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Purpose of Aadhaar Act legitimate: UIDAI
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 26 (ANI): Calling the Supreme Court's verdict on Aadhaar as "historical and landmark", the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Wednesday said the Act withstood the judicial scrutiny and its "purpose is legitimate".
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Aadhaar: Rahul hails SC verdict for supporting Cong vision
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 26 (ANI): Welcoming the Supreme Court's verdict on constitutional validation of Aadhaar, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asserted that while Aadhaar was an instrument of empowerment for his party, it was a "tool of oppression and surveillance" for the ru
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Aadhaar verdict: Opposition welcomes SC directive
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 26 (ANI): Opposition leaders appreciated Supreme Court's verdict on Aadhaar pronounced on Wednesday saying, 'restrictions on unnecessary linkages to areas interfering in the personal lives of people is surely a welcome step.'
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Key takeaways from Aadhaar verdict by the top court
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of Aadhaar and said that it empowers the marginalised sections of the society. The ruling, however, came with certain caveats with the top court mandating that the 12-digit identifier will not
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Senior lawyers endorse SC decision on reservations in job promotion
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 26 (ANI): Senior lawyers on Wednesday applauded the Supreme Court's decision not to refer its previous order on quota in job promotion to a larger bench and upheld the previous M Nagraj verdict dealing in reservation in job promotion.
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Aadhaar verdict: Soli Sorabjee supports Justice Chandrachud's dissent
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 26 (ANI): Former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee has extended support to Justice DY Chandrachud, the lone dissenting judge on Wednesday's majority verdict on Aadhaar. Justice Chandrachud made strong observations against the Aadhaar Act and said that it violate
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SC/ST job promotion quota: Supreme Court refuses to refer its order to lar
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to refer its previous order on quota in job promotion to a larger bench and upheld the previous M Nagraj verdict dealing in reservation in job promotion. The apex court had given States the right to decide about quota in
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India gets first ever gender-neutral hostel in Mumbai's TISS
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 16 (ANI): After the historic verdict by the Supreme Court to scrap Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that criminalised homosexuality, India has become the first-ever country to have a gender-neutral hostel.
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Suu Kyi defends arrest of Reuters journalists
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], Sep 13 (ANI): Myanmar State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has defended the verdict on the arrest of the two Reuters journalists who were investigating the Rohingya crisis in the country. She was speaking at the World Economic Forum on Thursday.
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Mallya's extradition case verdict on Dec 10
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Sep 12 (ANI): London's Westminster Magistrates' Court will pronounce the verdict in the extradition case of liquor baron Vijay Mallya on December 10.
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Decriminalising homosexuality will tarnish Indian culture: Wasim Rizvi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi/Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 07 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board chief Wasim Rizvi has claimed that Supreme Court's verdict decriminalising homosexuality will tarnish the Indian culture, and suggested the Apex Court to review its decision on Section 377 of the I
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Deepika, Ranveer celebrate Section 377 verdict the quirky way!
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Sep 6 (ANI): As India continues to celebrate the Supreme Court's decision to decriminalise Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), everyone from activists to the common man is engulfed in the jollification.
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