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Bangladesh minority group expresses outrage over absence of minority repre
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, representing the largest minority group in the Muslim-majority South Asian country, expressed outrage on August 26 over the absence of minority representation among newly appointed judges.
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Himachal High Court directs DC Shimla to assess compensation for NLU hoste
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Shimla to assess compensation for the National Law University (NLU) hostel building that became unsafe after being buried under debris from a highway collapse in September 2021.
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PIL filed in Delhi HC against LG's notification declaring police stations
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
The petition has been moved by Advocate Kapil Madan, who has assailed the legality, validity, and constitutional propriety of the notification, contending that it is "wholly without jurisdiction, arbitrary, and unconstitutional".
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'Patriarchal Entitlement' cannot justify violence, says Delhi HC while den
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
The Delhi High Court has held that a husband cannot justify violence against his wife on the ground of anger or refusal to live with him, stressing that such a claim reflects "patriarchal entitlement" which the law cannot support.
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Delhi HC rejects appeal of Lakhveer Singh, alleged arms provider to Bambih
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected the appeal moved by Lakhveer Singh, who is an accused in a terror case lodged by the NIA.
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Islamabad High Court halts deportation of 18 Afghan nationals
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
The Islamabad High Court has halted the deportation of 18 Afghan nationals with expired PoR cards, granting them temporary relief. The order comes amid Pakistan's repatriation plan, set to begin September 1, which has raised concerns from rights groups over forced returns violating internati
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Tripura Village Committee polls: SC seeks response from Election Commissio
Updated : 10 months, 1 week 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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Delhi riots conspiracy case: HC directs police to file affidavit on Devang
Updated : 10 months, 1 week 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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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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