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Delhi-LG approves increase in monthly relief to Kashmiri migrants
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In a major relief to Kashmiri migrant families in Delhi, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has approved the enhancement of eligibility criteria for obtaining Adhoc Monthly Relief (AMR), being paid to these families, from Rs 10,000 per month to Rs 27,000 per month, said an offical statement from
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Delhi-LG approves substantial increase in monthly relief for Kashmiri migr
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
This move marks the first substantial increase in the AMR in over 15 years, with the last update dating back to 2007 when the amount was doubled from the initially fixed Rs 5,000 per family, which was set in 1995.
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"While Supreme Court has shut one door, it has opened another door": Advoc
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A five-judge Constitution bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud ruled in a 3:2 verdict against giving constitutional validity to same-sex marriages. The top court said it is for Parliament to formulate legislation on it.
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Delhi CM Kejriwal approves Motor Vehicle Aggregator Scheme 2023, file sent
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal approved the Delhi Motor Vehicle Aggregator and Delivery Service Provider Scheme 2023 on Tuesday and its file has been submitted to Lt Governor VK Saxena's office.
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Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi welcomes SC's decision on same-sex marriage
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to recognise the right of same-sex couples to enter into marriages or have civil unions and left it to the Parliament to decide the issue. A five-judge Constitution bench unanimously said it cannot strike down the provisions of the Special Marriage Act (S
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Minorty judgment of SC recognises civil unions, adoption for same-sex coup
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The minority verdict, however, agreed with the three judges and said it could not strike down the provisions of the Special Marriage Act (SMA) or read words differently to include non-heterosexual couples within its fold and left it to the Parliament to decide the issue.
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CPI MP expresses disappointment over SC verdict on same-sex marriages
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Communist Party of India (CPI) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam on Tuesday expressed his disappointment over the Supreme Court judgement concerning same-sex marriages and said the court has pushed the ball in the government's court issue "which is unlikely to take up the rights of the
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"Govt may want to address operational issues...": Advocate Sai Deepak afte
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A five-judge Constitution bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud ruled in a 3:2 verdict against giving constitutional validity to same-sex marriages. The top court said it is for Parliament to formulate legislation on it.
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Delhi LG gives nod for registration of case under anti-corruption law agai
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
LG accorded approval under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 1988, for the registration of the case against assistant engineer JS Chauhan, and junior engineer Devi Singh on the complaint that they released payment to the contractor without proper verification of wo
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Same-sex union: Petitioners, activists unhappy with verdict but say there
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Even though the Supreme Court has refused to give marriage equality rights to the LGBTQIA+ community noting that conferring legal status to civil union can only be through a law enacted by Parliament, petitioners and rights activists, though disappointed, but were of the view that the ver
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Filmmaker Onir disappointed over Supreme Court's verdict on LGBTQIA+ marri
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Onir, whose directorial project, 'My Brother Nikhil', pioneered LGBT depiction on the silver screen expressed his disappointment over the apex court's verdict.
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"Rights of queer citizens must be protected...": Advocate Karuna Nundy aft
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"There were four separate judgements. The Chief Justice and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul together elucidated some very important sets of legal and jurisprudential principles. They said that there is no fundamental right to marriage but there are various aspects of the right to marriage locate
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