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Himachal: HC orders govt to take over Sanskrit College staff; slaps Rs 250
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The court also imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on the state, observing that the petitioners had been "unnecessarily dragged into litigation" and had served the college without pay since June 2021.
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Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking media gag in Nimisha Priya's death ro
Updated : 7 months 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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Delhi HC slaps Rs 10 lakh fine on RWA for filing petition to extort money
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
"Cost of Rs. 10 lakh is imposed upon the petitioner, Azad Market RWA (Regd.), through its General Secretary Mr Anil Lodhi, to be paid within a period of six weeks, from today," Justice Mini Pushkarna said in the order passed on August 7.
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HP High Court orders compassionate appointment for petitioner despite pen
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday directed the State government to issue an appointment letter to a man whose compassionate appointment had been withheld for over four years due to a pending criminal case, ruling that mere registration of an FIR for petty offences cannot be grounds t
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Udaipur Files: Gyanvapi case Petitioners set to watch film as SC approves
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The much-anticipated film 'Udaipur Files' is set to hit theatres today, August 8, 2025, following clearance from the Supreme Court and the Central Government.
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Delhi HC observes compassionate appointment cannot be an "Inheritance Righ
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a firm reiteration of the purpose behind compassionate appointments, the Delhi High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking employment in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) nearly two decades after the death of the petitioner's father, a CISF constable, observing that such a
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Delhi HC dismisses activist Medha Patkar's plea against conviction in defa
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In the second petition, she had challenged the trial court's order denying her permission to call additional witnesses in a defamation case filed by her. Justice Shalinder Kaur dismissed the two petitions after hearing submissions of counsel for the petitioner and the respondent, LG VK Saxen
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SC extends protection from arrest to Raushan Sinha over post on Rahul Gand
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Augustine George Masih passed the order on July 24, 2025, directing that Sinha shall not be arrested in connection with any FIR related to FIR No. 1619/2025, provided he appears before the Investigating Officer.
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SC refuses to entertain plea to de-register AIMIM; allows filing of fresh
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A bench of Justices Justice Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, however, allowed the petitioner to withdraw the plea and granted liberty to file a fresh plea raising larger issues seeking reforms in the affairs of political parties.
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Supreme Court puts break on "disenfranchisement excercise": Yogendra Yadav
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"The Supreme Court has kind of put the brakes on the disenfranchisement exercise that was happening. We did not ask for a stay order. The SC did not give a stay order because that was not required at all. What was said was that in the current exercise, there is a serious danger of disenfranc
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Varanasi: Gyanvapi Sangharsh Samiti demands 'Udaipur Files' film to be tax
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Amid demands by the Gyanvapi Sangharsh Samiti, including women petitioners of the Gyanvapi Shringar Gauri case, to declare the film 'Udaipur Files' tax-free.
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Delhi HC seeks govt reply on plea by law researchers over delayed salary h
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Delhi government on a petition filed by a group of law researchers who worked with High Court judges between 2018 and 2025. The petitioners are demanding the implementation of a 2023 order that raised their monthly remuneration to Rs
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