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SC orders SIT probe into allegations of unlawful acquisition of animals in
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The four-member SIT will also examine and report on issues such as compliance with wildlife protection laws, international trade regulations, animal welfare standards and environmental concerns, the Supreme Court said.
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Tripura Village Committee polls: SC seeks response from Election Commissio
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice NV Anjaria sought responses from both the ECI and SEC after a petition highlighted that nearly 587 Village Committees under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) have remained non-functional since March 202
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SC stays FIRs against Psephologist Sanjay Kumar over Maharashtra election
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Following the controversy, the Nagpur and Nashik Police registered First Information Reports (FIR) against Kumar.
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Delhi riots conspiracy case: HC directs police to file affidavit on Devang
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna directed Delhi Police to submit its reply on affidavit and listed the matter for further hearing on September 16.
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RTI not meant for sensationalism, says Delhi HC; bars public disclosure of
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Justice Sachin Datta observed that even seemingly innocuous disclosures could open the "floodgates of indiscriminate demands, motivated by idle curiosity or sensationalism, rather than any objective public interest consideration."
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Delhi HC says educational qualifications are "personal information"; quash
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Delhi High Court ruled on Monday that educational qualifications, including degrees and marks, fall within the ambit of "personal information" under Section 8(1)(j) of the Right to Information Act (RTI) and cannot be disclosed merely to satisfy public curiosity.
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Supreme Court to hear suo moto cognisance on ecological imbalance in Himac
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would appoint an amicus curiae to assist it in the matter in which it took suo motu cognisance of the ecological imbalance in Himachal Pradesh.
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Delhi HC rules in favour of DU, strikes down CIC directive on PM Modi's de
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside a 2016 directive of the Central Information Commission (CIC), thereby allowing Delhi University's plea against the disclosure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's undergraduate degree details.
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SC bars Magistrate from taking cognisance of chargesheet against Ashoka Un
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday in an interim order barred the Magistrate from taking cognisance of the charge sheet filed in an FIR against Ali Khan Mahmudabad, associate professor and head of the Political Science department at Ashoka University in Haryana, over his social media posts on Op
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SC asks comedian Samay Raina, 4 others to post apologies on social media f
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday told stand-up comedians Samay Raina, Vipul Goyal, Balraj Paramjeet Singh Ghai, Nishant Jagdsish Tanwar and Sonali Thakkar aka Sonali Aditya Desai to tender an unconditional apology on their YouTube channels, etc, for their alleged insensitive remarks against peopl
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Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking media gag in Nimisha Priya's death ro
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court dismissed a plea filed by KA Paul seeking a media gag order on coverage of Nimisha Priya, an Indian on death row in Yemen for murder charges. The bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta dismissed the plea after the petitioner withdrew it
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SC asks Samay Raina, 4 other to apologise for insensitive jokes on disabil
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday came down heavily on stand-up comedian Samay Raina for allegedly making insensitive remarks about people with disability.
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