should be fair enough and

The CEC, a statutory body since 2023, was originally formed in 2002 on the Supreme Court’s order. It advises the court on writ petitions related to environment and forest matters, and assists in monitoring and

The proposals include rating of online content for different age groups and a bar on anti-national digital content. It said this was being proposed “in accordance with Article 19(1)(a) and the reasonable restrictions imposed under

According to submissions made by special public prosecutor Sandeep Singh, in 2017, a raid was conducted by officials of Panvel police station at a bar and restaurant, during Rs 1.50 crore cash and some jewellery

The sessions court, considering the submissions made by Langa's advocates, had granted anticipatory bail stating that the alleged offence for which the FIR has been lodged had a maximum prescribed punishment of seven years and

54 lives were lost in a deadly explosion at the factory of Sigachi Industries Limited in Sangareddy district on June 30.

The petitioner informed the court that the vacant sanctioned posts have accumulated to 14,935 in the Telangana Police.

The court imposed costs of Rs 25,000 on the department, which is “ liable to be deducted from the salary of the Assistant Commissioner

Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds compensation for Sonipat villager, notes the State Govt kept litigating despite “concurrent findings” against it.

The court was told by lawyers for the petitioners--senior counsels Darius Khambatta and Janak Dwarkadas--that the AQI had been consistently in the poor category this month.

Additional sessions judge Prashant Sharma, however, clarified that the travel cost was subject to the outcome of the appeal already pending in the Delhi High Court.

The Supreme Court hearing pleas by Ranveer Allahbadia and others challenging the FIRs against them for alleged obscene comments they made during Samay Raina’s India's Got Latent show.

New labour codes in India, Gayatri singh interview: Singh, who specialises in labour laws, says there is a separate section for gig and platform workers, but they are not considered as workers and agricultural workers.

Calcutta High Court conviction, Akalu Mondal killing: It was alleged that 14 persons “brutally attacked and killed” one Akalu Mondal and assaulted two others in 1998. The court termed the crime as barbaric and inhuman.

The Supreme Court asked the Centre to consider framing a statute to make derogatory remarks ridiculing persons with disabilities and rare genetic disorders a penal offence on the lines of the SC-ST Act.

In September 2024, the Centre filed a petition seeking review of the July mineral tax ruling. However, the court dismissed it.

J&K&L High Court detention, preventive detention case: Justice M A Chowdhary observed that those who are responsible for national security or for maintenance of public order must be the sole judges of what the national

Kerala high court guidelines, Kerala clinical establishments act: The court passed the directions while dismissing the appeals against its single judge’s order upholding the provisions of the Kerala Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2018

The petitioners argued that the villages in the Mahabubabad district were not notified in the Presidential Notification of 1950 and were, therefore, illegally designated as Scheduled Areas.

The Supreme Court had in 2020 directed the mandatory installation of CCTVs with night vision and audio recording in every police station across India to curb custodial torture and ensure transparency.

Recently, the Supreme Court, in the stray dogs matter, set up a 3-judge bench which did not carry forward the August 11 direction of a 2-judge bench to move all strays to dedicated shelters.

A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma ruled that the attached properties must be restored to the successful resolution applicant, Lodha Developers, that acquired the company through the insolvency process.

The CJI made these remarks when Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the states of West Bengal and Kerala, raised the issue of exclusion of voters despite being in possession of Aadhaar cards.

The 2021 judgment had upheld double-laned road works on certain stretches of the project tagged as ‘strategic roads’.

The court said that the Bombay High Court while granting bail to Teltumbde in November 2022 had imposed a condition with a specific intention, directing him not to go beyond local limits of the court.