[EVM-VVPAT verification case] Supreme Court rejects plea for 100% EVM-VVPAT verification and paper ballot voting
The Court gave directions for seal of symbol loading, after completion of the symbol loading process.
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Supreme Court suspends Congress MLA Mohammed Moquim’s sentence in ORHDC Loan Fraud Case
Vide order dated 16-04-2024, the Supreme Court had exempted Mohammed Moquim from surrendering till the next date of hearing.
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S.144 CrPC amidst Lok Sabha Elections| Applications seeking permission for public gatherings, election awareness yatras to be decided within 3 Days: SC
Blanket orders under Section 144 of the CrPC was issued for the whole duration of the elections by the Election Commission, prohibiting all assemblies, meetings, demonstrations, etc.
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[Delhi Excise Liquor Policy] | Supreme Court issues notice to ED on Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging arrest
Earlier, the Delhi High Court had dismissed Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against his arrest and opined that the same was not in contravention with law.
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[Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah Mosque case] Supreme Court extends stay on Allahabad HC order appointing commissioner to inspect Mosque
The case is related to the Shahi Idgah mosque at Mathura, which is alleged to have been built after demolishing a temple at the birthplace of Lord Krishna.
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[Excise Policy Case] Delhi Court sends BRS legislator K Kavitha to judicial custody till April 23
Central Board of Investigation submitted in the Court that K Kavitha was not responding to them.
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Calcutta High Court directs CBI probe into alleged rape and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali by TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh
The case involved allegations of rape of women and land grabbing by individuals associated with local leader Shahjahan Sheikh in Sandeshkhali, a village in 24 North Parganas District of West Bengal.
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Karnataka High Court quashes Central Govt.’s circular banning 23 breeds of ferocious dogs
The Court opined that relevant parties such as pet owner and organisations should have been consulted before issuing the impugned circular in March 2024.
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Rajasthan High Court stays coercive action against Judicial Magistrate who asked Rape survivor to strip; directs media restraint
Rajasthan High Court directed the media to refrain from sensationalizing the case, emphasizing the need to avoid tarnishing the image of the judiciary.
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SC allows jailed UP MLA Abbas Ansari to attend his father Mukhtar Ansari’s fatiha ceremony
Abbas Ansari taken to Ghazipur with police security at 5 PM on April 09 to attend the ritual.
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CBI takes over probe and registers FIR; Kerala High Court closes veterinary student’s death case
A second-year student studying in College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences in Pookode, Wayanad was found hanging in the hostel due to alleged torture and ragging.
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Supreme Court restores YouTuber Sattai Duraimurugan’s bail in 2021 derogatory speech against Chief Minister MK Stalin case
In 2021 Madras High Court granted bail to Sattai. Later, a Division Bench of High Court cancelled the bail. However, in 2022, the Supreme Court granted interim bail to him, and he has been out on bail since then.
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[Excise Policy Case] Delhi Court denies plea of BRS leader K Kavitha seeking interim bail on ground of her son’s exam
The Enforcement Directorate has claimed that Kavitha is linked to a “South Group” lobby of liquor traders who were trying to play a larger role under the excise policy.
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SC stays Allahabad HC decision holding UP Board of Madarsa Education Act as unconstitutional
In Anshuman Singh Rathore v. Union of India, 2024 SCC OnLine All 857, U.P. Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 was held as unconstitutional for being violative of the principle of secularism, Articles 14, 21 and 21-A of the Constitution and violative of Section 22 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.
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CCI approves 7 major acquisition proposals involving IFC, Piramal, Sharekhan, HCL, MG Motors, and Axis Bank
Shares have been acquired in Northern Arc, MG Motors, Greenko ZeroC, Nagarjuna Fertilizers, Annapurna Finance, Sharekhan, Human Value Developers, Pritam International Private Limited and Max Life Insurance.
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SC upholds Amravati MP Navneet Kaur Rana’s Scheduled Caste Certificate
Supreme Court set aside Bombay High Court’s 2021 decision whereby, Navneet Kaur Rana’s Scheduled Caste Certificate was cancelled for systematic fraud and fabrication of records.
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CCI approves Axis Bank’s subscription to 14.26 Crores equity in Max Life Insurance
The fair trade watchdog, Competition Commission of India, approved the subscription of 16.22 per cent equity shares of Max Life Insurance Company
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SC grants bail to AAP’s Sanjay Singh in Delhi Liquor Excise Policy Scam
It was alleged that a cartel was formed by violating provisions and the spirit of liquor policy, and all the conspirators had played an active role, causing huge losses to the Government exchequer and undue pecuniary benefits to the public servants.
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2016 Cash-for-votes sting operation| SC stays defamation case against Journalists Rajdeep Sardesai, Shiv Aroor and India Today founder Aroon Purie
India Today in a sting operation had disclosed that certain lawmakers from Karnataka were bribed in exchange for votes.
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Supreme Court maintains status-quo concerning prayers being offered in ‘Vyas Ji Tehkhana’ inside Gyanvapi mosque
“There is a ‘Tehkhana’ in the southern side of the Gyanvapi Mosque which is the principal seat of hereditary pujari of Vyas family from time immemorial. Thus, a suit was filed seeking relief of declaration, injunction for the property in dispute alleged as ‘Vyas Ji Tehkhana’.”
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