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Permanent commission in Army, Navy: SC to hear women Army officers’ pleas today

Permanent commission in Army, Navy: SC to hear women Army officers’ pleas today

The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear a batch of petitions on a plea by women officers in the Indian Army who had approached the top court over non-implementation of its order to grant them a permanent commission. The petitions demand direction that contempt proceedings be initiated against those who had allegedly failed in their duty to comply with the apex court`s earlier judgement. The top court earlier ordered that the permanent commission will apply to all women officers in the Indian Army in service, irrespective of…
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Arnab Goswami released on interim bail

Arnab Goswami released on interim bail

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered release of Republic TV’s editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and other co-accused on interim bail on a bond of Rs 50,000 each in an abetment to suicide case. Saying that the High Court erred in rejecting the application for grant of interim bail to Goswami, the top court said HCs were not doing enough in matters where personal liberty is denied. “SC is unhappy that HCs, which are constitutional courts, are not doing enough in matters where personal liberty is denied…,” Justice D…
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Can detention be forever? Supreme Court raps Centre over ex-J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti’s detention under PSA

Can detention be forever? Supreme Court raps Centre over ex-J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti’s detention under PSA

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that detention cannot be forever and asked the Centre to clear whether former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti`s detention under the under Public Safety Act (PSA) has extended beyond a year. The remarks were made by a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul during the hearing of Iltija Mufti`s plea challenging her mother`s and People`s Democratic Party (PDP) leader`s detention order under PSA and its subsequent extensions. Justice Kaul queried Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, "How long Mufti has been in…
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No more ‘policegiri’ as SC wants all police stations to be under CCTV watch

No more ‘policegiri’ as SC wants all police stations to be under CCTV watch

In a major step aimed at making the policing system more transparent and sensitive, the Supreme Court has directed the chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories to provide data about the installation of CCTV cameras in each and every police station.  The top court, while passing the order, said that it is an important step as it involves the fundamental rights of citizens. The Supreme Court had last month sought the assistance of Attorney General KK Venugopal in apprising it of the progress made in…
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Advocate Prashant Bhushan refuses to apologise to SC in contempt case, says ‘would be contempt of my conscience’

Advocate Prashant Bhushan refuses to apologise to SC in contempt case, says ‘would be contempt of my conscience’

Advocate Prashant Bhushan on Monday (August 24) filed a supplementary reply in the suo motu contempt proceeding before Supreme Court for his tweets against former SC judges and mentioned in his reply that he believe that SC is the last bastion of hope for protection of fundamental rights. Bhushan also said in his supplementary reply that if he retracts a statement before the apex court that he otherwise believe to be true or offer an insincere apology then it would amount to contempt of his conscience and…
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SC dismisses plea seeking postponement of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and Joint Entrance Examination

SC dismisses plea seeking postponement of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and Joint Entrance Examination

Supreme Court (SC) on Monday (August 17) dismissed a plea seeking the postponement of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), scheduled to be held in September 2020. "There is no ground to interfere with policy decision. The postponement of the NEET/JEE will put the career of students in peril", said the SC. On July 3, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ had announced the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Mains) will be conducted from September 1 to 6. The minister had also said…
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Sushant Singh Rajput case: 4-member SIT was not allowed to conduct probe in Mumbai, Bihar Police tells SC

Sushant Singh Rajput case: 4-member SIT was not allowed to conduct probe in Mumbai, Bihar Police tells SC

The Bihar Police on Thursday (August 13, 2020) filed a written submission in the Supreme Court on actress Rhea Chakraborty's plea seeking to transfer an FIR lodged against her in Patna to Mumbai in connection with Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death. In its written reply, the Bihar Police told the top court that Vinay Tiwari, the Superintendent of Police (SP) who had reached Mumbai on August 2 with advance intimation to Mumbai Police, was virtually "detained" in the name of "quarantine".  Tiwari had reached Mumbai to…
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‘Daughters have right over parental property even if coparcener died before Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act’

‘Daughters have right over parental property even if coparcener died before Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act’

In a major judgment, the Supreme Court, on Tuesday said that daughters will have right over parental property even if the coparcener had died prior to the date when Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 came into force.  The significant judgment was pronounced by a three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice Arun Mishra. The judgment implies that daughters will have the right over parental property even if the coparcener had died before the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 came into effect. The bench pronounced the judgment while…
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SC grants one more month to Centre for providing permanent commission to all serving women officers in Indian Army

SC grants one more month to Centre for providing permanent commission to all serving women officers in Indian Army

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 7) gave one more month to the Union Ministry of Defence to implement its February verdict in which the apex court had directed the Centre to provide permanent commission to all serving SSC women officers in the Army. The SC passed the order after Centre, through the Ministry of Defence (MoD), said that the decision-making process in this matter is at the final stage and only formal orders remain to be issued. On February 17, 2020, the SC had upheld Delhi…
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Supreme Court to hear petitions seeking modification of its Rath Yatra stay order on June 22

Supreme Court to hear petitions seeking modification of its Rath Yatra stay order on June 22

The Supreme Court on Monday (June 22, 2020) will hear on the petitions seeking modification of its earlier June 18 order staying the `Rath Yatra` in Puri and all other places in Odisha in view of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. The Supreme Court`s single-judge bench comprising Justice S Ravindra Bhat will hear the matter at 11 am tomorrow via in-chamber hearing. As many as four petitions have been filed with the top court. BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra on Sunday said that he has moved the apex court…
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