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West Bengal forms panel to draft UCC billWest Bengal's Chief Minister announced that a draft bill for a Uniform Civil Code will be presented to the state cabinet on Thursday for ap...
'One nation, one law is the demand across India': BJP President Samik Bhattacharya on West Bengal UCC BillWest Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Monday reiterated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s commitment to implementing the Uniform...
Bengal set to table UCC, public safety bills today in AssemblyWest Bengal is set to introduce a Uniform Civil Code Bill, aiming to replace religious personal laws with a single set for all citizens, pr...
Supreme Court questions quota to children of economically, educationally advanced families in backward classesThe Supreme Court is questioning the continuation of reservation benefits for children from affluent families within backward classes. Just...
Alberta’s move to secure independence from Canada fails, judge halts referendum bid despite 300,000 signatures, cites failure to consult First NationsAn Alberta judge has stopped a citizen-led petition for a provincial independence referendum. The court ruled the process violated legal du...
TCS sexual harassment-forced conversion case: Nida Khan remanded in judicial custody till May 24Nida Khan, accused in a Nashik sexual harassment and forced conversion case, has been remanded to judicial custody. She was arrested on May...
Allahabad HC asks to avoid using 'court below', 'lower court' in official recordsThe Allahabad High Court has ordered its registry to stop using terms like 'court below' and 'lower court'. This follows a Supreme Court di...
No interim relief for TCS case accused Nida Khan, Nashik court seeks police response on her pleaA Nashik court has not granted interim protection from arrest to Nida Khan, an accused in a sexual harassment and religious coercion case a...
Of 715 HC judges appointed since 2018, 22 belong to SC category: GovtOut of 715 high court judges appointed since 2018, there are 22 from the SC category, 16 from the ST category, 89 from the OBC category, an...
No concept for creamy layer in reservation for SCs, STs in Ambedkar's constitution: Ashwani VaishnawMinister of Information and Broadcasting Ashwani Vaishnaw stated that Baba Saheb Ambedkar's principles do not include the concept of a crea...
Don't 'mislead' society on creamy layer for SCs: Law Minister tells oppositionThe Union Minister of State for Law Arjun Ram Meghwal asked the opposition to stop misleading society about a Supreme Court judge's remarks...
Is state empowered to make classification in SCs, STs for quota: SC begins examining legal questionA seven-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud is also examining the validity of the Punjab Scheduled Castes and B...
Pleas challenging constitutional validity of extending reservation to SC/ST in LS, state assemblies to be heard on Nov 21"The validity of the 104th amendment shall be determined to the extent that it applies to the SCs and the STs since the reservations for An...
Merely naming caste, without intention to insult, not an offence under SC/ST Act: Karnataka High CourtThe court noted that because the said aspect (intention to insult) was conspicuously absent in the case at hand, allowing further proceedin...
Congress undertaking review to firm up stance on exclusion of SC, ST, OBCs in 10 pc EWS quotaSeparately, Congress general secretary in-charge Jairam Ramesh said the party has consistently taken a position since 2004 that it supports...
4 women judges in Supreme Court against total sanctioned strength of 34 judges: Govt"...we have been stressing time and again, and, personally, I have also been asking the Collegium ... that while recommending names for app...
Only 73 women judges in High Courts: Govt tells Parliament panelThe government also pointed out that against the sanctioned strength of 1,079 judges as on March 23, 2018, only 670 judges are working in 2...
Justice KM Joseph’s elevation will be unfair to more senior judges: GovernmentThe government urged the SC collegium to reconsider its decision, a move that it said had the approval of President Ram Nath Kovind and PM ...
Now, Justice C S Karnan asks CJI, 6 judges to appear before himJustice Karnan claimed that the seven judges of the bench have insulted him "wantonly and deliberately and with malafide intention".
NDA govt to have relook at key Law Min bills pending in Rajya SabhaThe other key legislations pending in the Upper House include three dealing with creation of Legislative Councils in TN, Rajasthan and Assa...