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Delhi High Court: Virtual Hearing shall not be followed from March 15th.

Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli, Division bench, Delhi High Court, in response to a petition that requested virtual hearing till the vaccination drive for lawyers, stated that since March 15th…

Prohibit social exclusion of women : Gujarat High Court

In Nirjhari Singa V. Union of India, the Gujarat High Court has issued a set of guidelines to the State government with a view to prohibiting the social exclusion of…

168 Rohingya outcasts, living in Jammu and Kashmir were on Saturday shipped off a ‘holding focus’.

Background The Rohingyas are a Bengali-vernacular speaking Muslim minority in Myanmar. Following mistreatment in their country, a large number of them entered India unlawfully through Bangladesh and took cover in Jammu…

Supreme Court Bar Association files a plea against the SOPs released by the Registry

The Supreme Court Bar Association has filed a writ petition, seeking to quash the Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) laid down by the Supreme Court registry for Hybrid Physical Hearing. According…

Maratha Quota case: SC states, Indra Sawhney case will be reconsidered if required

While addressing the Maratha reservation case challenging the Bombay High Court order upholding quotas for Marathas in education and employment under the Maharashtra Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, the…

“Reported & Projected Wrongly”: Clarifies Supreme Court on its statement of “Will you Marry the Victim?”

8 Mar 20212 May 2021

The Honourable Supreme Court of India today expressed its strong disagreement at the "complete misreporting" of last week's hearing of a rape case in which it had purportedly asked a…

Pakistan PM Imran Khan wins vote of confidence

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has won the vote of confidence with 178 votes in a 342 member lower house of Parliament even when this vote has boycotted by opposition…

“Objectification of women has to stop:” Bombay High Court pulls up Telugu film producer for picking up image of Sakshi Malik without license

The Bombay High Court reprimanded the producers of the Telugu film "V" in connection with the use of private image of model and Bollywood actor Sakshi Malik while not getting…

Delhi high court sought response from the health ministry, SII, and Bharat biotech on vaccine production capacity

The Indian Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers, the Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech, have been ordered by the Delhi High Court to file an affidavit stating the existing ability…

Vikas kishanrao v. State of Maharashtra (W.P. Civil No. 980 of 2019)

Section 12(2)(c) of Maharashtra zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961,states that 27% reservation is for OBCs. The court stated:As regards the State legislation providing for reservation of seats …