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Extra-governmental rule: SC demands info from all states after entertaining plea by ex-Congressman to set up country-wide old age homes
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The Supreme Court has directed all state governments and Union Territories to bring on record information on existing welfare schemes for the elderly in...
WhatsApp privacy policy: New data protection Bill is underway, Centre tells SC
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The contentious Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill 2019 has been withdrawn and a comprehensive data protection Bill is being prepared, the Centre told the...
‘A constitutional obligation to give helping hand to the poor’: Centre to SC on EWS quota
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The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it is the duty of the government to fulfil the aspiration of those who are...
‘Sikh affairs to be managed by Sikhs alone’: SC upholds 2014 Haryana law on gurdwaras
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act, 2014, allowing formation of a separate committee other...
SC stays dismissal of crooked IPS cop Satish Verma who claimed LeT terrorist Ishrat Jahan was ‘innocent’
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The Supreme Court on Monday stayed, for a week, the Central government's decision to dismiss senior IPS officer Satish Chandra Verma, who had assisted...
“Courts not equipped to determine Hijab’s essentiality”, lawyer Rajeev Dhawan bats for sharia and headcover to ‘maintain modesty’ of minor girls in classrooms
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The petitioners on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that according to the religious text, wearing of hijab was 'farz' (duty) and the courts were...
“Can’t set house on fire to roast a pig”: SC bizarrely cites US court observation to decline plea to study link between porn watching,...
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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking analysis of a link between watching internet porn and sex crimes, including child...
EWS quota “fraud on the Constitution, dividing country along caste line”, petitioners say unironically to SC
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing arguments on petitions challenging the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment, enacted in 2019 to provide a...
Terror suspect ‘journalist’ Siddique Kappan granted bail by Supreme Court
On September 9, Siddique Kappan was granted bail by the Supreme Court because "Everyone has a right to free expression." Many consider Kappan a...
‘Practices of Sikhism well ingrained in culture of country, comparison incorrect’, SC on Hijab row
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The Supreme Court on Thursday told a counsel, representing a petitioner challenging the Hijab ban in Karnataka government educational institutions, that comparisons with turbans...