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SC issues notice to Centre, ECI on plea seeking voting rights to undertria
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The petition sought direction to issue guidelines to set polling stations in prisons for local prisoners and to make provision for postal ballots for prisoners lodged outside their home constituencies or states.
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Gitanjali Angmo, Wangchuk's wife, accuses police of working with "agenda";
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Refuting the allegations against Wangchuk being in touch with a Pakistani Intelligence Operative, Angmo accused the Ladakh police of working with an "agenda". "Whatever the DGP is saying, he has an agenda. They don't want to implement the 6th Schedule under any circumstances and want to make
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Centre knows arresting Sonam Wangchuk was 'counter-productive', claims Pra
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Bhushan further criticised the Home Ministry revoking the FCRA (Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act) licence of Wangchuk's NGO, Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), terming it as "illegal".
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"No propaganda will stop us from protecting Assam's land:" Chief Minister
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "We are alert and firm, no propaganda or pressure will stop us from protecting our land and culture."
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Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC dissatisfied with UP police explanation for i
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed its dissatisfaction over Uttar Pradesh Police's explanation for not having acted on a prosecution witness's complaint that he had received a threat, on the ground that the said witness failed to appear before the police despite having been called by th
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Bihar polls: SC to hear pleas challenging ECI's SIR exercise on August 12,
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the Association for Democratic Reforms, told the apex court about the poll panel's statement that 65 lakh persons have not submitted the enumeration forms during the SIR process as they are either dead or have permanently shifted elsewhere.
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Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC allows complainant to approach police over ne
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The applicants (victims) approached the court today challenging the bail of the accused, Ashish Mishra, on the ground that he is influencing an eye witness in violation of his bail condition.
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SC to hear pleas challenging law on Election Commissioners' appointment to
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The law in question, the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, has been criticized for excluding the Chief Justice of India from the selection panel for Election Commissioners.
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Delhi HC refuses to entertain plea to declare Ram Janmbhoomi Trust a publi
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The petition, filed by Neeraj Kumar, challenged the Central Information Commission's (CIC) decision on July 8, 2022, which had refused to disclose details about the Chief Public Information Officer (CPIO) and the First Appellate Authority of the Trust.
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Plea in SC against 'Dharam Sansad' event by Yati Narasinghanand
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The petition was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar by advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for some former bureaucrats, saying that the plea needed urgent listing.
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Supreme Court issues three directions as it rejects petitions seeking 100%
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
After the Supreme Court on Friday rejected all the petitions seeking 100 per cent verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) votes with their Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips, Public Interest Lawyer and Activist, Prashant Bhushan said the Supreme Court has given thr
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Ashish Mishra violates bail conditions by attending political functions: L
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
he family members of the victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident on Monday informed the Supreme Court that Ashish Mishra, accused in the case, had been attending various political functions in Uttar Pradesh and violating the interim bail conditions.
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