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Ordinance with regards to Regulating inter faith marriages and religious conversion, challenged in the Supreme Court

Citizens for Peace and Justice, NGO, challenged the validity of Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2019 and Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Ordinance, 2020, within its previous Petition that…

Supreme Court: Heart ailment is not included as a disability

The Supreme Court stated that a heart ailment cannot be included as a disability under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act. The petitioner was a sailor, who suffered from…

HC rejected plea of IAS officer against Government order of his transfer

The Punjab & Haryana High Court rejected the plea of an IAS officer of Haryana cadre who is 100% impaired. The plea sought to challenge the Haryana government order of…

If accused admit it’s signature on blank cheque leaf, would attract presumption u/s 139 of NIA : SC

In the case of M/s. Kalamani Tex vs. P. Balasubramanian (Crl. Appeal no. 123/2021), the Supreme Court observed that even a blank cheque leaf would attract presumption under Section 139…

PIL filed in Supreme Court of India asking arrest of Srilankan Naval Personals for killing Indian Fishermens

PIL has been filed in the Apex Court asking for the arrest of Srilankan Naval Officers and Personnells who have allegedly killed 4 Indian Fishermen on January 18 2021. The…

Andhra Pradesh High Court puts a stay order on the use of e-Watch App for reporting poll violations

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has prevented the State Election Commission from using the mobile application e-Watch that was launched to report violations of Model Code of Conduct and to…

The J&K Reorganization (Amendment) Bill passed with a voice vote

*What is a voice vote?*Voice vote is a method of voting in the parliament in which votes of the members are taken on a subject or a motion orally. It…

Supreme Court to hear plea against the 69% quota reservations in Tamil Nadu

The Supreme Court decided to hear a petition which challenges the constitutional validity of the Tamil Nadu State law which provides 69% reservations in education and employment. A petition was…

Government asks Twitter to block 1200 accounts flagged as Khalistan sympathisers or backed by Pakistan

Ministry of electronics and information technology has issued a fresh list of around 1200 accounts to Twitter, asking to suspend them or block them. These accounts were flagged by security…

Plea filed in Supreme Court to introduce e-voting and OTP based indentification of voters

A plea has been filed in the apex court to extend the access of citizens to the electoral procedure by enhancing the postal ballot voting to more categories of citizens…