Saturday, Sep 25, 2021
Sep 24, 2021 Outlook Web Desk The Supreme Court last month had issued its verdict to allow unmarried women to apply for the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Exam.
Sep 24, 2021 Outlook Web Desk In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the government has said that caste enumeration in Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 was “fraught” with mistakes and inaccuracies.
The Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Supreme Court observation of setting up a ‘technical committee’ on Pegasus row is a ‘right step in this direction’.
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Sep 23, 2021 Outlook Web Desk The Supreme Court said the decision on the pleas into the Pegasus snooping row will be announced next week.
The Supreme Court noted the urgency of the matter as it said that the armed forces are the best response team to deal with emergency situations and it is hopeful that necessary arrangements will be made... without delay.
Run by the Travancore Royal Family, Shree Padmanabha Swamy Temple's monthly expenses are Rs. 1.25 crore. However, it is only able to get Rs. 60-70 Lakh, temple administration says.
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The top court's order came while hearing an appeal filed by Yash Raj Films Pvt Ltd challenging an order of NCDRC which upheld State Commission's 2017 direction to pay compensation at Rs .10,000 to the complainant Afreen Fatima Zaidi along with litigation cost of Rs.5,000.
While observing that "Cherry-Picking" was done in Tribunal appointments, the Supreme Court pulled up centre after it also missed the deadline for appointments. Important tribunals in the country are facing a shortage of presiding officers, judicial and technical members.
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The Supreme Court asked Centre to reconsider decision to exclude compensation for those who died by suicide.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that a committee of domain experts will be constituted and its report would be made available to the Supreme Court.
Justice Amy Coney Barret of the US Supreme Court was speaking at Rep Senator Mitch McConnell's McConnell Center's 30th anniversary.
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The pleas before the Supreme Court demand an independent probe into the alleged snooping on certain people in the country involving Israeli spyware Pegasus.
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The Supreme Court in its order said an employee cannot insist for a posting to a particular area.
There are about 25 vacancies in the Railway Claims Tribunal, while National Green Tribunal has 30 and Central Administrative Tribunal has 32 vacancies. The National Company Law Tribunal has a total of 33 vacancies. The Armed Forces Tribunal, the nodal body for resolving disputes within the armed forces, has 23 vacancies in total.
'In Ladakh the situation is different from Kerala. In Uttar Pradesh the situation is different from any other state. There are different kinds of problems in every state in this vast country,' the bench said.
Effective September 20, individuals belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community will be able to open a joint savings bank account or a term deposit with their same-sex partner.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana had issued a notice to the Centre on the pleas on August 17, while making it clear that it did not want the government to disclose anything which compromises national security.
The bench said the respective boards will do their job and the court will not interfere with examinations in such a situation.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York.
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Paramilitary jawans conduct a route march for Bhabanipur Assembly by-election, in Kolkata.
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Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi meet Governor of Punjab Banwarilal Purohit ahead of the oath taking ceremony for the Punjab Cabinet expansion, in Chandigarh
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Opposition parties unite for implementation of a long-standing demand. Will the Modi Government bite the bullet?
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