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More than half of the adult population has yet to receive even a single dose, despite a slight improvement in coverage in July

According to the plea, the alleged snooping represented an attempt by agencies and organisations to muzzle the exercise of free speech and expression of dissent in India.

A Bench headed by Justice Rohinton F Nariman after hearing arguments of all parties in the case reserved its verdict.

The petition, filed through Farasat, alleged that for this criticism Erendro has spent some days in custody pursuant to criminal cases initiated against him.

Low conviction rate is a clear pointer to how the provision is being misused largely for political purposes

The sedition law was meant to suppress the freedom movement and was used by the Britishers to silence Mahatma Gandhi and others, the court noted.

Mandating e-commerce firms to disclose consumers’ data in the absence of data protection law is perplexing

Several petitions challenging the new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, are pending adjudication in different high courts, including the Delhi High Court

The top court was hearing an appeal filed by Telangana resident Shaik Ahmed challenging a high court order.

NGO Trust Distress Management Collective filed a plea stressing enactment of a specific legislation, which protects the rights of the dead.

The apex court had on Thursday told Andhra Pradesh government that it was not convinced of the precautionary measures suggested by the state for holding Class 12 board exams.

Committee to be set up to assess marks to be awarded to students

India needs to administer a minimum of one crore doses a day to inoculate its 95-crore adult population by December

Advocate Mahfooz Nazki, appearing for the AP government, submitted that the state wants to go ahead with physical examination for Class 12 students and added that final decision on it has been deferred till July 1.

The board said the policy for tabulation of marks for Class 12 Board Examination 2021 has been formulated by the CBSE to ensure standardisation of marks.

The bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian said: "You say you are a woman but tell us if women have any better rights than men or they also have equal rights?"

A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian, pointing at the 100-page judgment delivered by High Court while granting bail to Asif Iqbal Tanha, observed

The bench emphasized that people had enough opportunity to vacate the forest land after February 2020.

An application was filed in the Supreme Court on June 9, 2021, withdrawing the writ petition that was filed in 2015, Special Chief Secretary to Government, Irrigation, said in a letter to the Secretary, Union Ministry of Jal Shakti, on Tuesday.

Questioning the approach adopted by High Court, the police said the three judgments granting bail to three students, Tanha, Kalita and Narwal were "without any foundation and appears to be based more on the social media narrative"