SC, as guardian of Constitution, is not powerless if a Speaker decides to sit on anti-defection pleas: Justice B. R. Gavai
Supreme Court questions Speaker's indecision on disqualification petitions; Telangana HC halts land levelling; Central govt employees get special leave for organ donation.
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POCSO Act case against Mohd Zubair was closed in 2023: State to Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court was informed on Wednesday that the case registered against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair ...
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BJP Leaders Meet Union Ministers Over Gachibowli Land Auction Dispute
The Centre had not given approval alienating the land to TGIIC and no environment impact assessment was carried out ...
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CAG audit exposes Delhi pollution claims
Amid ongoing debate on deteriorating air quality in the national capital, a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report titled ‘Performance Audit of Prevention and Mitigation of Vehicular Air ...
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Virginity Test On Woman Violates Right To Dignity, Unconstitutional: Chhattisgarh HC Rejects Husband's Plea To Ascertain Wife's Virginity
The Chhattisgarh High Court has emphatically held that conducting virginity test on a woman is an affront to her right to ...
AAP govt searching for ‘pliable officers’, says SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia as fifth SIT is formed to probe drug charges against him
SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia sarcastically challenged Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to take over as chairman of the fifth ...
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‘Virginity Test Cannot Be Imposed On Women, Violates Fundamental Rights,’ Says Chhattisgarh High Court
The High Court instead advised the petitioner to undergo the relevant medical test or provide any other form of evidence to prove that the allegations of impotency were baseless, rather than ...
Forcing virginity test violates woman's right to dignity under Article 21: Chhattisgarh HC
The observation by high court judge Justice Arvind Kumar Verma came in response to a criminal petition filed by a man who ...
Kunal Kamra joke row: How parties change stand in free-speech debate
India's Article 19 faces scrutiny amid political controversy as parties selectively defend free speech based on power ...
Virginity tests unconstitutional, violate women's dignity: Chhattisgarh HC
The Chhattisgarh High Court has reaffirmed that virginity tests are unconstitutional, violating the right to dignity under ...
When a landlord cited right to equality, went to court against a Rs 2 tax on his forest land
On December 9, 1960, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court agreed with Nair and struck down the Kerala government’s flat ...