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Collegium system is indeed alien to our Constitution
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A controversy is raging in Bharat over the Collegium system for appointment of Supreme Court and High Court judges. Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju,...
‘Will you put in same regime as in Europe’: SC on Google plea against CCI penalty
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The Supreme Court on Monday said it could consider sending the application filed by Google back to the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)...
Telangana: Misuse of SC ST Act, District Magistrate cancels SC Certificate
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In a rare scenario, a Collector & District Magistrate in Telangana has exercised his powers to prevent misuse of SC status by cancelling the...
The Centre is trying to bring about rapprochement despite the intransigence of the SC collegium to make any changes in its 25-year-old opaque system...
Abuse of judicial process to oppress free press, witch-hunt Suresh Chavhanke & Sudarshan News
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The Supreme Court with over 60,000 pending cases, on Friday obsessively heard not one but two cases targeting Suresh Chavhanke in two different benches...
Next steps in Joshimath: Rehabilitate people with dignity and re-evaluate hydro projects
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With the government making efforts to relocate people and provide compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh to affected families in Joshimath, experts suggest that all...
‘The Nitopadesha’ a classic Bharatiya guide to citizen-craft, translated for the contemporary reader
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'The Nitopadesha', a unique blend of fables and stories that covers politics, economics and philosophy published by Penguin Random House India, has been translated...
From Jahangirpuri to Haldwani, Supreme Court’s discriminatory handling of illegal encroachment cases
The Supreme Court has, as usual, come to the aid of samuday vishesh staying the land recovery drive in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. Media and vested...
Did Punjab bureaucrats mislead High Court on nazool land meant for poor?
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Some bureaucrats while posted as Deputy Commissioners (DCs) heading the administration of districts in Punjab, apparently misled the Punjab and Haryana High Court regarding...
Supremacist Islamist outfit Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind moves SC against anti-conversion laws of 5 states
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The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has moved the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of conversion laws in five states - Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh,...