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"Human rights the bedrock of society, imperative for global peace": CJI Kh
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Highlighting the urgent need for change, CJI Khanna said, "Criminal courts require reform. We have decriminalised a lot of laws, but a lot of work remains to be done. Laws require a change. This becomes important when we look at the number of undertrial prisoners. The national capacity of
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Fitness Meets Sports: Squat Up Returns with Open Terrace Fitness and Pickl
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 10: It's time to sweat, sculpt, and soar like never before! Squat Up, Mumbai's cutting-edge fitness destination is all set to take the game a notch higher. The sprawling, over 10,000 sq. ft., gym has undergone a spectacular makeover with brand-new pickl
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"No point making allegations, should approach ECI or courts": Ajit Pawar h
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
"There is no point in making such allegations here. They (the opposition) should go to the Election Commission and if they do not get justice there, they should approach the court," said the newly sworn-in MLA Ajit Pawar.
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"Would lead to anarchy": Congress' Imran Masood on lower courts allowing s
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Congress MP Imran Masood on Monday said that the Supreme Court should take cognizance of the matter related to lower courts allowing surveys at religious places. He said that the Supreme Court must put an end to such claims or else it would create a situation of anarchy in the country.
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313 Gram Nyalayas functioning across country dispose of more than 2.99 lak
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Further, Lok Adalats are organized by Legal Services Institutions at such intervals as deemed fit in order to reduce the pendency of cases in the courts and to settle the disputes at pre-litigation stage. Lok Adalats handle pending court cases as referred to it by the respective courts.
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No consensus on All India Judicial Service due to divergence of opinion: U
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal informed Parliament that the proposal for setting up an All India Judicial Service (AIJS) cannot move forward due to a "lack of consensus" among key stakeholders.
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Law Minister updates parliament on judicial vacancies: 2 in SC, 364 in HCs
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
In response to a query in Parliament, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal provided an update on judicial vacancies, stating that there are currently 2 vacancies in the Supreme Court, 364 in high courts, and 5,245 in district courts.
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AIMPLB expresses concern over recent claims on Mosques, Dargah's in courts
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has expressed deep concern and anguish over the recent spate of claims on mosques and dargahs in various courts across the country, stating such claims are a "blatant mockery of the law and the constitution."
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"21 per cent posts lying vacant in district courts, Govt needs to invest m
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
In an interview with ANI, DY Chandrachud, who recently retired from the post of the CJI, pointed out that the judiciary Judge to population ratio in India is amongst the lowest in the world.
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SC quashes preferential land allotments for MPs, MLAs, judges, journalists
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
A bench Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta quashed the Andhra Pradesh Government Memoranda (GoM) of 2005 classifying MPs, MLAs, officers of the AIl India Service/state government, judges of the Constitutional courts, and journalists as separate classes for all
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SC declines to examine plea over duplication in voter lists
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to examine a petition seeking to carry out the exercise of deleting the duplication/multiplication entries of voters' names from the voter lists but asked the petitioner to approach the high courts or file representations before appropriate authorities wi
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Separation of powers is key but courts can't stay silent in matters involv
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The underlying idea of the doctrine of separation of power is that the organs of the government do not overlap or interchange the functions that are exercised by them individually.
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